New York Giants fire coach Pat Shurmur after 4-12 season Globe_Sports
The four-time Super Bowl champions finished with a 4-12 record, missing the playoffs for the seventh time in eight years. New York has won 12 games over the last three seasons, including a 5-11 mark in Shurmur’s first season in 2018.Shurmur had refused to speculate about his future after the game. He felt the franchise, which dates to 1925, was in better shape than when he took over after a 3-13 season in 2017.
Shurmur came to the Giants after a successful stint as the offensive coordinator with the Minnesota Vikings, where he turned Case Keenum from an average player into a star for a year. It was hoped he would revive Eli Manning’s fortunes but it never happened. The two-time Super Bowl MVP was reduced to a backup role when rookie Daniel Jones, the No. 6 pick overall in the draft, was made the starter in Week 3 this season.
His firing is the Giants’ third coaching change since Tom Coughlin was fired after the 2015 season. Offensive guru Ben McAdoo, who had been hired from Green Bay as a coordinator, replaced Coughlin in 2016 and led the Giants to their only playoff bid since winning the Super Bowl for the 2011 season.Things went south the following year.
An ankle injury in the third week slowed Barkley until near the end of the season, and Engram and Shepard missed time. Veteran Golden Tate III was supposed to help fill in for Beckham but he was suspended for the first four games for using a performance enhancer.
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