The New York Giants will officially introduce Brian Daboll as their next head coach on Monday morning, but his first words in the new position came through Bob Papa.
Daboll sat down with Papa on Sunday and described what his Giants will look like and what he expects from everyone in the organization.
“Smart, tough and dependable,” Daboll said. “We’re going to have to do a good job of bringing in the right kind of people. Again, it’s a challenging process to make sure you’re putting together the team that can be competitive week in and week out.”
That vision sounds very familiar to the one laid out by Daboll’s predecessor and close friend, Joe Judge. But that shouldn’t come as a surprise since they both learned and developed under Bill Belichick and Nick Saban.
Daboll took another page out of Judge’s playbook when discussing what he expects from his assistant coaches and the coaching staff as a whole.
“You want good leaders and good teachers — guys that can build something within their room. Guys that can inspire and that are good listeners and learners, and that can develop people,” Daboll said. “Not just players, but the support staff and things like that. But you’ve got to be able to teach and you’ve got to know what you’re talking about. You need to be authentic. You need to be consistent.”
It’s all about the relationships, as Judge once said.
“Relationships are foundations here … with all of the players,” Daboll said. “Getting to know them, what their strengths and weaknesses are. And getting to know them outside of the building — what makes them tick?”
That’s why, Daboll says like Judge before him, it’s important to be “authentic” with the players and staff. If you’re not, they’ll see right through that.
“It’s important to be authentic. You can learn from a lot of different coaches and a lot of different people but at the end of the day, players, support staff and people will see right through you if you’re not authentic. That’s what I try to be,” Daboll said.
Are you experiencing some deja vu, Giants fans?
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