Nick Sirianni’s first training camp at the helm of the Hawks hasn’t even started yet-and it won’t start in two weeks-but this hasn’t stopped his own players from questioning whether he is up to the task at hand. At least this is the words of the defender and current NFL network analyst Michael Robinson.

“Do we really know head coach Nick Siriani?” Robinson said Monday night. Via Yahoo!Sporty“When you talk about quarterbacks who wanted to go to Indy last year and a few years ago, they didn’t go there because of Nick Siriani. They went there because of Frank Reich.

“I don’t know if he is a quarterback whisperer or an offensive master, or whatever the situation is, but he doesn’t seem to be that person. It looks like Frank Reich is on the phone and Frank Reich is behind the offense. So , I think it’s about knowing Nick Sirianni about this team.

“I won’t say any names, but I know some people in the locker room question this person, they question whether he can really lead this team. And my personal, my personal opinion is that maybe Howie Rothman wants A respondent is the head coach because Doug Pedersen doesn’t want to do things all the time. So he wants a respondent to come in, at least, it looks like this to me.”

This is strange because it sounds almost exactly the same as Doug Pederson said after he was hired-the coach’s departure was so rebellious against Rothman that he kept pushing him to the building. On the other side.

Considering that Sirianni has never been a head coach of any level before, it is of course a fair criticism to question Sirianni, but Robinson has also played in the NFL, and he knows that the coordinator has a lot of power and can be almost involved depending on the situation. When it comes to their respective balls, they are very powerful (see: Jim Schwartz, Eagles). The natural development of the coordinator will shift to the work of the head coach. Of course, you may stop going to college before then, but this has become increasingly abnormal in recent years. When he was rehired in 2016, Pedersen received the same criticism because his only head coach experience came from high school, and as an NFL coordinator, he rarely, if ever, was the main game caller. Just a few years later, Pedersen not only showed that he knows how to win, but that he is fully capable of pushing management and ownership, depending on who you think is the reason why he is no longer part of the team coach.

Sirianni came, and he admitted in the introductory press conference that he was terrible, but since then he seems to be more confident. He needs to grow up at work. Of course, the people in the locker room still don’t believe that he is the right person for the job, which makes sense. This is part of the first-year coach’s job during his first offseason-getting his players to accept-most of it was done during training camp.

In addition, it’s great to see a young, budding coach have the opportunity, rather than seeing the Eagles restart their search for success after multiple failures elsewhere. From the overall picture, what is the worst situation? They fired Sirianni in a year and hire someone else next year? Did they miss some other coaches who were robbed elsewhere and continued to achieve greater success? This is good, because it seems that every offseason there will be a new “hot” coaching candidate.

But there are also benefits. Sirianni may be like Pederson before him, able to catch lightning in the bottle and produce a winner when fans can barely see it. He will not have any bad habits developed at other stops along the way. Since he is still young, he can connect with players in ways that no one else can. Can he also become the promise of Rothman and Jeffrey Lurie? Absolutely, but if he can win a few victories on the court, he may gain more and more perseverance to counterattack. If he loses, he will leave, it doesn’t matter anyway.

However, no matter how many players question Sirianni, there will be many people on the other side of the spectrum. As Ryan Johnson recently indicated when supporting his new coach, what he said is basically the opposite of what Robinson said.

“He commanded the team very early,” Johnson says On ESPN on Saturday. “I think what I admire most about him is that he makes everyone responsible. So, when we go to training, whether you are a veteran or a rookie on the first day. If you make a mistake, he will put you on the board. You call it out, but to make you better. I think it shows that if he can do it with the veteran, then the young people will come. That is my “early impression.” It’s fun, it’s really a lot of energy. But moving forward, we have a lot to prove. “

The Hawks have a lot to prove, of course. But Sirianni needs to be proven most. Maybe give him a chance before giving up all hope?

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