Why Giants shouldn’t sweat losing coaching candidates if GM search lingers 

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Every day that the Giants wait to hire a general manager is a day they fall behind other teams looking for new head coaches.

And that’s OK. Heck, it might actually be a GOOD thing despite what instincts are telling you.

The Giants fired head coach Joe Judge rather than the seemingly no-harm alternative of letting him twist in the wind until he could meet and try to impress the eventual successor for forcefully retired Dave Gettleman. In doing so, co-owner John Mara made it clear that the next GM “will lead the effort to hire a new head coach.”