Giants make it official, name McAdoo as head coach

They met again Wednesday, when he also spoke with team chairman Steve Tisch and treasurer Jonathan Tisch.

Ben McAdoo, who previously served as the team’s offensive coordinator, is hoping that he can fix the wreck.

Mara said he hasn’t spoken to Coughlin since his farewell press conference.

“It has been a privilege to work and learn under Coach Coughlin”, McAdoo said in a statement posted on the team’s website Thursday aftenroon. The Giants will have money to spend in free agency and a general manager on the firing line to prove he hasn’t lost it. They will need a strong draft and also will need key additions on both sides of the ball. Stay for an improbable Super Bowl run, Coughlin’s Giants have made the playoffs once in the last seven years.

At the ceremony, McAdoo showcased his sense of humor, though his deadpan delivery and his southwestern Pennsylvania accent meant it took time to understand that, yes, that was indeed a sense of humor. At the end of the day, the miserable season was Coughlin’s cross to bear-and he did so with class, as you’d expect from a coach who has never once blamed anyone else for his team’s failures. He has 18 touchdowns and 27 interceptions in 2013.

“I have been preparing for this moment my entire professional life, and without the guidance and support of many people, I would not be here right now”.

The Giants’ 420 points this past season was the fifth-highest total in franchise history, and their 5,952 net yards was the third-highest total. “I’m sure his players and the fans are all excited”. “I loved what he said, he had a really good grasp of what we had on our team, what we needed to improve on, and a great vision going forward”.

His job now is to get the franchise back on track. But internally, it’s believed McAdoo was considered a head coach in waiting, even if co-owner John Mara dismissed those rumors after McAdoo’s first season by saying he “didn’t know Ben McAdoo from Bob McAdoo”. McCarthy brought McAdoo with him to San Francisco and then to Green Bay, where the former became head coach in 2006. To that I would say, “you think Coughlin wasn’t well aware about the situation in Philly and dealing with Howie before he even accepted the interview?”

“But it”™s unlikely. McAdoo preferred the Giants”™ job, and he probably would have come back and given them a chance to match had he gotten an offer from the NFC East rival Eagles. “He drove all night just for the opportunity to sit and talk football”. Kansas City plays at New England on Saturday.

It was a long week for the Giants, interviewing nearly every available candidate on the market before settling on McAdoo.

Reports surfaced on Thursday morning that the Eagles, in the wake of the Giants’ decision to hire Ben McAdoo, were focusing on their head coaching search on Tom Coughlin.

Remember, the Eagles fired Chip Kelly just a year after he took over personnel power, serving as the ostensible GM of the Eagles after ousting Howie Roseman. Reid of course is going to give a good review and promote one of his guys as best he could and still is close with Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie.