Meet The New Blue Man

Coaching changes. They happen all the time in football, and sports in general. The New York Giants are not immune to such things. They've had success with some coaches in the past, while others haven't lasted very long. The last couple of coaches haven't worked out. Case in point, let Pat Shurmur go after just two seasons. The last head coach to have a long run with this team was Tom Coughlin. Now, with Shurmur gone, Joe Judge will take over as the 19th head coach in franchise history.

Who is Joe Judge?

He's a 38 year old first time head coach from Philadelphia. He's been a coach in the game of football since starting as a graduate assistant at Mississippi State in 2005. He then went on to be linebackers coach at Birmingham–Southern for the 2008 season. He then moved on to Alabama as a special teams assistant from 2009-2011. Joe finally jumped to the NFL with the New England Patriots. He joined the team as a special teams assistant until 2014. Then, in 2015, he became special teams coordinator and wide receivers coach through till last season. Now he takes over as head man for the New York Giants.

From an outsiders perspective, it seems liked the Giants made a rush, irrational decision as to who became head coach. I say this because, their first choice, Matt Rhule, signed with the Carolina Panthers. Part of the reason I think there was the attraction there was because he's coming out from under the Bill Belichick coaching tree. It seemed like Matt Rhule was high on the list, and so was Mike McCarthy, both of whom got lured away to other teams.

The Giants had hope that Joe can get the team back on the right track. Its not all on him. The coach can only do so much with the talent he's given. Some of this responsibility does fall on the shoulders of Dave Gettleman. Him, as well as ownership, need to get on the same page as to what the Giants want to be as a team, and they need to get the right personnel in here to make that team work. Easier said than done, I realize that, but hopefully, they can find out quickly what style Joe Judge has and what he can be able to do with this team. Once he gets himself established, the Giants can figure things out.

I hope for the sake of the franchise, Joe Judge does work out. For a long time it seemed like a stable position, being head coach of the New York Giants. It was one of those jobs in the New York Market, that had been a stable job. This might explain why the Giants have had only 19 head coaches in the history of the franchise, one which has been around since 1925. The Jets, who've been around since 1960, have had 21 head coaches. It's been an interesting last few days for the Giants, but they now appear they have the guy they want in Joe Judge. Just seems they kind of settled for him.