Giants promote assistant McAdoo to head coach

“I’m my own biggest critic”, McAdoo said. The general manager also emphasized he is primarily accountable for personnel decisions, a point that apparently was not conveyed to his satisfaction when Coughlin stepped down last week. He’s got a vision, he seems appropriately fearless. Maybe. But we don’t know. McAdoo is Coughlin’s successor.

Manning endorsed McAdoo after the season, but Mara said that was only one factor in the team’s decision to hire him after interviewing six men for the job, all of whom Mara said were well qualified to lead the team.

“It has been a privilege and an honor the past two years to serve under Tom”, McAdoo said.

That’s the question the Eagles will have to answer over the next few days.

“Ben is an outstanding young coach who has great experience and has done a good job as our offensive coordinator these past two years”, Mara said. That is faulty thinking.

McAdoo and Mara made it clear that GM Reese would still pick the roster, though he’ll be consulted on the draft and free agency as Coughlin was.

The clocks will continue to run five minutes fast. McAdoo has respect for Coughlin’s intense preparation methods, which is hardly a surprise since the no-nonsense McAdoo has apparently lived by that ethos his entire life. I didn’t think either Doug Marrone or Mike Smith were the right fit. That fact the fired coach Chip Kelly landed the job with the 49ers poured on more reason for Eagles supporters to lament the coaching search, and it left Philadelphia as one of three teams still aiming to fill their head coaching position. This likely wouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone in the Giants organization.

In formally taking over the team on Friday, McAdoo said the Giants don’t need to rebuild, just reload. He was supposed to have a second interview in Philadelphia on Thursday but the Giants gave him a second one Wednesday afternoon after Hue Jackson was hired as the Browns’ coach.

Under his leadership, Eli Manning threw 65 touchdowns and 28 interceptions. “It’s just something about having watching him on the field with the quarterbacks and with the offense”.

Steve Spagnuolo will be retained as the team’s defensive coordinator and former Dolphins head coach Joe Philbin is among the favorites to take over as an assistant, ESPN reported, citing unidentified league sources. 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 before he could lay out his plan for the Giants, as they seek to embark on a new era without two-time Super Bowl victor Tom Coughlin, McAdoo reassured fans he’s the right man for the job.

The Giants officially announced McAdoo’s appointment on Thursday, preferring the 38-year-old over the five other candidates they interviewed. John Fox is another former Giant assistant who has had great success as a head coach, although he has yet to win a Super Bowl. For the last 12 years these have been Tom Coughlin’s Giants in every way that matters. If McAdoo was their guy, they nearly blew it by nearly allowing the Eagles to poach him.