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Eagles notebook: Why Nick Sirianni shows the whole team their celebrations originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Every player has their own favorite.
Kenny Gainwell loved when A.J. Brown and Saquon Barkley did the Jared McCain TikTok dance. Nakobe Dean is a big fan of the defense’s calm down celebration. Reed Blankenship humbly volunteered his favorite might be when he hit the Quan.
The Eagles have been trying to cultivate a culture of joy.
And one new way Nick Sirianni has been doing that in 2024 is by showing their best celebrations in team meetings on Mondays after wins.
“Just little stuff like that brings joy to the meetings,” Blankenship said.
Earlier this week, there were some questions about the Eagles’ locker room after some drama popped up. But Sirianni said on the radio this week that this team is giving him more 2022 vibes than 2023 vibes. And one of the reasons is the joy he sees from his 11-2 team.
Sirianni on Friday explained that showing celebrations in team meetings stems from studying Steve Kerr’s culture-building tactics in Golden State. While Sirianni has never spoken to Kerr, he read that the NBA coach has photos around the Warriors’ facility of current players celebrating together. So for the last few years, the Eagles have put photos and video boards of big plays and celebrations around the NovaCare Complex.
Showing celebrations in team meetings is just an extension of that.
“We’ve had that with the video boards. You’ve see those throughout the locker room and with pictures,” Sirianni said. “But this year, we started at the beginning of this year, showing some of the celebrations there when we recapped the game. Just a quick highlight video of the guys talking and showing our culture. Our tough, detailed, together culture. So we like to point those things out just like we like to point out things from the game, whether it’s a mistake or good things. We go over that.
“We thought that it would be good to do that same…
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Publish date : 2024-12-14 12:00:00
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