Jets Can’t Gamble On Harbaugh, Giants Still Can

Evan & Tiki

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4.6 • 945 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Evan takes the unpopular stance with Jets fans: you can’t fire Aaron Glenn after one season just to take a blind swing at John Harbaugh, especially when Harbaugh isn’t committing to anybody and might even consider taking a year off. That’s why Schefter’s reporting matters, and why the Dolphins were able to play it differently since they were already on the fence with Mike McDaniel. The conversation then flips back to the Giants, where the urgency is real, the fan base is locked onto one name, and the stakes feel enormous if ownership can’t close the deal. Calls roll in on whether Mara and Tisch need to directly recruit Harbaugh, what Joe Schoen’s role really is, and why being “Harbaugh or bust” might be unfair, but also totally inevitable.

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0:00.0	This is from Adam Schaefter's podcast in relation to a team like the Jets saying, hey, John Harbaugh is available.
0:08.5	We got to go get him. We have to go make secret phone calls to ensure that we can get him.
0:13.4	Here's him explaining why that is not really something you can do.
0:17.8	You can't fire your head coach to go hire John Harbaugh without even talking
0:24.5	to him and knowing that you get him. Now people might say, oh, there's tampering. I'm telling you right now,
0:29.8	he's on a fact-finding mission and he wants to talk to everybody and he would not commit to any one team.
0:36.5	It wouldn't happen.
0:44.2	So if you're firing, you're sitting head coach to go hire him, you may be left holding the bag.
0:45.4	So here's the thing.
0:47.8	This involves both angles of this town.
0:48.1	Yes.
0:49.3	Let me start with the Jets.
0:52.4	There are a lot of Jet fans out there who would say, who cares, fire him.
0:54.1	I am not one of those.
1:10.8	I am not willing to fire Aaron Glenn after one year, take my shot at John Harbaugh that I know I'm not going to succeed on, and then, quote, hold the bag. He's right. You're not secretly calling John Harbaugh and getting an answer. So hopefully, to my fellow Jet fans, whether we disagree or agree, you can understand that more.
1:11.9	You could call the agent.
1:13.8	Right, but did you hear what Adam said?
1:10.8	He's not committed. Hopefully to my fellow jet fans, whether we disagree or agree, you can understand that more.
1:11.9	You could call the agent.
1:12.5	Right.
1:13.8	Did you hear what Adam said?
1:14.1	I know.
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