When the New York Giants announced the decision to keep Brian Daboll and Joe Schoen on Monday morning, it was snowing in New Jersey. For those of us sick of hearing what a few performative, attention-starved Giants fans think via airplane banner messaging, the fact that the FAA would not have cleared a flight in this weather is a relief to us all.
It’s obvious that keeping the pair after one of the worst seasons in franchise history and the team’s first winless record within the division was unpopular. One didn’t have to tune into local sports radio and listen to people who have enjoyed two Super Bowls since 2007 moan like they were afflicted with a stomach ulcer to find that out. Of course, these are the same people who wanted Tom Coughlin fired in ’05, helped push him out after ’15 and complained when all of Coughlin’s successors didn’t live up to his standards. These are the same people who desperately wanted to move on from Eli Manning and then acted as if Ben McAdoo was some kind of poltergeist when he wanted to get a look at Geno Smith or—gasp—throw some weight into scouting Patrick Mahomes.
