When Did You Want Reese Fired?

but I was part of the rather large section of this board that wanted him gone when tbey moved on from Coughlin.

When Mara out together the Coughlin retirement charade and then told Reese fix it or else.

That should have been a clean sweep.

When it was clear we needed OL.

were there as early as the 2013 season. that team won seven games but was lucky to have won more than 3. i knew the team was in trouble then. drafting beckham the following year bought him some undeserved time. bring ross on was his worst decision, and he did that fairly early on.

Kept the hall of shamer Reese

1. When it was clear that the OL picks of Flowers, Pugh, and Westburg were not working out.

2. They should have sent Reese packing at the same time they let go of Coughlin....Reese really let TC, and frankly Eli, down during the 2010-2015 time frame.

In comment 14627281 christian said:

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When Mara out together the Coughlin retirement charade and then told Reese fix it or else. That should have been a clean sweep.

Agree with this. When Coughlin was fired - that was the time to fire Reese and clean house. The half measures sunk the next several years.

I was ready

In comment 14627299 morrison40 said:

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Kept the hall of shamer Reese

Yep, agree if Coughlin got canned so should have Reese! Start with clean state!!

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God, I remember the 'In Reese We Trust' posts. Time flies.

fired TC. I wanted him gone before TC.

In comment 14627290 bradshaw44 said:

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When it was clear we needed OL.

💯 percent right.

but I didn't see it that way at the time. GMs tend to last longer than coaches, and I thought that TC had just run his course - the duration of his run combined with his age contributed to a decline.

Turns out, Reese had the same problem, minus his age - it was time for him to go.

2013 season.

Reese should of went first. Which makes me wonder if they would of brought in a GM that knew what he was doing. Where would the Giants be today with coughlin?

In comment 14627269 j_rud said:

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but I was part of the rather large section of this board that wanted him gone when tbey moved on from Coughlin.

This. Mara was a moron for keeping him. Easily As inexcusable a decision as hiring McAdoo. Made no sense firing the coach and keep the guy who was horrific draft after draft

I didn't understand how anyone could look at that team and think the roster hadn't become seriously flawed.

The "fix" was abandoning fiscal responsibility in exchange for one very good defensive season. That was one of Mara's silliest mistakes.

but the Vernon signing was ridiculous. We pretty much wrote him a blank check for a dude that had 7.5 sacks. They gave him a market setting contract for potential. This is exactly why we should have fired him along with TC. Instead we had a GM who felt the heat and was going to do anything to make sure he made the playoffs the next season.

As well as taking Ross with him.

To me that was the start of the "it's the coaching, not the players" blame shift and the beginning of the end.

If you're going to tell your head coach who his assistants can be, then just move on from the whole staff. By the time they sent Coughlin packing it was plain as day that the roster was in complete shambles.

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I knew he would bust.


Flowers' tape in college was just mediocre

It made no sense to keep Reese.

In comment 14627436 widmerseyebrow said:

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To me that was the start of the "it's the coaching, not the players" blame shift and the beginning of the end. If you're going to tell your head coach who his assistants can be, then just move on from the whole staff. By the time they sent Coughlin packing it was plain as day that the roster was in complete shambles.

If that were the case, wouldn't it be when Coughlin let Hufnagel and Tim Lewis go?

But all I know is this franchise should have moved on from Reese, TC and Eli all at once. They took half measures and it’s cost us the last 5 years.

Stupid to fire Coughlin but keep him.

Accoursi pushed that because he hated Coughlin. Thats was his revenge , Reese was a second rate scout way over his head his whole tenure. Then he brought in the arrogant moron Ross and here we are. MO.

In comment 14627564 TMS said:

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Accoursi pushed that because he hated Coughlin. Thats was his revenge , Reese was a second rate scout way over his head his whole tenure. Then he brought in the arrogant moron Ross and here we are. MO.

Yeah ok helped us win 2 Super Bowls and he was in over his head. There are many many GMS that can’t say that. Plus he worked the giants for 20’years. We used to blow every 1st round pick we ever had. People forget how bad our drafting was under Accorsi in the first 2 rounds.

So stop shitting on the man. He’s gone and he helped us reach the promise land twice. Who cares at this point.

believe Ross was the problem.

Reese and Coughlin were more of a victim of circumstance and timing. But when Coughlin was fired, it was the perfect time to change both and start fresh.

he was a conservative and safe choice.

The years Reese was the Director or Player Personnel, the Giants dramatically improved their drafting.

The drafts from 2004-2007 were very, very good drafts. The overall management of the team was very good from 2007-2012.

Some guys are good managing good rosters, not rebuilding. There are plenty of GMs who have never gotten over the hump with a good roster, and then promptly blow it.

Reese was a big part of crafting and then executing a core that was fantastic from 2005-2012. Six playoff appearances, zero losing seasons, 2 championships.

In comment 14627290 bradshaw44 said:

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When it was clear we needed OL.

THIS

He sunk the whole world

was let go...

His loose lips let everyone know he wanted Floyd with Conklin as his back up then Tennessee takes Conklin at 8, Chicago moves up in front of us to get Floyd and he selects Apple. I was furious.

Reese was dead to me after that.

and Reese didn't resign in shame...

but the whole David Bass to fix the oline and repeated drafting of scrub OL and LB guys in the 3-5 range made me consider it every april.

Before scapegoat Gilbride. Or at the very least he should have been cleaning house in the FO at the same time, that would have made him all right in my book.

The guy gave us peak Manning and Warren Moon ffs.

In comment 14627564 TMS said:

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Accoursi pushed that because he hated Coughlin. Thats was his revenge , Reese was a second rate scout way over his head his whole tenure. Then he brought in the arrogant moron Ross and here we are. MO.

He's not arrogant, he's insolent :D Why did we hire him in the first place??

after a horrific year.

Say what you want about Gettleman but he isn’t afraid to course correct after making a mistake. See OBJ, Hart, Flowers, etc...

In comment 14627281 christian said:

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When Mara out together the Coughlin retirement charade and then told Reese fix it or else. That should have been a clean sweep.

This! In spades, but actually I was all in for him out the year before. It was clear.

In comment 14627588 FatMan in Charlotte said:

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believe Ross was the problem. Reese and Coughlin were more of a victim of circumstance and timing. But when Coughlin was fired, it was the perfect time to change both and start fresh.

I agree. If the Giants had never hired Ross there is a good chance that Reese would probably still be the GM.

At the same time Reese deserved to be let go because he kept Ross for years after it was clear that he was doing an awful job as the head of scouting. Why didn't he make a change sooner? Was it because he genuinely believed that Ross wasn't to blame or did he keep him because they were close friends?

it became clear he wouldn't part from Marc Ross. That guy wasn't only terrible at his job, he came across as a smug butthead.

Look, Reese won the 2 superbowls, but he let the OL deteriorate - not because of lack of investment, but in picking the wrong players. That was on Ross.

We also got to a point where I generally disliked the players on the team - they came across poorly. We do seem to have higher character / team first players now. Hopefully they can win some games . . .

thing on the Vernon pick. It seemed like he was the only edge rusher available that year. And we went and broke the bank for him for middling results.

I feel that Nate Solder was (is) that for Gettlemen. Only real LT available, we broke the bank for him, and he has been struggling to make a positive impact.

Goes to show how important it is to hit on your draft picks. You might be left with dog food in FA.

and looked at his track record.

Actually, the moment I really thought he was over his head was when, in the wake of the new CBA being signed, he panicked and signed Will Beatty to a new contract at the very beginning of free agency. It was an above market rate for a mediocre player, and the first major signing at that position. It said to me he had no clue about evaluating his own guys or how to manage a roster.

after the 2015 season.

In comment 14627510 jcn56 said:

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If that were the case, wouldn't it be when Coughlin let Hufnagel and Tim Lewis go?

Both of those guys were gone before the Giants started winning Super Bowls. On what merit should they have been kept in place?

as many said, when Coughlin was scapegoated. It didn't make any sense to remove one and not the other. It just resulted in more wasted years.

In comment 14627304 Tom in NY said:

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1. When it was clear that the OL picks of Flowers, Pugh, and Westburg were not working out. 2. They should have sent Reese packing at the same time they let go of Coughlin....Reese really let TC, and frankly Eli, down during the 2010-2015 time frame.

Westburg....the portmanteua no one asked for

Hand was forced to resign. The whole organization was mired in a deep downward spiral at that and has yet to recover.