I'll admit....I liked him when they hired him....and was excited is 1st year...I thought he would do a really good job. Loved his old school demeanor, thoughts on football, approach. Then overtime realized he wasn't ready for modern football and he ended up really hurting the Giants. My biggest issues with him were the draft picks of Deandre Baker, Will Hernandez, possibly Kadarius Toney. And of course the Nate Solder and Golloday singings. The other gaffes, I think most GM's have. (Omameh, Jonathan Stewart, etc.)
What's interesting now, is the draft picks that are playing well or on the verge of playing well, seem to be his guys. And they could end up being the real cornerstones of the future.
Dexter Lawrence
Saquon Barkley
Xavier Mckinney
Azeez Ojulari
Andrew Thomas
Julian Love
Tae Crowder
possibly Daniel Jones
He also deserves credit for guys like:
Signing Adoree Jackson
signing Graham Gano.
discovering Nick Gates
trading for Leonard Williams, although his contract is inflated. Same with Bradberry.
Question is, what kind of legacy will Gettleman really have?
Again, I think he screwed up royally his last year....but he could end up being fairly average in terms of a GM grade.
Becton has to play right tackle because of his weight and can't play a game without getting injured.
Becton has to play right tackle because of his weight and can't play a game without getting injured.
Just a weird victory lap.
Do you want BBI to pull up every example of every player that you wanted to wait and see how it played out, only to see that litany of players ultimately flame out, one after another?
You say the same thing about every fucking player. You're bound to be right eventually, just like Gettleman himself. That's probably why you're one of his few remaining fans.
Daboll hired a modern up and coming OC and a veteran DC, both of which seem to be in their lane and very good at it.
No coincidence that Love looks like a starting NFL player now that he has a better coordinator.
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for example, he drafted Andrew Thomas when basically everyone on this board and in the media said that was the wrong move amongst the available tackles.
Not only was it the right move, but Thomas is playing like the best left tackle in football at the age of 23.
The coaching selections and free agency moves were a disaster. But he may have selected the NFL's best offensive weapon and one of the game's best left tackles. And yet, most fans just don't want to admit that to be true.
Most people seemed to like the pick. Giants Draft Thomas - ( New Window )
Winner winner chicken dinner, yay me!
sb from NYT Forum : 4/23/2020 9:29 pm : link
So happy
When you have years of opportunities to draft college football players, of course all of them aren't going to suck. If you draft a player projected to be 1st round or 2nd round talent, it doesn't matter if you arrived at that pick by putting on a blindfold and throwing a dart at the draft board.
So yeah, he drafted McKinney. He's a good football player. It doesn't mean he had some astute foresight in drafting him. Yes, I acknowledge that Gettleman drafted some good football players. But honestly? It almost doesn't matter. The draft is just the most visible moment for a general manager, but it's only one part of the job.
He's the worst GM in the history of the franchise. If you want to focus on the fact that some of the players he drafted don't suck, go ahead. To me, that's like finding a single pair of jeans that fit at Walmart and telling people ya know, Walmart actually has some nice stuff.
Thomas and Barkley are two of my favorite players on the team. They have been superb this season. Gettleman still sucks.
It turns out Thomas had a foot injury early on, which required surgery and materially impacted his play.
If there weren’t mitigating factors to explain his bad performance, and that’s who he really was — that would have been a disaster.
He still blows chunks.