Issues are persevering with to get ugly between New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll and outgoing defensive coordinator Don “Wink” Martindale.
It has been a wild couple of days
for the Large Blue teaching employees, with the entire motion seemingly centered round Daboll and
Martindale.
On Monday morning, Daboll advised reporters that it was his “expectation” and “plan” to have the defensive coordinator again for the 2024 season. Throughout the identical information convention, it was additionally introduced that the group was firing a number of assistant coaches, together with exterior linebackers coach Drew Wilkins and his brother, defensive assistant Kevin Wilkins.
Martindale and the Wilkins brothers labored collectively on John Harbaugh’s employees with the Baltimore and are reportedly “close.”
Hours after Daboll mentioned that it was anticipated that Martindale can be retained, the latter reportedly resigned from his publish. Then on Tuesday morning, a number of experiences indicated that the coordinator hadn’t really submitted his resignation, the 2 sides were playing a “little cat and mouse recreation” and there was “no approach this going to be a easy course of.”
The 60-year-old Martindale remains to be below contract for another 12 months.
ESPN’s Jordan Raanan reposted this image of the previous Ravens defensive coordinator, which apparently signifies he is on his approach south.