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Casey Sybrandy asks: Because of his work with Dart and the improved offensive performance this season vs. the two prior seasons, I’ve felt that Kafka deserves an interview for the head coach position. Recent games make me wonder if he’s truly qualified and even before then I’d expect him to be grilled the hardest of all candidates due to how poorly the team has been the past few years. If you were doing the interview, what would Kafka have to show you to make you believe he could be the guy for the job? Personally, I feel he needs to have a plan that shows he plans on doing things his way and not just a continuation of what Daboll did. Also, I would expect that they have to get a strong feeling from the players that they actually would want him back.
Ed says: Casey, Mike Kafka’s interview for the Giants’ head-coaching job has been his work since taking over for Brian Daboll. Kafka has done some good things in dealing with Abdul Carter and making moves to adjust the coaching staff. The results, though, aren’t good enough.
The Giants are 0-5 with Kafka and some of his in-game decisions have been questionable. I like Kafka and I hope he gets a head-coaching job one day, even if he has to take a college job, but he isn’t getting the Giants job.
Adam Singer asks: A name I haven’t seen come up in the Giants’ coaching search is Curt Cignetti. What he has done at Indiana is so impressive. I know it is college and not the NFL, but he seems to be a heck of a coach who has his players prepared and puts them in the right position to succeed. He also turned a program around very quickly. That seems like the type of coach the Giants should be looking for. Have you heard his name come up as a potential candidate, and what would you think about him as a candidate (if he was interested in it, which I don’t know that he would be)?
Ed says: Adam, Cignetti is 64 years old and has never coached in the NFL, not even as a position coach. I understand the attraction because of what he has done at Indiana, but what makes anyone think he could make a successful transition to the NFL? He doesn’t have coaching connections, experience, or the runway for a years-long learning curve. He also signed an eight-year extension with Indiana this fall.
Jaymanjay asks: Should the Giants be at least debating the issue of taking a QB in the draft if they have the first pick? Are there no good reasons to explore it?
*Listen, I like Dart, but this is the reason the Giants shouldn’t have allowed Brian to choose a QB in the last draft. A draft, by the way, everyone graded as a weak QB draft position. The question is, if Mendoza was in last year’s draft,...
