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Head coaches 1. Browns HC Kevin Stefanski. Stefanski is an excellent fit as an offensive-minded head coach who has shown he can scheme quarterbacks into success. The Browns are a disaster, but Stefanski himself is widely respected as a play-caller, and he’s still young enough (he’ll be 44 in May) that he can be considered up-and-coming despite having already been a head coach for six years.
Current coordinators 1. Chargers DC Jesse Minter. Minter’s Chargers defense is one of the best in the league. He has the pedigree of working under both John and Jim Harbaugh and is considered one of the top defensive minds in the league. He’s shown that he can coach in both college and the NFL, which could help him with New York’s young roster.
As discouraging as that decision is for fans who somehow still muster support for a team that is getting further from its proud history with each passing season, that’s ownership’s right. If your grandfather had spent $500 to purchase the Giants in 1925, you, too, could make decisions that prioritized keeping family members and allies in cushy roles as the franchise bottoms out during one of the worst stretches in its 101-year history.
But even Schoen is only a symptom of the rot that has infected the franchise. Just look through the staff directory and note how many people with lofty titles have survived losing season after losing season. That focus starts with members of ownership in prominent front office roles. It was the very arrangement that franchise-saving general manager George Young prevented during his tenure from 1979-97.
The first move this winter is so obvious that not even he can screw it up. Schoen needs to pick up the phone, if he hasn’t already and make Kevin Stefanski an offer he can’t refuse to become the next head coach — because,...
