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Pat Shurmur refused to repeat this big rookie coaching mistake

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Giants offensive coordinator Mike Shula, with Eli Manning at minicamp in April

The list is long, and detailed. Pat Shurmur was a first-time head coach when he got the job in Cleveland in 2011. He lasted two years with the Browns, winning a total of nine games for a franchise in flux, and left that experience knowing he would do many things differently if he got a second chance to be a head coach.

One of the lessons he learned: Do not be your own offensive coordinator.