Lurie explains his decision to keep Sirianni after 2023 collapse

Lurie explains his decision to keep Sirianni after 2023 collapse originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

ORLANDO, Fla. — Over two months after the Eagles’ season ended with an unprecedented collapse, owner Jeffrey Lurie met with Eagles reporters at the NFL’s annual league meetings.

And there was one major question to be asked: Why keep Nick Sirianni?

The Eagles fell apart down the stretch in 2023, losing six of their last seven games, including a first-round playoff exit. But even after major turnover to the coaching staff under Sirianni, the head coach remains.

“We go through a very, very intensive process after every single season,” Lurie said from The Ritz-Carlton Orlando resort. “This season was no different. Extremely disappointing ending to the season, the last five, six games. Extremely disappointing to me, very frustrating for all of us.

“But what we do is, and I insist on this, is there’s no recency bias, there’s no latency bias, there’s no bias. Take a very hard look at exactly what the entire season looked at, what the entire history has been over the last few years for our organization, for our team and listen.”

And when Lurie took a step back and listened to Sirianni, general manager Howie Roseman, players and more, he ultimately decided to bring back Sirianni for a fourth season despite the disastrous ending of 2023.

Lurie on Tuesday pointed out the success under Sirianni before the collapse at the end of this past season, citing a 31-7 record before the fall. Lurie said he didn’t want to fall victim to recency bias.

“A very disappointing ending but I don’t take light 31-7 in the National Football League. That’s extraordinary,” Lurie said. “And so the ingredients that I’ve always seen with Nick are very obvious: The ability to connect, the ability to be authentic, incredible work ethic, high football IQ. All the reasons that he was hired in the first place have been almost magnified in the first three years because they’ve…

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Publish date : 2024-03-26 20:14:17

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