“Fire Andy” chants echoed throughout the stands in Philadelphia during Andy Reid’s final season coaching the Eagles in 2012.
Nick Sirianni heard many of those same fans yelling “Fire Nick” in Week 6.
Now, the two head coaches are facing off in the Super Bowl for the second time in three years.
Reid found his greatest success after Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie fired him following a 4-12 season. It was one of the most amicable separations ever seen in professional sports.
Reid won more games (140) than any coach in franchise history, and led the Eagles to nine playoff appearances, six division titles and five NFC championship games in 14 seasons. But he couldn’t win the big one — Philadelphia lost to New England in the team’s lone Super Bowl appearance under Reid — and fans starving for a championship had run out of patience.