Giants GM Persevered For 2nd Super Bowl Trip
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By DERON SNYDER
n Jerry Reese’s first season as the New York Giants general manager, the team advanced to Super Bowl XLII and defeated the New England Patriots. Now, four seasons later, the Giants have made it to Super Bowl XLVI, and they’ll face the same opponent Sunday.
But much has changed for Reese.
He suffered through the 2009 and 2010 seasons as the Giants missed the playoffs. He was deluged with hate mail and nasty voice mails in August when fans believed he was doing a terrible job in rebuilding the team. The heat increased in December when the Giants’ record dropped to 7-7 after losing against the lowly Washington Redskins, putting New York at serious risk of missing the playoffs for the third consecutive season.
However, Reese’s plan of eschewing glitzy, big-name free agents was the right move — unlike the Philadelphia Eagles‘ “dream team” (which, by the way, missed the playoffs). Reese was steadfast in never doubting his strategy, even as fans called for his firing.
