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Eagles' Lurie Stays True To Past Ways With Nick Sirianni Hire

Sirianni is the fifth first-time NFL head coach Owner Jeffrey Lurie has hiredGETTY IMAGES

The Eagles are hiring Nick Sirianni as their new head coach, meaning Owner Jeffrey Lurie "keeps alive his streak of having never hired a coach who had been a head coach elsewhere in the NFL," according to Les Bowen of the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER. Part of the narrative around Doug Pederson's departure was that the Eagles "might be more comfortable" with a coach Lurie and GM Howie Roseman "can dictate to, in terms of staffing and personnel." Sirianni's age of 39 and "relative lack of a league-wide profile might play into that view" (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 1/22). In Philadelphia, Jeff McLane writes the Sirianni hire was "yielding to a choice that was made, yet again, with Howie Roseman in mind." The Eagles choosing Sirianni over Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels -- who was "likely more threatening to Roseman -- suggested that Lurie balked at the potential disruption of the status quo." Roseman, perhaps more than anything, "allows for the owner to be intimately involved in football decisions." McLane: "Lurie deserves the benefit of doubt because he has previously discovered hidden gems." But he also now is on his fourth coach in 10 years, all while Roseman has "remained entrenched." Lurie's trust in the GM "has been long established" (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 1/22).

ULTERIOR MOTIVES? In Philadelphia, Marcus Hayes writes Lurie and his "front office henchmen" are "trying to be the smartest guys in the room." They hired Colts coach Frank Reich's "anonymous chief lieutenant ... since they couldn't hire Reich himself." Reich's recommendation of Sirianni "opened the door to this week’s two-day interview, at which Sirianni impressed Lurie with his knowledge of [Eagles QB Carson] Wentz’s makeup and skills -- knowledge enhanced by Reich's continued relationship with Wentz." Hayes: "They hired a rising star who has barely risen." Sirianni is the fifth coach Lurie has hired, "each of them first-time NFL head coaches, none of them the popular choice, and sometimes not their first choice." Sirianni "checked all of the Eagles' boxes." He is "cheap, and arrives with no leverage; he had no other interviews." Sirianni "will bend to the wills of Lurie and Roseman" (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 1/22).

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