Joe Schoen is the gift that keeps on... finding its way to the party.
Just when you thought the Giants' general manager couldn't have looked more physically uncomfortable introducing John Harbaugh as New York's next head coach on Tuesday, he spectacularly outdid himself not an hour later.
Schoen's not a bad guy by any means. He's unfortunately made some very questionable and appalling decisions as Big Blue's GM, but stick around long enough, and that's bound to happen to just about anyone and everyone.
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The problem isn't necessarily the mistakes -- it's the lack of ownership over them. Like, where is the accountability? In an awkward encounter with NY sports radio, the front office exec entering his fifth offseason had the chance to acknowledge his shortcomings and failed to do so in the worst way possible.
Joe Schoen certainly sounds like someone completely detached from reality
The 46-year-old joined WFAN on Tuesday after officially introducing Harbaugh to the media. He looked back on his four years with the G-Men, delivering a full-blown spin zone session that completely missed the mark -- Giants fans, I hope you’re sitting down for this:
"If I wasn’t here, I could look myself in the mirror and say I did the franchise right. I’m not going to do a Hail Mary. I inherited $40 million over the cap and had to cut players to get underneath it.”
For clarification, Schoen has a 22-45-1 record as GM of the Giants. It doesn't take a math major to understand that's objectively terrible.
Sure, maybe the first year was tough -- getting the job with $40 million over the cap is no joke. Cutting core players couldn't have been easy, and it must have instantly set his plan and the franchise back.
Well, hmm. That's odd. If memory serves me right, New York made the playoffs his first year... and even won a playoff game on the road in Minnesota that season. So what does any of that have to do with where we're at four years later?
You'd think struggling through your first offseason would set you up well for future success, but it's been anything but ever since. A 6-11 follow-up season was disappointing. But nothing has been more frustrating than the past two years, with the team going a combined 7-27 under Schoen's leadership.
Crazy how 2022's salary cap gymnastics are somehow still creeping up today, but serious kudos to Schoen for believing he's done right by the franchise and its fans. Thankfully, Harbs is here to hopefully put an end to this undeserving patting of himself on the back. It's this lazy and unaccountable mentality that's plagued this team over the past couple of seasons, led by the front office itself.
How is this team supposed to get any respect when its general manager believes he's done a good job because of cap restraints from four years ago that have resulted in an 18-38 record in the ensuing three years? Give me a break.