If you’re the New York Giants, replacing Tom Coughlin, two-time Super Bowl and future Hall of Fame coach, was never going to be easy. Giants’ fans probably knew the die was cast two years ago when Giants principal owner John Mara and his co-partner, Steve Tisch, hired former Green Bay Packers’ quarterback coach, Ben McAdoo. The Giants were one year removed from their fourth Super Bowl Championship, and McAdoo, never a NFL coordinator, did something else–coach the greatest quarterback at his position (in my estimation), Aaron Rodgers.
The G-Men provided gratuitous interviews with five other candidates, including defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, who seemed like a long-shot choice at best.