There are three pieces of advice that Mike Holmgren offers Pat Shurmur.
1. Never, under any circumstances, give up play-calling responsibilities.
2. Don’t overreact to what the media says.
3. Smile.
Holmgren is in a unique position to offer those tips for Shurmur, and believes the Giants’ first-year head coach will follow those tips now that he has a second chance as a head coach. Holmgren saw firsthand how things went the first time for Shurmur (not well) and believes the situation will be much better.
A former Super Bowl winning coach himself, Holmgren hired Shurmur as the Browns’ head coach in 2011, when Holmgren was team president.