After training for about an hour, on Friday morning at the Eagles training camp, when Nick Ciliani stepped forward and blew the whistle to stop the game, the training camp was described as unremarkable training.

It’s almost the performance on the court and the shock when the rookie head coach hits the podium when he forgets to stop the Red Bull he usually assigns.

Sirianni used a loud voice to make the players attending the meeting at least slightly dressed up. From there, the coach’s accusation started with tongue whipping and practice, and ended in a sharper way.

Later, Sirianni basically explained that he had found a teaching moment, which also brought him closer to putting his unique mark on the plan.

The sloppy training shouldn’t surprise the coach, because this is the three days of training camp and this is the first veteran day of the summer.

Without Fletcher Cox, Brandon Graham, Ryan Kerrigan, and Darius Slay, the defense is rehearsing, and without Jason Kelce, Lane Johnson, and Zach Ertz, the offense is advancing hard. If Brandon Brooks hadn’t dealt with a hamstring sprain in Thursday’s training session, he would almost certainly join that group as well.

This is another important background point, because Sirianni tries to teach young players while also letting the battle-tested warriors understand what is going on.

“I just want to practice doing it the way we want,” Sirianni said when asked about the thinking process behind his behavior. “There are many games in the NFL that boil down to the final blow, right? So, I just want it to end in a strong way.”

Ironically, it was later talked about by some old players who did not participate in the disappointment.

“I think our start was slower than the previous few days, so he wanted to get people’s attention and said,’Hey, this may be the epitome of the NFL season. Sometimes you have difficulties and you have your shortcomings. When What do you do when you start slowly? You have to cheer up. I think this is his message. I think we have completed more powerful exercises than when we started,” Kerrigan pointed out.

For NFL coaches, stopping practice is not a completely unknown area, but practicing in such a ceremonial way makes everyone present know that things are not going well. This is not the favorite of most instructors who insist on keeping confidential. Things to do. The best teams have a hasty approach, and the subsequent barbs are usually held in a conference room, away from prying eyes.

“All the coaches I have contacted before stopped training,” Darius Slay pointed out. “If we have hasty practice or good practice, that’s okay. If they want to stop practicing, they can stop practicing. I have met many coaches who can do this.”

Sly explained that the foundation of this tough love style was done before the summer work started.

“We know one thing about this team and the locker room and the coaching staff. They are already picky on us.’Don’t take any tough methods,'” Sley said. “Because they do this out of love and respect. So, when the coach pulls us like this, we will only respect them and work hard for them.”

In terms of training camps, an old NFL analogy is that the defense is long before the offense. Of course, this is the case with the Eagles. They will be the one-point favorite in the preseason game against the Steelers in 10 days. According to Pickswise.

In addition, with Sirianni’s continuous competitive advantage, he declared a winner and a loser in every game. Although not official, the head coach hinted that Jonathan Gannon’s team led 3-0 in the NFL Network Show on Saturday night. The only way to fail to reach 4-0 is to emphasize personal work or score on the curve.

As a head coach with offensive pedigree, Sirianni is not suitable. He is a very optimistic person, but probably not immune to human nature.

“I think the defensive end has a great time, but the offensive end performance is below average, I just want them to know this,” Sirianni explained when talking about Friday’s suspension.

One of the coach’s most impressive early rewards is his adaptability. The medical and training staff made a plan to speed up slowly on the first day without letting the players open their hearts and run long distances at full speed. Therefore, the coach designed a course focusing on working in the red zone.

From a passing point of view, the results are sometimes bad, but Jalen Hertz has done a lot of excellent work at close range, which should help his accuracy and decision-making move forward.

The length of Sirianni’s practice has always been a topic. Although it has been short so far, the speed is impressive, perhaps a tribute to the modern generation with shorter attention span.

In Sirianni’s own words, this is how he described to young players a difficult day when he stopped training:

“Hey, whether you have a good day or a bad day, when we enter the fourth quarter and the game is tense, you always have to play the next race, the next race. And you can’t think about driving from now or next. What will happen in the two games, and you certainly can’t think about the previous game.”

Think of it as a starting pitcher, despite not having his best, but still fighting in valuable rounds. In the NFL you must find a way.

“This is just a good example of how a season goes,” the coach said. “This season has ups and downs. There are ups and downs in the game. There are ups and downs in practice. It’s just about how you finish and play the next game. I just think this is a good opportunity to talk about this with the team.”

The coach has had its ups and downs. Earlier this week, Sirianni recalled Indianapolis’s 1-5 start when he was Frank Reich’s offensive coordinator in 2018.

“Our first year in Indy was like this. We started with a score of 1-5, we came to Philadelphia, our ass was kicked, and we finally rebounded with 9 of 10 points,” Sirianni said. “This is a great example that Frank Reich gave me,’Hey, Frank, you make the whole organization like it, what are we going to do? Coach, we are watching you, what are we going to do?'”

Immediately after that, that hand hit the podium, and due to Sirianni’s always energetic personality, GM Howie Roseman let out a chuckle.

“[Frank Reich] Say,’I double. I doubled. This is the process we believe in. This is what we do. This is the common denominator of an excellent team. We will stick to this, redouble our efforts, and we will continue to move forward,'”

Sirianni does not need to redouble his efforts for the time being, but he is preparing for it when necessary.

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John McMullen is a writer for PhillyVoice.com, covering the Eagles and NFL for Sports Illustrated and JAKIB media. He is also the co-host of “Birds 365”, a daily streaming show covering the Eagles and the NFL, and the host of “Extending the Play” at AM1490 in South Zeeland.You can contact him [email protected].

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