The fall of the Brian Daboll era - ESPN

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — History will show that the New York Giants' Brian Daboll era will land somewhere between the Ben McAdoo and Joe Judge years, according to the franchise's head coach winning percentages.

Daboll finished with a 20-40-1 record (.336) before being fired Monday. He went 11-33 (.250) over his final two and a half seasons. Only the Tennessee Titans were worse during that span.

«Not good enough,» Daboll would say seemingly every time his team lost.

It applied to most of his tenure.

Multiple sources told ESPN over the past four years that there never seemed to be any sort of consistency with Daboll's decision-making. Multiple players have even said the Giants were too worried about the narratives and perceptions from outside the building.

Daboll and Giants general manager Joe Schoen were ultimately separated, much as owner John Mara said was the case several years ago, because they had different jobs. In the same statement that announced Daboll was relieved of his duties Monday, Schoen was put in charge of the impending coaching search. Barring a sudden change at the end of the season or specific demands from a coaching candidate, Schoen is expected to lead this team forward.

It goes along with the constant back and forth that existed over the past 18 months or so, as team sources have said the front office believed there was more talent than the club's record showed. The coaching staff was not getting the most out of the talent.

That was reflected in the decision to retain Schoen and fire Daboll despite both having identical win-loss records on their résumés.

«We feel like Joe has assembled a good young nucleus of talent, and we look forward to its development,» Mara said in the statement.

It was Daboll