Chapter 1: What were Joe Schoen's main remarks during Harbaugh's introduction?
So we're going to start with the Joe Shane, I'll call them brief remarks, as he introduced John Harbaugh yesterday at the press conference. It's basically an 80-second intro. It wasn't a long-winded situation. And it really started fine, but along the way he did sound out of breath and seemed to kind of lose his train of thought or maybe his place in his script a few times.
Here's a sampling of that.
13 playoff wins and a Super Bowl championship. John has built a foundation of culture, player development and toughness throughout each of his programs that he's been a part of. He's a proven winner. And when we set out to do this, we knew that John was going to be the perfect person for the New York Giants.
Pretty much, you know, welcomed him up to the stage and that was it. It was very, very bizarre.
You know, the last two times you've been in here, I've made this reference. He sounded like the Chevy guy.
Thank you. I actually rolled that in along with something. There were two things that this reminded me of. I'll bring that to you throughout the morning or later on in the show. But I Rick Wilde for sure.
Rick Wilde, the Chevy guy who was presenting the World Series trophy and the whole thing. If you haven't seen that, YouTube it.
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Chapter 2: What are John Harbaugh's playoff expectations for his first year?
It's the funniest thing ever. You're going to hear a little bit of it in comparison.
It was a weird one. I don't know. I mean, listen. We are in a business where we're not afraid to speak. Some people are afraid to public speak. But he's been in situations where his ass was to the fire. In the jackpot. Yeah, right. Ass in the jackpot. Way more than yesterday.
Well, I got to say, you know, it's nerve. That's nerves. That's exactly what that is. You think that's what that was? 100%. 100% nerves. What's there to be nervous about now? Well, I mean, you know, it's...
Chapter 3: What rumors are surrounding Rex Ryan's potential return?
Listen, we've been talking about it every day since the season ended. We've actually been talking about it since they fired Brian Dable. So I also believe, kind of getting to know Joe Shane over the years now, I also believe that he probably feels awful for Brian Dable. I think there was a real genuine like-like between the two guys. Okay.
And then when he's told that he's got to fire Brian Dable, it's probably something he didn't want to do, but he did it because, you know, he had to.
Yeah. I mean, he spoke at the end of the season, and we've heard him do press conferences. Look, I don't want to make a big deal out of it. It just was odd. It was very odd.
You're sitting down, and you're used to doing it the way that they did it. Now he's got to walk up there. He's got to go behind the podium. He's looking at 250 people out there, including all of his owners. His owners are all looking up at him.
I'm going to go back and find some stuff from his intro press conference, which I'm sure was a similar setup, maybe not as much pomp and circumstance.
I don't know. There's a little tinge of negativity. There's a lot, given what he's been through, and now he's got his guy, and John Harbaugh will watch his back as long as some of these guys that they draft this year and some of the guys they sign in free agent work out next year and they win.
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Chapter 4: How is Mike McDaniel's move to the Chargers significant?
If they lose... I guess it's going to be see ya.
Well, that's clear, yeah. So we were talking about this on the warm-up show, and someone reached out to Al and said, well, he had a long walk in the cold over from the— I would assume Harbaugh made the same walk. And again, it's not like he had a lot of time to chill out because it's an 80-second intro, and then he throws to Harbaugh, and he gets up there, and he's calm, cool, and collected.
What an honor. What an exciting moment. Walking here, and they say New York's a different kind of place, and I would say it's probably true, man. This is pretty amazing right here. This is incredible. And to see those players back there, see those guys smiling and ready to go to work, that gets me fired up, too. So to everybody, just thank you very much. Thanks for being here.
And then in the very next breath, a lot of respect for the history and tradition of this franchise. It's a profound honor. to be entrusted with the responsibility of coaching the New York football giants. My dad told me that they were the New York football giants. They were just the giants. They were the New York football giants, right, Dad? All the way back.
Chapter 5: What impact does Luis Robert Jr. have on the Mets' roster?
Which was pretty cool to have his parents there and referencing a lot with his father.
Of course, he's in the middle of all of this stuff. Breaking down film. And his dad goes way back and understands. That's what I was saying. The Harbaugh family gets this whole thing.
I thought it was just great that his parents were there because you think about all the success. Generally, if a guy gets his first job, the whole family's there and everything else.
But the fact that John Arbaugh has been coaching for almost 20 years in the NFL, he's had a Super Bowl championship, he's got a brother who's also coaching, and they were still there yesterday excited for their 63-year-old son getting this job. That's just awesome. I just think it's awesome.
What's that? That's kind of like your parents when you got this job. No, there was no press conference. Yeah, there was no press conference, but I'm sure they were watching.
Yeah, I hadn't won a Super Bowl in my resume.
But you went away and you seasoned yourself. And then you came back and you were a finished product.
Okay.
Let me just say, I don't want to slam Joe Shane too much.
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Chapter 6: How do the Mets' recent trades affect their performance?
They're showing the footage on CBS Sports Network. Big smile, nice hug for Harbaugh, posing for the picture. Everything looked good. It's nerves. Fair enough. Gio already referenced a bunch of the stuff from Harbaugh's interview with Evan, Tiki, and Marash here on The Fan. We'll get to a bunch of it throughout the morning, but here was one very direct question from Evan.
Playoffs in the first year, coach.
Listen, we're going to try to win every game. We expect to win every single game. We're going to let the chips fly.
And as we heard many times from him and we heard from Jim previously, they're going to approach every day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind. That's a big theme for the Harbaughs. Who's got it better than us? Of course. Nobody. Yes, absolutely.
In terms of his staff, potential coordinators, here's where Rex Ryan's name did come up, having, of course, briefly worked for and with John in Baltimore before he came to the Jets.
Can you imagine Rex coming back in here? You know, would that be nuts?
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Chapter 7: What is the significance of Carlos Beltran's Hall of Fame election?
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.
And he says he's going to get to work on that today. He's got to interview the current members of the Giants staff, make decisions on those guys, and obviously has his guys that he's worked with or has a connection to.
Oh, they're going to keep the O-line coach for sure.
Well, I mean, Marash was talking him up. Apparently his dad was talking him up after watching the film. So, yeah, he's probably not going anywhere.
He's got the dad watching film. He does, yeah. That's an influence right there.
Again, this is the way he's positioning it publicly. It wasn't like he assigned it to dad. Dad called him up and was like, have you been watching this Giants film? So it sounded like he took it upon himself to be breaking it down. So he's on top of it. One more on Rex. Maybe a little too far removed from the ins and outs of current day NFL life, but Harbaugh knows that he knows defense.
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Chapter 8: How does the Knicks' current situation reflect on their coaching staff?
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 give him a call. Is that the plan?
I talk to Rex a lot.
And that last part surprised me a little bit, the fact that at least he says he still talks to him a lot. I wouldn't have thought that, but that's kind of cool. Yeah, he might have been lying. Very true. I talk to him all the time. Yeah.
We've coached with him for a long time, and he probably gave the Jets the green light to go after Rex, given all that Rex had in his past. It's one of the reasons why he hadn't gotten a coaching job.
Yeah.
And then you talk about a guy that fit the Jets perfectly when he got here.
Yeah. Yeah, of course.
This is how John Harbaugh fits the Giants perfectly.
Rex Ryan's not going to be their defensive coordinator. We can put an end to that right now.
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