The Dumpster Fire Giants Have Fired Ben McAdoo and Jerry Reese

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We’ve gotten really good at covering dumpster fires. Between Ben McAdoo’s enthralling halftime speech, the benching of Eli Manning, and Geno Smith’s camel toe, it has been entirely too entertaining to watch this thing tailspin. Alot like our coverage of the Vols’ shit show of a coaching search.

Well, today, Big Blue hit another successful milestone in the dumpster fire trajectory. They’ve cleaned house.

Courtesy of the New York Daily News:

The Giants have fired Ben McAdoo and Jerry Reese, the Daily News confirmed..

Benching Eli Manning and making the franchise quarterback cry for the world to see was the last straw for McAdoo. Reese, despite two Super Bowl wins in his first season of 2007 and in 2011, has missed the playoffs five of the past six seasons primarily due to his mismanagement of the roster and draft.

Only 10 of Reese’s 43 draft picks from 2010-2015 remain on the team. And his refusal this offseason to upgrade the offensive line was nothing short of malpractice. He was spared two years ago when Tom Coughlin was shown the door but couldn’t survive a second plummeting of the team on his watch.

It actually stung to read that entire article. It’s a massive outline of all of the incompetence and failings of this regime. Part of me feels bad for the guy, but part of me is also like, “what the hell did you think would happen?”

It’s pretty damning – you had players going to the media anonymously saying McAdoo had lost the team. That some of them had already given up on the season entirely and weren’t even trying anymore. This is a team that people thought could go to the Super Bowl! 

Regardless, the Giants are now the first to the coaching carousel. One would imagine they’re going to get a new GM in place first. People have asked me why they would make such a move so early, and the only thing I can think of is that it gives them plenty of time to prepare for interviews, and get a long list of candidates ready for January.

GM Jerry Reese still deserves the bulk of the blame for not addressing the Giants’ greatest weakness on the offensive line in the offseason. Marshall also was a colossal disappointment, and starting in Week 1 the offense remained just as disappointing as it had been in 2016, scoring only three points against the Cowboys in the opener.

^^^^YES, THIS!! I feel like I have been writing about the Giants’ ineptitude in addressing the offensive line for the last three seasons either here or on Pro Football Spot.

You can’t just go ignoring the biggest need of your team for THREE YEARS and expect no repercussions. Yes, Reese won two Super Bowls for this organization, but perhaps now we’re seeing just how much of that was Tom Coughlin.

I will laugh my ass off if all of this means Eli gets the start again this weekend. I will laugh my ass off again next year if he ends up quarterbacking the Jacksonville Jaguars.

So long, Benny with the Good Hair. Long live Eli Manning. Long live Tom Coughlin.

Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD and #BeBetter. “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, Alabama Crimson Tide football, the WWE, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley

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