It's Time To Play America's Favorite Game Show--Did Nick Sirianni Flip Off This Group Of Eagles Fans?
The one thing I will give Nick Sirianni throughout his entire tenure as the head coach of the Philadelphia Football Eagles is that he has been true to himself the whole time. Sometimes that's a good thing, and sometimes that's a bad thing. Just a classic double edged sword of jackassery when it comes to Nick Sirianni. When the team is winning, he's OUR jackass. It comes across as enthusiasm and bravado, which sets the tone for the way the team plays on the field. When the team is losing, he's the guy in the friend group who you just can't bring anywhere. Embarrasses you to death everywhere you go, and he just seems like an unlikable dickhead who needs to get lost.
The Eagles are 2-7 right now, so you can imagine how he's coming across to the fanbase at the moment. The fans want Nick Sirianni to get fired, and I'm sure that Nick Sirianni feels a certain way about the fans right now as well. It's a rocky relationship, to put it slightly, and it would be easy to see a world where Nick Sirianni wants to flip off these hoagie mouth morons.
Contrary to popular belief, Nick Sirianni isn't a total dummy. He knows there are cameras everywhere. He knows he can't just flip off the hometown crowd. He needs to be a little discreet, and to disguise it as something else. So you see him check his finger here like something is bothering him.
That's what we call some good ol' razzle dazzle. A flawless bait and switch. Now being able to sneakily flip the bird is in play. Now this "finger injury" can be an automatic out when he's asked about this by the media. We all know what a disaster the Eagles' medical staff has been this year. All Nick Sirianni needs to do is get a doctors note from one of those idiots to say he had an injury that that finger, and simply was not able to bring that middle finger down with the rest of his hand. It's a great move.
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But if that was the case…well then it was the first Nick Sirianni play that was executed flawlessly this season. Which is one of the main reasons why I'm leaning towards the idea that Nick Sirianni was NOT giving Eagles fans the middle finger here. With how much of a disaster this season has been, this move would have been way too smooth for him to pull off. The Eagles haven't been able to get the play-action going at all this season, but all of a sudden Nick Sirianni managed to disguise this play to perfection? Just seems too off brand for me. But obviously we'll never know the true answer here because there's going to be an unequivocal denial from Coach on this one.
But that's what makes this game so great. There will always be room for debate on whether or not Nick Sirianni flipped off Eagles fans on his way off the field on Sunday. There are 31 other coaches around the league right now where something like this would never even be a story in the first place. But when it comes to Nick Sirianni, it's just another week in the life. For better or worse, at least he keeps it interesting.