Daily News | Nick Sirianni courts mutiny by firing DB coach Dennard Wilson after snubbing him as Eagles DC
Now, they’ve also lost their best defensive position coach.After an acrimonious meeting this weekend, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni fired popular and productive defensive backs coach Dennard Wilson on Saturday, two league sources confirmed. Sirianni passed over Wilson in his search to replace Gannon and hired Seattle Seahawks defensive assistant Sean Desai instead.Wilson was, understandably, disappointed that he did not get the DC job. Sirianni knew this.
Both owner Jeffrey Lurie and general manager Howie Roseman adored Wilson, league sources said. This matters because, after meddling in former coach Doug Pederson’s staffing decisions to the degree that Lurie fired Pederson in part over control issues, Lurie and Roseman have not interfered much with Sirianni’s staffing. Like Pederson, Sirianni took the Eagles to the Super Bowl in his second season. Unlike Sirianni, Pederson won it.
Wilson’s influence went far beyond the field; he handled the team’s most volatile group of players like a demolition expert handles nitroglycerine. As significantly, Wilson turned scrap-heap safety Marcus Epps into a full-time player and the past two seasons and turned undrafted rookie Reed Blankenship into an emergency starter and consistent contributor last season.Jonathan Gannon’s advice for Eagles successor Sean Desai may offer the best clue about a Super Bowl failure
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