Things in East Rutherford haven’t gotten any less confusing since the New York Giants fired Brian Daboll after their Week 10 disaster in Chicago. If anything, they’ve only gotten weirder.
The team is 2-8, riding a four-game losing streak, starting Jameis Winston in Week 11, and still thinks it’s a good idea to have general manager Joe Schoen run the head coaching search — even though his own job might not be safe.
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According to Ian O’Connor of The Athletic, Schoen’s employment status will be revisited in January, and there’s no guarantee he’ll still be GM next season. Ownership reportedly needed someone to get the interviewing process going while John Mara deals with his ongoing health issues, but the real decision will come once the season ends.
So the Giants are going to let a potentially lame-duck general manager lead a coaching search they’re planning to override anyway. That’s the kind of backwards thinking fans have come to expect from an organization looking for its (potential) seventh head coach (including interim) since 2015.
Giants’ coaching search already undermined by Joe Schoen uncertainty
If the front office already knows Schoen might not be around next season, there’s literally no reason he should be the one getting the ball rolling on the HC search.
Ownership still plans to play a big part in the final decision on the coach, which is a problem in its own right, especially if it comes at the expense of actually building chemistry between GM and HC.
No candidate worth hiring is going to be thrilled about taking the job without knowing who they’ll be working with as their GM. Vice Versa, whoever the next GM is, they’re now frustratingly boxed into a situation they had no part in deciding.
Joe Schoen is not "necessarily safe" and could still be fired at the end of the season, per Jordan Schultz.
— Big Blue Film Room (@BigBlueFilmRoom) November 12, 2025
His reasoning, similar to the Jaguars firing Trent Baalke last season, is that it could impact the coach they may want if Schoen returns. pic.twitter.com/vNPz1IB7EQ
This kind of ridiculous process is exactly why this franchise is a joke. Letting Schoen run the coaching search only makes sense if ownership already knows they’re keeping him around. If they don’t — and they’re truly still deciding — then letting him lead this process is just crazy behavior.
Honestly, either way, fans aren’t going to trust any decision coming from ownership or Schoen. This franchise hasn’t earned it. There’s rot at the top of this organization that prevents it from hiring the right people — and that’s the real problem with this team.
Schoen’s — and ownership's — handling of the Daniel Jones contract, free agency misses, and underwhelming draft classes have all been well-documented. Letting him make another huge decision with zero job security is peak cluelessness.