Hey, welcome back, everyone. If you're looking for me on Wednesday afternoon, you probably would have to find me in New Jersey, a giant stadium. Why?

The indoor practice facility is the place I caught up with a brand new coach.

One of the most successful of the modern time in the NFL.

After 18 seasons with the Baltimore Ravens was let go and it became a bidding war for his services.

The Giants is where he ended up.

I laud a famous franchise, yes, but has nothing but losing mostly for the last 10 years.

Can he turn that thing around? Even with the president urging the Giants to hire John Harbaugh,

he was anything but certain. So I want to bring you

my exclusive interview, the entire thing. So here is part one of my interview with the New York

Giants coach with 193 wins. He walks into that building that had just four last year.

So coach, how does it feel? I see the last time I saw you were in your practice in Baltimore,

you're living and breathing ravens, and now I'm seeing an NYU on your chest, a nice pullover

sweater for this winter, and you're in this beautiful facility in New Jersey. Does it feel like

you're the Giants head coach yet? Well, it does. It does feel like the New York football

giants. I mean, I got a big sign It does feel like the New York football giants.

I mean, I got a big sign right over there that says New York football giants. We've got the four trophies up here in the indoor. It feels like the Giants. But you didn't grow up in New York, right? This was not your area, but what does this team mean to you? Well, I grew up as a football fan. My dad was, you know, football guy.

So the Cleveland Browns were our team.

That was one of the original teams.

So the football giants were pretty special. So we had every historical football book that you could have. I mean, I read about Y-A-Tiddle. I know about Tom Landry and Vince Lombardi. I mean, all that stuff was just kind of a part of our life growing up. And of course, one was the offensive coordinator, one was the defensive coordinator on this team. That's right. That's some talent. It's pretty powerful. I want to be the head coach of that team. Yeah, you get a lot of trophies. But so coach, I really struck. I see a lot of press conferences, and with the Giants, they've had a lot of new coach press conferences. But for you, having that job, days after being five from another job, you seem extremely happy. And what did it mean to have your family there, your mom and dad there? It meant everything. I mean, to see mom and dad sitting in the front row, they were there 18 years ago, you know, with my wife and my daughter was there in Baltimore. And here we were for this next leg of the journey, so to speak, and they're with us still. Doing great. Dad's still giving me the same advice. The team, the team, the team, you know, good rough, tough physical football. That's what we've always been about. That's what we grew up with. And then my wife being there, just a new journey and then walking in and the players, there was a bunch of players here. They didn't have to be here. And they showed up and they were standing right there when I first walked in. It meant a lot. Those frantic days before you took the job, can you bring us inside that moment? There's certain things you have to have, right? Yeah, yeah. Well, I mean, they were great.

I always kind of knew it was going to be the Giants if they wanted me. And there was a lot of great conversations with a lot of teams. I mean, I talked to every team, and they were phenomenal. You realize, like, how many great people there are in this league, how many great owners, GMs. It was really awesome to get a chance to know everybody. but I just kind of always knew it was the Giants, I guess.

And then when I came here on that, but I just kind of always knew it was the Giants, I guess.

And then when I came here on that Wednesday, when, you know, it kind of got out that I was going to be the Giant Coach, we had a great day. I mean, they rolled out the red carpet, and we had good conversations, and I got chance to know the Maras and the Tishas. And I felt like, man, this is exactly what I thought it was going to be like. This is this family environment, first class operation, the New York Giants, the history. Having a chance to be in New York City, you know, this fan base, that was all a really big deal. But it can't just end at that. It can't just end with a good feeling. You know, it had to be something that we knew we could build together the right way. And that took a couple days.

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