Hour 2: Schoen Stays, Giants on the Clock

Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Hour 2 kicks off with the Giants making it official: Joe Schoen is staying as GM, and the debate instantly turns into one question, what does “stability” actually buy you when the wins are this low? Evan, Tiki, and Shaun Morris argue the case for and against running it back, and why the next head coach hire has to be a proven, veteran voice if the Giants are going to avoid another reset. Then it’s Jets time, as Evan unloads on the “trust me” messaging from the coaching staff and why faith is not a plan for a fanbase that’s watched quarterbacks and offenses collapse for years. The calls pour in on what the Jets should do next, what kind of coach can fix this, and whether leadership needs to address the noise. Plus, Black Monday chaos continues with more coaching dominoes falling around the league, including the Raiders moving on from Pete Carroll after one year, and a truly wild coaching rumor that has everyone reacting. Subscribe for more Evan and Tiki on WFAN, featuring real-time reactions, big-picture roster talk, and nonstop New York football therapy.

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0:00.0	All right, to Joe Shane, you mentioned earlier, and if you're just tuning in, Joe Shane is returning as general manager of the New York Giants. It felt like over the last week or two that was inevitable. I do take an L on that, by the way, and I'm open and honest about it. I remember back in October, November, when Brian DeBow got fired, and it was initially reported that Joe Shane would lead the coaching search. My initial reaction was, I don't believe that. Let's see what happens the rest of the way.
0:23.0	I could see a world where if things end badly that Joe Shane would lead the coaching search. My initial reaction was, I don't believe that.
0:21.1	Let's see what happens the rest of the way. I could see a world where if things end badly for the Giants, ownership says, ah, you know what, let's blow the whole thing up. And I genuinely have to take an hell because I don't think things went very well. They obviously lost a lot of games before they won the final two games of the season. so I guess the Giants were pretty set
0:38.3	that Joe Shane was going to keep the job.
0:40.2	Yeah.
0:40.8	I am more... lot of games before they won the final two games of the season. So I guess the Giants were pretty set that Joe Shane was going to keep the job.
0:40.2	Yeah.
0:40.8	I am more anti-shame than you, but I'm each in the middle on this on why I think it can be a good thing.
0:47.3	If this coaching search ends with someone with experience, if it ends with a Mike Tomlin, a John Harbaugh, a Mike McCarthy, a Kevin Stefansky,
0:57.2	and we'll spend more time on those guys a little bit later on.
0:59.9	I would almost envision teak that that head coach is going to have so much sex that Joe Shane's role is just a little limited.
1:07.4	Yeah.
1:07.7	And I'd have less of a problem with that.
1:09.3	Yeah, but I also think that what Joe and really any general manager is supposed to do
1:15.7	is identify talent.
1:17.5	So there's a massive scouting department.
1:19.6	We don't see most of them, but there's a ton of scouts that are out everywhere.
1:23.1	And they put reports together.
1:24.8	They look for good talent.
1:26.1	They try to get the inside story,
1:28.2	so they understand what kind of kid this guy is, does he really have a desire to be great,
1:33.2	as he's smart, like all those things.
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