Email Reactions: Giants Coaching Change, Mets & Yankees Roster Needs

The Mike Francesa Podcast

BetRivers Network

Sports, Baseball, Football

4.6 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Mike Francesa analyzes the Giants’ coaching upheaval and ponders Joe Schoen's job security. Plus, thoughts on Daboll's future, Glenn's job performance, the Yankees' and Mets' roster needs, and more. 00:00 Giants promote Kafka 04:00 Giants GM keeping his job? 06:20 Daboll to Bills? 08:10 Is Glenn doing a better job? 11:45 Did Knicks make a mistake by firing Thibs? 14:20 Alonso to Yanks, Bellinger to Mets? 17:00 Should Mets go after Skubal? 22:00 More on the Giants

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0:00.0	It's the Mike Francesa podcast on the Bet Rivers Network.
0:08.0	Hello again everybody and welcome to the Mike Francesa podcast, part of the BetRivers Network.
0:12.0	And today we'll hit the mailbag. Go check out and get some emails from you. We haven't done that that often. We try to do it as a couple times, you know, at least a couple times a month.
0:23.2	So especially during this very busy time of year, we don't get to it too much. So we decided today's a good day to dive in and see what's on your mind.
0:30.9	So away we go. And one thing is I don't look at them in advance. Mon sends them to me right before the show. I don't like to because I like to react to them instinctively and, you know, immediately. Here we go. And remember, Mike Francisop Podcast at gmail.com. Also remember the Mike Francis and newsletter. Sign up for the free newsletter. Go to Mike Francisopodcast.com and sign up. All you got to do is give me your email and you're in and send your emails to Mike
0:57.0	Francesa Podcast at gmail.com.
1:01.0	All right.
1:02.0	Gabe starts us off today.
1:03.7	Do you think it was a mistake for the Giants to elevate the OC to interim head coach?
1:07.8	No, it's extremely logical on a variety of levels. First of all, he had been named assistant head coach. No, it's extremely logical on a variety of levels. First of all,
1:13.2	he had been named assistant head coach because he had been miffed when he was not allowed to go.
1:19.9	Seattle tried to hire him on a lateral move. The Giants did not have to give permission. They refused
1:24.7	permission. He wasn't very happy about that because a lot of guys
1:28.1	wanted to get off dable staff which is one of the real knocks on dable was that he was having a lot
1:32.3	of trouble with his coaches um starting with wink and working right through but uh he's had a lot of guys
1:38.8	leave him and um kefka who's been a candidate for head coaching jobs, wanted to go to Seattle.
1:48.1	It didn't happen.
1:49.7	He stayed.
1:50.1	They made him assistant head coach, which is cosmetic, but still, this is his audition.
1:57.5	Now, the one thing he can't do is he can't rush thought back.
2:00.4	As I said, not only does thought to me have to clear concussion protocol,
2:06.3	I want him kicking down the barn for a week before I give him the job back.
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