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Nick Sirianni Can Make Everything a Teaching Moment, Even Scooping Dog Shit
By Kyle Pagan
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A.J. Brown told a story on The Raw Room show about a Nick Sirianni teaching moment that centered around his neighbor picking up dog shit. Dawg Shit Mentality:
AJ Brown says Nick Sirianni gave a speech about watching his neighbor pick up her dog’s poop: “I’m watching her, the dog goes. She gets the bag out first, scoops the s**t with 4 fingers together, her whole technique.. ITS IN THE DETAILS GUYS. THATS WHAT WE GOTTA DO”
(@Raw__Room) pic.twitter.com/Iefsffnh7A
— Eagles Nation (@PHLEaglesNation) February 21, 2023
Coaches are a different breed man. They have the unique ability to turn every situation they encounter into a teaching moment. Nick Sirianni is driving to NovaCare, he sees his neighbor scooping dog shit, and he spends the next 30 minutes crafting a narrative he can use to get his point across about finishing blocks. Other coaches teach their messages through fear. You mess up in a Bob Huggins practice, you run on the treadmill for 45 seconds at 18 mph and get right back into practice. I had an AAU coach that would sub us out during a game if we’d commit a turnover and make us do 20 pushups at the end of the bench. That’s emasculating while down 20. Coach K used to ban Duke players from the locker room and forbid them from practicing with Duke stuff because they didn’t live up to the standards of of the program.
Coaches have a screw loose. Especially coaches that grew up in a coaching family. Remember his rant about Kobayashi during training camp? Normal people just see a Japanese dude shoving hotdogs in his mouth for money. Nick Sirianni sees fundamentals. He’s a mad man:
Day 9 #Eagles training camp, and HC Nick Sirianni rolls out another Sirianni-ism with introduction of someone you would not think of in way of teaching through video’s. Another funny and interesting example by the head coach. @SportsRadioWIP pic.twitter.com/5PYqPJpFO7
— Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) August 5, 2021
Kyle writes blog posts and does Man on the Street-style videos all around Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University (a basketball school) in 2015. contact: k.pagan@sportradar.com