On Monday, following the conclusion of a 4-12 regular season, the New York Giants fired Pat Shurmur as the head coach after just two years.
While Shurmur was sent packing, the Giants decided to retain Dave Gettleman as the team’s general manager. It also appears that the rest of Gettleman’s immediate staff will stay intact for next season, too.
What this ultimately means is that most of the people who work in the front office and everyone under Gettleman are returning for next season.
Or to boil things down more simply: no major overhaul.
Will this sway away any potential future head coaches, who want to have more say over the decisions of the roster that Gettleman might have? That remains to be seen, but co-owner John Mara says he’s not concerned with it.
Gettleman is clearly in charge, or at least that’s the perception from the outside looking in, and if he made a recommendation that Shurmur be fired, then he got his wish.
For the fans who were hoping for massive, wholesale changes for the Giants, they did not get their wish. As it appears to just be the coaching staff that is getting changed.
