New York Giants head coach Joe Judge met with reporters on Monday evening for the first time since a major fallout led to the firing of offensive line coach Marc Colombo.
Unsurprisingly, Judge was relatively tight-lipped on the subject, refusing to discuss the incident at length and simply wishing Colombo well in the future.
“I’ve made this clear from Day 1 that I’m always going to make every decision in the best interest of the team. This decision was no different,” said Judge, who looked to be in perfect physical health. “There’s been a lot of information out there, a lot of misinformation. A lot of people have done a lot of digging trying to find out details of the situation [but] I am not going to rehash any of that.
“We wish Marc luck going forward. The decision we made was in the best interest of the New York Giants both short- and long-term.”
With Dave DeGuglielmo now taking over the offensive line duties, Judge said some changes should be expected but that a major overhaul should not.
Joe Judge said there will be adjustments with a new OL coach, but they won't be turning everything upside down.
— Dan Salomone (@Dan_Salomone) November 23, 2020
Judge also acknowledged speaking with the team about the incident with Colombo and his eventual firing, which continued his run of complete transparency.
“I speak very openly about everything with the team,” Judge said, adding that he is “excited” about adding DeGuglielmo to the staff.
Finally, Judge shut down any notion that Colombo’s firing would lead to conflict between he and offensive coordinator Jason Garret, saying that their relationship and communication has not been impacted.
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