The hour approaches. Soon, we'll declare a winner of the Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris mudslinging affair, and we'll spend the next four years determining how good of a job we have done electing our officials. We had no say in the Philadelphia Eagles' decision to hire Nick Sirianni or their decision to hold onto him after last season's collapse, but if we were able to cast votes about his extended stay or his future, he'd certainly be in tons of trouble.
It took all Philly had to outlast a battered Jacksonville Jaguars team on Sunday AT HOME. That alone is a mouthful (and sort of embarrassing).
We're supposed to be moving on to the Dallas Cowboys. There are important issues afoot, A.J. Brown's recently sustained knee injury being one of them. But, as you might expect, that isn't the most talked about Week 9 takeaway.
Nick Sirianni's approval rating is again plummeting following another horrific sideline performance.
Election Day isn't just about our elected officials. The kids are out of school. Parents are taking time off from work to vote. Nick Sirianni's approval rating is plummeting.
Nick Sirianni can't screw this thing up...
— ESPN Radio (@ESPNRadio) November 4, 2024
Rex Ryan @PaulHembo via #Greeny with @Espngreeny pic.twitter.com/aBBlCJf6fZ
“Nick Sirianni is holding the Eagles back. They bailed him out once again.”
— The Facility (@TheFacilityFS1) November 4, 2024
— @ChaseDaniel pic.twitter.com/6gR8ORF38i
"I love Philadelphia's team, I don't trust the coach. I think this is the only legit playoff contender with a coach as a question mark."
— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) November 4, 2024
—@danorlovsky7 on Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni 😯 pic.twitter.com/Sq5JgUjrXD
And, so on and so forth. This isn't just the vibe of the national media. The consensus among Birds fans is Philly is winning despite Nick Sirianni, not because of him, and those who are of that theory are correct.
He can't deliver the knockout punch when talent doesn't carry him, and from a strategic standpoint, he doesn't give this team an edge. We haven't seen a head coach this bad at X's and O's strategy on an Eagles sideline, and for an organization that handed its keys to Rich Kotite and Chip Kelly, that says a ton.
Nick Siranni's winning record doesn't paint an accurate picture of the job he's doing.
Since taking over as Eagles head coach, Nick Sirianni has crafted a 40-19 record. That equates to a 67.8% winning percentage. That's impressive, but numbers don't always tell the entire story.
Nick is a leader of men and a motivator. He IS NOT one of the NFL's great football minds. He isn't one of the game's great planners. Shane Steichen and Jonathan Gannon carried him.
He's now being carried by talent, Kellen Moore, and Vic Fangio. Remember, Philly took off in 2021 AFTER Shane took over as the offensive playcaller. Jalen became an MVP candidate. Shane and J.G. left. Philly struggled and eventually collapsed because of the franchise's inability to replace them.
The evidence is overwhelming. At their best, the Eagles soar when he stays out of the way. Leadership prefers that he be a passenger instead of a conductor.
We've never seen any organization place a headset on their head of security to allow him access to the sideline and prevent the head coach from acting foolishly. Philly is 31-11 since the start of the 2022 NFL season. Again, that's good, but too often, Nick's teams prevail despite him and not because of something he is doing.
It's hard to imagine scenarios where Nick Sirianni outperforms better coaches or leads the Eagles to anything tangible. Philly has had to fight and claw to beat the Cleveland Browns and Jacksonville Jaguars at home. They survived in both instances, but why take a chance at hoping that remains sustainable?
Everything we have seen leads us to believe there will come a time when Nick's deficiencies as a head coach will cost this team important wins and losses.