A new era started for the New York Giants on Wednesday when they officially introduced Joe Schoen, who was hired last Friday, as their general manager.
Schoen is the first general manager hired from outside the Giants family since the desperate franchise turned to George Young in 1979 after not making the playoffs since 1963. That worked out fairly well as the Giants won two Super Bowls and Young is now in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Succeeding GMs — Ernie Accorsi, Jerry Reese, Dave Gettleman — all had ties to Young or the Giants organization.