Dave Gettlemen said the Giants are embracing analytics and have hired "four computer folks." Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
The Giants head into the new decade trying to catch up to the previous one, sprinting to embrace analytics and data under the guidance of a soon-to-be 69-year-old general manager who once publicly mocked the concept and on Tuesday bragged about having hired “four computer folks.”
It’s a spin on the cliché: They are trying to learn new tricks FROM the old dog.
As part of his 30-minute public flogging on Tuesday – a.k.a. his end of the season press conference – Dave Gettleman was grilled about everything from keeping Eli Manning around for what amounted to a two-game tether to the in-season trade for free-agent-to-be Leonard Williams to his decision to have not spoken publicly since the start of training camp in July.