EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – There’s no escaping the fact the Giants have struggled the previous five seasons. Their collective record was 22-59. They have endured double-digit loss totals in four consecutive years for the first time in their history.
During those four years, Brian Daboll was the offensive coordinator in Buffalo and the Bills won 40 games, made three postseason appearances, won two AFC East titles and advanced to the 2020 AFC Championship Game.
As the Giants’ new head coach, Daboll has the challenge of not only teaching the players X’s and O’s, but how to win.
“I’ve definitely thought about it,” Daboll said today. “You naturally think about it. You want to try to win. If you’re a competitor, you want to win in everything you do. So, you try to, in these situations in practice, you try to create as competitive an environment as you can whether that’s in the cafeteria, at the walk through, in the locker room, everything’s about competition. If you love this sport or you love to compete – you should love to compete. You should try to do everything you can to try to win knowing again it’s hard. We’re committed to a process of trying to improve and do things a certain way. And sometimes the results aren’t going to be exactly what you want right away, but you have to stay committed to what you believe in and keep improving.
“Talking about competition and creating that type of competition, I think that it’s players and coaches that you bring into the culture you’re trying to create. It’s hard nowadays. It was hard 20 years ago when I was doing it, to not let the results affect the process. We’re strong in our belief of trying to do things the right way and keep improving in that area, competing. And you hope that the better you do, the more you compete, the more detailed you are that the results come with it.
Daboll was asked if teaching a group of players how to win is the hardest part of his new job.
“I don’t know if it’s the hardest,” he said. “There’s a…
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