When the New York Giants hired Joe Judge, the move took a lot of people by surprise. Judge became the 19th head coach in Giants history and their fourth head coach in the last five years.
In Judge’s introductory press conference, he was impressive to say the least. Prior to Pat Shurmur and Ben McAdoo, the Giants had a steady head coach with Tom Coughlin for 11 years. They now hope that with the hire of Judge, the revolving door at head coach stops.
Co-owner John Mara has already said that he expects Judge to be here for a long time. Accordingly, the Giants will seek to get back to being a winning franchise as they were during the Tom Coughlin era.
Coughlin, of course, won two Super Bowls with the Giants during his tenure with Big Blue.
One of the most important players during Coughlin’s tenure with the Giants has endorsed the Giants pick of Judge.
Justin Tuck, who was a part of both Super Bowl teams Coughlin coached, was asked about the Giants hire of Joe Judge and gave his endorsement.
“I like it,” Tuck told TMZ Sports. “New York is big enough for two Judges.”
The other Judge that Tuck was referring to was New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge. The Yankees’ Judge is a fan favorite and one of baseball’s best players. If the Giants’ new head coach can be as loved as the Yankees slugger, this will be looked upon as a great hire.
“Listen, what does it matter what I think,” Tuck continued “If he wins games, we’re going to love him. If he don’t, he’s going to get fired!”
Although the first press conference was impressive, fans still want more than lip service. So as Tuck alludes, we’ll all now need to see some wins from Judge.
