Cue the boo Pennsylvania boo birds — all signs point to Nick Sirianni returning as head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2024.

Sirianni, along with team GM Howie Roseman, have begun working with an eye towards next season's roster of coaches. Both Sirianni and Roseman have started to contact coaches and coordinators from around the NFL, as well as coaches' agents, in order to “evaluate potential coordinator candidates to join their coaching staff” per The Athletic's Dianna Russini.

Simply put, Sirianni would not be tasked with such responsibility if he was not returning as the Eagles' coach in 2024.

But the franchise's ongoing search does underscore the poor job that Sirianni did in putting together a coaching staff for the 2023 season. A 10-1 start masked serious problems with the Super Bowl LVII runner-up that flared up at the worst possible time in the season.

Sirianni's staff failures

It was obvious things weren't going well for Philly on defense after giving up 42 points to the San Francisco 49ers and 33 to the Dallas Cowboys in consecutive losses to start December. But demoting defensive coordinator Sean Desai in favor of Matt Patricia seemed like a desperate move at the time, and didn't pay off in any significant way.

The Eagles finished their season giving up 62 combined points to the New York Giants and Arizona Cardinals, before getting torched by Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for 32 points in their playoff loss.

Meanwhile, first year offensive coordinator Brian Johnson's unit failed to hit the 20-point mark in five of the team's final six games, culminating in an embarrassing nine-point showing to end the season. With star wideout A.J.Brown unable to suit up because of a knee injury, Jalen Hurts and Co. searched in vain for solutions that did not exist.

Sirianni has won a lot more games (34) than he's lost (17) as the Eagles coach. But following up a Super Bowl loss with a spectacular collapse in 2023 has clearly put him on the hot seat in a town where expectations have been set high.