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Chapter 1: What are the first impressions of John Harbaugh's press conference?
It was exactly what we thought it was going to be. I mean, I thought Joe Shane was a little out of breath. Yeah, it was a very strange thing there. I felt like he was nervous. You're right. He was nervous, and that's probably what was going on. But what I don't understand is he's been in a lot of situations where he would...
be more likely to be nervous, where it's like these middle-of-the-season, into-the-bi-week press conferences where his job is on the line, or end-of-the-year, it's another four wins, and everybody's asking him why you should still be the general manager, why Brian Dable got fired, and this is like the exciting one.
You got it done, you're here, you're the man, you're staying, and then that's why he was out of breath.
Chapter 2: Why was Joe Shane nervous during his press conference?
It was weird, man. It was kind of strange. And then, of course, because this is New York and because everybody has to know everything and everybody has to kind of understand the pecking order over there at the Quest Diagnostic Center. You know, the questions now start, you know, who's got the final say, who's got this, who's got that.
I mean, this is like John Harbaugh probably doesn't realize it, but now he does realize it, that this is New York, that everybody's going to question everything that you're doing, how you're doing it, who reports to the owner, who doesn't report to the owner. In the building over there, it really doesn't matter much as long as they collaborate.
But one thing I will say, for John Harbaugh to sign a five-year, $100 million deal, he's the one wielding all the power if you care about that kind of thing. Sure. And John Maris says, listen, everybody's going to collaborate, but he is the most important cog in the wheel, if that answers your question. Yeah, and John Mara is at the office every single day.
Now, given his current health status, that may be a little bit different, and maybe Chris Mara is going to be much more present to help John out and to help these guys make decisions, but they're going to collaborate. That's what they should do. That's the job. Now, it's interesting because that's not what's going on up in Buffalo. The opposite is going on up in Buffalo right now.
And you can say whatever you want about the Buffalo Bills and the decisions that they've made, but where they stand right now, Brandon Bean is the president of football operations. He actually got a raise after he was brought to Buffalo by Sean McDermott. So every team is a little bit different.
I personally like it when the general manager is the guy that's hiring the coach and he's the guy that is dealing with the coach on a daily basis. But this is completely different. This is a legendary coach. This is a coach that has won a Super Bowl. This is a coach that's coached in this league for 18 years as a head coach. So now you have to have more flexibility when you hire a guy like this.
If you hire somebody like Jesse Minter or Chris Shula or Clint Kubiak, completely different set of circumstances. This and the way it's set up is the way it should be set up because you are bringing all of this credibility. Everything that John Harbaugh projected to you as a giant fan yesterday is exactly what the New York Giants needed to start off their offseason.
Because now the business side is really ramping up. The ticket side is going to be ramping up. And you could just feel the genuine excitement of. by Giant fans for the guy that they hired yesterday. Yeah, and the turnaround being something that can happen quickly in the NFL is another reason why everybody is so excited because we have seen it. We saw it this year. We've seen it in years past.
Almost every single year there's a worst-to-first team. and John Arbaugh talked about how his dad was watching film. His dad said, look at the Giants, look at the things. There's foundational things that they're doing. He could step in. We know all the blown leads and the close games that the Giants had. Jackson Dart already being in place, the No.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of John Harbaugh's contract with the Giants?
Things have to move on. I mean, I don't believe that's what's happening up in Buffalo. Something else happened up in Buffalo, and I'm not really sure what it is. Because, you know, Sean McDermott is still young. He's won all these AFC East titles. He's won, you know, twice as many games than he's lost. He's won five AFC titles. He's done everything you possibly could.
And they basically pulled a rug right out from under him. And, you know, I just, I don't get that. But anyway, so with Tom Coughlin leaving here and the awkwardness of all of that, but for him to be calling Chris Mara, telling him to get down and go see John Harbaugh and Chris listening to John and doing that, they built the boats. And they sent Chris Mara down there.
And like I was saying earlier last week, you know, I give Chris a lot of credit for going down there. I didn't realize that it was at the behest of Tom Coughlin. Yeah, I don't think anybody did until yesterday when Chris Mara told the story. By the way, Chris didn't have to tell that story. No. He didn't have to tell that story. Because he was getting all the credit.
But again, in Mara-esque fashion, I don't need all the credit. Here's a guy who I listened to, believed in, and I took his advice, and his advice has turned into what we have today. Yeah, and that's what you love about this team. And some of the questions going into this coaching search was, with all the recent ineptitude of the New York Giants, is that job still looked at as the New York Giants?
And the answer was a resounding yes yesterday with John Harbaugh, the way he talked about ownership and the history and the New York football Giants and all of these things that meant something to him. That's why last Friday's, report out of the NFL Network was asinine. It was all asinine.
The whole thing was asinine because there's no way that the Harbaugh family, you got to remember, I mean, their dad is, you know, was a longtime coach at Western Kentucky. I mean, like, this is coaching, like, this is, I can't explain it. The fabric of coaching is within and woven in the Harbaugh family.
The fabric of the NFL is woven through the Mara family because of how it all started and what went on way back when at the beginning of this great league that we all love. And there was no way that Harbaugh was going to go down this path with the Mara. and not have it come together like it did yesterday.
Once you meet and then all of a sudden there's more meetings, then you go out to dinner over there and you're sitting around and you're talking and John Mara is going through what he's going through and you have to sit there and you're talking to him knowing what he's going through. There's no way that John Harbaugh is ever backing out of anything. Yeah, I agree.
It was interesting, though, because no one asked him about that in the assembled media session. But Evan asked him when they had him on here on the fan. And and he basically just he didn't he just said, yeah, I don't know about any of that. When he said, hey, were you close to doing something else? Were you close to this thing? And John Harper's like, I don't I don't know anything about that.
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Chapter 4: How does John Harbaugh's coaching experience affect the Giants' future?
It was exciting for us Ranger fans when we brought Mike Sullivan back. Too bad the Rangers can't figure it out yet, and they're going to have to redo this whole thing here. But the Giants now do have a foundation of young players. It was great to see a lot of the players over there yesterday, by the way. Shaking hands with a lot of those players. He may have to cut a couple of them or trade them.
Who knows?
You never know. But, yeah, so yesterday was a good day, and the Giants are off and running today. He's going to be working his ass off. This is a guy, like I told you, he's a lifer. So this is the kind of guy they needed. They desperately needed the credibility. They needed the sale ability. And now they ā I'm telling you, Todd Munkin had really three really good years with Lamar Jackson.
This year he was hurt and was in and out of the lineup. Yeah. I can't blame Todd Bunken for anything that Lamar Jackson did or didn't do this year because his first year there, he was awesome. He was on the charts. With an MVP. That's what I'm saying. Right. So he does, and there's a lot of similarities between Lamar and Jackson when it comes to running with the football.
I think they'll probably try to curtail some of that, but I think the offense is going to be really good. They had Zay Flowers down there. They had Mark Andrews down there. They had a lot of guys involved. You remember what he really wanted? He wanted Derrick Henry. He wanted a running back. Jamal Lewis, they've always had running backs down there. Why? Because it's the Northeast team.
And it's going to be the same kind of situation here. He's got two running backs now. They're going to add some more of that. They're going to add some beefy tight ends, I guarantee you. They're going to be looking for mammoth defensive linemen because that's always been kind of the way that they go about it. That's why Dexter Lawrence fits so big.
But I will tell you right now, it's not going to be sleeping in meetings. I'm going to tell you that right now.
Oh, yeah.
Hey, Abdul Carter, baby. You know, look, this is now, they're going to turn you loose. Now it's time to show everybody just how good you can be. Now, I think he started to show that towards the end of the year. And I credit Mike Kafka for a lot of that because Mike Kafka, you know, basically had to do...
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Chapter 5: What insights does John Harbaugh share about his coaching staff search?
I'm in it. I'm somewhere in it right now.
But will it be people you're familiar with?
Well, there'll definitely be people I'm familiar with, but I'm familiar with a lot of people. I say that because I don't know for sure yet. You talk about different guys, and I'm sure you guys are talking about Todd Munkin.
Yeah, of course.
I think he's done a phenomenal job. Just look at the numbers, and he's a lot of fun to work with. I think the guys are going to really love him. If we get him here or whatever, but he's interviewing today in Cleveland for the head coaching job. So you just never know where these things are going to go.
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Chapter 6: How does John Harbaugh view the potential of his current team?
But I will say this, Tiki, there's a lot of coaches that want to come coach here.
Of course. There's talent on this team.
There is. There's talent on this team, and people love this fan base. I think there's a lot of coaches that want to be here.
Are there any coaches on the current staff that you've spoken to that you've identified maybe bringing back?
I'm speaking to those guys tomorrow. So, yes, there are guys. It's a good coach, a really good coach.
We love Brasillo.
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Chapter 7: What is John Harbaugh's message to Giants fans?
Okay. I'll mention that to him. That's not the first recommendation I've gotten either. It's a lot of good recommendations on a lot of guys. So I'm excited about those guys.
Would you go back, like, a couple of the names that jump out at me, because you're defensive coordinators. You've employed some good ones over the years. Rex Ryan, even though it was brief. Would you bring him back?
Wink Martindale, guys like that? Yeah. I'm going to tell you what. Why not? I mean, can you imagine Rex coming back in here?
You know, would that be nuts? I mean, how much fun would you guys have? Pat Hanlon would have a heart attack.
Yeah, yeah. I tell you, I mean, but, you know, listen, I'm not ruling anything out. I mean, you know, a guy like Rex, he's around the game.
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Chapter 8: How does John Harbaugh approach analytics in football?
He knows the game. You know, he's going to have to get updated a little bit with some of the scheme stuff. But I'll tell you what, nobody calls a better game than Rex Ryan. Rex Ryan, he built great defenses, but he called a great game. And there's a lot to be said for that.
Do you think he wants to do it again, be at D.C. again? I don't know. I don't know. We'll have to ā I'll have to give him a call. You're going to call him?
Is that the plan? Why not? I talk to Rex a lot.
You talked a lot about your wife and how fantastic she's been. It's different living up here. Yeah. Where are you guys going to settle? It's just you and your wife and your daughter who's in law school, I know. But it's different living up here. But are you excited to experience what New York has to offer?
You mentioned the skyline, but as Rodney Hampton told me when I was a rookie, stay out of that place. I moved in next year. I lived on the Upper East Side my entire career. Did you really? Yeah, it was great. How was the commute? It was easier. It was easier than some of the guys that lived in Clifton because they're fighting traffic going into the city. I'm against it.
So I'd get here in 25 minutes. It would take them 45 minutes.
Maybe we'll have to do that. Maybe we'll get some sort of an apartment, you know, get a two-bedroom.
Right, with that contract that you have right now, you can get a pied-Ć -terre for sure.
You know, it's going to be great. It's going to be different for us. I mean, it's just a whole different type of a place, and it's really exciting. People are great. We know a lot of people from here. Our daughter played lacrosse. There's a lot of lacrosse players from around here that played with her at Notre Dame. I don't know. I just think it's going to be really different.
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