Eric from BBI, grab some Pepsid before you read this…
| ‘I hate trading guys right at the trade deadline because it almost signals that you are giving up on the season. Saquon, I was still hoping to be able to sign, so I don't regret that. It's unfortunate we weren't able to do it, but from his standpoint at least we allowed him to pick where he wanted to go, and I think we owed him that to tell you the truth rather than just trading him somewhere maybe he wouldn't want to go.’ |
Mara: “We owed it to him” - (
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So if that is their reasoning, the team is still being guided by morons.
Not with that quote.
Basically, one can conclude this:
Mara is okay with losing as long as he does it with class and the player feels good and wins.
The new mission statement at 1925 Giants Way should now read:
We Lose with Class.
So if that is their reasoning, the team is still being guided by morons.
I think he means that it would be time for the players to quit playing hard.
So if that is their reasoning, the team is still being guided by morons.
Pretty sad how far we’ve fallen as an organization.
Will he ever learn that he DOESN'T KNOW JACK ABOUT RUNNING A FOOTBALL TEAM. JFC
Class is great and all, but look where that kind of thinking has gotten the Giants and the Bears in the last 10 years.
The question is did Mara effectively prevent Joe Schoen from exploring a trade option? Schoen is not backwards in any regard, despite a portion of BBI wishing to push a clueless/rudderless narrative.
So if that is their reasoning, the team is still being guided by morons.
May I have another bowl of soup please, Mr. Mara, while I laugh at all the crackers I stole from you on my way to the green penthouse down 95.
So if that is their reasoning, the team is still being guided by morons.
Record at the trade deadline:
NFC East
Philadelphia Eagles (7-1)
Dallas Cowboys (5-2)
Washington Commanders (3-5)
New York Giants (2-6)
He wanted it to work with the Giants still, and clearly the Giants still wished it worked with him.
It is what it is at this point.
Hey, I get to pick the headlines… It’s my thread. Just like the NY Post. Ha.
However, you can’t deny the fact that with 7 playoff teams, crappy teams will get in a lot now. Even down our top 2 quarterbacks, the team as it was nearly played itself playoff contention, so while I get why it upsets people, he does have a point.
We could have been 2-15 last year, but we also could have been 9-8 and a playoff team, even with Taylor and DeVito.
My bigger issue is the franchise not realizing that the relationship with Barkley was fractured which is now obvious in hindsight. Mara has also made way too much of Barkley as a “legacy” guy which he’s not.
Complete loser mentality is right.
You don't do business on "hope". "We hoped to sign him". Idiotic. If Saquon didn't sign THAT IS HIS LOSS. The Mara's are the product version of a fiduciary and are obligated to build the team that is best for the future for all involved in the team, and its fans. Trading Saquon could have helped accomplish that. Not trading him is the equivalent of Mara putting Saquon's interests above the team. It makes me fucking sick. Mara is failing on every level imaginable.
Fuck you if you don’t like it.
I do business a certain way, I wanted to keep Barkley but understand we could not and support his separation from the team and that was decided last year. He gets to leave on kinder terms because that is the way I do business.
It was VERY clear.
#2 No proper contingency plans at Guard or Right Tackle
#3 Not trading Saquon at trade deadline
Very strange.
The difference, quite obviously, is his emotional attachment to the player.
This is Mara letting his personal affection for a player get in the way of doing what is best for the team. He wants to win, but he would rather lose surrounded by guys he likes.
The Giants are a family business and will always be run like a family business. That is true whether it helps or hurts the team.
Fuck you if you don’t like it.
I do business a certain way, I wanted to keep Barkley but understand we could not and support his separation from the team and that was decided last year. He gets to leave on kinder terms because that is the way I do business.
It was VERY clear.
This.
Fuck you if you don’t like it.
I do business a certain way, I wanted to keep Barkley but understand we could not and support his separation from the team and that was decided last year. He gets to leave on kinder terms because that is the way I do business.
It was VERY clear.
Nothing line a rich prick being confidently wrong.
Fuck you if you don’t like it.
I do business a certain way, I wanted to keep Barkley but understand we could not and support his separation from the team and that was decided last year. He gets to leave on kinder terms because that is the way I do business.
It was VERY clear.
That is exactly how John Mara does business. He is a very decent man which unfortunately does not necessarily equate with winning football.
Very strange.
My theory on this was that the Eli era was started by his father, so Jones and Barkley are the first players who are truly "his" guys and foundation, so he was very reluctant to part ways and explains why there was over-exuberance to the 2022 season.
However, you can’t deny the fact that with 7 playoff teams, crappy teams will get in a lot now. Even down our top 2 quarterbacks, the team as it was nearly played itself playoff contention, so while I get why it upsets people, he does have a point.
We could have been 2-15 last year, but we also could have been 9-8 and a playoff team, even with Taylor and DeVito.
My bigger issue is the franchise not realizing that the relationship with Barkley was fractured which is now obvious in hindsight. Mara has also made way too much of Barkley as a “legacy” guy which he’s not.
You don't have to pretend to be a contender just because it's "not impossible" that you could sneak into the playoffs.
That's where an honest evaluation is required instead of delusion and wishful thinking.
Sentimentally presided over the worst decade of NY Giants Football.
Should be crystal clear now who wanted to extend Jones.
And for those who say 'well, he should talk to the press', I don't seem to recall any quotes from Tisch about the team. And he is the co-owner.
We're now beyond just what compensation might have received. The Giants could have dictated where Saquon played (like Beckham).
This is Mara letting his personal affection for a player get in the way of doing what is best for the team. He wants to win, but he would rather lose surrounded by guys he likes.
The Giants are a family business and will always be run like a family business. That is true whether it helps or hurts the team.
I don’t think anyone was giving us a 2 for Barkley. LW was making BANK and while I love the availability I am not sure his production matches his salary.
But disaster when you don’t know who to be loyal to
That’s his biggest problem
Except now the Giants are HOPING for a comp pick rather than ensuring they did get a draft pick. Moreover, he is playing with the Eagles instead of some other team.
Perhaps while Saquon is scoring his third TD against the Giants at MetLife while spiking the ball in the endzone, it will finally dawn on Mara he made a mistake.