Jaguars' Liam Coen Reveals Advice from Eagles' Nick Sirianni After Viral 'Duval' Video

First-year Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Liam Coen's introductory press conference became something of a punch line when he attempted to say the team's "Duval" rallying cry, but other coaches around the league offered him advice on how to deal with the aftermath.

Coen revealed in a Monday piece by Mike Jones of The Athletic that Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni and Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell both told him to "use it as fuel" as he settles into his new role.

"Every single piece of advice from a former head coach or a current head coach that I spoke to has been, 'Be yourself,'" Coen said. "It was really cool. I spoke to Nick Sirianni at the owners' meetings. Obviously everybody in the world was busting my chops about the (introductory) press conference. Totally acceptable and understandable. But what was cool was Nick Sirianni grabbed me at the owners meetings—never met him before—and was like, 'Dude, use that. Use it as fuel. Your players will rally. They get scrutinized all the time in the media. And so when their coach does own that. Use it. Take it and ultimately, just be yourself.' 

"You know he gets crap all the time, for the sideline stuff or whatever it is. … But to hear a guy that just won the Super Bowl that at one point last year, they said he was going to be fired, and to hear him say, 'You know, just be yourself and just do it,' was cool. (Detroit Lions coach) Dan Campbell, said the same thing. Remember he talked about knee caps getting bitten off at his press conference and people were killing him about it. He was like, 'Man, just use it as fuel.' 

"… So as I thought about their (advice), it meant, do not let becoming 'the boss' change how you interact, change how you communicate, change how you perceive yourself. Just like, before, you can lead, you can serve. And I am truly in a position to serve the players, the organization, my staff, support staff. We need to serve before we can truly lead."

Sirianni is in the good graces of Philadelphia fans after leading the Eagles to the Super Bowl, but that wasn't always the case last year.

In fact, he was caught on camera gesturing toward the fans at Lincoln Financial Field in the final seconds of an October win over the Cleveland Browns. He also pointed to his ear in a taunting fashion and seemed to have some words for a fanbase that was chanting for the team to fire him.

He ended up apologizing and clearly used it as fuel given the Eagles' run to the Lombardi Trophy.

As for Campbell, he became a punch line himself when he was talking about the Lions biting kneecaps during his introductory press conference, but he has taken a downtrodden franchise and turned it into one of the NFL's best in his five years.

Coen, who was the offensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last season, is in charge of turning around a Jaguars team that went 4-13 last season.

If he can do as impressive of a job as Sirianni and Campbell, his introductory press conference will be nothing but an amusing footnote.