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Evan & Tiki

Hour 1: Giants Coaching Search Turning Into “Harbaugh Or Disappointment”

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.6945 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The Giants coaching search hits a fever pitch as the show debates why it suddenly feels like John Harbaugh is the one hire that changes everything, and why missing out could trigger a full fan meltdown. Evan and Tiki break down the Dolphins GM curveball, what it means for Harbaugh’s options, and why Kevin Stefanski is still a real long-term alternative. Plus, Giants fans call in on ownership, Joe Schoen’s role in the search, wild record predictions for next season, and the viral Jaxson Dart lip-reading moment that has everyone trying to decode the future.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I say this to you realizing that the New York Giants could hire a first-time head coach and that guy could be great. That's the beauty of hiring a coach. Liam Cohen? Yes. Good example. Oh, dude, there's time. Ben Johnson. I mean, we're seeing it this weekend. So I don't want it to be thought that the Giants would hire Luana Rumo and it's a disaster or it would turn into a disaster.

0:22.1

But if they don't end up with John Harbaugh, and I'll stop right there.

0:25.9

No offense to Kevin Stefansky.

0:27.7

No offense even to Mike McCarthy, who I have great respect for.

0:30.8

It feels like this offseason is being built up to where if they don't end up with John

0:36.0

Harbaugh, a vast majority of giant fans,

0:38.9

not saying you, Teak, not even saying Sean,

0:41.5

but a vast majority of giant fans is going to look at this

0:44.7

as a massively missed opportunity.

0:47.6

Fair or not, that's where I think this coaching search is now headed.

0:50.5

Well, it's interesting because we know that John Harbaugh is number one on a, maybe, except

0:57.3

for the Ravens, everybody's list who has a coaching vacancy, in particular the Miami

1:03.7

Dolphins, who we talked about yesterday because Steve Ross loves the Harbaugh.

1:07.3

Remember, Jim was there at Michigan, And you don't just fire your head coach

1:12.4

after two days prior saying Mike McDaniel's, Mike McDaniel is secure in his head coaching job.

1:19.4

And then a day later, you fire him. Right. Because John Harbaugh becomes available. The writing's

1:24.2

on the wall. We know who really, really, really, really wants John Harbaugh.

1:29.8

That's Miami.

1:30.6

Sure.

1:31.1

And so does everybody else.

1:32.9

I don't know yet what the hell John Harbaugh wants to do.

1:36.7

I hear what you're saying.

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