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dan518 : 1/20/2022 1:55 am
If this has already been posted, I will take it down but came across this on Youtube and checked ESPN's website out myslef and, wow, there it is. Don't believe it but somebody F'd up over there
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and this one  
dan518 : 1/20/2022 1:55 am : link
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Seems a mistake  
JoeMorrison40 : 1/20/2022 2:15 am : link
Date is Jan 7
if you check out the youtube vid  
dan518 : 1/20/2022 2:18 am : link
second post link, things seem to go a little deeper
it's hard to say  
dan518 : 1/20/2022 2:19 am : link
but fun none the less to listen to
I'll go on record  
allstarjim : 1/20/2022 2:55 am : link
I think this is meaningful, I think this was yet another leak from the Giants, and some ESPN intern or something accidentally hit publish early.

I think the decision has been made, it's Schoen, and everything else is window dressing.

You look at what that Buffalo team has fone, and you have to believe John Mara would love a guy like Schoen.

I'm happy with this.

They're organizarional philosophy has been right on for team building, and now they are seeing the results. Hopefully Schoen can come and build a sustainable winner here as well.
leaning that way too  
dan518 : 1/20/2022 3:04 am : link
allstar but you know. you never know lol but it seems like a mistake a BIG reputable and accurate sports outlet would be careful not to let out unless they get some early info
Interesting.  
Ira : 1/20/2022 5:41 am : link
We should know for sure very soon.
I think Schoen is the clear favorite..  
Sean : 1/20/2022 5:59 am : link
But, they aren’t flying Peters cross country if the decision has already been made.
You guys need to get out of the house more  
ZogZerg : 1/20/2022 6:31 am : link
if you think the Giants already decided and leaked it to ESPN.

They may very well pick him, but it certainly wasn't decided on Jan 7.
I never said it was definite  
dan518 : 1/20/2022 7:02 am : link
but was interesting and you never know. With them bringing in Quinn for an interview suggests that they may have their gm already picked or checked with the 3 who they would want and they all agreed to Quinn. Who knows but interesting none the less
Tortured Giants fan and ESPN staffer  
GiantTuff1 : 1/20/2022 7:30 am : link
trolling and wishing change into existence.
RE: Tortured Giants fan and ESPN staffer  
Jimmy Googs : 1/20/2022 7:55 am : link
In comment 15561734 GiantTuff1 said:
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trolling and wishing change into existence.


Yep, but we haven't had any conspiracy theories this week on the site, so let's see how far a few chuckleheads want to take this one...
We didn't know Schoen  
JB_in_DC : 1/20/2022 8:40 am : link
was getting interviewed until the interview was ongoing. Not a lot of people are privy to the info here, certainly not whichever low level ESPN employee inputs that kind of stuff.
Could that  
mittenedman : 1/20/2022 8:51 am : link
mean that guys like Adam Peters or Poles could be interviewing for positions under the GM?
RE: Could that  
mphbullet36 : 1/20/2022 9:07 am : link
In comment 15561814 mittenedman said:
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mean that guys like Adam Peters or Poles could be interviewing for positions under the GM?


no way. Peters already holds the Assist GM position. 49ers wouldn't let him leave for a position that wasn't a step up.
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Strahan91 : 1/20/2022 9:17 am : link
Why wouldn't ESPN  
HoodieGelo : 1/20/2022 9:39 am : link
want to leak this as soon as they heard it? It's big news. No reason to to hide it. 100% nonsense in my opinion
More likely  
JohnF : 1/20/2022 9:54 am : link
is that ESPN has prepared alerts and stories for all the GM candidates for the Giants, and that some minimum wage intern hit the wrong button. All the outlets want to be "first", and ESPN has jumped the gun wrongly before.

Being "first"...even if you're wrong...brings in the clicks, and makes money for ESPN. It's the curse of the internet age that jumping the gun (and apologizing later) is standard practice in news.
RE: Could that  
blueblood : 1/20/2022 9:54 am : link
In comment 15561814 mittenedman said:
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mean that guys like Adam Peters or Poles could be interviewing for positions under the GM?


So they are interviewing for the Giants for positions they ALREADY hold on the team they are already on ???
RE: More likely  
Strahan91 : 1/20/2022 9:57 am : link
In comment 15561931 JohnF said:
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is that ESPN has prepared alerts and stories for all the GM candidates for the Giants, and that some minimum wage intern hit the wrong button. All the outlets want to be "first", and ESPN has jumped the gun wrongly before.

Being "first"...even if you're wrong...brings in the clicks, and makes money for ESPN. It's the curse of the internet age that jumping the gun (and apologizing later) is standard practice in news.

Yep. This is happened numerous times before for actual articles someone published on accident.
RE: RE: Could that  
mittenedman : 1/20/2022 10:01 am : link
In comment 15561935 blueblood said:
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In comment 15561814 mittenedman said:


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mean that guys like Adam Peters or Poles could be interviewing for positions under the GM?



So they are interviewing for the Giants for positions they ALREADY hold on the team they are already on ???


If the ESPN update is true (and I'm not saying it is) that's the only explanation isn't it?
BTW  
mittenedman : 1/20/2022 10:02 am : link
It's still up there too.

If it was a mistake I'm surprised they haven't taken it down by now.
That  
AcidTest : 1/20/2022 10:07 am : link
would be hilarious if true. More proof that the Giants can't keep a secret about anything. That will hopefully be something the new GM fixes.
I don't know if this is true, but the one thing that would make sense  
PatersonPlank : 1/20/2022 10:08 am : link
is that the Giants are beginning to interview HC's. If Schoen was signed up and just not announced, it would make sense to get his list of candidates and get started.
These comments are so naïve and paranoid, it's adorable  
Producer : 1/20/2022 10:18 am : link
You guys don't understand how big media companies work, but I do.

Interns don't update the website. Interns get coffee.

When information gets leaked to a company, it is probably the head of the company or a top executive, and it doesn't get shared with the interns, who the head of the company or top executives never see, literally.

There is a strong chance that the guy who updates the website doesn't even work for ESPN, or if he does he works at a different site and is siloed from the exec offices and the broadcast portion of the company. In my experience the web people know their job, web maintenance, and know very little about anything else.

The likeliest two explanations are:

1) it's a typo. Happens all the time.
2) they put these dates in a few days later and either it's a typo, or they got the date wrong.

98% it is one of those explanations.

You guys are cute.
Producer is the voice of reason  
dancing blue bear : 1/20/2022 10:53 am : link
Let that sink in, fuckers ...
This is fair game now. They just published it  
MartyNJ1969 : 1/20/2022 11:55 am : link
Its public domain information now that Joel is GM
RE: if you check out the youtube vid  
Section331 : 1/20/2022 12:03 pm : link
In comment 15561703 dan518 said:
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second post link, things seem to go a little deeper


But the Young Guns don't know anything, they're speculating just like the rest of us.

There is nothing to this. Probably an intern posted this by mistake (maybe should have said Schoen had agreed to an interview?), but the Giants already named a GM before starting interviews?

I certainly hope this isn't true. That would tell me that the decision-making process hasn't changed at all, that the owners preconceive who they want and the rest is just window dressing. It's getting a good GM by accident.
RE: These comments are so naïve and paranoid, it's adorable  
Section331 : 1/20/2022 12:06 pm : link
In comment 15561990 Producer said:
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You guys don't understand how big media companies work, but I do.

Interns don't update the website. Interns get coffee.

When information gets leaked to a company, it is probably the head of the company or a top executive, and it doesn't get shared with the interns, who the head of the company or top executives never see, literally.

There is a strong chance that the guy who updates the website doesn't even work for ESPN, or if he does he works at a different site and is siloed from the exec offices and the broadcast portion of the company. In my experience the web people know their job, web maintenance, and know very little about anything else.

The likeliest two explanations are:

1) it's a typo. Happens all the time.
2) they put these dates in a few days later and either it's a typo, or they got the date wrong.

98% it is one of those explanations.

You guys are cute.


I've worked most of my career at large media companies, and I agree with most of what you're saying, but I can tell you that interns absolutely do make changes to web data. Maybe not a lot, and what they enter has to be approved by managers, but think about how many data elements go into updating ESPN's website? Anomalies like this are going to happen.
Dude  
Producer : 1/20/2022 12:21 pm : link
Interns do not update web data at large media companies and I have been working on and off at/with media companies for 35+ years, and continue to. APs, maybe. PAs, maybe. Never interns.
I'll bow to Producer's experience in these matters  
JohnF : 1/20/2022 12:59 pm : link
but that makes it a bit more "damming" that a major news organization is that sloppy with the facts. Apparently, the editors don't care to check the work, or are happy to get the clicks if mistakes do happen.

ESPN has a history of jumping the gun and not checking sources in order to be first. Here's a list of corrections from their own web site (buried away so it's difficult to find...wonder why?):

ESPN Corrections
It's been removed  
You'reMyBoyBlue!! : 1/20/2022 1:03 pm : link
Fwiw
RE: These comments are so naïve and paranoid, it's adorable  
Semipro Lineman : 1/20/2022 1:08 pm : link
In comment 15561990 Producer said:
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You guys don't understand how big media companies work, (a)

You guys are cute. (b)


A - Is true.
B - Is not true
RE: I'll bow to Producer's experience in these matters  
Producer : 1/20/2022 1:40 pm : link
In comment 15562426 JohnF said:
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but that makes it a bit more "damming" that a major news organization is that sloppy with the facts. Apparently, the editors don't care to check the work, or are happy to get the clicks if mistakes do happen.

ESPN has a history of jumping the gun and not checking sources in order to be first. Here's a list of corrections from their own web site (buried away so it's difficult to find...wonder why?):

ESPN Corrections


They're a sports and entertainment enterprise first and foremost. They do a little bit of hard hitting news coverage, but really not very much.

They're not the Washington Post. And even the Washington Post makes mistakes.

I think the idea that they would subtly indicate, in a corner of the site nobody even looks at, what's really going on, is what's silly about the OPs implication. If the news was leaked in advance to ESPN, it would be to a higher up. If it was big news, like Lebron to South Beach, they would break it big - front page big. Or they would stay mum if that was the tacit agreement. ESPN big shots don't care what gets posted to the transactions corner of the Giants page. They're not planting Easter eggs like this is a Hobbit DVD.
also very easy to fake  
I Love Clams Casino : 1/20/2022 2:29 pm : link
using the browsers built in editing tools. It only displays on 1 "local" screen though and not to the masses. Maybe those guys are looking for hits on their podcast or something.

Unless it was seen by others as well? I clicked on the 1st link and did not see anything
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