Nick Sirianni makes it clear he's getting ready to go to war with Kellen Moore after winning Super Bowl LIX together
People jokingly say the NFL stands for "Not For Long," and in this case, that applies to the friendship between Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni and Kellen Moore. Only two days removed from winning Super Bowl LIX together, Sirianni knows what's next now that Moore has been announced as the next New Orleans Saints head […]
People jokingly say the NFL stands for "Not For Long," and in this case, that applies to the friendship between Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni and Kellen Moore.
Only two days removed from winning Super Bowl LIX together, Sirianni knows what's next now that Moore has been announced as the next New Orleans Saints head coach: A battle for coaches on the Eagles' staff.
And while the respect between both has been made clear by both of them, Sirianni is already making it clear he will go to war to keep his staff as intact as possible.
"I don't let that happen, usually but sometimes you can't help it," Sirianni said via Zach Berman from PHLLY Sports. "Just like Frank (Reich) said to me, 'this is my staff, and you can't have these guys.'"
Despite Sirianni's observation about Reich, who was his head coach at Indianapolis before he headed to the Eagles, he took multiple Colts assistants with him when he took on his first head coaching job including Jonathan Gannon.
"It's hard to build the staff and have that continuity in there, but there's sometimes you can't — like the Nick Rallis situation, he had the opportunity to go and be promoted, and that's the way the rules are now," Sirianni added. "Every situation is a little different. But my general thought on that is, this is my and the Philadelphia Eagles' staff."
Regardless of Sirianni's fierce stance, you can expect Moore to take a swing at a few members of the Eagles staff, including quarterbacks coach Doug Nussmeier, with whom he has a relationship that goes well beyond his days in Philly.
Right now, the Eagles' top priority is finding the right offensive coordinator. But for now, Moore and Sirianni are gearing up to fight for assistant coaches.
