Gettleman Retires, Joe Judge "Might" Stay as Giants Head Coach

 Giants fans got one half of what they wanted following a disappointing 4-13 season, General Manager David Gettleman is history. 

Gettleman officially "retired" as Giants GM after four mediocre seasons running the Giants franchise. It was a tenure marred by bad decisions and horrible play on the field as the Giants went a combined 19-46 during Gettleman's four years. 

Of the many mistakes by Gettleman, none were bigger than the drafting of running back Saquon Barkley with the second overall pick in a quarterback heavy draft in 2018 when the Giants clearly needed to find the successor to Eli Manning. Gettleman opted to stay with Manning another year. 

As for Barkley, after a break-out rookie season in 2018, he struggled to repeat that performance henceforth. Injuries played a big role, as a ACL tear in week 2 of the 2020 season ended his year, and sent him down a path where he is a shell of the player he once was. 

Gettleman also drafted quarterback Daniel Jones, who has been nothing short of average as Giants starting quarterback, when healthy. 

Gettleman was also instrumental in signing Kenny Galloday and drafting Kardarius Toney, neither of whom reached the end zone this past season. 

He was also the General Manager who hired not one, but two failed head coaches. First it was Pat Shurmer. Now it's Joe Judge. 

And speaking of Judge, it appears as though Judge might return for the 2022 season, although nothing is for certain. Reports on Sunday indicated that the Giants were torn about what to do with Judge. There were even reports that the players were tired of the bumbling Giants head coach and want change. 

 However by Monday while other coaches were getting the axe, Judge was preparing to meet with players as if he was going through his the process of remaining the H.C. of the NYG for the foreseeable future. 

There is always the chance that the Giants fire Judge, should a new GM insist that they go in another direction. More likely, the Giants are going to put a square peg into a round hole and marry Judge with whomever the new GM is, whether that person likes it or not. 

It's not the most sound strategy, and one that almost certainly will blow up in the Giants faces, just ask the Jets who made a similar move with Rex Ryan and John Idzik back in 2013.