Why John Mara kept Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll despite Giants embarrassing season

The won-loss record cannot be justified.“We stunk this year,’’ Giants co-owner John Mara said Monday morning.Yes, the Giants in their 100th year of operation finished 3-14 — the most losses in a season in franchise history — but Mara and co-owner Steve Tisch made the decision to run it back with general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll.“I understand, believe me, that’s not going to be the most popular decision in Giant land,’’ Mara said.“But we believe it’s the right decision for us going forward.’’Mara met this past Friday afternoon with Schoen and Daboll “for several hours’’ and then had a conversation with Tisch.

There were more discussions over the weekend.“And just came to the decision that staying with both of them is the best course of action for us right now,’’ Mara said.The reasoning?“In Brian’s case, he was the Coach of the Year two years ago,’’ Mara said, “That didn’t disappear all of a sudden.I still believe he can do that again.“Listen, I’m at practice all the time, I go to the team meetings, I watch the players, I watch how they react.

I still think he’s the right guy to lead us.If I’m sitting here a year from now, you’re asking me these questions, I’ll take the heat.’’The case for Schoen?“In Joe’s case, I thought we had an outstanding draft class this year, I thought we had a really good free agency period and I really like the staff he’s put together,’’ Mara said.

“I think they’re the right two guys going forward.’’After last season’s 6-11 record, Mara said he wanted to see signs of progress and believe that the franchise was headed in the right direction.Then, the Giants endured a franchise-record 10-game losing streak and lost 14 games.“The results on the field were not what we wanted them to be,’’ Mara said.“There were a number of factors that went into that.

That has been discussed with Joe and the coach.“I liked what I heard from the...