This couldn’t have surprised you at all, not if you are even remotely familiar with the Mara half of the Giants’ ownership. It is one thing to fire another coach, although the regularity with which that has become a staple of Giants life also must be troubling.
The Maras have a long-standing personal, professional and familial relationship with the Rooney family, after all, and the Steelers have had three coaches since 1969. That is the model. That is the ideal. Stability has always been what the Giants sought. You don’t do that by blowing up blueprints every few years.