By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- As a head coach in the National Football League, you need to produce positive results… especially in this town. The honeymoon is over. The time has come for the New York Jets to fire Head Coach Todd Bowles. Bowles’ fate should not be predicated on whether or not the…
NEW YORK GIANTS: Beyond Eli Manning and the 5 Stages of Grief
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- In her book On Death and Dying (1969), Elisabeth Kübler-Ross identified a model to explain, what she calls, the Five Stages of Grief. Although Eli Manning, the person, is alive and well, the model is directly applicable to his career as the starting quarterback of the New York…
Week 8 Recap: NEW YORK GIANTS Offense Continues to Sputter, Defense Can’t Make Crucial 4th Quarter Stop
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- The gray, damp, chilly weather at MetLife Stadium matched the mood of the New York Giants this Sunday afternoon. It was much of the same from the New York Giants sputtering offense. The Giants had a chance in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter to tie…
Week 8 Keys to Victory: Washington Redskins @ NEW YORK GIANTS
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.– The 1-6 Giants are coming off a fire-sale that shipped one of the league’s most productive run-stoppers, Damon “Snacks” Harrison to the Detroit Lions (for a 2019 fifth round pick) and a cornerback in his prime years, Eli Apple, to the New Orleans Saints (for a…
Week 7 Keys to Victory: NEW YORK GIANTS @ Atlanta Falcons
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.– The Atlanta Falcons will host the New York Giants in week seven Monday Night Football action. Kickoff from the brand-new Mercedes Benz (domed) Stadium is set for 8:15pm Eastern. The 1-5 Giants are reeling (and are in crisis mode) after being embarrassed on national television by the…
Meet NEW YORK GIANTS’ Odell Beckham, Jr., My Procamps Teammate
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.– Odell Beckham, Jr., mercurial superstar wide receiver, is known for torching defenders over the middle of the field and for making circus-like one-handed catches… and also for, out of frustration, head-butting a sideline cooling fan and swinging his helmet to knock over a kicking net. Quite…
Week 6 Recap: NEW YORK GIANTS in Full-On Crisis Mode
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.– The Giants had the opportunity, in their home stadium, on national television, to show the National Football League that they still can be a force in the NFC East. What they got, instead, was an embarrassment. On a night where Head Coach Pat Shurmur told members…
Week 6 Keys to Victory: Philadelphia Eagles @ NEW YORK GIANTS
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.– The NFC East is still wide open. Yes, believe it. As of today, the Redskins sit atop the dismal division at 2-2 (.500). That is the lowest win percentage for a division-leading team in the entire National Football League. With that being said, this is an…
Week 5 Recap: Odell Beckham, Jr.’s Comments Point Out Obvious and Giants Lose Heartbreaker
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.– “How come we can’t throw the ball more than 20 yards?” Beckham asked in an NFL Sunday Countdown interview with ESPN’s Josina Anderson. “How come we don’t attempt to throw the ball for more than 20 yards? Those are questions that we have to figure out.” Beckham’s…
NEW YORK METS Turn Page on “Disappointing” Season, Optimistic For 2019
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.– Well, the 2018 season did not exactly go the way the New York Mets wanted it, nor expected it to. September 30, 2018, the last game of the season, found the Amazin’s with the 20th best record (77-85) of Major League Baseball’s 30 teams. In both of…
Week 5 Keys to Victory: NEW YORK GIANTS @ Carolina Panthers
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.– Charlotte, North Carolina on Sunday afternoon: 86 degrees with scattered thunderstorms and 74% humidity. Hardly “football weather” for October 7th, but here we are. The Carolina Panthers (2-1), coming off a bye-week, will be refreshed to take on the desperate-for-a-win New York Giants (1-3). NEW YORK GIANTS…
NEW YORK METS: Is There a World in Which Jacob deGrom DOES NOT Win NL Cy Young Award?
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.– Is there a world in which New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom does not win the National League’s Cy Young award? It’s possible. After notching his tenth (and final) win of the season, deGrom told Mets COO Jeff Wilpon that he had reached his season’s goal. Wilpon…
