{"id":78748,"date":"2019-12-30T09:34:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T14:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=78748"},"modified":"2021-03-17T16:46:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T20:46:10","slug":"pat-shurmur-fired-new-york-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/12\/30\/pat-shurmur-fired-new-york-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Shurmur Fired by New York Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another losing season\u2014the third in a row for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/giants\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Giants<\/a>\u2014has concluded, and with it, the tenure of head coach<strong> Pat Shurmur<\/strong>. The organization announced the termination of the two-year employee\u2019s contract today.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Giants?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Giants<\/a> have fired coach Pat Shurmur, source says. It\u2019s over after two years.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1211648101456515074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>New York Giants Fire Pat Shurmur<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Hired to replace <strong>Ben McAdoo<\/strong> after he was dismissed in the winter of 2017, Shurmur came to New York after three years climbing the ranks with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/vikings\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a>, leading the Purple People Eaters to playoffs in his final year. Upon his hiring, owners <strong>John Mara<\/strong> and <strong>Steve Tisch<\/strong> released a joint statement that praised his history with developing young players\u2014a talent that was seemingly swept under the rug in Shurmur\u2019s rookie season with the Giants, excluding inspired play by <strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BarkSa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saquon Barkley<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This season, with the drafting of <strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/J\/JoneDa05.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Jones<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> and subsequent benching of<strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MannEl00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eli Manning<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>, Shurmur gifted himself an opportunity to strut his stuff. Described as a \u201cquarterback whisperer,\u201d Coach Shurmur has developed numerous young signal-callers to successful seasons, such as a young <strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BradSa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sam Bradford<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>, <strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/K\/KeenCa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Case Keenum<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>, and even <strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/F\/FoleNi00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Foles<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>, whom he coached as offensive coordinator with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/eagles\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> from 2013-2014, during the Super Bowl champion\u2019s first stint with the team. Such fruit went unseen in Jones\u2019 rookie year, despite a strong start. And while Jones has a proven ability to avoid sacks, Shurmur has succumbed to pressure. That 10-game losing streak sure didn\u2019t help, either.<\/p>\n<p>Shurmur has coached in the NFL since 1999, and has won seven division titles over his career in the big leagues. He now has five franchises under his belt, over the course of ten jobs. His employment with the Giants is his third in the role of head coach, after playing the role for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/browns\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cleveland Browns<\/a> in the 2011 and 2012 seasons and stepping in as interim head coach for the Eagles in 2015. His experiences with the Eagles, former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/rams\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Louis Rams<\/a>, Browns, and Vikings, have been in primarily offensive coordinator and offensive position coaching roles. Prior to his time in the NFL, he also worked at his alma mater Michigan State, where he played guard and linebacker positions, and Stanford.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"jXmsLV-YRLdBEnVXRvD_6Q\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1195659295\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'jXmsLV-YRLdBEnVXRvD_6Q',sig:'PTwrBnDtN9YpSdxGM9XNEN00KrPfacDmLkAXTRT6ktQ=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'1195659295',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pat Shurmur has been fired from the New York Giants after contributing two seasons of the team&#8217;s three-season losing streak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2420,"featured_media":78762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,8,2,34,26,20,21],"tags":[7300],"class_list":["post-78748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-browns","category-featured","category-rams","category-vikings","category-giants","category-eagles","tag-new-york-giants-news"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2420"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}