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Football Grump

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3015 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
Giants Head Coach Candidate Preview | 115

I think that Mike McCarthy and Kevin Stefanski, you know, maybe Mike McCarthy got really lucky to start his year, his time as head coach to transition very smoothly, by the way, from Brett Favre to Aaron Rodgers, where you have Aaron Rodgers, who's an incredibly talented player.

Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
Giants Head Coach Candidate Preview | 115

quarterback to begin with, who's had a super competitive mindset.

Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
Giants Head Coach Candidate Preview | 115

That's absolutely necessary to be a quarterback in the NFL.

Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
Giants Head Coach Candidate Preview | 115

And he doesn't even have to play for like three years or something like that.

Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
Giants Head Coach Candidate Preview | 115

So, I mean, like that doesn't happen anymore.

Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
Giants Head Coach Candidate Preview | 115

So is it possible that Mike McCarthy and Kevin Stefanski are the same guy with completely different starting situations?

Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
Giants Head Coach Candidate Preview | 115

I don't know.

Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
Giants Head Coach Candidate Preview | 115

I think that they're a lot closer than people make them out to be, but there are definitely some things with Mike McCarthy that, that will make you shake your head because,

Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
Giants Head Coach Candidate Preview | 115

And, you know, fans of the Packers or the Cowboys, there are playoff games, right, where you have Dak Prescott running a quarterback draw with 14 seconds left and you pretty much forfeit the game because of poor time management.

Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
Giants Head Coach Candidate Preview | 115

Same thing with Green Bay choking against...

Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
Giants Head Coach Candidate Preview | 115

The Seattle Seahawks, where they have a huge lead in the fourth quarter and they go run, run, run and get like negative yardage on all of them.

Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
Giants Head Coach Candidate Preview | 115

And Seattle scores a touchdown, recovers an onside kick, and they go ahead and win the game.

Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
Giants Head Coach Candidate Preview | 115

You know, and you're left there in shock.

Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
Giants Head Coach Candidate Preview | 115

I mean, if that happened here with Brian Dable, I mean, like we wouldn't hear the end of it.

Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
Giants Head Coach Candidate Preview | 115

So there are definitely things with Mike McCartney.

Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
Giants Head Coach Candidate Preview | 115

Yeah, I mean, like...

Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
Giants Head Coach Candidate Preview | 115

You can definitely look at some of the defensive head coach, like former head coach to defensive coordinator hires that he does and be like, but this is actually smart, right?

Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
Giants Head Coach Candidate Preview | 115

And that's fair, right?

Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
Giants Head Coach Candidate Preview | 115

You can definitely say like, well, getting Dan Quinn.

Giants Nation Show (Giants Podcast)
Giants Head Coach Candidate Preview | 115

But it seems when you look at the track record of it being Dan Quinn, Mike Zimmer, Mike Nolan, Mike Pettin, aside from everyone being named Mike for some reason,