A head coach is judged on many things other than wins and losses. Nothing is more important than the record, of course. But how a team wins and how a team loses is always a part of the equation when it comes time to evaluate the pluses and minuses of the one in charge of the operation.
Still flush with emotion, one of the first things Pat Shurmur said to the Giants after their 27-23 comeback victory over the 49ers in the visitors’ locker room inside Levi’s Stadium was to express how proud he was his players were able to “block out the noise” swirling around this team.