Giants Notes 1-19

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Jan 19, 2009 9:00 AM EST in New York Giants News

While the Cardinals and Steelers bask in the glow, here are a few Giants notes on a Monday:

According to Newsday, LB Coach Bill Sheridan is the top candidate to replace Spagnuolo. Also, he reports that Kevin Gilbride is still in the running for the Oakland job, but the Raiders have hired John Fassel as Special Teams Coordinator, so that may indicate who they are leaning towards.

NJ.com also takes a look at the list of candidates, and reports that Dom Capers is off the list, he took the job as the Packers D-Coordinator.

Zac from the Examiner thinks T.O. and the Giants are a perfect fit. In a related story, I just threwup in my mouth a little.

There is a movie making noise at the Sundance Film Festival, and it involves the New York Giants. This sounds like it could be a good movie, Patton Oswalt is a pretty funny guy, and I love that shirt!

One last thing, if you get a chance, stop by Revenge Of The Birds and Behind the Steel Curtain and congratulate those guys. Remember last year it was us receiving all the kind words from other team's fans, now it our turn to pay it forward.

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Is that Spence

from King of Queens?

by Landeta on Jan 19, 2009 9:36 AM EST reply actions

Yep

That’s him

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Jan 19, 2009 9:53 AM EST reply actions

I'd rather

swing by Bleeding green with envy

You play to win the game!

by Simms-McConkey on Jan 19, 2009 9:57 AM EST reply actions

The difference is

We know the Giants will be back next year, they cannot say the same.

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Jan 19, 2009 10:08 AM EST reply actions

By the way

Yesterday I was able to start putting last Sunday behind me. I wore a Giants t-shirt and hat yesterday for the first time all week, and wore my Giants polo to work today. I just needed a few days of detox I think

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Jan 19, 2009 10:10 AM EST reply actions

That's the way to shake the bottoms off, jr

WAIT’LL NEXT YEAR!

by blue gonz on Jan 19, 2009 11:05 AM EST up reply actions

plenty of crushing losses in the East to go around

I think the Redskins somehow now had the least painful year.

You play to win the game!

by Simms-McConkey on Jan 19, 2009 10:24 AM EST reply actions

I'm excited about Big Fan

that looks like it could be good and its a true film to boot.

by potroast on Jan 19, 2009 10:55 AM EST reply actions

How ironic

That it all goes down in a Manhattan club?

Talk about life imitating art.

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Jan 19, 2009 10:57 AM EST up reply actions

Yeah,

kind of scary.

by potroast on Jan 19, 2009 11:03 AM EST up reply actions

Why is the LB coach, the coach of the position of the worst performance on this team, the top candidate?

I really don’t understand, but maybe I don’t know the whole story. It would seem to me that Mike Waufle or Peter Giunta would be better fits.

by squid92 on Jan 19, 2009 11:16 AM EST reply actions

How do we know

How good any of those coaches actually are? We aren’t in the locker room or around the players. Remember, In Reese We Trust.

by Ed Valentine on Jan 19, 2009 11:27 AM EST up reply actions

Promotion

I am hoping the Giants promote from within to fill Spag’s position. This way we can expect to keep the scheme that has worked for this team the past 2 years.

by BigBlue4Life on Jan 19, 2009 12:22 PM EST up reply actions

It's not the LB coach's fault

That age is catching up with Pierce
That Gerris Wilkinson can’t stay healthy
That Danny Clark is not Kavika Mitchell
That Chase Blackburn is not really a starting LB
That Osi got hurt and Kiwi had to switch back to DE

He coached the linebackers last year, and no one had any complaints. He can only play the cards he is dealt. The word is that Stevie Defense wants him in St Loo as his D-Coordinator, and that is good enough for me.

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Jan 19, 2009 11:35 AM EST up reply actions

Indeed

I am looking forward to talking LB’s in the coming days. Unless I am wrong, I believe Terrell Suggs is a FA this year. Scott is another Raven LB that I think is going to be an FA.

by BigBlue4Life on Jan 19, 2009 12:25 PM EST up reply actions

T.O

If the Giants sign T.O. I will no longer be a fan.

by John W on Jan 19, 2009 3:17 PM EST reply actions

I won't go that far

but I would be very disappointed. It’s the same way I felt when people were talking about the Mets signing Bonds. I’ll cheer on the team, but I prefer if they are built with not only good players, but classy players. But with the Mara’s and Reese running the show, I don’t think we have too much to worry about.

by cjmulrain on Jan 19, 2009 4:53 PM EST up reply actions

"...no longer be a fan..."

I wouldn’t care if the Giants signed OJ, they’d still be my team. I certainly don’t want them to sign TO. I don’t want the team to go through what the Eagles (or ’boys for that matter) did.

by blue gonz on Jan 19, 2009 7:54 PM EST up reply actions

OJ McDuffie or OJ Anderson?

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Jan 19, 2009 9:56 PM EST reply actions

Oi Vay, already.

I would like to see the Giants make history and go after two great under-the-radar receivers I’ve heard about: Bucky Wing and Johnny Chung. They’re both graduating this year. It’s time to tear down the walls of prejudice that have kept Chinese Americans out of the NFL!

by blue gonz on Jan 19, 2009 10:07 PM EST reply actions

Incidentally, both Wing and Chung come from schools using the

mystical W formation which require both wideouts to face the backfiled when lining up, a wrinkle that I for one believe might be an innovation that could forever change the way the NFL game is played.

by blue gonz on Jan 19, 2009 10:15 PM EST reply actions

George

Have you been in the sauce on this fine evening? You are in rare form, my friend.

by Ed Valentine on Jan 19, 2009 10:25 PM EST up reply actions

Well, just remember both teams went undefeated this past season.

No surprise with Chung—Plainfield State Teachers hasn’t lost a game since he joined the team as a walk on in his Freshman year. BIT (Bumluck Institue of Technology, the beloved Bumluck Bucks) hadn’t won a game in five years until Wing transfered from SHIT (Stevens Hoboken Institute of Technology) at the start of the season.

by blue gonz on Jan 19, 2009 10:31 PM EST reply actions