The New York Giants will be looking for a new head coach come the offseason after firing Brian Daboll this year.
Despite firing Daboll, the Giants decided to hold on to the guy who hired him, with general manager Joe Schoen staying in his job and being tasked with leading the search for Big Blue's next head coach.
But ESPN's Bill Barnwell sees this as a major problem when it comes to the Giants' head-coaching search.
He rightly notes that candidates might be hesitant to join the Giants because of the possibility Schoen gets fired in the next year or two, which could lead to the new general manager wanting his own head coach and firing the recently hired one.
As a result, he ranks New York's job as the fifth-best out of eight possible head coaching vacancies this offseason.
Schoen will obviously hire someone he feels compatible with, but if the Giants decide to move on from Schoen in 2027 or 2028, it would create another mismatched timeline between the coach they hire now and the next general manager. Will that new personnel executive want to hire his own coach? Will the Giants just fire this next coach, as they (deservedly) did with Joe Judge after two seasons, so the next general manager can enter the building with his handpicked guy? Will there be more pressure on the next coach to succeed in a shortened time frame as a result? And if Dart proves to be a disappointment or can't stay healthy, will this next coach get to go after the next quarterback?
Barnwell points to Jaxson Dart's issues with taking hits as something that could also deter a head coach from wanting the job, but we just don't see it that way.
Sure, it's a concern, but that is outweighed by the fact that Dart looks legit and there will be plenty of head coach candidates interested in working with him.
The general manager issue is a much bigger problem for the Giants and it could very well prevent them from landing a top candidate that fears instability.
The Giants need to put themselves in a better position to hire the best head coach possible and keeping Schoen just doesn't do that.
He had his chance and failed, and now it's time to move on.
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