Nick Sirianni was Frank Reich's offensive coordinator with the Indianapolis Colts for three seasons, and that was a springboard to him getting the Philadelphia Eagles' head-coaching job.
Sirianni was fired up to beat the Colts, and not just to push his Eagles to 9-1 this season.
Reich was fired two weeks ago by the Colts, and after the Eagles had a dramatic comeback win over Indianapolis, Sirianni let it be known that he wanted to make the Colts pay for firing his mentor.
Nick Sirianni was visibly emotional after this game.
— Zach Berman (@ZBerm) November 20, 2022
"I'm emotional because I love Frank Reich," Nick Sirianni said. "He's one of the best damn football coaches I've ever been around. I was hoping he and I would be able to coach against each other in this game."
Sirianni on Reich: "You don't want to know what I think about whether he should be here or not, because you guys can probably imagine what I really think. I love him. So I got a little emotional about that."
— Zach Berman (@ZBerm) November 20, 2022
Sirianni seemed to be on the verge of tears in his media conference after the game.
Nick Sirianni very emotional after the win
— Eliot Shorr-Parks (@EliotShorrParks) November 20, 2022
Shouts out Frank Reich. Can tell this win means a lot to him because of Colts firing Reich pic.twitter.com/glocpoPVYn
That emotion was probably a reason a fired-up Sirianni, right after the win was clinched, felt the need to go near the benches and yell something into the crowd. You won't see a coach do this too often.
Nick Sirianni is fired up after beating the Colts 🦅
— PFF (@PFF) November 20, 2022
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Coaches can sometimes make it personal when they face a team who fired them before. You don't often see coaches get that emotional about beating a team that fired a friend. Sirianni is an emotional coach, and he didn't hold back his feelings about the win over Indianapolis.