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Good morning, New York Giants fans! Happy John Harbaugh hunting to GM Joe Schoen and the Giants organization.
While fans remain locked into the pursuit of fired free agents John Harbaugh and Kevin Stefanski, the eight NFL head coach searches will pick up steam this week now that coordinators for wild-card playoff teams — winners and losers — are free to conduct virtual interviews beginning Tuesday. In-person interviews for contracted coaches are prohibited until Jan. 19.
In an unusual twist in the offensive-minded NFL, most of the hot candidates this offseason call plays on the defensive side. To help stylistically distinguish one from another, The Post asked NFL Network film guru Brian Baldinger to assess the crop of high-demand defensive coordinators, some of whom already have been requested for interviews by the Falcons, Browns, Ravens and others (not yet by the Giants).
You want John Harbaugh?
What are you prepared to do to get John Harbaugh?
That is what the Giants and every other team seeking to hand their team and much of their building over to him must come to grips with for this to work. And if that means stretching the comfort level of financial boundaries or altering the way the franchise is accustomed to operating, well, such concessions and changes could be the difference between landing him and seeing him hired elsewhere.
This is what happens when the prize is the most coveted head coach candidate to hit the open market in decades.
As players cleaned out their lockers and said goodbye to their teammates, Harbaugh conducted one final team meeting, thanking his players and coaches for persevering through a season that challenged them at every turn.
“We exited the meeting thinking there would probably be a few coaching staff changes, maybe a coordinator change. That’s usually how it works,” a Ravens veteran player said.
“Then, the next day, everything got turned on its head.”
Green Bay firing LaFleur, if that happens, might add...
