New York Giants general manager George Young on Jan. 15, 1997. Credit: Newsday/Paul Bereswill
It was a remarkably long and successful run of stability, a time when the Giants flourished unlike any other, a time that seems far removed from the chaos now encircling the franchise.
For more than 35 years – an eternity in NFL terms – the team achieved sustainable success by using an organizational structure with the right people in the right roles that held up remarkably well and was football’s gold standard.
Out of the chaos of the late 1960’s and nearly all of the 1970’s emerged a reign of accomplishment rarely seen in pro sports.