Reports on Twitter (Art Stapleton, Rappaport of NFL.com, beat writers confirmed) state McAdoo to be named new Head Coach of the Giants. Details of the deal being finalized.
Some quick analysis, which essentially repeats and summarizes our thoughts on Twitter from the past week:
- Marrone was not a good choice. He had risk and baggage. We queried the blogger from Buffalo Wins, Joe Pinzone. Joe felt that while the first year in BUF went well, the 2nd deteriorated, Marrone got “cranky” and left. Marrone had difficulties with the media.
@UltimateNYG and he didn’t get along with his GM and some of the organizations lifers. However, after he left problems still persisted
— Joe (@BuffaloWins) January 9, 2016
- There was interest in Mike Smith from Atlanta. Woof. The Giants apologists were out in force defending this interview, that Smith had this wonderful won-loss record. Bullsh*t. Smith was a loser who beat the bad teams and folded against the good ones. He was an awful decision-maker on the sidelines, mismanaging the contest vs the Giants in the 2011 playoffs. 1-4 in the playoffs. Underwhelming. Not for me.
With Jackson going to the Browns and Gase going to Miami, the best choice was to hire McAdoo. PLUS, there were reports of the Eagles possibly hiring McAdoo. The Eagles will deny it. But regardless, given the hand the Giants were playing the best move was to sign McAdoo.
My read is that McAdoo was not a slam dunk. The Giants organization knew him well and wanted to see if there was better out there. Whether there was or not, they could not sign them, so they keep McAdoo. Yes, this is good for Eli and the offense.
Did the Giants settle? Perhaps. But look at what happened to George Young in 1984. He wanted to hire Schnellenberger and dump Parcells, but couldn’t pull it off. Good thing. Some times your 2nd or 3rd choice is just fine. The Giants may not be ecstatic about McAdoo but he is good enough. Of course the Giants will spin this to the hilt, so get ready for all of the public relations the next few days about how amazing and fantabulous he is. If McAdoo hires someone who keeps his offensive system (logical), then that will be good for Eli. What is good for Eli is good the Giants. Eli deserves that much. This franchise would be one large sh*tpile right now without Eli Manning.
Let’s remember that being a Head Coach is a completely different job than being a Coordinator. So McAdoo could become great. Or he could be a dud. But this is what I like about it- he is a fresh blueprint. He is young (2nd youngest, 38). He is going to give the organization a shot at winning. Of course we have other problems (named Reese and Barnes), so let’s not get too manic either.
Early reports are also out that Steve Spagnuolo will stay on as Defensive Coordinator. I am okay with this. Everyone understands how little talent there was on the Defensive side of the ball. Spags was not tremendous. He did not have a pass rush and that killed him. He did not have a cover Safety or a Linebacker worth much. Interestingly, if McAdoo keeps Spagnuolo, that has to be read at face value: that McAdoo understands that Spagnuolo has answers and is not a part of the problem.
This team still needs a lot of help. And it needs to get healthy. I am curious to see what McAdoo does with Palmieri. That will be the first move to watch. Lord knows the Giants need a lot of change on the medical/conditioning side.
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