In firing head coach Brian Daboll on Monday, New York Giants ownership answered the question of whether Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen, who both came from the Buffalo Bills at the start of the 2022 season, are a package deal.
They clearly are not.
Schoen, who hired Daboll as head coach shortly after he replaced Dave Gettleman as GM, is staying. Not only that, the team announced that Schoen will lead the search for a new head coach.
“We feel like Joe has assembled a good young nucleus of talent, and we look forward to its development,” said Mara. “Unfortunately, the results over the past three years have not been what any of us want. We take full responsibility for those results and look forward to the kind of success our fans expect.”
“These are difficult decisions, and John and I do not take them lightly,” said Tisch, “but we feel like this is the right thing to do at this time and will allow us to move forward.”
That makes it clear that the Giants do not expect to fire Schoen at the end of the 2025 season, and that they are laying the blame for the team’s under-performance on Daboll and not on the roster Schoen assembled.
Schoen has made some well-publicized mistakes in four offseasons with the Giants. If, though, you agree that the four games this season the Giants have lost after getting double-digit leads, including losing two 10-point leads in the final four minutes, should have been won then you are looking at a team that could be 6-4 rather than 2-8.
Whether you agree or not, it appears that is how Giants’ ownership feels.
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