Big Blue Huddle

I know Bettcher is regarded as a terrible DC by most Giants and virtually everyone was happy to see him leave.  What I had forgotten was that Spagnola was fired by Shurmur when he hired Bettcher.  Read that Spags had hired Shurmur as OC when Spags became a HC.  The only explanation for letting a quality DC go for a less than quality DC is the style of defense the HC wanted to run, maybe a 3-4 instead of the 4-3.  But, I have no recollection of what happened.

Truthfully, this has nothing to do with Wink.  But, another example of how the Giants let go of an outstanding coordinator.  And, for Bettcher?

 

When the Giants drafted Toney, knowing nothing about red flags concerning injury history and apparent inability or unwillingness to learn the playbook, I was against the pick primarily because Darrisaw was available and he would filled a need that they still haven't fixed.  But, last night watching Deebo Samuels do his thing, I understand what they were trying to accomplish with Toney.  He has a similar skill set but doesn't look like he'll ever use them the way Deebo does. 

I've read here that Judge was the decision maker on the Toney pick and not Gettleman. I haven't read that anywhere else.  To me, Judge looked like a stickler for discipline in the Belichick mold and that would rule out Toney.  Plus, I find it very easy to blame Gettleman for every bad move.  Still, if Judge had a long term contract, which I think he had, then maybe drafting Toney made a little bit of sense if they thought he could play like Deebo.