1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: Good afternoon and welcome UM. We began our search for 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 1: a new head coach UH immediately after our season ended 3 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: in I just wanted to make a few comments about 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:17,920 Speaker 1: that process. This was the deepest and most talented group 5 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 1: of candidates that I've ever seen, and as a number 6 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: of you have made note of, I've had quite a 7 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 1: bit of experience UH in recent years and interview and 8 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:29,319 Speaker 1: coaching candidates UM. I liked, we liked all of the 9 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: coaches that we interviewed. We did not eliminate any of 10 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: them from consideration. All of them made a great impression, 11 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: and we're really interested in this job. I would have 12 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 1: been pleased, We would have been pleased to have had 13 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:43,319 Speaker 1: any one of them as our head coach for me. 14 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: Our search ended on Monday afternoon when we finished our 15 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: session with Joe Judge. I have to tell you that 16 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,639 Speaker 1: this was perhaps the best coach interview that I've ever 17 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: been a part of UM. When Steve met with him 18 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: on Tuesday morning, he felt just as strongly as we did. 19 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: Joe is someone who has certainly been on our radar 20 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: for the last couple of years. When a coach works 21 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: under Nick Saban and then finds his way onto Bill 22 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: Belichick staff. That's something that you take note of. Joe 23 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: has been a part of three Super Bowls with New 24 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: England to national championships with Nick Saban at Alabama, and 25 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: what came through in the interview was his poise, his confidence, 26 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: his leadership, his knowledge of the game and what it 27 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 1: takes to build a winning program, his ability to relate 28 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: to players, and of course his work ethic. He's a teacher, 29 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: he's a communicator, He's somebody who demands and commands respect, 30 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: and he just has a certain presence about him. For 31 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: all of those reasons. On behalf of the Mara and 32 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: Tish families, I'm very pleased to introduce Joe Judge as 33 00:01:51,280 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: the new head coach of the New York Giants. Thank 34 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: you first, like to start, I think in the Mayor 35 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 1: and the Tish families, Mr Gentleman Kevin Abrams, for this 36 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: wonderful opportunity. I do not take lightly the position I'm 37 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: in and the people, the city and the region that 38 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:20,359 Speaker 1: I represent. Okay, I'd like to thank my family, my wife, 39 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 1: my mother, and my children, all my close friends who 40 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 1: have made each step of this process to enable me 41 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 1: to be where I am today, which is just another 42 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: step in the process of where we're trying to go. Yeah, 43 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: I'd like to thank all my former coaches that I 44 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: both played and worked under for building me the foundation 45 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: of fundamentals that has allowed me to teach and instruct 46 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 1: at a high level to again put me in this position. 47 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: I'd like to start with Coach Belichick and coach Saban, 48 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:49,679 Speaker 1: Coach Scotty O'Brien, Coach Amos Jones, Coach Syvester Crum, Coach 49 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: Jackie sheeryon coach Jim al Jio. All right, be remis 50 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: if I didn't thank my own father, who was my 51 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: first coach and taught me the most important lesson is 52 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 1: you hold those you expect the most from at the 53 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: highest standard. Y all right now, I'd also like to 54 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: thank all the players who ever played under me. They 55 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 1: gave everything. That's what I expect. Was very demanding. I'm 56 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 1: gonna continue to demanding, but you expect the players to 57 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: be held to a certain standard. And for all the 58 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: ones who played under me to this point, I appreciate 59 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 1: your work and your sacrifice to allow me to have 60 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: this opportunity that I have today. And it's just an 61 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: opportunity I have to make the most of it. That 62 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: starts today. Now there's a question out there. I'm sure 63 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: a lot of people are asking that's number one, Who 64 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: am I? Well, maybe I can explain that a little 65 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: bit better. But instead of saying who am I? By 66 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: telling you what's relevant this conversation with being a coach 67 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: New York Giants, what I'm about, and what I'm about 68 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: is an old school physical mentality. Okay, We're gonna put 69 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: a product on the field that the people of this 70 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: city and region be proud of because this team will 71 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: represent this area. We will play fast, We'll play downhill. 72 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: We'll play restive. We'll punch you in a nose for 73 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: sixty minutes. We'll play every play like it is a 74 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: history in the life of its own. Wre the relentless 75 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: competitive attitude. We'll play fundamentally sound. We will not beat ourselves. 76 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: That is our mission right here. Okay, I'm about caring 77 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: for the players in the locker room. Let's not forget 78 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: there's a human element to this game. Let's not think 79 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: that in professional sports that paying a paycheck to somebody 80 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 1: makes it absence of empathy. We need to make sure 81 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: that we take care of the players in our locker room, 82 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: that we treat them the right way, that we teach 83 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: them to correct techniques, and then we put them in 84 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 1: the right situation to be successful. We're gonna ask these 85 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 1: men to come in and give everything they have every day. 86 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 1: We're gonna demand it, and we appreciate everything they give us. 87 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: It's our it's our responsibility to take care of them 88 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 1: on a daily basis and make sure when they are 89 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: done with our game, they are better further for the 90 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: rest of their career as a father, a husband, and 91 00:04:54,720 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: a professional. Whatever avenue they take now with this team 92 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: is gonna look like I mentioned earlier. I want this 93 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 1: team to reflect this area. I want the people to 94 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 1: pay their hard earned money in the neighborhoods of New York, 95 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: North Jersey, South Jersey to come to our games and 96 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: note the players on the field play with the same 97 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: attitude they wake up with every morning. That is blue collar. 98 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: It's hard work, it's in your face. We're not gonna 99 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: back down from anybody. We're gonna come to work every 100 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 1: day and grind it out the way they do in 101 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: their jobs every day. And they can invest their money 102 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 1: in our program knowing it's worth while. They put a 103 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: giant's uniform on, they put a giant's hatter jersey on 104 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 1: that it's not representing just the fifty three on the field, 105 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,799 Speaker 1: but it's representing their neighborhoods, their communities, and their families 106 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 1: with the values they have instill in their children. Now 107 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: at this moment, my priorities are pretty simple. I have 108 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: an outsider's view of this team. I've competed against the giants. 109 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 1: I've studied this team from the outside looking in, preparing 110 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: myself for this job and opportunity. But I have to 111 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,719 Speaker 1: make myself fluent in the language within the building. I 112 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: have to study the players. I have to evaluate the 113 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: current coaching staff and give everybody a fair evaluation to 114 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: make sure we make the right decisions. That I have 115 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,280 Speaker 1: a clear vision of what the path going forward needs 116 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: to be to help these players progress the correct way. 117 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: Relative to staff, I do not have a staff in place. Yes, 118 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,280 Speaker 1: I have some names in mind, but we will talk 119 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: to everybody. We will take our time. My priorities put 120 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,600 Speaker 1: the right men around these players that they can come 121 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: to work every day, They can be coached hard, they 122 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: can be taught. I want good people before anything. If 123 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: you're gonna work in an organization you're a good person. 124 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 1: I don't want an alternative agendas. I'm making that clear 125 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: right now. There's not gonna be a coaching organization who 126 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: is nothing but the best interests of the players at 127 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: hand and is gonna come to work every day and 128 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: put their butt on the line for the guys who 129 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 1: are gonna work hard for him, all right. And I 130 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 1: want teachers, not presenters. I don't want someone who looks 131 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,359 Speaker 1: fancy in front of the screen. I can sell you 132 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 1: with a lot of different sales lines. I want teachers. 133 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: I want old school people who can get to our 134 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: players and give them the mental image of what it's 135 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: supposed to look like. And I want them to demonstrate 136 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: on a daily basis the work ethic of what it's 137 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: gonna take to do it successfully day in and day out, 138 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: because over the course of six months of this season, 139 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: it takes day in and day out to be successful. 140 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: The origins of are in this league are too small. 141 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: You cannot get by with some kind of magic scheme 142 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: or new gimmick or think you've reinvented the wheel. The 143 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 1: same things win football games that have always won football games. 144 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: It's fundamentals, and those fundamentals will start for us in 145 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: the classroom. They'll start with being the meetings on time. 146 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: They'll start with being on the field on time in 147 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: the proper dress. They'll start with knowing your playbook. They'll 148 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: start with being out there and stretching the right way 149 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: and warming your body up the right way that you 150 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 1: prevent any kind of soft tissue injuries on the field. 151 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: And then they carry over to the fundamentals on the field. 152 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: It's running, it's tackling, it's ball security. Okay, it's a 153 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: contact sport. You can't get around that. It's meant to 154 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 1: be a physical game. It's for tough people. We will 155 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: practice with a physical attitude. We will practice and pads. 156 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 1: We will practice live tackling. Not to make a statement 157 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: that we're trying to be tough. We're gonna practice live 158 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: tackling because I believe in doing it safely. You want 159 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: to make your players safer. You start by instructing him 160 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: how to do it. And we're gonna work on everything. 161 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: We do it, everything we ask them to do at 162 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,199 Speaker 1: full speed on Sunday at a competitive at level. We're 163 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: going to make sure that we have practice corrected and 164 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: repracticed before they have to do it at a live pace. 165 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 1: All right, there's not compny shortcuts what we have to do. 166 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: It's a tough division. It's a tough division in cities 167 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: full of tough people, and they expect to see a program. 168 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 1: They expect to see a product that represents them. And 169 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do everything in my power every day to 170 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: make sure the people of this city and this area 171 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:00,559 Speaker 1: turn on the TV or sitting to stay m seats 172 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 1: and are proud to say that we're there New York 173 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,959 Speaker 1: Giants right now. From this point forward, any questions you 174 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: may have would be happy to answer best my ability. 175 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 1: Former players are having flashbacks over here, sure perspect w 176 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: NBC TV welcome. Thank you you said yesterday to statement. 177 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,679 Speaker 1: We've had great conversations about where this team is and 178 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: where it is headed and how we're going to get there. 179 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: My question is how are you going to get there? Well, 180 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 1: exactly what I just said a second ago. We're gonna 181 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: start by showing up on time, by having a plan 182 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 1: for executing that plan. It's gonna be fundamentals, I'll tell 183 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 1: you right now, and I'm sure that's gonna come up 184 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: somewhere along the line. I'm not gonna be the offensive coordinator, 185 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,559 Speaker 1: the defense coordinator, or the special teams coordinator. I'll work 186 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: with all three sides of the ball. But the primary 187 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: focus I'm gonna have as a head coach is I'm 188 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 1: gonna make sure we are fundamentally sound, we're situationally aware, 189 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:58,959 Speaker 1: and then we play with relentless effort. Joe met Lombardo 190 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 1: from NJ dot com, UM, I'm curious in your conversations 191 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 1: with Dave Gentelman, Uh, the conversation about personnel, your input, 192 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: his input, and how that relationship is gonna work as 193 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 1: you build this team. I couldn't be more excited walking 194 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 1: on the army than sitting down with Mr Gentelman. It's 195 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,559 Speaker 1: been tremendous. You know, listen, uh from a scouts view, 196 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 1: from a coach's view. And one thing I've been privileged 197 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: to do is my role in New England. I first 198 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 1: went there was heavy on personnel. Being a special teams coach, 199 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 1: you have to know every player on your team inside 200 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: and out because you have to know who you can 201 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 1: use with the limited menu. It's kind of like when 202 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: you're hungry, you go the fridge. Your dad says, figure 203 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 1: out the way to make a sandwich. You know what's 204 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 1: in there, but you gotta find a way. You gotta 205 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: eat right. So I gotta know what everybody does so 206 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 1: I can put those ingredients together and get the most 207 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 1: out of it. So what I prepared myself for was 208 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 1: leading into every draft. I studied every player in the 209 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:50,319 Speaker 1: draft as a as a player and an athlete. I 210 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 1: didn't look at him as a receiver. I didn't look 211 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 1: him as a tight end, and look him as a linebacker. 212 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: I want to know how they moved. Are they stiff 213 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: in the hips? Are they a straight line speed guy? 214 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: Do they use their hands? What kind of short air 215 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 1: quickness do they have? What kind of top end speed 216 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: do they have? Do they turn down contact? So I'm 217 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:10,559 Speaker 1: used to looking at things from a big picture perspective 218 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:12,679 Speaker 1: on players in terms of what they bring to the 219 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 1: team as a whole. You can turn around, say how 220 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:16,680 Speaker 1: good does this guys are running back? Well, there's different 221 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: kinds of running backs. I want to know what kind 222 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: of athlete this man is and how we can use 223 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 1: his tool set to our advantage. Joe Right, Ryan dun 224 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 1: Levy from the New York Post, You're out from obviously 225 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:34,840 Speaker 1: an outside perspective, your first impression of Daniel Jones from 226 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 1: his rookie season, and then for his offensive coordinator quarterbacks coach, 227 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:41,839 Speaker 1: what are you looking for from a coaching perspective? So 228 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: I'm gonna answer both those questions, and I don't want 229 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 1: to be confused this. I want to make sure I 230 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: make this clear as again, I have an outsider's perspective. 231 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 1: We have we have a lot of talent on this roster. 232 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:53,960 Speaker 1: It's been assembled that way for a reason. I don't 233 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: want to sit here and try to give you expert 234 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:59,319 Speaker 1: analysis without having done my due diligence and homework to 235 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 1: sit down and thoroughly investigate each one of these players. 236 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 1: They all have ability. I'm excited to work with every 237 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 1: player on our roster. Every player in our roster has talent, 238 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 1: and every player in roster will compete for whatever they get. 239 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: Nothing will be handed out in terms of the coaches. Again, 240 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 1: I want to reference back to I'm looking for teachers. Okay, 241 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 1: I'm sure the next question is going to be something 242 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:21,839 Speaker 1: relative to what do I look to for in the 243 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: offensive system? Will I can answer that of all three 244 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: systems offense, defense, special teams, our philosophy is going to 245 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,719 Speaker 1: be to put pressure on the opponent to prepare for 246 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 1: multiple things. Within that, we have to have personnel versatility, 247 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 1: and we have to have flexibility schematically to make sure 248 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:39,559 Speaker 1: that whoever we play, we can adjust our game plan 249 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: to maximize our strengths firs their weaknesses. So while there 250 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: may be some games that we throw the ball fifty times, 251 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 1: there's gonna be other times we may throw it ten 252 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 1: times and run the ball forty five times. So I 253 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: don't have a crystal ball. Miss clear could help you 254 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: better with that, but we're gonna look for the best 255 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 1: system to help us week by week. Hey, Joe pull 256 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: Schwartz with the New York Post Um, Clearly the Giants 257 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 1: were very impressed with your work with two great coaches, 258 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: saving in Belichick. Um, and that's a great thing on 259 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,079 Speaker 1: a resume. How are you different from them? Uh? The 260 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 1: big thing everyone wants to know is you know you're 261 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 1: not those guys. How are you your own man? Well? 262 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:21,079 Speaker 1: I think when you work with anybody, you try to 263 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: absorb as much as you can from them, and you're 264 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: gonna always have the opportunity to learn lessons if you 265 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 1: pay attention and are willing to learn something new. I 266 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: worked for two great coaches, Coach Belichick and Coach Saying 267 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:33,719 Speaker 1: they're when a day I went to work that I 268 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:35,839 Speaker 1: didn't come home with a full new education, And I 269 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: knew fully every day that there were coaches out there 270 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:40,439 Speaker 1: that would pay thousands of dollars to sit in a 271 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 1: staff meeting and just hear the wisdom they were saying 272 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: on a daily basis. I'd like to think I wasn't 273 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:48,719 Speaker 1: fool enough, foolish enough to squander that. Both have a 274 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 1: very unique style about them. Both have a world of knowledge. Okay, 275 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: both have a lot of the same philosophical views and 276 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: a lot of the same values. What I learned from 277 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: Coach Saban was not an individual lesson. Why I learned 278 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: from Coach Saban was it's important to address everybody not 279 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 1: only on the what they have to do, but how 280 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 1: it should look, what we're gonna do to get there, 281 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:17,719 Speaker 1: and why it's important. And what you find out when 282 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: you're coaching players, they're not robots, and if they understand 283 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 1: what the end results supposed to look like and why 284 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: it's important, normally those players are gonna take the principles 285 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: that you instilled in them and in the game make 286 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 1: a player's adjustment, and you're gonna learn more from the 287 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: players and there as a coach, because they're gonna find 288 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 1: a better way to do it in the heat of 289 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: the moment with a certain adjustment, and as a coach, 290 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: you have to have your eyes open enough to understand 291 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: they're making the correct adjustment. You have to find another 292 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: way to teach it in the future, to give multiple options. 293 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 1: That's why I learned from Coach Saban, and that applied 294 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: across the board. That was whether you're dealing with a person, okay, 295 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 1: a player in recruiting, developing a player on the field, 296 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 1: or schematics in a game, you better make sure everyone 297 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 1: knows the full picture of what you're looking for. And 298 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: what I learned from Coach Belichick was was real simple, 299 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 1: be flexible with then your personnel. Don't try to shove 300 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 1: round pegs and the square holes. Figure out what you have. 301 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 1: Let them play to their strengths. Don't sit in a 302 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 1: meeting and tell me what you don't have in a player. 303 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 1: Don't tell me they can't do a certain thing. Tell 304 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 1: me what they can do, and then we'll figure out 305 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 1: as coaches, because that's our job, how we can use 306 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: that that's our responsibility. Everybody has something they can do. 307 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 1: How many cast offs you see around the league? The 308 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 1: end up another team and says, wow, how did they 309 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 1: get that out of them? Maybe they just weren't closing 310 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: their eyes to what they could do. Okay, we have 311 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: to as a coaching staff and we get assembled, we 312 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 1: have to make sure we're sitting down, we're patient with 313 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: our players, we fully evaluate them, we find out what 314 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 1: they can do to be an asset, and that we're 315 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: not foolish enough to not use that. Joe Joe. Darryl 316 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: Slater from the New York Star ledger um, A lot 317 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 1: of fans looked at this higher and and they regard 318 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 1: you as not a prominent name. There were other prominent 319 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 1: names that a lot of fans out there wanted, maybe 320 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 1: more so than you. So what do you think of 321 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: the notion? What do you say to the notion that 322 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 1: that you were not the preferred choice for a lot 323 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: of the public, a lot of the giants fans. To 324 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 1: be completely honest with you, I'm not really concerned about 325 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 1: whoever interviewed for this job. All I'm concerned about is 326 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 1: the opportunity I have in front of me, and what 327 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: I have to do going forward, and I'm gonna tell 328 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 1: my players the same thing. It doesn't matter how you 329 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: got there, it doesn't matter how high profile you maybe 330 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 1: or may not be. It's what you do on a 331 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 1: daily basis. You're in a position earn it. Earn it 332 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: every day, okay, And I appreciate the opportunity. I'm working 333 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 1: every day to earn it, and our players have to 334 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 1: do the same thing. The best players will play. I 335 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: don't care where you got drafted. I don't care if 336 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: you undraft the free agent. I don't care if you're old, young, traded, 337 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 1: whatever you got there for. Everybody will have an opportunity 338 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 1: every day to compete for a job in our roster 339 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 1: every day. And if you want to be on the field, 340 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: be the best player outwork the guy in front of you, 341 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 1: prove your value to us, show you can handle the job, 342 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: and we're gonna put you on a field and give 343 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 1: an opportunity. Hey, Joe Kim Jones, I'm gonna network culture. 344 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: I could completely concede is an overused word, but I 345 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 1: don't know another better example but our word to use 346 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 1: than this example. When you look at UM taking over 347 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,399 Speaker 1: the New York giants. What culture do you want to 348 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 1: have in the locker room and how will you go 349 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 1: about making sure that that is delivered. The only culture 350 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,119 Speaker 1: we're gonna have in that building, period, is a winning culture, 351 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,880 Speaker 1: and what that means is everybody comes to work every 352 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 1: day regardless of how they feel and puts the team first. Period. 353 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: Whatever you have going on outside the building, you're sick, 354 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 1: you're a little bit of pain, your discomfort, you're upset, 355 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 1: you're mad, You put all that aside. You come in, 356 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: you put the team first. We're gonna ask our players 357 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:36,159 Speaker 1: at times to do things that necessarily may not be 358 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 1: what they have in mind for themselves, but if it's 359 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: best for the team, they have to be willing to 360 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:42,879 Speaker 1: go forward with it, because that's what a winning culture is. 361 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 1: High Coach Patricia Traina, thank you protecting my question. You've 362 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 1: mentioned teaching a lot, and I know you have a 363 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:53,959 Speaker 1: background in teaching. Can you just elaborate a little bit 364 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,439 Speaker 1: more on how you plan to teach this team how 365 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 1: to win. What you look for in teachers and the like, Well, 366 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 1: I'd say teaching is just to inspire learning, and I 367 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:03,880 Speaker 1: think we have to do is we have to identify 368 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 1: how our players learn. Everybody learns different. Okay, everyone learns different. 369 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 1: We have to make sure that we teach, we hit 370 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: the full spectrum of students in the classroom, the full 371 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 1: spectrum of our players. We can't just teach in an 372 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: old school way or a certain way. We have to 373 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:20,400 Speaker 1: find whatever is helpful for these guys to be able 374 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: to take the information and apply it on the field. Now, 375 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 1: whether that may be old school lecture for some guys, 376 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 1: well that's more visual evidence through the tape for other guys, 377 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 1: or maybe that's on their feet with walkthroughs for some others. 378 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:34,919 Speaker 1: We're gonna do as much as what's necessary to make 379 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: sure we're checking the box on every guy. And as 380 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 1: a coaching staff, I expect our coaches to know who's 381 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: up to speed on what. Don't tell me you taught 382 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 1: the whole room and one guy screwed it up. I 383 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 1: want to know what you did. Hit that guy. You 384 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:49,639 Speaker 1: figure out what he's a little behind on, and then 385 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 1: you make up the difference. Figure it out. That's your job. 386 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:54,360 Speaker 1: So to me, a teacher is you know we talked 387 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: about no child left behind, But I'm telling you right now, 388 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 1: if you're in our locker room, you're gonna get coached. 389 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 1: We're not leaving any a behind her here. Okay, So 390 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 1: I want people who are gonna, you know, treat the 391 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 1: player as a person, find out what makes them tick, 392 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 1: what inspires are learning, and make sure we accomplish it 393 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 1: every day. Hi, Taras Sullivan from the Boston Globe. Um, 394 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 1: we know about the endorsement that coach Belichick gave ownership 395 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 1: here about you? Um, I'm curious. I guess it's sort 396 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 1: of twofold. But one what advice he had for you 397 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 1: if you consulted with him, how that went, And I 398 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 1: would like just kind of a flip side, um, of 399 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 1: all the things on your resume, you haven't actually been 400 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 1: a head coach, if I'm correct, you're absolutely correcting that. 401 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 1: So just kind of kindergarten p teacher, have not been 402 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 1: you know, just um, how you sort of sold them 403 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:42,880 Speaker 1: on filling that absence on the resume, if you will, 404 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:44,399 Speaker 1: How you convinced them you you were ready to be 405 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 1: a head coach. But first about I'll start with the 406 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: first one, the question about coach Belichick. In terms of advice, 407 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: I'll be honest with you, the only advice earlier, you know, 408 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,879 Speaker 1: saw it for him as far as this opportunity, Um, 409 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 1: you know, he told me just be yourself, and that's 410 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 1: all I know how to be. I think one of 411 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:00,159 Speaker 1: the things people ask me a lot is you've work 412 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:03,160 Speaker 1: for coach Saving, coach Belichick, you know what makes you different? 413 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 1: Look on myself. I'm gonna be myself every time. If 414 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: I'm anything else, everyone's gonna see straight through it. And 415 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:08,919 Speaker 1: if you a lot to the team, you're gonna lose 416 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: the team immediately. So I'm gonna always be myself. And 417 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 1: that's a little bit different than other people, and that's fine. 418 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 1: I'm not trying to emulate anyone I ever worked for. 419 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 1: I'm trying to take what I've learned from them and 420 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 1: what match it with my belief structure and do it 421 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:24,159 Speaker 1: in my own personality. Okay, Uh. The second part of 422 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 1: the question, as far as being a head coach, you 423 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: can't fabricate that experience. And as a young head coach, 424 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 1: I'm going to lean on Dave Gentleman, I'm gonna lean 425 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 1: on the assistance I hire. I'm gonna lean on having 426 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 1: the right people in the building to fill in some 427 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:40,159 Speaker 1: of the blanks that I may have. I'm about transparency, openly, 428 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 1: transparency and honesty. So I need men in my building 429 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:46,640 Speaker 1: who are willing to walk into my office and tell 430 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 1: me the truth and we can be on the same page. Now, 431 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:51,199 Speaker 1: we may have some disagreements at times, we're gonna walk 432 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: out and that field those players and I'll have the 433 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: same vision, same voice, on the same page. Relative to 434 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 1: how I would handle the team. I can tell you 435 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 1: what the experience I've had I feel prepares me as 436 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:04,440 Speaker 1: being a head coach number one. From a personnel standpoint 437 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 1: I talked earlier, I've had to evaluate everybody for the draft. 438 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:09,160 Speaker 1: I have to know who the players in the locker 439 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: room are, not just as an athlete in that regard, 440 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 1: but personally because as a special teams coach, it's not 441 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 1: just point and click and say go do it. There's 442 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: a lot of recruiting that happens at certain times, and 443 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 1: you have to find out every player ticks and everyone 444 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 1: responds differently at different times. Now, you've got your core 445 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:26,919 Speaker 1: guys that show up to work and they know that's 446 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 1: how they you know, pay their light bill, and they're 447 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: gonna do it every day whatever. But there comes a 448 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 1: time you may have to go ahead and go to 449 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 1: the starting quarterback and say, hey, buddy, I need you 450 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:34,680 Speaker 1: to be the hold of this week because we have 451 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 1: an issue with an injury. You may have to go 452 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 1: to a guy who's a starting linebacker and say I 453 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:40,680 Speaker 1: need you to start on punt team for me this week. 454 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: You haven't done it since training camp, but we need you. 455 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 1: Or you have to go to a guy in the 456 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,439 Speaker 1: middle of the game and tell him he now has 457 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 1: to cover a kick on kickoff. The thing is you 458 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:51,160 Speaker 1: have to get to those people early on and develop 459 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 1: a relationship with them, have relationship with the entire team 460 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 1: to have them trust you, to know that you have 461 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 1: their best interests at hand and the team's best insests 462 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: at hand. So when you come to them and you 463 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:01,680 Speaker 1: ask them perform a task, they trust you that what 464 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:03,679 Speaker 1: you're asking them to do is going to benefit them 465 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 1: individually and as a team collectively. Okay, along with that, look, 466 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:11,360 Speaker 1: I've had the experience and it's been beneficial. I get 467 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 1: to stand in front of the room every day and 468 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 1: coach every player. Every player. When we're ninety, it's all ninety. 469 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: When we're at fifty three, it's fifty three plus the 470 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 1: ten on practice squad. Okay, So in different avenues. I've 471 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 1: been able to address the team every day, and again, 472 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 1: you can't address the team all in one message. You 473 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:30,120 Speaker 1: have to make sure you're hitting everybody in the room, 474 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 1: so you gain the experience of what the pulse of 475 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,480 Speaker 1: the team is and what makes them tick. You're not 476 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,680 Speaker 1: always addressing them now after wins. A lot of times 477 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: you gotta walk in after a tough loss. A lot 478 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 1: of times you gotta walk in after a tough loss 479 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: where maybe your unit didn't play as well as it 480 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,639 Speaker 1: should have, and you have to grab the attention to 481 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 1: those players and not only tell them how we have 482 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 1: to correct what was wrong, but why they have to 483 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 1: trust you going forward. Okay, So there's been a lot 484 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 1: of experience through the years of having to do that 485 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 1: on a daily basis. You know, special teams. One thing 486 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 1: you got to manage is time. Another thing is people. 487 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 1: As a head coach, there are two main things you 488 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 1: have to manage time and people. So I've had experience 489 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 1: preparing me for that. I don't have all the answers. 490 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 1: I'm not preparing to sit here and tell you a 491 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 1: lie like I have all the answers, but I'm telling 492 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 1: you I'll find out the ones I don't know and 493 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: make sure about time we give them the players that 494 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:22,680 Speaker 1: are right once Jordan run on from ESPN sort of 495 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:25,200 Speaker 1: a build off that a little bit. I'm wondering this 496 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: was obviously a goal of years to become a head coach, 497 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 1: So yes, was there anything specific you did to prepare 498 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,640 Speaker 1: for this is and how much did you maybe talk 499 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 1: about being a head coach with Bill the sort of 500 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: learn how to become a head coach in the process. 501 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:41,159 Speaker 1: I think Bill understood that I had a desire to 502 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 1: be a head coach because of my involvement overall and 503 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:46,959 Speaker 1: a complete team. I never talked about being a head 504 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,439 Speaker 1: coach or walked around and advertised as a specific goal. 505 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 1: To be completely honest with you, I didn't have a 506 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 1: goal this year, specifically right now, of having to be 507 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 1: a head coach right now. This opportunity was very unique. 508 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,199 Speaker 1: When I received the call from the Giants that they 509 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:02,440 Speaker 1: would like to interview me, that was very exciting. There's 510 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 1: thirty two teams in this league. That's not a lot. 511 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 1: The reality is there's very few others have a chance 512 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,680 Speaker 1: of winning the reality of that is there's very few 513 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 1: of those have a chance of winning that have tradition 514 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 1: and history behind them. I don't take this lightly. There's 515 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 1: not thirty two great programs in this league. The truth 516 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: is the giants who on the top, okay, and that's 517 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 1: what makes this job in tricky. Hi Joe Joe Pat 518 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 1: Leonard from the New York Daily News Along those lines 519 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:35,360 Speaker 1: in this interview, was there a moment for you where 520 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 1: it clicked that your vision and the giants ownerships in 521 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: front offices vision aligned? And then I want to know 522 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 1: what was it like for you in the morning when 523 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 1: you find out you're getting the job? Where were you? 524 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:49,199 Speaker 1: You know, how did you feel at that moment? Who 525 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 1: are you with? Etcetera. I'll go backwards on that. So 526 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: when I received the phone call and Mr Mary offered 527 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 1: me the job, UM, it was very exciting. It was 528 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:00,639 Speaker 1: very humbling. I was actually sitting in my office and 529 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,159 Speaker 1: let stateium at the time. UM. I had returned the 530 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 1: night before from the interview, and I basically went the 531 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 1: next day to just resume work like I would normally 532 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:09,640 Speaker 1: do and make sure I was getting prepared for what's 533 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:12,680 Speaker 1: coming up next. UM, it was very humbling. It was 534 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: very humbling. I think you get past the initial wave 535 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 1: of excitement and then you realize the task at hand 536 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,879 Speaker 1: you have and you realize that it's time to go 537 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,119 Speaker 1: to work okay, and there's people depending on you, and 538 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:26,840 Speaker 1: that's a humbling feeling that you have to show up 539 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,159 Speaker 1: every day and do your absolute best because everyone's depending 540 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: on you to do your absolute best. Anything less won't 541 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 1: be acceptable. UM, could you be The first part of 542 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: the question was was there a moment in the interview 543 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:42,360 Speaker 1: Without going to too many details about the specific interview, UM, 544 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 1: I would say when we spoke about discipline on the team. 545 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:50,680 Speaker 1: And that's something very important to me. You know. I 546 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 1: think you need to have the fundamental foundation of discipline 547 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,879 Speaker 1: on your team, that your hold players accountable, and it's 548 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:59,920 Speaker 1: important to have good people in your locker room. It's 549 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 1: family business for our ownership, and it's a family business 550 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: for myself. You know, my children have all been born. 551 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:09,439 Speaker 1: I've been in this business, UM. Knowing that your passion 552 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: is football, that your desire to win is what you 553 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:15,440 Speaker 1: truly love, and that that benefits your family and you're 554 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:19,119 Speaker 1: representing something bigger than yourself. That moment right there was 555 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 1: when it really clicked that this is where I belong, 556 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 1: on where I want to be Joe Joe Me Sierry 557 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 1: Picks the eleven News. Um, I'm curious you've just mentioned 558 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:32,640 Speaker 1: your family there. What was their reaction, specifically your wife 559 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 1: and kids when you got the job in coming to 560 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: New York? Very exciting? They were very excited. I've got 561 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 1: a fourteen year old who stays as current as he 562 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 1: can on everything. Um, you know, so he's already looking 563 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 1: to make GM moves and stuff. So I must have 564 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:49,880 Speaker 1: got him. He's he's telling me about the roster when 565 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 1: I come home and things we could do and stuff. 566 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: And um, I've got an eleven year old who you know, 567 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:57,680 Speaker 1: was kind of speechless when we told him at school. 568 00:26:57,680 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 1: We pulled him out of class and let him know. 569 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 1: He could have been more excited. Um, I've got a 570 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: I got a nine year old back there, m Riley. 571 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:08,159 Speaker 1: And uh, she's got a gymnastics meet in Manhattan in 572 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 1: a few weeks, right, Emma, a few weeks and so 573 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 1: she's been talking about that all false and now that 574 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 1: she gets to have her meet. But it's also a 575 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 1: new home, you know, that's a little bit extra special 576 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 1: for We haven't really broke the news yet to Lla 577 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 1: that this means she has to move, but she's very 578 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 1: excited to be part of the Giants. Joe tom Caniffin 579 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 1: with the A P. When you talked about taking the job, 580 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 1: you said you want to be old school. Was that 581 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 1: the way you were brought up or was that something 582 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:40,120 Speaker 1: that you know you learned from Belichick and Saban, because 583 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 1: it sounds very much like it's Parcels and Coughlin. Do 584 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 1: you ever see a poster says everything I need to 585 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:47,119 Speaker 1: learn I learned in kindergarten. It's talking about like sharing 586 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 1: and telling the truth and being polite and all that stuff. 587 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:52,680 Speaker 1: The thing I really learned from the great coach I 588 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 1: worked for later in my career, it was really that 589 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 1: they've reinforced everything I learned early in my career that 590 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:02,239 Speaker 1: it's really the basics that carry over. There's some new 591 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 1: ship that gets caught up when you get kind of 592 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:05,640 Speaker 1: going through the flow of things that everyone thinks there's 593 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:08,400 Speaker 1: some guru out there with a magical scheme. Everyone thinks 594 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 1: there's some shortcut to being good. But everything I learned 595 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:14,919 Speaker 1: from Coach Belichick and Coach Saban reinforced on a daily 596 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 1: basis that it's the fundamentals. You know, you don't build 597 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 1: the empire state building. By washing the windows, you build 598 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:23,920 Speaker 1: up with the foundation and work it on up, you know, 599 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:26,640 Speaker 1: So whatever your goal is at hand, you can put 600 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:28,600 Speaker 1: that in a distance and start working day by day 601 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:35,119 Speaker 1: to take a step forward. Right, hey, Joe Art Stable 602 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 1: them from the Bergen Record in USA today. Um, your 603 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: coaches talk about how this is a timing business and 604 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 1: sometimes you take an opportunity and maybe it's a year 605 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 1: too soon or you're too late. Why is the timing 606 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 1: right for you now to be standing here as the 607 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 1: new new head coach of the Giants. The only thing 608 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 1: that's relative to me on this is the opportunity with 609 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 1: the New York Giants. That's it. The time is now, 610 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:08,720 Speaker 1: and that's the only time that's relevant to me. Coach 611 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 1: shuts route Baciano up from s N Y. Um. I 612 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 1: know you said you haven't studied all the players yet. 613 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 1: You want to get into that, but obviously you know 614 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:17,480 Speaker 1: a little bit about the roster and you know that 615 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 1: there hasn't been a lot of winning around here recently. 616 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 1: How quickly do you think you can turn this around? 617 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 1: How big a job is it to get this franchise 618 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 1: back on a winning track. We look to try to 619 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: get any team in this league to win is a 620 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:32,960 Speaker 1: tough job. They're all They're all tough jobs. Every team 621 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 1: is good there, coach well, they have talent. There's a 622 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:36,800 Speaker 1: lot of parody in this league is structured and built 623 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 1: that way, So every job in this league has a 624 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 1: tough job every week trying to get a win. I'm 625 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 1: not into making predictions about wins. I'm a process built guy. 626 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,400 Speaker 1: You focus on the process at hand. You worry about 627 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 1: the steps in place you have to execute to get 628 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,120 Speaker 1: to the end result. I'm not going to circle a 629 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 1: number on my board and say we have to get 630 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 1: the X number wins be successful. I'm worried about when 631 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 1: these guys walk into building in mid April, what we 632 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 1: have to do with them on day one to get 633 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:03,720 Speaker 1: them work in the right direction to build on the 634 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 1: ground up. Hey, Joe Dave Waldenstein, New York Times, h 635 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,080 Speaker 1: A big part of your job will be dealing with 636 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:19,040 Speaker 1: reporters and the media, especially answering questions after games and 637 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:21,920 Speaker 1: just to kind of kick start that process. I'm just 638 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,960 Speaker 1: curious in the last game, what went into the decision 639 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:28,920 Speaker 1: not to have someone returning that last punt. I'm not 640 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 1: going to get any specific decisions on schematics. UM, I 641 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 1: can assure you this was discussions we had before the game, 642 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: and we called it according to what we thought gave 643 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 1: our team the best opportunity to win. I appreciate the question. 644 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,120 Speaker 1: At this point, I'm really looking forward everything we're doing 645 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 1: here with the New York Giants. That's a question. It 646 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 1: is probably better fit for Fox bro Zach Rosa and 647 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 1: j dot com. You mentioned something about the things you 648 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 1: learned in kindergarten that stay with you. What did you 649 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:02,960 Speaker 1: actually learn from teaching kindergart all right? So when I 650 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:05,959 Speaker 1: get done being a g a Missy State, which when 651 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,840 Speaker 1: you're a g A UM, it's basically volunteering to be 652 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,000 Speaker 1: tortured and it's the best experience you can ever have. 653 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,880 Speaker 1: I washed cars, I got coffee, I built play sets, 654 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:18,960 Speaker 1: I did everything I could do. And on top of that, 655 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:20,719 Speaker 1: I got to coach football and learn and they kind 656 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:22,520 Speaker 1: of paid me seven hundred bucks a month, which didn't 657 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 1: cover the rent even in Mississippi. All right. So what 658 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 1: I learned coaching pe okay for three days in West 659 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:35,160 Speaker 1: Point School District was the patients you have to have 660 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:39,200 Speaker 1: with children, Okay that I had. I think it was 661 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 1: five or six class a day of kindergarten p in 662 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,400 Speaker 1: a classroom. It wasn't a gymnasum. It was a classroom, 663 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:48,120 Speaker 1: and these kids would come in and I figured out 664 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,280 Speaker 1: that I had to have an organized plan with these 665 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 1: kids that covered the full sixty minutes I had them, 666 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 1: And if I let any detail on that plan go 667 00:31:56,320 --> 00:32:00,360 Speaker 1: to waste, it was gonna be chaos. Okay. I mean 668 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:02,760 Speaker 1: I had kids, you know, dancing on the window sills. 669 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 1: I had kids, you know, peeing themselves. I had kids 670 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 1: doing everything, you know. But I figured out that you 671 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:09,840 Speaker 1: have to keep them busy. You have to be detailed 672 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 1: and prepared on the front end to make sure that 673 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:14,560 Speaker 1: regardless of who your audience is or who your classroom is, 674 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,680 Speaker 1: you have to have something to keep them busy, okay, 675 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:21,960 Speaker 1: and and occupied mentally and stimulated that they want to 676 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 1: participate in what you're trying to accomplish. Okay, good, thank 677 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:29,720 Speaker 1: you very much. As