The Giants are poorly run (Schoen) and poorly coached (Daboll). To keep both for 2025 sends a clear message: Winning is not a priority.
In professional sports, you either get the job done (win) or you don’t. The body of work is there for all to see, and the Giants should have seen enough to make a call without the final five games being an audition for General Manager Joe Schoen and Head Coach Brian Daboll.
Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll (photo, NY Daily News)
I do not believe Daboll should be the Giants’ head coach next season, and Schoen should not remain as the team’s GM.
Daboll’s 8-21 record over the last two seasons is sufficient to make that call. Furthermore, the players have not developed during his tenure, and watching the offense perform is painful. (A national audience got to see that last Thursday.) As for Schoen, the Giants haven’t progressed under his watch.
When asked about the team’s poor play and how to improve it, Daboll either says what amounts to nothing, offers cliches, or makes excuses about not having enough playmakers. Really? The Giants had enough firepower with Daniel Jones, rookie Malik Nabers, and Wan’Dale Robinson to score points, and the team should have won more than two games this season–especially for a team that some thought would compete for a playoff spot.
How low is Brian Daboll’s bar? Well, it’s low three times over.
–Some say it should be whether his players quit during the 27-20 loss against the Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day. In fact, they did not quit. But how in the world can that be the referendum on his staying as the Giants’ head coach? If so, it’s a horrible way to run an organization.
–Giants media bobos, like Shaun Morash, Art Stapleton, and Paul Dottino, continue to hail Daboll and Schoen for leading the Giants to the playoffs in their first year. How can they keep relying on that card when the team looks inept?
–I understand co-owner John Mara’s desire for stability, but expecting different results by keeping the same people is insanity.
My conclusion is straightforward and different: Daboll and Schoen haven’t earned the right to be back, and (because of that) what the Gant do in the last five games is irrelevant.
There’s no bad luck here. The team is what its record says it is. The Giants are poorly run (Schoen) and poorly coached (Daboll). To keep both for 2025 sends a clear message: Winning is not a priority.
