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Is it me, or is this starting to feel like 1991-1992 again?

Eric from BBI : Admin : 10/11/2017 4:04 pm
And some coach who shall not be named?
100% Eric  
Bold Ruler : Mod : 10/11/2017 4:04 pm : link
We're fucked...and it's going to be a long road to recovery for this team. If Mara keeps Reese, I give up.
I wasn't agreeing with this but am today  
Giants86 : 10/11/2017 4:06 pm : link
it may get worse..
Too young to remember then...  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 10/11/2017 4:06 pm : link
But there better be some drastic changes this coming offseason.
Kinda.  
an_idol_mind : 10/11/2017 4:06 pm : link
-Team severely underachieving.

-Crippling injury to the franchise's star player.

-Offensive guru head coach who seems to be over his head and has an adversarial relationship with the press.

-Players quitting on the team.

Of course, in 1992, the Giants overcame a bad start to climb to 5-4 before the wheels came off.
Ray Handley  
Chip : 10/11/2017 4:07 pm : link
Nightmare
more like 1978. this is bad.  
Victor in CT : 10/11/2017 4:07 pm : link
this is the culmination of the half assed approach taken sin 2013.
This team was deemed a legit SB contender  
Bold Ruler : Mod : 10/11/2017 4:08 pm : link
Look at where we are now. I've never seen this before in my lifetime. The collapse is beyond anything in my experience.
The only good thing about all of this  
NorwoodWideRight : 10/11/2017 4:10 pm : link
(if you want to call it a good thing) is that the offseason is going to be interesting, at the very least. The Giants will be on the lips of everyone, including local sports radio/tv personalities.
RE: 100% Eric  
FStubbs : 10/11/2017 4:10 pm : link
In comment 13643428 Bold Ruler said:
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We're fucked...and it's going to be a long road to recovery for this team. If Mara keeps Reese, I give up.


The only way Mara can legitimately keep Reese is if Reese is just the public face for Chris Mara and Chris Mara is the one actually picking the players.
RE: 100% Eric  
jvm52106 : 10/11/2017 4:13 pm : link
In comment 13643428 Bold Ruler said:
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We're fucked...and it's going to be a long road to recovery for this team. If Mara keeps Reese, I give up.


Yes and NO! Those teams were VETERAN LADEN, Super Bowl Champion filled teams. This one has very left from 11 and the other vets have been on losing teams a lot here. I see a YOUNG Coach over his head and a lot of players who believe in their own reps more than actual performance.

I think the team is too much DIVA and not enough Lunch Pail!
Ray McAdoo?  
B in ALB : 10/11/2017 4:15 pm : link
only thing missing is  
sundayatone : 10/11/2017 4:15 pm : link
russ salzburg
Yes and no.  
x meadowlander : 10/11/2017 4:16 pm : link
I don't recall all the Wide Receivers simultaneously snapping their fucking ankles. What the hell is that????

But the same sense of confusion, misery, BLAME and anger - yeah.

It's awful.

...

It's what being a Jet fan must be like. :)
OMG, the shirt  
jvm52106 : 10/11/2017 4:16 pm : link
is back!
I was 10 then, so don't really remember  
AnishPatel : 10/11/2017 4:17 pm : link
those years. Did that year feel like this?
I was in my late teens  
santacruzom : 10/11/2017 4:18 pm : link
when he coached the team so I'm old enough to remember, but living in the West Coast I wasn't able to observe his notorious relationship with the media. Was it really worse than what we've currently got?
Absolutely!!!  
larryflower37 : 10/11/2017 4:22 pm : link
We took an unproven coordinator to follow a strong proven coach. With a talented team.
It proves all the X and O's does not make up for a strong leader and motivational coach.
He has lost this team because he doesn't know how to lead and motive players.
The coach of whose name we dare not speak was the same way.
The veterans ran over him and did what they wanted. When they started losing he could not pull them back.
We took a smart coordinator who had never proved he could lead but was a good X and O guy and told him to lead 53 men and he doesn't have that skill set.
...  
Eric from BBI : Admin : 10/11/2017 4:23 pm : link
LT getting seriously hurt against Green Bay. Defense almost in open revolt against coaching staff.

At least the 1991-92 Giants were somewhat competitive. But this feels like a rift developing between players/coaches reminiscent of that era.
I dont think Eric is being literal here  
Bold Ruler : Mod : 10/11/2017 4:23 pm : link
I think it's more of us as fans looking at the state of the team. Last time it was this bad was those 91 - 92 years.
RE: I was 10 then, so don't really remember  
Larry in Pencilvania : 10/11/2017 4:24 pm : link
In comment 13643477 AnishPatel said:
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those years. Did that year feel like this?


It was awful...as bad as that shirt
RE: 100% Eric  
Justlurking : 10/11/2017 4:24 pm : link
In comment 13643428 Bold Ruler said:
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We're fucked...and it's going to be a long road to recovery for this team. If Mara keeps Reese, I give up.


Firing Reese and keeping McAdoo and Chris Mara and Marc Ross will literally do nothing.

Whole culture has to change. Entire organization needs to be burned to the ground.
RE: I dont think Eric is being literal here  
larryflower37 : 10/11/2017 4:25 pm : link
In comment 13643491 Bold Ruler said:
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I think it's more of us as fans looking at the state of the team. Last time it was this bad was those 91 - 92 years.


I don't know if that was the last time. There were some bad moments during the Fassel years
RE: Ray McAdoo?  
Danny Kanell : 10/11/2017 4:25 pm : link
In comment 13643471 B in ALB said:
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Lol!
RE: ...  
jvm52106 : 10/11/2017 4:26 pm : link
In comment 13643490 Eric from BBI said:
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LT getting seriously hurt against Green Bay. Defense almost in open revolt against coaching staff.

At least the 1991-92 Giants were somewhat competitive. But this feels like a rift developing between players/coaches reminiscent of that era.


I will agree with that.. It started with Hoss over Simms and went downhill from there.

Here it is more just rudderless leadership and the team made up of a Star Player who is very much the Diva. We have no LEADER on this team...
RE: RE: 100% Eric  
Bold Ruler : Mod : 10/11/2017 4:29 pm : link
In comment 13643496 Justlurking said:
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In comment 13643428 Bold Ruler said:


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We're fucked...and it's going to be a long road to recovery for this team. If Mara keeps Reese, I give up.



Firing Reese and keeping McAdoo and Chris Mara and Marc Ross will literally do nothing.

Whole culture has to change. Entire organization needs to be burned to the ground.


No GM would come in here and keep the coaching staff in place. Mac would go.
This doesn't feel like 1991-1992.  
FStubbs : 10/11/2017 4:33 pm : link
Those R** H****** teams were at least competitive even if he was in over his head. You knew a change at the top and a couple of tweaks and the team had another run left in it - even if those were two precious years lost.

This feels a lot darker and a lot more grim. This team is running over a cliff.
in 92  
Les in TO : 10/11/2017 4:33 pm : link
we had a read and react defense, now we have a read and react offense.

the big difference is that unlike in 92 where we won 6 games and were actually 5-4 at one point, we have a good chance at joining the 2008 lions as the only team to go winless in a season.

with the season ending injury to beckham, the infighting, the lack of leadership from any of our vets, the poor coaching, sloppy play in all three phases, I find it far fetched that we are going to win a game this season, if we couldn't beat a jet lagged, winless, homeless chargers team on our turf.
I've never seen a season  
Chris684 : 10/11/2017 4:33 pm : link
fall so woefully short of expectations so quickly.

2003 had similar expectations without as much talent, but its death wasnt quite as quick.

2013 was bad but only a front office clinging to the past had any thoughts about that team seriously competing. Any level of widespread expectation was not there.

I feel bad for all of you who are season ticket holders, a season like this is like throwing your money in the garbage.

Think of this:

All was lost before we were one calendar month removed from opening night.

All has been lost with 6 out of 8 home games remaining.

What does Mara think of meaningless October home games? We've literally never been here before.
I agree with you  
FatHeadTommy : 10/11/2017 4:35 pm : link
This raises two very important questions. First, will ownership move quickly and decisively to correct this situation? And second, how long will this situation take to correct ... meaning return us to power?

We didn't win a SB for 15 years after 1991-92
RE: I agree with you  
fansince71 : 10/11/2017 4:41 pm : link
In comment 13643526 FatHeadTommy said:
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This raises two very important questions. First, will ownership move quickly and decisively to correct this situation? And second, how long will this situation take to correct ... meaning return us to power?

We didn't win a SB for 15 years after 1991-92


It has been tough being a Giant fan right? OMG

How many teams have not won any?
I've never seen anything like it  
AcesUp : 10/11/2017 4:52 pm : link
I can't remember a team being a media darling SB pick to then being a front runner for the top pick in the draft before the 2nd round of the baseball playoffs. Maybe like an inverse of the 99 Rams? The 2000 Skins and 2011 Eagles come to mind, but they were at least mildly competitive. This is virgin territory.
This season is unlike anything I can recall in 30 years  
Go Terps : 10/11/2017 4:52 pm : link
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McAdoo might be even scarier  
ghost718 : 10/11/2017 4:54 pm : link
To quote Bullets over Broadway

I'm not sure his spinal cord touches his brain
Handley was a much better head coach than McAdoo  
Milton : 10/11/2017 4:59 pm : link
I forget whether it was his first season or second season, but the Giants were playing pretty good football before LT was lost to injury.
if you crap on the floor  
old man : 10/11/2017 5:01 pm : link
and never truly clean it up but add more crap but never really clear up all the accumulated crap......and do this for >7 years....you will eventually be drowning in crap.
Welcome to EVENTUALLY.
I remember going to  
Bubba : 10/11/2017 5:09 pm : link
Giants training camp. LT was talking with some fans while the rookies were doing some "hazing" type drills and Handley comes over and starts yelling at him to get back on the field. My brother and I were saying to each what is this jerk trying to prove. The look on LT's face said it all. It took a great amount of will for him to not slug Handley. This while other vets were just milling around as well.
Nothing symbolizes an era more accurately than.....  
Greg from LI : 10/11/2017 5:23 pm : link
...Ray Handley's shirt symbolizes the 1991-92 Giants.
RE: Handley was a much better head coach than McAdoo  
Greg from LI : 10/11/2017 5:25 pm : link
In comment 13643585 Milton said:
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I forget whether it was his first season or second season, but the Giants were playing pretty good football before LT was lost to injury.


Not buying that. Handley took over a champion and ran then right into the ground.
Handley did something  
santacruzom : 10/11/2017 5:32 pm : link
I can't imagine many other coaches doing: he started Hostetler over Phil Simms.

Imagine if Roger Lewis acquits himself fairly well the rest of this year and posts 600 yards and 5 TD's. Handley would then start him over OBJ next season.
RE: I've never seen a season  
GIANTS128 : 10/11/2017 5:44 pm : link
In comment 13643521 Chris684 said:
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fall so woefully short of expectations so quickly.

2003 had similar expectations without as much talent, but its death wasnt quite as quick.

2013 was bad but only a front office clinging to the past had any thoughts about that team seriously competing. Any level of widespread expectation was not there.

I feel bad for all of you who are season ticket holders, a season like this is like throwing your money in the garbage.

Think of this:

All was lost before we were one calendar month removed from opening night.

All has been lost with 6 out of 8 home games remaining.

What does Mara think of meaningless October home games? We've literally never been here before.


It will be embarrassing in December. Three home division games where the opposing team with have a clear homefield advantage. I cant beleive the season is already done....
Mcadoo is not a Ray Handley  
micky : 10/11/2017 6:04 pm : link
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RE: Mcadoo is not a Ray Handley  
PatersonPlank : 10/11/2017 6:06 pm : link
In comment 13643718 micky said:
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Yes, yes he is. He is Ray Ha*****y's "mini-me".
It actually is worse  
SomeFan : 10/11/2017 8:31 pm : link
as that team was coming off a SB win. This team has been run badly for the last 6 years. We need a huge overhaul. That team dis not.
RE: Handley did something  
mfsd : 10/11/2017 8:45 pm : link
In comment 13643650 santacruzom said:
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I can't imagine many other coaches doing: he started Hostetler over Phil Simms.

Imagine if Roger Lewis acquits himself fairly well the rest of this year and posts 600 yards and 5 TD's. Handley would then start him over OBJ next season.


Not only that, but he essentially waited until midnight the night before kickoff week 1 to announce Hoss was his starter. I’m sure that was great for the morale of the veteran team he inherited
RE: It actually is worse  
Rick5 : 10/11/2017 8:47 pm : link
In comment 13643949 SomeFan said:
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as that team was coming off a SB win. This team has been run badly for the last 6 years. We need a huge overhaul. That team dis not.

I think it is worse also. Even in 1992, they were reasonably competitive during the first half of the season. The Handley years also were magnified (imo) by the contrast with the awesome Parcells' years. What we are seeing now is pitiful, hopeless football with the season over before it even got started. This catastrophe is also following a run of disappointments for quite a while now (with the exception of last year).
RE: This doesn't feel like 1991-1992.  
Craigg619 : 10/11/2017 8:56 pm : link
In comment 13643519 FStubbs said:
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Those R** H****** teams were at least competitive even if he was in over his head. You knew a change at the top and a couple of tweaks and the team had another run left in it - even if those were two precious years lost.

This feels a lot darker and a lot more grim. This team is running over a cliff.


Listen, this team is a wreck and things are really grim right now, but Giants were in position to win each of the last 3 games and blew it in last few minutes of each game. They have been competitive.

However, with them being 0-5 and now with all the injuries and issues in locker room, it seems so much worse. Right now, it is so much worse but you can't deny that they've been competitive the last 3 games.
RE: Handley did something  
Rick5 : 10/11/2017 9:03 pm : link
In comment 13643650 santacruzom said:
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I can't imagine many other coaches doing: he started Hostetler over Phil Simms.

At the time, I definitely remember some fans being excited about the possibility given Hostetler's much better mobility (and of course the SB win). I don't recall a huge outcry about it being a "terrible" decision when it was actually made. At least among my circle of Giants' fans back then, I remember some people being against the move and some in favor of it.
RE: Handley did something  
Milton : 10/11/2017 9:07 pm : link
In comment 13643650 santacruzom said:
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I can't imagine many other coaches doing: he started Hostetler over Phil Simms.
Revisionist history. Most Giants fans at the time were clamoring for him to start Hostetler over Simms. The mistake Handley made was opening it up to a competition in the preseason, which tied his hands when Hostetler clearly had the better stats that year. If Handley could've withstood the media/fan pressure in June that would come from stating that Simms was his starter, he wouldn't've been obligated to start him in September following the open competition.
RE: in 92  
djm : 10/11/2017 9:12 pm : link
In comment 13643520 Les in TO said:
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we had a read and react defense, now we have a read and react offense.

the big difference is that unlike in 92 where we won 6 games and were actually 5-4 at one point, we have a good chance at joining the 2008 lions as the only team to go winless in a season.

with the season ending injury to beckham, the infighting, the lack of leadership from any of our vets, the poor coaching, sloppy play in all three phases, I find it far fetched that we are going to win a game this season, if we couldn't beat a jet lagged, winless, homeless chargers team on our turf.


Read and react offense lol.. Sad but true!
RE: This season is unlike anything I can recall in 30 years  
djm : 10/11/2017 9:16 pm : link
In comment 13643569 Go Terps said:
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You ain't fucking kidding. It's doesnt even feel real especially because I have basically gone dark on all media coverage. I still can't process this...
sorry -- this is a can't read or react offense  
gidiefor : Mod : 10/11/2017 10:12 pm : link
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FStubbs, it seems ridiculous to me to think that Chris Mara  
yatqb : 10/11/2017 10:32 pm : link
is the real power selecting players. Accorsi wasn't a figurehead...he wouldn't stand for that. Nor is Reese. But the loyalty to scouts is something that HAS been a flaw in our FO for a very long time, imo. GM, and Ross as well, rely on scouts for information...if that info is awful, the top guys make decisions based upon flawed data.
I think it’s only going to get worse this year  
Simms11 : 10/11/2017 11:24 pm : link
before it gets better.
It's only like 91-92 if you forget they won any games last year.  
shockeyisthebest8056 : 10/12/2017 12:04 am : link
He who shall not be named didn't win shit.

Part of the problem now is expectations were set rather high by last year (which perhaps was incorrect). When expectations are high and games/players are being lost, of course shit is going to go south. For all the shit that's dumped on this coach, some of these problems existed 2 years ago when a Hall of Famer was still here. Heck, the Hall of Fame coach lost at least 6 games or 6 of 7 games each of his final 3 seasons.
If..  
FatMan in Charlotte : 10/12/2017 8:31 am : link
this ends up with us getting a coach like Reeves, then fuck us all!
BBI clouds your judgement.  
penkap75 : 10/12/2017 9:11 am : link
I'm 42 so I distinctly remember those 91-92 and while it was genuinely bad, it doesn't seem to as nearly the debacle BBI lore makes it out to be. This year however is true dumpster fire. First time since 1984 I will willing not watch a Giants game and instead will hang out with the family.
at least H looks up from his menu  
spike : 10/12/2017 11:33 am : link
RE: BBI clouds your judgement.  
Greg from LI : 10/12/2017 11:35 am : link
In comment 13645188 penkap75 said:
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I'm 42 so I distinctly remember those 91-92 and while it was genuinely bad, it doesn't seem to as nearly the debacle BBI lore makes it out to be. This year however is true dumpster fire. First time since 1984 I will willing not watch a Giants game and instead will hang out with the family.


Are you kidding me? Handley inherited a 13-3 champion and turned them into 8-8 and 6-10. Even Dan fucking Reeves, who sucked, got them back to 11-5 before the team just got too old and Simms had to retire. It was absolutely a debacle.
Reminiscent of '92  
JonC : 10/12/2017 1:45 pm : link
with a significant flavor of athletes who earn way too much money, have too many off the field distractions, and realize the coach will probably go before they will.
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