EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — When players arrive for training camp, it is customary for an N.F.L. coach to deliver a motivational message to his team. The typical themes of such speeches are perseverance, teamwork, toughness.
And lifelong virility. At least if Ben McAdoo is the coach.
This is what happens when the Giants — a storied and stoic franchise — hand the reins to one of the youngest coaches in the league.
That’s right: A new generation is taking over, forever changing the meaning of “pep talk.”
McAdoo, 40, who is entering his second year as the coach, regaled his charges with two dramatic readings on the first day of camp on Thursday.