Giants co-owner John Mara: Each week 'got a little worse' at end of awful season
The New York Giants haven't played a meaningful January football game since a playoff loss at the Green Bay Packers in 2017 and are now working to remove the stink from the organization's now-departed regime. General manager Dave Gettleman was graciously allowed to enter retirement after his teams went 19-46 across his New York tenure, and head coach Joe Judge and his overall record of 10-23 were shown the door Tuesday.
It was reported in the middle of December that Judge was safe in his job through the end of the season, but that was before the Giants ended the campaign with six consecutive double-digit defeats and before Judge defended his team and its "culture" via a questionable and lengthy rant that ultimately did him few favors. While speaking with the media Wednesday, Giants co-owner John Mara admitted when asked that this is "the most embarrassed" he's felt about the state of the franchise.
Per Ralph Vacchiano of SNY, Mara seemed to confirm a previous report that potential general managers wanted to have the final say on the team's coaching decision and didn't want to be automatically married to Judge. In their statement released Tuesday, Mara and fellow co-owner Steve Tisch insisted the new GM "will lead the effort to hire a new head coach."
Earlier in the day, the Giants interviewed Buffalo Bills assistant GM Joe Schoen.
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