Giants Hire Bills’ Joe Schoen as Next General Manager
News - January 23, 2022
“It’s official, the New York Giants have found their new guy in the front office.
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he Giants announced early Friday afternoon that they have hired Buffalo Bills assistant general manager Joe Schoen to become the new general manager. The decision comes after two weeks of interviewing nine different candidates over Zoom and inviting three finalists to East Rutherford to meet with ownership and members of the personnel department. Schoen becomes the Giants’ fifth general manager in the last 41 years, and he enters with arguably the biggest to-do list since George Young stepped into the building in 1979.
Following the end of the 2021 season, which ended in a 4-13 team record and dropped his resume to 19-46 overall in four years, former general manager Dave Gettleman elected to step down from his post and entire retirement. Gettleman’s announcement was long expected given his age and the inability to make good on his promises to fix the Giants struggling offensive line. Schoen now steps into his place much to the approval of the fanbase
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“Now, the work begins,” Schoen said in a statement released by the team. “My immediate focus is to hire a head coach, with whom I will work in lockstep with to create a collaborative environment for our football operations.”
My reporting for Talking Points Sports covering the New York Giants hiring of Bills’ assistant GM Joe Schoen to become their new general manager. I discuss Schoen’s background, offer some quotes, and what the hiring means for the Giants.