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- Giants’ co-owner Steve Tisch named in latest Epstein files release
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John Harbaugh details Giants plan to ‘raise the bar’ in wide-ranging interview with The Post | New York Post
“We’re going to have our thing, whatever it might be, that comports with the great history of the New York Football Giants. It’ll be something that Giants fans can be proud of, I’m quite sure. They’ve seen a lot of great football. They know what it looks like. It’s going to look like that, and not just that. … The goal of this generation is going to be to raise that standard, raise the bar, to that level. That can be wins and losses but it can also be what you see,
how hard you play, how disciplined, how physical and what level of enthusiasm and joy do you bring to the game? Those are the things that we’ll be trying to raise the bar on.“
Steve Tisch needs to divest his Giants ownership stake amid Epstein files bombshell | Politi – NJ.com
“We had a brief association where we exchanged emails about adult women, and in addition, we discussed movies, philanthropy and investments,” Tisch said in a statement released late on Friday night. “I did not take him up on any of his invitations and never went to his island. As we all know now, he was a terrible person and someone I deeply regret associating with.”
The statement changed little. Are we supposed to feel less icky about these interactions that he talking about movies with Epstein when he was asking if the women they were discussing were “working girls?” Tisch might not have known just how evil Epstein was, but Epstein already had a 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution and of soliciting a prostitute at the time of these interactions.
The Giants must distance themselves from Tisch in anyway possible, even if the easy outcry from this — “SELL THE TEAM!” — is a fantasy. Not only did Patriots owner Robert Kraft recover from his 2019 trip to Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida, and the subsequent solicitation charges, he might be welcomed into the Pro Football Hall of Fame next weekend ahead of his former six-time Super Bowl winning coach.
Data worth noting
Grading the NFL’s coaching carousel hires — and where Giants’ John Harbaugh move stands | New York Post
Evaluation: The normally reactive Giants were ready to strike when Harbaugh was fired by the Ravens, rather than running a drawn-out search. An all-out blitz from suddenly more involved co-owner Chris Mara and embattled GM Joe Schoen — neither of whom knew Harbaugh — as well as franchise icon Tom Coughlin helped seal the deal, though Harbaugh seized some personnel power from Schoen in exchange for providing much-needed “credibility.”
Grade: A+
Robert Saleh used to think Brian Daboll was a jerk. Now they work together | The Athletic
When Saleh was the defensive coordinator for the 49ers, and Daboll was directing the Bills’ offense, Daboll would give him the cold shoulder.
“I always thought he was a jerk,” Saleh told The Athletic, with a laugh. “When we’d play against him, he never said hello.”
That belief was altered shortly after Daboll was hired as the coach of the Giants and moved to New Jersey — a year after Saleh had been hired by the Jets. Daboll called Saleh and invited his family over to the house to hang out by the pool. Saleh learned that’s just the competitive fire Daboll operates with — especially on game day. The intensity is always there on the practice field and during games, but Saleh has seen it dissipate in a more private, personal setting.
Giants co-owner Steve Tisch needs to pay a price for his startling lack of judgment | O’Connor — The Athletic
The Giants co-owner is hardly the first rich and powerful man (or not-so-rich and not-so-powerful man) to discuss apparent prostitution with an associate, and he won’t be the last. But still, even if he wasn’t aware that he was dealing with an alleged human trafficker who had already been convicted of a sex crime, Tisch showed such a staggering lack of judgment here that he needs to pay a price for it. Ignorance is not a sufficient defense. Ever.
The NFL’s personal conduct policy has traditionally included language that stated club and league ownership and management officials are “held to a higher standard and will be subject to more significant discipline” for violations of that policy. Whether or not the NFL regularly honors those words, the 76-year-old Tisch should be fined, suspended and prohibited from participating in any team or league activities for some period of time.
Meanwhile, Tisch should really sit in front of a mirror and ask himself if he’s still fit to be the team’s chairman and executive vice president, or if it would be a better idea to step aside and turn over those titles to his siblings Jonathan and Laurie, who both sit on the board of directors.
John Harbaugh dishes on Jaxson Dart, his best Giants memories and more | Full Q and A — NJ.com
Harbaugh on his first two weeks with the Giants:
It has been a whirlwind, man. It has been like drinking from a fire hose — literally crazy. But that’s how the coaching carousel is. Sparks are flying everywhere. That’s how I describe it. Behind the scenes, all these assistants are moving, you have coordinators moving from place to place.
You’re calling guys and they’re talking to other people. There are agents involved. It’s a frenzy, but you can’t make it a frenzy. You’ve got to be thoughtful within that frenzy, because you’ve got to get the right staff. It doesn’t matter who goes where. It just matters who comes to your place and who your coaching staff is. You’ve got to build a great staff. It’s the most important thing you do.
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