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Speaker 1: We're joined by the President and CEO of the New

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Speaker 1: York Football Giants, Mr. John Mara, and Uh. John. As

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Speaker 1: you went through this process, what stood out about Coach

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Speaker 1: Judge that made him the guy for this organization. Well,

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Speaker 1: you start off with the training that he's had. Um.

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Speaker 1: He was at Nick Saban staff at Alabama where they

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Speaker 1: won a couple of national championships. That he moves over

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Speaker 1: to some point to Bill Belichick staff at the Patriots.

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Speaker 1: When somebody does that, you take notice of it. Um,

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Speaker 1: he's had great training. Um. But what stood out in

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Speaker 1: the interview was his poise, his confidence, his presence. Uh.

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Speaker 1: You could see leadership qualities in his knowledge of the game,

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Speaker 1: his ability to relate to players. There were just so

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Speaker 1: many qualities that just jumped out at you. It was

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Speaker 1: as impressive a coach interview as I've ever been a

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Speaker 1: part of. Well, there was championships in the thirties that year,

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Speaker 1: in the fifties to early sixties, then the eighties with

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Speaker 1: coach Parcels, with Coach Belichick being here, Coach Couflan being here,

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Speaker 1: winning for bowls. The Giants have had a certain style

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Speaker 1: of game. Talk about that style and what you hope

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Speaker 1: to get back to. Well, what we got, what we

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Speaker 1: want to get back to is winning games that we

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Speaker 1: haven't been doing very a very good job at that lately.

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Speaker 1: But uh, this guy, just Joe Judge, brings a certain attitude,

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Speaker 1: a certain confidence, a certain presence to us. UM. I

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Speaker 1: like the fact that he believes in coaching the whole team,

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Speaker 1: not just one side of the ball or the other. Um,

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Speaker 1: He's gonna be very involved in everything we do. And

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Speaker 1: I particularly liked his ability to to talk to and

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Speaker 1: relate to players and understand where they come from and

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Speaker 1: what challenges they have, and his ability to motivate them.

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Speaker 1: He was working on his PhD and education. This guy

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Speaker 1: is a teacher, and I think that's something we need

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Speaker 1: right now. Obviously the last couple of years haven't gone

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Speaker 1: the way you want UM. To hire a special teams

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Speaker 1: coach is a big leap of faith. Plus he's a

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Speaker 1: younger guy. Just talk about sort of the decision to

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Speaker 1: kind of go in that direction and go a little

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Speaker 1: out of the box. Yeah, it never really bother me

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Speaker 1: one way or the other. Their guy was offensive for

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Speaker 1: defensive for special teams, it's more about the you know,

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Speaker 1: the person himself, and yes, the fact that he is

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Speaker 1: young is certainly a concern, but I just think he

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Speaker 1: has a certain maturity about him, at a certain presence

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Speaker 1: about him. Uh, and he'll surround himself with a good staff.

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Speaker 1: I have a lot of confidence in that. UM. I

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Speaker 1: think he's got a chance to be a great head coach. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: winning is important, as you mentioned, UM, but there's a

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Speaker 1: certain sort of DNA that the Giants have with this

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Speaker 1: city and with their style. UM. In your opinion, what's

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Speaker 1: that d N A Well, what I'd like it to

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Speaker 1: to be is is to be a tough, prideful team

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Speaker 1: that never gives up. UM, that's always going to give

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Speaker 1: that plays great defense, has a great quarterback, and has

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Speaker 1: a great coach behind the team. I think we're heading

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Speaker 1: in that direction, and time will tell, but I feel

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Speaker 1: very good about this higher John, thank you for a

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Speaker 1: few minutes. Thanks