Lombardi came to mind first, but our O was no great shakes until Tittle arrived and by then Lombardi was gone 2 years before. Allie was basically our OC and the O thrived, but we also had a ton of talent on that side of the ball..
Under Simms we had Earhardt and he did well, even as conservative as he could be..
Though I had on and off issues with Gilbride, he’s my nominee for the best OC in my lifetime..
You?
He got an offense with Kerry Collins at QB to the Superbowl.
so why are you talking about the early 60s when you never saw it?
Have I not answered your question thoroughly enough doofus?
Like I said Columbo, you got me. I answered the question with a coordinator before my lifetime. The horror. The agony. The embarrassment.
I really do mean it. I'll send you the doofus crown. It's a holiday, so I'll even pony up for the shipping.
Until Plax Eli/KG were “magic,” at times, imv
I think everyone knows my feelings that losing Burress gets a little mythologised.
I think the bigger *if only* is Nicks getting hurt in 2012. He was blossoming into the best WR in the NFL. That week 2 game against Tampa was ridiculous. Nicks gutted it out and came back later in the year, but was never the same player again.
The Giants defense was also pretty respectable in 2012. That's the one I think got away.
I thought that was going to be the beginning of a real nightmare with RG3.
But the game that really sticks out to me is the Falcons game. It was like every bit of magic from the championship teams was gone. I would have never expected in a million years the Giants to get rocked like that.
They got wrecked in that game, and it felt like the end of an era where you expected the Giants to turn it on when it mattered.
2011 was a changing and they had a advanced cerebral QB and a highly talented group of WR's (led by Nicks) to impact defenses. When he was hurt they really struggled.
Ultimately the biggest thing that impacted TC/Gilbride was the offense lost the inability to impact the game physically caused by the OL/TE group. We have trying to recover the edge for ten years imv.
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I think it’s Sherman, and not really close.
Under Sherman as OC then HC/OC the Giants were perennial top 5 offensive teams and went to the championship game 5/6 years.
Sherman was an offense visionary, and his motion offense was well ahead of its time. Much of what the AFL and NFL eventually became was because of Sherman.
If Tittle and Gifford don’t get injured at critical times, the Giants would have at least another title and Sherman would get more credit.
The question posed here is the greatest offensive coordinator in your lifetime. Your profile says you became a Giants fan in 1990, so why are you talking about the early 60s when you never saw it?
Yeah, this sounds just like what a poster would say after being on BBI years before but hardly ever posting.
Jan 2022 is a good time to revive such strong in-depth commentary you bring to the table as the call-out post above...
BB56's sensibilities were so offended ... he and I then had a nice exchange about football.
I'm the worst.