When the New York Giants announced on Monday that Pat Shurmur was out as coach but Dave Gettleman was staying they threw their full support beyond the sometimes perplexing general manager.
“We believe he is the right person to lead us going forward,” Mara said in a prepared statement.
Mara, though, seems to understand — to borrow a Gettleman word — there are many who think that is hogwash.
It was Mara in particular who seemed most sensitive. He seemed from the outset of his press conference to be in full spin mode.
The idea that Gettleman is a dinosaur?