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Speaker 1: There's been some talk before this that it might be

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Speaker 1: some friction between you two and what direction you saw

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Speaker 1: this team going. Was there any of that? There was

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Speaker 1: no friction. Um. John and I have been partners going

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Speaker 1: on fifteen years. As you know, the Giants the ownership

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Speaker 1: is unique. It's the only team with two equal partners.

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Speaker 1: We've been talking as partners for fifteen years. We talked

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Speaker 1: about these issues starting weeks ago today and we will

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Speaker 1: going forward. Everything you and I read about friction, difference

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Speaker 1: of opinion, I didn't say it, John didn't say it.

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Speaker 1: I read it, but it's not true. Did you feel

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Speaker 1: like you had the very honest conversation that you needed

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Speaker 1: to have. I gotta say I would characterize every conversation

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Speaker 1: that I've had with John as honest, straightforward. UM, I

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Speaker 1: feel very comfortable expressing my opinion on a whole bunch

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Speaker 1: of matters, and I know John feels very comfortable expressing

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Speaker 1: his opinion. It's a partnership, and as I just mentioned,

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Speaker 1: it's the only true partnership between owners in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: And at times it's challenging, but the bottom line is

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Speaker 1: it's been hugely rewarding for both families, and I think

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Speaker 1: for the organization, did you have to be I'm sorry,

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Speaker 1: do you have to be talked into? Were persuaded to

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Speaker 1: keep Dave or who's that in your thought process? No,

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Speaker 1: it was It was part of a process. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you know, at the risk of repeating myself, John and

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Speaker 1: I have a very very good um dialogue constantly. You know,

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Speaker 1: when I'm not here in the building, we speak three

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Speaker 1: or four times a week, home games, away games, were

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Speaker 1: constantly speaking sitting with each other. So to say that

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Speaker 1: there's any issues with our communication as a total mischaracterizations.

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Speaker 1: What are you looking for? What qualities in your next

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Speaker 1: coach leadership? An ability to put together a great staff,

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Speaker 1: an ability to really work with the players, the rookies. Um,

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Speaker 1: I think it's really important that the next head coach

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Speaker 1: has to have a point of view, a very strong

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Speaker 1: point of view, and he will be supported by ownership. Steve,

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Speaker 1: how hard is it to balance being patient with letting

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Speaker 1: the process pay out. I think patience is a virtue.

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Speaker 1: I am not the first person to say that, but

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Speaker 1: at times I think patients you know, is can be tested.

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Speaker 1: But I think if you know, I stay very focused,

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Speaker 1: I sort of have the same I see the same

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Speaker 1: goal line that John Merrisse's sometimes. You know, I'm sorry,

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Speaker 1: the path to that goal line may be a little different,

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Speaker 1: but we get to this, we see the same goal line,

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Speaker 1: we cross it, and it's been a very, very functional relationship.

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Speaker 1: It's been hugely functional, and keeping it was the deciding

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Speaker 1: factor in the conversation that made you, guys believe the

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Speaker 1: deciding factor was you know, when John and I started

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Speaker 1: talking about this literally weeks and weeks ago, you know, assets, liabilities,

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Speaker 1: good news, bad news, And at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: we decided that we were going to jointly make a

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Speaker 1: decision to keep Dave, to work with Dave going forward

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Speaker 1: into the next season. And uh, you know, as John

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Speaker 1: mentioned just now, we have tremendous cap space. Um so

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Speaker 1: well we don't have you know, well, I can't stand

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Speaker 1: here today and say our next head coaches Paul Schwartz.

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Speaker 1: But but I think the search is going to be

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Speaker 1: fruitful and I think we're gonna, you know, find a

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Speaker 1: terrific number of candidates and the right decision will be neighbor.

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Speaker 1: When you looked at eight years and the failures that

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Speaker 1: have gone on here in the fire years of the

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Speaker 1: last two head coaching hires. What do you say to

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Speaker 1: fans who question your ability and John's ability to lead

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Speaker 1: this organization back to success. I say to the fans, um,

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Speaker 1: I totally understand your frustration, your concern, I read your emails.

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Speaker 1: I get it, but it's you know, it's John and

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Speaker 1: I make decisions that sometimes may not be popular, may

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Speaker 1: not be supported by the fans, but you know we're

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Speaker 1: the ones making the decisions. We live by. Then, it's

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Speaker 1: been a very frustrating, uh four years. Certainly the record

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Speaker 1: indicates that those numbers don't lie, and going forward, John

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Speaker 1: and I want to make sure that those numbers change

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Speaker 1: in the next season dramatically. Why do you think you

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Speaker 1: guys will get it right this time? Because I'm an

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Speaker 1: optimist and uh, I think we we know what qualities,

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Speaker 1: what kind of character we want in the next head coach.

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Speaker 1: We're very focused on that and it's going to be

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Speaker 1: a real priority to make sure the next head coach

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Speaker 1: has strong leadership abilities and a very impressive track record.

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Speaker 1: What's your desire to be John's the day to day

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Speaker 1: guy here right you haven't had a lot of over

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Speaker 1: the eight eight years. What's your desire to be more

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Speaker 1: involved at all in the day to day operations. I

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Speaker 1: am involved. I would like to be more involved. I

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Speaker 1: will become more involved. So going forward, um, you know

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Speaker 1: in they after the mark um, we have a we

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Speaker 1: have a great dialogue with each other. As I mentioned,

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Speaker 1: it's a very very functional working relationship. Partnerships are hard

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Speaker 1: professional ones and domestic ones. But I feel we have

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Speaker 1: a very good one and we always with some difference

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Speaker 1: of opinions expressed and communicated, we get to the same point.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you physically will want to be here more?

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Speaker 1: Is that what you want? I will, Yes, I will

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Speaker 1: be here more physically. But the opportunities that John and

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Speaker 1: I spend with each other in the same building or

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Speaker 1: the same stadium or the same locker room will increase.