It’s official: the Giants are in need of a new General Manager. The club released an announcement that Dave Gettleman has retired from his position as Senior Vice President and General Manager. 
After informing owners John Mara and Steve Tisch of his decision, Gettleman said, ““It was a privilege to serve as the general manager of the New York Giants the last four years and to have spent so many years of my career with this franchise. We obviously have not had the on-the-field success I expected, and that is disappointing. However, I have many fond memories here, including two Super Bowl victories, and I wish the team and organization only the best moving forward. There are many good people here who pour their souls into this organization. I am proud to have worked alongside them.”
In a joint statement, Mara and Tisch said, “We would like to thank Dave for his commitment to this franchise. Dave was integral in building three of our Super Bowl teams, including two championship teams, and we wish Dave, his wife Joanne and their entire family all the best in his retirement.”
It has been widely expected for quite some time that Gettleman was going to step down from his position. As a result, many names have been floated as potential replacements. Perhaps the name at the top of that list is current Assistant GM Kevin Abrams – someone who has been labelled a “strong contender” for the job. On the other hand, many believe that the club will stray from its tendency to promote from within, and that the successful candidate may not have ties with Head Coach Joe Judge.
Regarding the search for a new GM, Mara went on to say that, “We are looking for a person who demonstrates exceptional leadership and communication abilities, somebody who will oversee all aspects of our football operations, including player personnel, college scouting and coaching”.
The Giants have become the third team with a GM vacancy, joining the Vikings and Bears after they fired Rick Spielman and Ryan Pace, respectively, on Monday. News from the morning, however, suggests that Judge will be staying on – something that had been expected throughout the Giants’ 4-13 season.
Judge is gone! There is no way a new GM wants to take that job and keep Judge hanging around their neck.
They could hire someone from New England and Judge could be safe
Do we know if anyone in New England thinks Judge is a good head coach?
Retired to save his dignity rather than being fired
Retirement makes sense when the alternative is a “leave the gun…take the cannoli” scene.
Teams can’t murder coaches when firing them. Otherwise Urban would be in the ground right now.
I would re-hire Gettleman just to fire him. He should never have been allowed to finish the season. NOW they begin their search? Mara is a clown.
Exactly. The search should have began in November as soon as the trade deadline passed.
Who’s to say that they haven’t been working back channels for the past couple of months?
You are what your record says you are…
“Lies, damned lies and statistics” /Mark Twain
The worst GM in the history of this ruined franchise!
It’s actually possible that Andy Robustelli was worse. 21-51 as Giants GM and if you include a couple of years as bookends, the Giants were 33-84 from 1973-1980. Giants were so bad back then that the commissioner stepped in and they hired George Young from outside of the franchise.
Gettleman is neck and neck with him, though. But sentimentally, Robustelli was a Giants legend and Hall of Famer as a player, and Gettleman seems to have ruined this team for the next few years, so I think I agree that he’s the worst GM in Giants history.
I would too after that game. Probably would change my name too.
Two words for ya Gettleman, Daniel Jones
Nate Solder, trading for Leonard Williams mid-season when they could have just signed him outright in the offseason, drafting four offensive lineman total in four drafts, hiring Shurmer, hiring Judge, hiring Jason Garrett, hiring Kitchens, etc.
Drafting a running back second overall was worse than Jones, and I’m not defending the Jones pick at all.
No, it wasn’t. Barkley had an all-time great rookie season and was on his way to another when he hurt his ankle, then the next year tore his ACL. He was a consensus top pick. Almost any team in football would have taken him top 5.
Jones was not on anyone’s board as a top ten pick. He was slated as a mid-round pick at best. He was a huge reach. Jones was far and away a worse pick than Barkley.
Barkley was not a consensus top five pick, and it’s a drastic misunderstanding of value and how football works. Drafting a running back that high when you’ve got a shoddy offensive line and a QB nearing retirement is bad enough, but even if you didn’t like any of the QBs available (which would have been wrong), he could have accumulated so much draft capital by trading down to a team that wanted a QB, and he likely still could have gotten Barkley. Drafting a running back in the first round is almost always a mistake. Drafting one in the top five when there are top QB prospects available is malpractice.
I do agree with you, I think the issue is Denver was really the only team that made sense to trade with. I really liked Nelson. outside of that, only some later picks would have made sense. like a Derwin James or Jaire Alexander.
I don’t have enough Chicago exposure to know of Smith was worth the 8th pick .
I did like Allen out of all those QBs, but, I don’t think the pieces were in place for him to succeed like he has in Buffalo.
Nothing personal Gettleman but good riddance. Now fire Judge do some smart hiring. NOT some special assistant to the groundskeeper under Belichek (I no I spelled it wrong).
Good riddance
But he was so young?
last year I wrote that i believe Bill will leave NE and come be the top Czar of the Giants. granted that was before the draft and how they played this season. but never know
Wow, that would be interesting!!