{"id":107360,"date":"2020-11-08T01:24:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T22:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dave-gettlemans-precarious-giants-position-the-fall-guy\/"},"modified":"2020-11-08T01:24:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T22:24:31","slug":"dave-gettlemans-precarious-giants-position-the-fall-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dave-gettlemans-precarious-giants-position-the-fall-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"#Dave Gettleman’s precarious Giants position: ‘The fall guy’"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Dave Gettleman’s precarious Giants position: ‘The fall guy’<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n No polling is needed to render a verdict in the court of public opinion regarding Dave Gettleman. Fans of the Giants, in droves, want the general<\/a> manager gone.<\/p>\n

Gettleman turns 70 on Feb. 21 and has no plans to leave his post. If his team continues to go south, ownership could suggest that he consider retirement. He is a cancer survivor and a longstanding member of the organization, but he is unlikely to be retained if the Giants win just two or three game<\/a>s this season. His record as general manager is 10-30, and combined with the losing is a series<\/a> of decisions he must answer for.<\/p>\n

He re-signed Odell Beckham Jr. then traded him \u2014 the value of the return so far (Jabrill Peppers, Dexter Lawrence and Oshane Ximines) is pending. He sent two draft picks to the Jets for Leonard Williams, and was unable to sign him to a long-term extension, overpaying ($16.1 million) for a good, but not preeminent, defensive lineman.<\/p>\n

Gettleman believed he got it right with Pat Shurmur, lauding him as an \u201cadult,\u2019\u2019 and it proved to be a poor hiring. He has \u2014 despite outward app<\/a>earances \u2014 upgraded the team\u2019s analytics department and revamped certain aspects of the scouting system.<\/p>\n

Gettleman decided to stick with Eli Manning, and it did not turn out well. His initial goal to win while rebuilding did not happen. Although a tearing-down was needed, Gettleman\u2019s first instinct was to refurbish.<\/p>\n

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Dave Gettleman<\/span>Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s got experience, he knows what the problems are that he\u2019s got to shore up,\u2019\u2019 an NFL talent evaluator who knows Gettleman well told The Post. \u201cI think Dave is smart enough to know, if you don\u2019t win you\u2019re not going to be around long. He probably feels they\u2019ve got a lot of the right pieces in place.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Whether or not ownership \u2014 and to some extent, head coach Joe Judge \u2014 believes enough pieces are in place likely will be the determining factor in whether Gettleman stays or goes. Gettleman signing off on Judge looks like a winning move.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019ll probably end up being the fall guy,\u2019\u2019 Jason Fitzgerald, founder of OverTheCap.com<\/a>, said of Gettleman. \u201cHe came into a situation that needed to rebuild, and he was probably not the guy for that. He didn\u2019t rebuild, he tried to retool, and that rarely works.<\/p>\n