Why cant jim fassel

All Sections. About Us. B2B Publishing. Business Visionaries. Hot Property. Times Events. Kevin Reece via AP. The Giants defeated the Minnesota Vikings 41 - 0. The Giants won Newman Lowrance. New York Giants coach Jim Fassel reacts after the officials called a personal foul penalty during the second quarter Sunday, Nov. The Giants won in overtime, The Giant defeated the Colts AP Photo Stephen J. The marbles were out of whack during the last two years of Dan Reeves' term as coach in While winning just 11 games in those two seasons, the Giants finished 29th and 30th in total yardage and 24th and 28th in points scored.

Young had been impressed with Fassel during his stint as the Giants' offensive coordinator in and reached out to him to resurrect the team and specifically the offense. Fassel's first Giants team started — including a point loss to a Jacksonville Jaguars team coached by Tom Coughlin, who succeeded him as coach of the Giants — before winning five consecutive games. That included a mark against Arizona, Dallas, Philadelphia and Washington, the only time in their history the Giants did not lose a division game.

Well, we ended up , the first team to go undefeated in the NFC East. How did we do it? We had a plus turnover ratio, we were very stingy with the ball, we led the league in play drives, but we weren't a high-scoring team.

We just hogged the ball. Our defense got turnovers, we didn't turn the ball over and we let other teams beat themselves. That's still a formula that wins today. The final chapter in the Giants' storybook season was dispiriting. Minnesota quarterback Randall Cunningham threw a yard touchdown pass to Jake Reed with remaining.

The ensuing onside kick bounced off Giants wide receiver Chris Calloway and into the hands of Minnesota's Chris Walsh. In rapid succession, Cunningham completed a third-down pass to Cris Carter, Phillippi Sparks was penalized for pass interference and Robert Smith ran 16 yards up the middle to the Giants' five-yard line. That set up Eddie Murray's game-winning yard field goal with just 10 ticks left on the clock. And the thing is, they onside kicked and had to get the ball to have any chance.

If you said, I hope they kick the ball to one guy, it would be Chris Calloway. He missed it. That's what sports are about. As hurtful as some losses are in coaching, it's why they play the game.

That's why people like to watch, because you don't know how the ball is going to bounce. You don't know for sure who's going to win.

But I couldn't get that out of my stomach for a long time. We were fortunate. It was more of an organizational thing. I didn't do that by myself. The head coach will take most all the blame and get most of the credit. Unless something crazy happened to alter that momentum, or lack thereof, the franchise would be looking at a coaching change at season's end.

Then, inside the press briefing room in the basement of the old Giants Stadium, the defining moment of Fassel's coaching career just sort of happened. Anybody who wants out can get out. This team is going to the playoffs, OK? At the time, I made the argument that in order to keep Fassel on the staff, the Cardinals should promote him to be a co-head coach with Vince Tobin.

Man it was tough seeing him get whooshed away —- let alone to an NFC East rival. Then in he infamously guaranteed that the Giants would make the playoffs —- and delivered like Dominos, taking the Giants all the way to Super Bowl xxxv where they lost to the Ravens The Cardinals were very interested in Jim Fassel, but it appeared that the toll of being the head coach of the Giants through a very difficult and emotional stretch of years had weighed so heavily on him that he was wondering whether he should take a year off, at least from head coaching.

The Cardinals wound up hiring Dennis Green and Jim Fassel signed on to be a senior offensive consultant for the Ravens.