It’s time to burn things down and start over once again, says former New York Giants defensive lineman Chris Canty.
Following last Sunday’s embarrassing 20-17 overtime loss to the lowly Carolina Panthers, Canty suggested co-owner John Mara fire the entire regime “effective immediately” and get to work on another complete rebuild.
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“The Giants should fire everybody effective immediately,” Canty said on Unsportsmanlike. “I know what Giants owner John Mara said two weeks ago about not making any changes in the season or after the season, but Sunday’s loss in Munich puts Big Blue on a five-game skid.
“It was the first time in 25 games where the Giants were actually favored by Vegas and they lost.”
Canty believes Mara and fellow co-owner Steve Tisch must accept that the franchise is going through another rebuild and there’s “no sense” in keeping the same power structure that has failed.
“There’s no sense in going through a rebuild with the head coach and a general manager on the hot seat,” Canty said. “It’s been three years for (Brian) Daboll and (Joe) Schoen and frankly, that’s long enough.”
The Super Bowl XLVI champion also added that blaming quarterback Daniel Jones for the team’s struggles is lazy and while DJ did little to help himself in Week 10, it’s important to remember Schoen and Daboll hitched their wagon to him.
“Even though this regime didn’t draft him, Daniel Jones is their guy because they paid him,” Canty said. “There’s the quiet part that needs to be said out loud about this head coach and general manager: They’ve already won with Daniel Jones. You can’t say you can’t win with Daniel Jones when you got to the playoffs with Daniel Jones.
“You can’t say you can’t win with Daniel Jones when Daniel Jones quite literally won a playoff game with this head coach and this general manager. They’ve already done it. There’s proof of concept. What you’re saying is the head coach and general manager aren’t coaching well enough (and) aren’t building the team good enough in order to maximize what you’re getting out of the quarterback — you know, the guy you invested $40 million a year in.”
That alone should be enough for Mara to go back on his word and “dismiss” Schoen and Daboll, Canty says.
“You’ve got to hold somebody accountable for what we’re seeing from this team,” he added. “I understand you don’t want to be the New York Jets when you’re hiring and firing coaches every couple of years. . . but under this current circumstance, it’s actually warranted to move on from Brian Daboll and Joe Schoen.”
Mara has offered his vote of confidence in several previous regimes before ultimately talking them back and hitting the reset button, and there’s mounting pressure for him to do that again this coming offseason.
