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Wonder how frank new coaches from division rivals are?

Eric from BBI : Admin : 2/12/2016 4:15 pm
When the Giants hire a coach like Bill McGovern, who coached with the Eagles, I wonder how honest the new guy is with telling McAdoo, "Man, we really had you figured out when you did this! Or this gave us problems!"
It's easier when the old coach just left  
Moondawg : 2/12/2016 4:21 pm : link
he can probably be pretty frank, since it could be reflected as a criticism of TC.
Haven't you ever changed jobs before, Eric?  
jcn56 : 2/12/2016 4:22 pm : link
It's no different in any job when going to a competitor.

'Man, I can't believe you guys are still doing this', etc. The main reason behind hiring your competitors is to get insight from the other side of the fence, you'd better believe you're going to share it.
Why wouldn't...  
Chris in Philly : 2/12/2016 4:28 pm : link
they be honest?
Chris  
Eric from BBI : Admin : 2/12/2016 4:46 pm : link
I wasn't sure if there was a professional code or not. Or if a new guy might think he would be insulting his new boss.
We'll know  
HoustonGiant : 2/12/2016 5:06 pm : link
if we beat the Eagles this year!
Barring non disclosure agreements etc...  
Torrag : 2/12/2016 6:42 pm : link
...your loyalty is to the guys signing your paycheck.
I think you owe it to your new boss  
Section331 : 2/12/2016 6:45 pm : link
to be as honest as possible. Eric has a point, you probably want to handle it diplomatically if it might be something that casts a negative light on the HC, but you still have to give up as much oppo research as you can.
Think your all reading  
ctc in ftmyers : 2/12/2016 7:08 pm : link
too much into it.
People get hired or fired because they buy in to the head coach's overall philosophy and are good at their jobs.

If you have to hire someone from a team to figure out what that team is doing 5 months before the season starts? Well, we need a new head coach right now.
RE: Think your all reading  
HomerJones45 : 2/12/2016 7:24 pm : link
In comment 12812969 ctc in ftmyers said:
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too much into it.
People get hired or fired because they buy in to the head coach's overall philosophy and are good at their jobs.

If you have to hire someone from a team to figure out what that team is doing 5 months before the season starts? Well, we need a new head coach right now.
Pretty much. This is silly. The Eagles have a ton more speed than we do; it doesn't take a spy to figure that out.
ctc  
mpinmaine : 2/12/2016 8:07 pm : link
no one said we hired him to get the scoop
it's obvious to even the fans  
SHO'NUFF : 2/12/2016 8:43 pm : link
how they beat us...with speed.
RE: ctc  
ctc in ftmyers : 2/12/2016 8:51 pm : link
In comment 12813031 mpinmaine said:
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no one said we hired him to get the scoop


You read the op?
You know what the other guy is  
RetroJint : 2/13/2016 8:18 am : link
doing to you. The diagnostics are the easy part. Making the worm turn is the difficult part. The Giants new linebacker coach will tell McAdoo. " Yeah we really crushed your pocket with our outside linebackers, who basically backed the tackles onto Eli's lap." McAdoo knew that.

Davis has a shitty reputation as a DC. But he had McAdoo by the balls over those four games. John Robinson almost always bested Parcells.
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