Glenn Talks About Woody, Harbaugh On Players, Duke Crushes Irish
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This was from the Combine yesterday. We start with Aaron Glenn.
What insights does Glenn share about Woody Johnson's management style?
So you have this narrative that's been out there that Woody Johnson is the one that I guess, hey, I'm paying you a lot of money. It didn't work last year with Steve Wilkes. You call the plays this year. Here was Glenn yesterday refuting that whole notion.
Here's how Woody operates in this situation. I have an opportunity to go in and speak with him about my vision on how I see the coaching staff, my vision on how I see the team. And Woody's answer is always, what can I do to help you? What can I do to help you be successful? And I feel fortunate to be in a position to have an owner that operates that way. So I would really like that narrative to change, that he's trying to force me or Moose to do certain things.
We believe this. I do, because other coaches have said the same thing. It's just when Woody loses his patience over something is when all hell breaks loose. So right now he's trying to be patient and trying to be supportive. I think that he was that way with Rob Sala. I think he was that way with Adam Gaze. I think he was that way with Todd Bowles. Okay, fair enough. I think he supported him, spent a lot of money, gave them everything that they wanted, and it didn't work out. And then the mob, the fan base. Well, the one thing I would like to know specifically is, was it not Woody Johnson who screwed up that whole Wink Martindale thing? Or was it Aaron Glenn who screwed the whole thing up? So here's Glenn on that, as a matter of fact, because I saw that as well.
He was asked why... was Wink brought in and then all of a sudden it fell apart. He said the first round of interviews were just on Zoom to kind of get to know one another. When Wink came for the direct face-to-face interview, this is where the clip picks up.
And when I brought Wink in and told him that, man, he would still go. But then again, as I thought about the whole situation, man, Brian Duke had been with me for three years. Man, he'd been through the fire with me to when, man, we were not a team that brought a lot of defensive guys early into Detroit. And he's been through the fire. He knows exactly how I want to operate.
So it sounds like he changed his mind. Wink didn't change his. I mean, there's no reason to lie. I mean, unless something happened where financially the budget didn't allow for two main guys like Wink and Frank. That's the only thing that I can say. That's what was reported, though. Yeah, I mean, the budget is a certain amount that they put aside for coaches and front office staff and things of that nature. And to get guys with those types of reputations, you've got to pay them. And then those guys are going to want their guys paid. Well, I think it's very plausible, and this is what I guess Aaron Glenn's fighting against, but it's very plausible that he said, I'm paying you $12 million a year. You should be calling the defense.
Why are you bringing in a guy that I also have to pay when we just fired everybody else that I have to pay, and then you want an expensive offensive coordinator too? Again, that's the budgetary process, and that's a real thing within NFL buildings. Meantime, as for the Giants, here's John Harbaugh. What are you looking for in the players you'll be looking at at the Combine this week?
Well, they've got to love football. We talked about that at the opening press conference, right? I mean, you want a bunch of people that understand that that's what we're here for and that can... can fit the type of a team we want to play, the values that we're looking for.
Now going forward, we heard from Joe Shane as well, one player or player or position they don't have to worry about is the one under center.
I reflect each year on these meetings and, you know, last year, the quarterback situation, what are you going to do? And I said, you know, we're going to take our swing. So it is nice to have that piece in place. to have a rookie quarterback that played well his rookie year, and know who you're going to build around.
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