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New York Giants Keeping Joe Schoen: What Does It Mean?
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On Monday, the New York Giants relieved head coach Brian Daboll of his duties. This didn't come as a surprise to most after the team blew another double-digit lead, which dropped the 50-year-old head coach's win-loss record to 20-40-1.
What was surprising was that ownership decided not to part ways with general manager Joe Schoen , who hired Daboll in January of 2022. Many felt the head coach and GM would have the same fate if the team's struggles continued, but obviously that wasn't the case.
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"We feel like Joe has assembled a good young nucleus of talent, and we look forward to its development. Unfortunately, the results over the past three years have not been what any of us want. We take full responsibility for those results and look forward to the kind of success our fans expect." President, CEO, and co-owner John Mara said in a statement shortly after the news broke on the firing of Daboll.
It's obvious ownership has confidence in their 46-year-old general manager, and here are other takeaways from Schoen being retained as GM.
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He'll be the GM until at least the end of the 2027 season
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John Mara also stated on Monday that Schoen will lead the search for the new head coach. If this holds true, you can expect Schoen to remain general manager through the 2027 season.
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Even if the team struggles in 2026, it's doubtful they would part ways with him after he just hired a new head coach. Parting ways with Schoen wouldn't be ideal because if they hired a new GM, they're going to want to hire their own head coach. As disastrous and dysfunctional as the franchise has been over the last decade, having three head coaches in three years would further erode the franchise's credibility. There's no way New York's brass would let that happen.
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Ownership felt the biggest issue was player development
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Despite the product that we've seen from the team on the field this season, ownership is pleased with the players Schoen has acquired and feels the issue has been their lack of development, which falls on the coaching staff.
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Despite the team's first-round swings and misses with Evan Neal and Deonte Banks, this did not deter Mara and Steve Tisch's assessment of Schoen. Perhaps it's the fact that he acquired a young nucleus of Jaxson Dart, Malik Nabers, Cam Skattebo, Theo Johnson, Brian Burns, and Abdul Carter , has the owners optimistic and feels a new coach will help develop the rest of the roster, and have them reach their full potential.
Players in Brian Daboll's doghouse will get an opportunity
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With Mike Kafka being named interim head coach, he'll have command of the roster, and any player that may have been in Daboll's doghouse will have a chance to play. One of the players that comes to mind is Jalin Hyatt, who has been a huge disappointment since Schoen traded up to take him with the 73rdoverall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.
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But Hyatt has seldom seen the field this season, and you can expect that the general manager will want to see Hyatt and anyone else who may have been on the outs with Daboll get playing time so he can assess if they should be part of the team going forward.
Time will tell if they made a mistake retaining Schoen, but all signs point to him being in New York for the foreseeable future.
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