They haven’t drafted well, haven’t graded well in free agency and maybe more than anything, they haven’t coached well at all.
Tom Coughlin was not a good coach in his final couple seasons. Ben McAdoo was a decent coach with the personality and leadership skills of a snail. Pat Shurmur was a below-average coach surrounded by an underwhelming staff.
The Giants have been wrong an awful lot since the 2011 season. Now they are trying to recover from consecutive head coaching blunders. Owners are the only people who get to keep their jobs after making two colossal mistakes. The Mara and Tisch families are also on the hook for general manager Dave Gettleman, who has shown mixed results since his hiring before the 2018 season.
Now the Giants take a stab at Joe Judge, fresh off an eight-season apprenticeship with the New England Belichicks. He was not a former NFL head coach. He was not a former NFL offensive coordinator or defensive coordinator, all common blueprints for head coaching hires. Judge brings a stint with Nick Saban at Alabama and the run as a Belichick disciple. He is 38 years old, precisely the age of McAdoo when the Giants hired him as head coach in 2016 following two seasons as their offensive coordinator. Except McAdoo was coming off two seasons of running the Giants’ offense under Coughlin. McAdoo brought a duffel bag full of statistics showing that he had helped make Eli Manning a better quarterback, likely the last time any coach would have such an impact on Manning’s career.
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THE HOT SEAT
No matter what John Mara says, Dave Gettleman’s job is on the line
WEEK 1: BRONCOS AT GIANTS
The 2021 season kicks off at MetLife
Northwest Huntsman
TGI sat down with guard Shane Lemieux
WEEK 2: GIANTS AT WFT
Primetime divisional showdown in DC
TRAINING CAMP TAKEAWAYS
The X factor, Kadarius Toney is falling behind and The big tight end is back
The GMEN'S all-time record against their 2021 opponents
As we inch closer to opening day of the 2021 sea son, let’s take a look at how the Giants have fared historically against their opponents on this year’s schedule:
THE 12TH DIMENSION
My crack at the final 53 (in real time)
Reviewing the best Giants' WRs of all time
2021 hopes to be the Year of the Receiver for the New York Giants.
Darnold mea culpa
Sam Darnold was the third pick of the 2018 NFL draft and three years later dangles on a tightrope mixed with underwhelming NFL starters and guys on the cusp of the unemployment line.
Are we ready for September 12th?
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