John Harbaugh Begins Giants Purge | 119
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What changes did John Harbaugh make to the Giants' coaching staff?
Welcome to Giants Nation, I'm your host Bobby Skinner here with my co-host the football grump
And John Harbaugh is making moves. It's just beginning. He's starting the purge. A lot of coaches are gone. We knew that was going to happen. But Kevin Abrams, been here since 1999, gone. Ronnie Barnes, senior vice president of medical services, head athletic trainer, untouchable.
Who is NYG Daily and what insights do they provide?
Still here, but not going to be doing the same role that he had, basically giving him a nice retiree job. He's going to be a Walmart greeter in the training room. Grump, how are we doing? How are we feeling? I'm so excited that John Harbaugh is our coach. You know, if they got whatever other coach we talk about and stuff, I don't think there's anything that could have made me more excited about John Harbaugh purging out the leaven that is the Giants way. That is just leaving people here for lifetime appointments, not touching anybody that, you know, is friendly with ownership and has been here for a long time. It's exciting to me.
I don't know if John Harbaugh is going to be successful as the head coach of the New York Giants. But in the last 24 hours, he's done more to set this franchise in the correct direction than the last three head coaches put together.
And it's more than just these two individuals, which we're going to talk about, right? We'll have NYG Davis coming on. We'll talk about it a little more. It is more than just these two individuals like, okay, now we have these roles freed up to help the Giants. It is the fact that the Giants do not like change at all. And they want to change as little as possible and hope for a better outcome. And John Harbaugh is not giving them that option. So like, like you said, this may not work out, but it's not going to be because the same old stuff of the giants, you know, kind of just living in their giants way. Um, And we'll see how it works out. Like you said, how many games we went with John Harbaugh, how many playoff games, how many, if we get the Super Bowl, blah, blah, blah.
And we'll look back at it. But when I look back at John Harbaugh, I'm going to be thankful for what he's doing with this Giants team. And it's only beginning. There's going to be more changes. You know, player personnel changes you really can't make until after the draft because of the Brandon Brown rule. So we won't see a ton from there. So... I'm just excited, with a smile on my face, and I don't feel bad about it. I think there's a lot of hand-wringing over like, oh wow, Giants fans, show some class. Okay, Kevin Abrams was here since 1999. I think a lot of people like him. You know why he's well-respected, that word gets well-respected?
What does the reassignment of Ronnie Barnes signify for the Giants?
Because he's a source. He's a source for a lot of people. He's been leaking out of the building for 30 years, and specifically as of late. And I don't want to hear about class coming from the Giants when... And they talk about class, they fire somebody, and then all of a sudden we start hearing leaks and takes of like, oh, this guy did this, this guy did that, all that type of stuff, burning them on the way out. It's blame shifting. Yeah, they just shift all the blame onto the guy out the door. Ronnie Barnes may have been the greatest VP of medical services and head athletic trainer, but what bothers me about that is he was protected class. He was not just untouchable for the Giants in the sense where they told him he has a lifetime job.
He's been here for 50 years. We'll get all into this. He was not allowed to be criticized. I'm serious. If anybody in the media even hinted at criticism at Ronnie Barnes—
How has Kevin Abrams' tenure impacted the Giants?
There is nobody that they would go after harder than that. Like he, they, they wouldn't, they don't even let you think about criticizing him or they're going to be on your ass. Uh, and so to have somebody like that gone, I'm happy. Even though he's not gone, uh, So we'll talk about it all with NYG Daily. But I am happy. I am happy about change and not just replacing coaches, which has been the option for the Giants over the last, you know, 15 years while they've been struggling.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What changes did John Harbaugh make to the Giants' coaching staff?
0:02–0:43
2
Who is NYG Daily and what insights do they provide?
0:43–2:55
3
What does the reassignment of Ronnie Barnes signify for the Giants?
2:55–3:48
4
How has Kevin Abrams' tenure impacted the Giants?
3:48–4:37
5
What does the Giants' history of coaching changes reveal?
4:37–7:22
6
What are the implications of the Giants' approach to player personnel?
7:22–15:16
7
How do the hosts feel about the upcoming Senior Bowl?
15:16–15:57
8
What are the highlights from the return of the 'Giants Stories' segment?
15:57–53:54
Speakers
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