All Joe Schoen can do is watch now with his Giants roster makeover done
NY Post
The workload is endless and the task is singular: Make the team better.
There is nothing else that matters more for Joe Schoen, entering his third season as Giants general manager.
“I like the group,’’ Schoen said Wednesday after a practice in a late summer swelter, adding he believes the roster has improved in “several areas.’’ He did not offer specifics.
“Don’t want to go position by position,’’ he said. “You put together the best group you can, and you hope things go well.’’
These were the last public comments from Schoen until the bye, which is in Week 11, mid-November, meaning this was the unofficial handoff from the front office to Brian Daboll and the coaching staff.
It came as no surprise that HBO’s first offseason “Hard Knocks’’ featured Schoen in the lead role and Daboll in a much-smaller supporting role. The offseason is the domain of a general manager, and he is tasked with a prime directive: Give the head coach the best roster possible to get the job done.
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MIAMI — Mitchell Robinson said his minutes limit was “supposed to be about 18” after his encouraging season debut Friday night.
INDIANAPOLIS — So many of the questions directed his way at the NFL Scouting Combine prompted an almost bewildered — and amused and delighted — response from Howard Cross III.
DETROIT — Cade Cunningham broke out of a slump by scoring nine of his 15 points in the fourth quarter and the Detroit Pistons pulled away to beat the Brooklyn Nets 115-94 on Saturday night.
INDIANAPOLIS — Tyler Warren wears No. 44 because of an old Jet.
Of course this is not 2018, this deadline does not represent a sea change in philosophy resembling that one. But, just as seven years ago, the hierarchy — different general managers, same CEO — is not homing in at making a run at eighth place at the expense of acquiring future assets in exchange for expiring contracts.
TAMPA — It was all but certain even before Giancarlo Stanton left camp last Monday to tend to a personal matter, but now it is official: The Yankees DH will begin the season on the injured list.
Chris Kreider missed his third straight game with an upper-body injury Friday, when the Rangers lost to the Maple Leafs 3-2 in their fourth game back from the 4 Nations Face-Off break.
MEMPHIS — Mitchell Robinson’s long-awaited return was about as promising as the Knicks could’ve envisioned.
The time to string wins together is now, but the Rangers haven’t been able to do that since mid-November.
