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On Monday the New York Giants’ ownership basically grabbed some old milk out of the fridge, took a huge sip, fought off the urge to throw up all over the walls and put the carton back in the fridge.
On Tuesday, they took that same carton out, slugged down some more, puked all over the place and realized it would probably be best to throw that milk out.
It shouldn’t have taken that extra day to realize what the right thing was to do, but when you’re used to making bad decisions it apparently can be hard to to make the easy, and correct, call.
What I’m talking about here, of course, is how the Giants handled the Joe Judge situation and how they waited two days before doing the right thing and fired a guy who proved time and again that being a head coach in the NFL was something that was way over his head.
On Monday, the NFL world laughed at the Giants when it looked like they were sticking with Judge.
On Tuesday, the NFL world laughed even harder when the Giants finally canned their head coach.
Like, what took so long?
In all honesty, they should have fired Judge during last Sunday’s game right after he had his offense run the most shameful QB sneak in the history of football. Their fans at MetLife would have given a standing ovation if that had happened and the players would have happily waved goodbye to Judge as he sadly made his way to the tunnel.
The Giants are a mess and the faster they realize this and come to terms with the fact they are a mess the faster they’ll be able to start making moves to try to not be a mess. Self awareness is a big key in life and it took the Giants a few days here but it seems like they finally now know that they need help, which is good.
What’s bad is they are in such a hole that it’s likely going to take a while to climb out of it. Starting over with a new GM and new coach will be good for them but this house still needs to be completely re-done and that takes a lot of time.
The Giants have won just 22 games over the past five seasons under three different coaches, which tells you all you need to know about this dysfunctional franchise.
What’s key for the Giants now is that they make the right moves when hiring the new GM and especially when picking out their next head coach.
If they don’t do that history tells us they’ll likely be grabbing some more old milk again in just a few years, which as they learned this week, is not funny, no matter how many people are laughing.
Quick hits: Stetson Bennett’s incredible GMA interview… Classy moment for Saban and Smart… Postseason fantasy football tips.
– Georgia QG Stetson Bennett went on Good Morning America yesterday after winning the national championship and was still clearly a bit tired from all the celebrating.
– Microphones picked up the classy exchange between Nick Saban and Kirby Smart right after the championship game.
– Charles Curtis has 5 tips on how to win your fantasy football playoffs league.
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