SPANISH HARLEM – I came into this without a major topic to write about but thanks to AngryWard and my only reader on this website, I was tasked with Nick Siriani and Brian Cashman.
Nick Siriani is a Goner
While you can describe the Eagles season as “the year from hell”, you also must put much of the losing on Nick Siriani. The head coach of a football team is the most important position in football besides the quarterback (either or is fine). Injuries happen in the NFL, some teams get it worse than others, but every team will deal with various injuries throughout the season. The head coach of your football has to find a way to get his guys to play with heart and passion while dealing with difficult circumstances and right now you do not see that with the Eagles.
You can blame the offense. You can blame the defense. Both have been terrible. But when the team looks lifeless, that’s on the head coach. With that said, I don’t see how Siriani is back next season. With a ton of draft picks in place for the next 3 years, the Eagles will not need a major rebuild to get back on track. If they are lucky, they hit on those said draft picks and contend right away (yes, I’m biased!). So far, they have changed offensive coordinators almost every year in Siriani tenure and they have only gotten worse in that regard. Mind you, he was brought in as an offensive mind but now has no input on that side of the ball. His one thing is to get the guys to play with heart and passion and right now he is proving neither.
Brian Cashman Will Never Leave
At this point, it’s not about how does Brian Cashman still has a job but how long will he continue to be the General Manager before he retires. There is no other way that Cashman leaves unless he decides to leave. He has a forever job with the Yankees and maybe only death can stop it (I don’t wish him death by the way). He continues to make the major decisions for a team that has not won a championship in over 17 years. In my eyes, there is only one person you can blame… and that’s Cashman.
He let go of Joe Girardi because he didn’t buy into what Cashman wanted so he was gone, replaced by Aaron Boone. Sure, we can blame Boone on a lot of things, but team management is not one of them. Boone continues to do what is asked of him with a team that he has no say in building. Sure, I love winning games every year, but I love winning Championships more and Cashman has yet to build a team that can do just that.
I hope I made my only reader proud, Angryward, I’m open to more ideas next week.
That’s it for now, please come back tomorrow for more great revelations from Jackson Sternberg.
