He was on board last year with sitting down Eli. He got absolutely crushed by his fanbase and did a complete 180, cleaning house. He had the perfect opportunity to move on from Eli and had his scapegoat, but instead decided to appease the fans and stick with Eli. I think he completely misread the fanbase and should have been hiring people to build up the team for a the next ten years, not put band aids and try and win now. I don't think Mara was ever hiring someone who wanted to start over and get rid of Eli after what happened last year. It was short sighted and a reaction to bad press, which he and all owners hate. Of course, this is all my opinion.
My bet is that as he interviewed GM candidates, DG sold him by saying the team is not far away, Eli still has it, I can build a line for your fast, etc.
Can't fault DG for wanting to get a job. We all sell during job interviews. But Mara liked the easy answers not any that involved moving on from Eli.
He now suffers the consequences of a seasons possibly over by the end of September. And it will then get ugly in the media, on this board and in the stadium.
Okay, I will try to stop being annoying with my 0-2 mantra, as annoying as it is to me with these definitive proclamations on here today
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The reaction to the Eli benching spooked him and he made some bad decisions as a result, chief among them hiring DG and empowering him to blow the most important draft pick the franchise has had in 14 years.
I would be more annoyed about the Giants performance if I was on board with the decision making but I’m not, I think they are managing this all wrong and I’m not sure any of them really know what they are doing. It’s a shame but it’s easy to divorce yourself from results when a team is not managed well. I have been a Knicks fan my whole life, I’m used to this stuff. Never dreamed I’d be as perplexed by the Giants decision making as I am with the Knicks, but here we are.
The Giants are a dumb organization and way behind the times. Accept that and the rest is easier to deal with.
I believe ownership is too involved in the on-field decision-making process. I think one reason Reese was retained for longer than he should have been was bc he willingly took the heat for many personal decisions that were pushed by ownership. I'm afraid Gettleman was hired under a similar pretense.
I understand its early and I do hope I'm wrong but damn, this repeating the same mistake over and over is frustrating.
Yes but George Young has passed.
It's not everyone's fault but his, it is a team game and it is the team's fault, and his inability to make proper quick reads based on the D's blitz packages is a real issue... but when your offensive linemen can't pick up a simple ET stunt, when your FB completely whiffs on a blitz pick up, when your $15M/yr LT can't block the defender lined up right in front of him... you CAN'T put *most* of the blame on Eli.
Mara has had an absolutely awful stretch here. I’m terrified going forward.
The guy fired coughlin, hired mcadoo, then fired mcadoo two years later. That right there is just brutal. Brutal!
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