After the Wilkins brothers were fired, it set off a chain reaction inside the building. Martindale unloaded on Daboll in an expletive-filled rant and then stormed out.
Initially, it was reported that Martindale would resign, but he thought better of that. The Giants would control where he could work in 2024, so instead the two sides came to an agreement and “mutually parted ways.”
With two unhappy coordinators and two unhappy assistants gone, the problem was solved for the Giants, right?
- Offensive coordinator Mike Kafka, who has reportedly faced the brunt of Daboll’s eruptions, is also unhappy. And even if he doesn’t land any of the head coaching jobs he’s interviewed for, Raanan expects him to take his leave from East Rutherford as well.
Mike Kafka, the more I hear, the less likely it is — and I know he’s still there now — even if he doesn’t get a head coaching job, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Giants let him out and he ends up somewhere else anyway,” Raanan said. “He’s unhappy.”
Kafka’s displeasure is nothing new. Word has filtered out over the last several weeks that he’s less than enthused by the situation in East Rutherford.
“I had heard this weeks ago,” Raanan said. “At that point, I had heard it from multiple people. At this point, I’m hearing it from five, six, seven people.
“I had heard on multiple occasions that Kafka’s deal was that Brian Daboll was super suffocating. He was overly involved in the offense if that was possible — even though it’s his offense. But really, just in a way, undercutting, completely undercutting Kafka, who is the offense coordinator.”
Raanan added that one assistant coach, who didn’t come with Daboll from Buffalo and had no personal ties to Martindale, said the head coach repeatedly makes things personal.
That is not the first time a similar accusation has been made.
“I know of at least a handful of people on the coaching staff who weren’t happy or completely disliked Brian Daboll this year,” Raanan said. “That’s just not healthy.”
Despite all of the dysfunction, Giants ownership remains supportive of Daboll and hasn’t blamed him for any of the fallout
