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By Megan Armstrong
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The New York Giants hired John Harbaugh as their new head coach to raise the floor of a once prestigious franchise.
Harbaugh was wildly and, more importantly, consistently success as head coach of the Baltimore Ravens for 18 seasons, while the Giants have a mere two playoff appearances — and one playoff win — over the past 14 years.
Harbaugh was brought to New York to instill competence and excellence. He was not hired to be a hype man. If that weren't already clear, it is now.
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The Giants posted this video across their social media channels to promote their "Giants Life: The Offseason" series. The snippet shows Harbaugh giving a speech to start a team meeting, and while Harbaugh repeatedly screams about how excited he is to be looking at the New York Giants, his players stare back silently.
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Commenters were not kind to Harbaugh. Many people pointed out that Harbaugh sounds frighteningly similar to former U.S. President Joe Biden, a parallel that's been drawn for years, while others piled on with insults about how disconnected Harbaugh and his players seemed to be.
"Couldn't motivate me to go to sleep," a TikTok user named Jarvis wrote.
"Omg this team is dead," a TikTok user named Ray wrote.
The memes were out on X, too, as seen below.
Now, I would like to offer a defense of Harbaugh. Giants fans have yearned for an adult in the room, and they got one. We also don't know what time this meeting occurred. Maybe it was way too early in the morning to show emotion about anything. Maybe the Giants just aren't morning people.
At any rate, it doesn't matter. The Giants have been declared offseason winners before going on to stink profusely in the regular season plenty of times in recent years. Harbaugh and the team will be judged by what happens in September and beyond. If Harbaugh can lead the Giants to the playoffs, he'll be lauded as a wizard.
In the meantime, watch the full episode of "Giants Life" here.
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