1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,320 Speaker 1: The Front Office. Edition of the Giants Little Podcast is 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: brought to you by City College of New York Doing 3 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:08,959 Speaker 1: Remarkable Things. Learn more at CCNY dot QN dot edu. 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: It's time to get inside the Giants Huddle on Giants 5 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: dot Com. Here we go, Here we go on the 6 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: Giants Mobile. Let him in there, let's go out of 7 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: the Giants Podcast Network. Welcome to another edition of the 8 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 1: Giants Huddle podcast on Bob Popa. We're joined by the 9 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: head coach of the New York Giants, Brian Dable and coach. 10 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: Now that you've had some time to process this last year, 11 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:33,319 Speaker 1: how would you describe the two twenty two New York 12 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 1: Football Giants season. It was a start. You know, we 13 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: got a lot of work to do. You know, it 14 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: was obviously good to get to the playoffs and get 15 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: a win, but didn't that end the way we want 16 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:45,639 Speaker 1: it to end. And you know, certainly have a lot 17 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: of things that we can do better. And you know, 18 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 1: that's what we're gonna do during the offseason is really 19 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:53,279 Speaker 1: focus on our football team and the things we can 20 00:00:53,320 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: do better, whether that's scheme decision making, schedules, player acquisition. 21 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:04,959 Speaker 1: You can't just take that season and start off the 22 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: next season, it's it's a whole new year with a 23 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: whole new team, and that's what we got to try 24 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: to build. Coach, what was a favorite memory of the season. Yeah, 25 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 1: I'd say that, you know, the first game, you know, 26 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:19,960 Speaker 1: getting that win in Tennessee and having Sheep come over 27 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: and say quin and talking to the defensive guys and 28 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:26,119 Speaker 1: watching a miss kick and then going into the locker room. 29 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: That was a special moment. Each year is built with 30 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 1: special moments, tough moments and special moments, and I'd say 31 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: that was the first one of the season for me. 32 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,479 Speaker 1: Describe what the past year was like for you personally 33 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: as a first year head coach. No, it's been good. 34 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: I try. I try to do the best job that 35 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: I can and got a lot of good people that 36 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: work with me to help me do my job, and 37 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: it's a collective effort. That was a dream come true, 38 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: but a lot of work to be done when you 39 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: took over this job. What was one of the biggest 40 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: challenges for you in year one? Yeah, you know, it 41 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: took me so long to get to hear so I've seen. 42 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: I've seen a lot in my twenty five years. Coach. 43 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: In twenty some years in the league. You know, try 44 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: to be as prepared as I could be. I think 45 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,959 Speaker 1: the biggest thing is just surrounding yourself with good people. 46 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,239 Speaker 1: You know, Joe and his staff on that side, the 47 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: scouting staff, the coaches, all the support staff in the building. 48 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: You know, you have a job to do as a 49 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: head coach. That's to be a leader and try to 50 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: help your team get better each day. Your staff get 51 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: better each day. But you also rely on a lot 52 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: of other people to help you. So a lot of 53 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: lessons learned. Grateful for the opportunity, but thankful for the 54 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: people that I'm with. What were some of your top 55 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: goals heading into the two twenty two season at you 56 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: and your staff were able to achieve? Well, I think 57 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 1: we got better each week. You know, I thought we 58 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: built built a team that had good chemistry, We weathered 59 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: some adversity throughout the season, We got off to a 60 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:05,359 Speaker 1: fast start. We want a playoff game. But again, you know, 61 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 1: all those things are fine, and it was it was 62 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: good to lay a foundation, but we have a lot 63 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: of work to do and we're starting right now getting 64 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: ready for the twenty twenty three season. One thing that 65 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: stood out was you were consistent in your message all season. 66 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: It's about the process, the preparation, not just the result. 67 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: Can you elaborate on this a little more? Sure? We 68 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: live in a results world. You know, this is a 69 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: popular sport, and you know it can get to you 70 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: pretty quick when things don't go the way you want 71 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: them to go. So I think just teaching the guys 72 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: about the next step, the next process, the next practice, 73 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: that's very important to us as a coaching staff. You 74 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: can only control the things that you can control, and 75 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: that's what you do during the week to try to 76 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: put yourself in position on a Sunday or a Monday 77 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: or a Thursday, to go out there and execute for 78 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: sixty minutes. And sometimes it doesn't go the way you 79 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: wanted to. But if you put everything you got into 80 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: it the right way, you can live with the results. 81 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: You know. The hard part about things is if you 82 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: don't do that and you still win. And that's really 83 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: that's tough, you know, as a coach, And you know 84 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: I never felt that way. I thought, you know, our 85 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: guys really compete, It worked hard, did the right stuff 86 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: throughout the week. So again after a loss, you take 87 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: it hard, but I could live with it based on 88 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: you know, what I did and what they did to prepare. 89 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: It's pretty amazing. There were three hundred roster transactions during 90 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 1: the season. Just talk a little bit about the importance 91 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 1: of roster balancing, evaluation during the year and how your 92 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: staff worked diligently to put the best players on the field. Yeah, 93 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 1: well that starts with Joe and the personnel staff of 94 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: of bringing guys in to work out, to staying on 95 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 1: top of the league and who's out there. And you know, 96 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 1: once we bring people in, it's it's a job of 97 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: the player, but of the coach and i'd say the 98 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 1: position coach to get them ready to play as quick 99 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: as as we can get them ready to play. And 100 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 1: if we think they can help us, they come in 101 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: out there day. You know, sometimes you gotta be ready 102 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: to play on Sunday if we think that that's the 103 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 1: best thing for our team. So it's a really a 104 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,279 Speaker 1: group effort, you know, again, starts with the scouting staff 105 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: and then goes to the position coaches and the coordinators 106 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: for the job that they did. The two twenty two 107 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: AP Coach of the Year. What does this award mean 108 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: to you? It means you've got a lot of good 109 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: people around me. You know, I wouldn't be there if 110 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: if I didn't have the players out there on the 111 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: field most importantly competing, the support staff, the coaches doing 112 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: their job. It's really a group effort. I know that. 113 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,919 Speaker 1: You know, I was blessed to get that award, but 114 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 1: it's really to me a team award because it's such 115 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: a team sport. So I'm very thankful for the people 116 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 1: that I get to work with every day. You know, 117 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: the NFL never slows down. You went from the Divisional 118 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 1: round of the playoffs to the Senior Bowl in a 119 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: matter of two weeks. What about that short turnaround and 120 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: the preparation for the offseason. Well, that's just the next season. 121 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: That's how the National Football League works, you know. I 122 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: like getting a jump start on the draft. You know, 123 00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: Joe has been and his staff have been looking at 124 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: these guys for a long long time. So I'm just 125 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: trying to, you know, figure out some of these guys, 126 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: who they are, where they go to school, get my 127 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: first look at these guys. So it was a good 128 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: week down there just to kind of sit back and 129 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:15,040 Speaker 1: hear some of the scouch talk and watch some practice 130 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: and talk to some some prospects. You know, during the 131 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: season you locked into your current roster. When does your 132 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: process begin on college player evaluations and how often are 133 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,559 Speaker 1: you and Joe in communication about that. Yeah, mine doesn't 134 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 1: start until basically I get down to Mobile. You know, 135 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: I watch college games on Saturday sometimes, but my focus 136 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: is on the season and our football team. Coach, you 137 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,479 Speaker 1: have the East West Shrine, you have the Senior Bowl, 138 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: the NFLPA, et cetera. How important is the college all 139 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 1: star season of games to evaluate players? Yeah, I think 140 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: everything is important, you know, I think you know, they 141 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 1: do a good job down there at the Senior Bowl. 142 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: Jim Naggy and his staff does a good job. And 143 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 1: it was you know, it was good down there to 144 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 1: get some eyes on players and talk to some players. 145 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 1: And you know, you come back from that, you do 146 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 1: some more stuff. You know, now you start getting ready 147 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: for the Combine and NFL year. Obviously, after the All 148 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: Star Games, it's kind of right into the NFL Combine. 149 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 1: What are some of the biggest benefits to this week 150 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: long event. We'll get your eyes on a lot of 151 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: the players, and really, you know, what's a critical part 152 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: for our process is our interviews with the players. They 153 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: get spend fifteen minutes with them and get a feel 154 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: for who they are a little bit and talk some football. 155 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: So again it's just an introductory It's part of the process. 156 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: You know. There's a lot of other things that go 157 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: along with this, pro days or individual workouts and meetings 158 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 1: and zoom calls and just one step part of the process. 159 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 1: Did any members of your twenty twenty two rookie class 160 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: impress you specifically at the combine last year? No? I think, Look, 161 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: the combine is again for us, it's part of the process. 162 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: So they get their medical check, they do their workouts, 163 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 1: they have meetings and you know, you just put it is. 164 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: So this is another step and another part of our 165 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: evaluation and process. Coach, I think about it a lot. Smart, tough, dependable, 166 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: that's the motto. How can you tell if a player 167 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 1: has these qualities during evaluation? Yeah, I think it takes 168 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 1: a lot of work. You know, watching them on tape, 169 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: you can curely see things that show up that show 170 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: their instincts and their intelligence. But then you have to 171 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 1: you know, sit down and meet with them and go 172 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 1: through things. And each team has a different way to 173 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: do that. You know, dependability. You know, you're doing your 174 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 1: research on these guys. You know, are they doing what 175 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: they're supposed to do when they're supposed to do it 176 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: on a consistent basis? And then the toughness part of 177 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,439 Speaker 1: it is. You know you can see that on tape, 178 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 1: but there's also an element of mental toughness nowadays that 179 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: I think is so very very important. It's not just 180 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 1: you know, how you deal with after a loss, it's 181 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: sometimes how you deal with things that that are out 182 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: of your control. You know, the league is very compacted. 183 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: Just a week after the combine, there's free agency, a 184 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:57,439 Speaker 1: lot of important decisions regarding your current players and other 185 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: free agents. What's the ultimate goal heading into free agency? 186 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 1: Let's say it the same thing as with the draft. 187 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: We're just trying to put together the best team we 188 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 1: can for the twenty twenty three season. And you know, 189 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: it's not just collecting talent. You have to get the 190 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 1: right people with the right mindset in your building to 191 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: help develop your culture and your team, and that's what 192 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:22,679 Speaker 1: we try to do each day. Coach, thanks for a 193 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:24,839 Speaker 1: couple of minutes. Always great catching up with you and 194 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: Giants fans don't forget on the Giants YouTube channel. You 195 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: don't want to miss this new edition of Giants Life. 196 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: The process getting you're ready for the draft. Well, that 197 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: wraps it up. I'm Bob Papa. You've been listening to 198 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: the Giants Huddle Podcast. 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