John Harbaugh, who was recently fired from the Baltimore Ravens after spending 18 years as their head coach, has found his new home with the New York Giants. The Giants signed Harbaugh to a five-year deal, which includes a salary of around $100 million, making him one of the highest-paid coaches in the NFL.
After Harbaugh confidently addressed the media as the Giants’ head coach on Tuesday, many fans and analysts were thrilled by his eagerness to build the franchise.
After listening to Harbaugh talk about building the team around the quarterback, Rich Eisen said he sees a hint of his brother, the Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh.
“Sounds just like his brother there who says, you know, when I chatted with Jim before the Chargers-Texans game, anytime you try to get under this Jim’s hood about his process, about what’s his secret sauce, he says, ‘I love football and I love talking football and football loves me. So, I love people who love football.’ Like, that’s what he sounds like. And sometimes, it is just that simple when you’re just trying to create a culture,” Eisen said (2:59).
“But the most important thing that I hear from the Giants fan base is that John is coming and is changing the way the Giants are doing their business. And that’s something that needed to be changed to get some sort of a fundamental change in the wins and losses around there,” he added.
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With John Harbaugh joining the Giants, many people have expressed curiosity about the power dynamics that will pertain among the owners, the general manager, and the head coach.
While Chris Mara bluntly said that Harbaugh won’t have the final say in everything and that it’s going to be a collaborative effort, he shared that the Giants’ head coach would be the most important cog in the wheel.
Speaking on a similar tangent, general manager Joe Schoen said he has been in the league for 26 years, and the head coach and the general manager always work together, hinting that that’s what will happen with Harbaugh as well.
“Get on the same page, go through the process. We’ve done it everywhere I’ve been, so I’m not worried about it. That’s just something on a piece of paper that doesn’t matter.” Schoen said.
Harbaugh ended his Ravens tenure with an overall record of 180-113 in the regular season and 13-11 in the postseason, along with a Super Bowl title under his name.
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