while interviewing Nabors. Did anyone else have an issue with this. I know some will dismiss as completely irrelevant, but I thought that was a bad look that I found somewhat unprofessional. If you are a leader and you want your team to be professional when they are in the meeting, by sitting up and paying attention, you might not want to look like you are not lounging in a frat house or on a beach in the Caribbean. The only thing I can think of was that it was intentional to make Nabors more comfortable like he was just shooting the crap with his friends to open up as opposed to being in a formal interview where he might be more on guard. But, still, it was noticeable to me what Daboll did and that I would never do that in a meeting.
I wouldn't do that in someone else's office either. It would be like me coming over to your house and putting my shoes up on your coffee table.
Clearly showing whose boss.
Neither do the F bombs from him or Schoen.
It's just sports entertainment to me.
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But didn't he do it in a suit when Schoen was running the draft scenarios by Tisch and Mara? That wasn't the best look.
Working class hero act? I’m not intimidated act? Everyone we meet is engaging in battles between the ears we know nothing about.
It's part of the culture of the NFL. Finance is no different.
As to the original post, I wasn't thrilled with how he was lounging on the couch. Seemed disrespectful to me. But for all I know that's also part of the NFL culture. Though I cannot imagine Daboll doing that with Tisch or Mara in the room.
and we tripping about feet on a desk.
I took it as trying to see how someone would react to it..
I wouldn't do that in someone else's office either. It would be like me coming over to your house and putting my shoes up on your coffee table.
Yeah, and if I were the interviewee I'd have on a suit and tie for a job interview. One, it's a different era, and two. It's football.
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He did do it with Nabers too, my bad on the wrong info. Not appropriate either way.
This is more like a team of construction guys in a meeting and the boss gets to lie down or put his feet up.
Besides that, wasn’t this at least the second time they met with Nabers? Maybe Daboll wanted to show a different side and see how Nabers would react.
Yes!
So yeah, I don't think sprawled out on the GM's couch was a good look for Daboll. But as other have said, I, too, am old, and out of touch. I don't expect Hank Stram, Tom Landry attire and demeanor. That's not today's head coach. I also don't mind f-bombs and coarse language in general, but when you're the HC of the Giants, I don't think you should be presenting yourself to non-Giants (like college prospects or FAs) in such a cavalier manner -- stretched out on a couch, looking like a slob (I'm not talking about his clothes). None of that stuff is professional. Of course, neither is cursing out your assistants (to the point of complaints) on the headphones during games.
Most of us wouldn't get away with that shit at our jobs. However, Schoen and Mara seem totally unconcerned, so what do I know?
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Well, you clearly don't work in the same Corporate America that I do then.
If he wins, no one care; if he continues to lose (8-16-1 after the 7-2 start in 2022), these sorts of quirks will be part of the indictment.
If he wins, no one care; if he continues to lose (8-16-1 after the 7-2 start in 2022), these sorts of quirks will be part of the indictment.
And what would that reason be that he kicked around the NFL for 23 years?
Exactly….if all the things to actually give a shit about….this isn’t one of them
Yup. Same as 90% of threads on here lol.
I personally find it funny when I start reading a thread like this while not having seen what's being talked about and I get a picture in my mind, and then I see a clip of it and it's actually totally different.
"Lying down on couch"??? Anyone who thinks that's lying down on a couch has never lain down on a couch before.
If he wins, no one care; if he continues to lose (8-16-1 after the 7-2 start in 2022), these sorts of quirks will be part of the indictment.
I think that's just normal for a coach in the NFL. Most coaches coach for a long time before they get a HC job.
Bill Belichick got "kicked" around the NFL for 16 years before an NFL HC job.
Andy Reid got "kicked" around college football & the NFL for 18 years before an NFL HC job.
Tom Coughlin got "kicked" around college football and the NFL for 27 years before an NFL HC job.
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The things the people on this message board cry/whine/complain about is comical. Who gives a fuck how he sits? It's meaningless. He's a fat guy. It's probably more comfortable for him to sit like that.
Exactly….if all the things to actually give a shit about….this isn’t one of them
The things people worry about. I'm trying to figure out if these weirdos live a great life and you have nothing else to worry about so you worry about how the New York Giants HC sat on his couch while interviewing a potential draft pick or do they live a terrible life worrying about things that don't really matter.
So yeah, I don't think sprawled out on the GM's couch was a good look for Daboll. But as other have said, I, too, am old, and out of touch. I don't expect Hank Stram, Tom Landry attire and demeanor. That's not today's head coach. I also don't mind f-bombs and coarse language in general, but when you're the HC of the Giants, I don't think you should be presenting yourself to non-Giants (like college prospects or FAs) in such a cavalier manner -- stretched out on a couch, looking like a slob (I'm not talking about his clothes). None of that stuff is professional. Of course, neither is cursing out your assistants (to the point of complaints) on the headphones during games.
Most of us wouldn't get away with that shit at our jobs. However, Schoen and Mara seem totally unconcerned, so what do I know?
Agreed, and I think the Schoen backwards hat stuff is a bit lame too. These guys all seem a little too comfortable right now. For a franchise that hasn't put a professional quality product on the field for much of the last 10 years, it's not a good look. Some immmaturity there to say the least.
I'm puzzled by it at times, but I respect it.
His son plays in the same youth hockey org as my son does (his son is younger). I have seen Dabes around the rink a bit this summer. He looks very trim.