This is not your typical job opening. It's one of the top 5 jobs in the NFL and top 15 in all of sports (excluding soccer).
I expect someone like Hue Jackson to be the worst case scenario. Best case Sean Payton. It's probably going to be someone who has won a Super Bowl as a HC, DC or OC. I will be shocked if they go with a college coach. This is a job people come out of retirement for (Gruden or Cowher?).
You have a 2-time SB winning QB with at least 3 good years left, a superstar WR, a couple solid young OL, the #10 pick in the draft and 40 million in cap space. Very attractive job...
This is the top job in the NFL. That's the consensus I hear. Hue Jackson is a pretty hot name and has your requirement of former head coach. Don't forget, Coughlin was a retread as well. Sean Payton will probably be a target (assuming he gets fired). I'd be shocked if Gruden or Cowher are really the guys. They've been out of football for too long that I'm not sure either would want the job, though Cowher has been linked to it forever.
Also, don't overrate what the G-Men have. I really wanted to see them in the playoffs because they can turn it on and compete with anybody, but Eli has 2 years left, the O line isn't all that great and the defense is pretty bad. Cap space is something I always see thrown around as a great way to entice a coach, but it hardly ever means anything. The best thing the Giants have on that aspect is that they won't be in cap hell anytime soon. That makes a bigger difference than cap space.
All in all, the Giants will still have their pick of the litter. Best of luck, but I'm still gonna root for you to lose to da Bears next year.
Is there any chance at all Harbaugh comes back to NFL to coach the Giants? Many people think he prefers the NFL...
I would love it because he is a hell of a coach and Michigan boards would be in full meltdown...
No chance in Hell that the Maras would want him to coach the team. He gets results, but I think he's a bit too much of a personality to head the team.
