What seems like the most perfunctory move the Giants could have made is really a huge gamble. And it is one they have lost at before. I give you both Ray Handley and Ben McAdoo. Each was asked to take over the head position of a well established coaching staff and each time they failed horrifically. Of course, when Jerry Reese was promoted to take over Ernie's old front office staff, which included Gettleman, the short term returns were phenomenal. So once again it looks like they're bringing in someone to take over a seat at the head of the executive sweet, but if they believe that that's the only seat that needs changing, they are sorely mistaken. Let's see if he changes anyone in the offices around him.
UPDATE: Ralph V is already reporting that Gettleman is expected to keep acting GM Kevin Abrams onboard in his old Assistant GM job. This is looking more and more like a one man front office switch, though the entire FO was guilty.
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Pardon my French but Mara is a complete @$$hole.
I’m reserving my judgement to post draft. Gettlemans resume as a pro personnel guy is leaps and bounds better than Riddick, and he did a good job in Carolina. Keeping Abrams is easy because he is good at his job; the real question is the college scouts who have failed miserably. Age to me isn’t a factor, for some reason everyone keeps trying to make this guy older than he is. 66 is not 67 is not 70 as some portray. Total rebuilds in today’s NFL now take 2-3 years when you know what your doing. I don’t buy that because Gettleman is 66 he is going to take half measures because he’s afraid to rebuild.
My biggest gripe is interviewing multiple candidates is a great way to take in recommendations for building a coaching staff. When you solicit multiple gm’s ideas you get great information for outside sources on The Who’s who of the leagues up and comers. To me that’s the most upsetting piece to what has happened today; that is unless come may we do not hear any changes in the scouting department.
Couldn’t agree more with what Steve. As I mentioned in the prior thread, not interviewing outside candidates from different organizations is completely shortsighted. Even if your mind was made up, having them pitch their ideas and philosophies from a completely different organaization will only help. Makes no sense to hire him today with the season ending this week. Sad.
I do agree that the Giants should have talked to more people they didn't know as well as they did everyone but Riddick, just for the insight into things non-Giants they could have gained through that process. So I wonder what the rush is. I thought last week they said the search would continue into the New Year, but here we are, with Gettleman and for all the opportunities we're passing up.
I think they really do need to take a close look at their scouts. I know a bunch of their legendary guys like Ray Walsh, etc. have retired and you have to wonder if the replacements are up to snuff.
Mara is incompetent, just like his father. They lucked into George Young, and have ridden that wave successfully for 30 years, but even though any sentient person could see that the surf had gone out, the lazy, fatuous fool still thinks it’s high tide.
I like Marshall’s take on Apple.
Anyway, I’m stuck with this shit owner who showed his ignorance two years ago when he thought Reese was more valuable than Coughlin, in what seemed to me like overt age discrimination.
So I hope it works out. But that means not making mediocrity rather than pursuing greatness as the true goal.
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Gettleman might succeed but to hire him now shows that Mara A) never seriously considered anyone else and B) refuses to accept that his organization desperately needs new ideas/blood.
So that’s the reason they shut down the process prematurely. No need to get other opinions. Mara thinks the org is fine. He was panicked during the Eli debacle that he signed off on. But he has gotten comfortable again. No matter who they ever hire, it may not matter. He is the problem. Everything else is noise.
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