Second only to immediately grading draft picks, grading coaching hires before a single offseason workout or legal team meeting is the most perilous assignment of the football media cycle. There is a lot we don’t know and a lot that even the people who know these people don’t know. For example, did we think that out of all the new hires last offseason, it would be Kevin Stefanski who would most successfully take a virtual offseason in stride and utilize a series of trivia contests and group therapy sessions to galvanize a star-studded roster over Zoom?
Did we think Joe Judge would emerge as the class’s darling rather than being seen as a consolation prize after failing to land Matt Rhule?