Chris Mara spoke on behalf of Giants possession Tuesday after John Harbaugh’s introductory press convention, confirming Mara’s rise to a extra outstanding position and affect within the group as his brother, co-owner John Mara, battles most cancers.
“I’m just helping him anyway I can,” Chris Mara stated of how he has assisted John just lately. “He’s here every day pretty much. We talk all the time. No one has a better idea about the league than him. I’ve learned a lot from it, and I’ve kind of taken the reins when he’s not able to.”
It is a tough time for the Mara household.
John Mara attended Harbaugh’s press convention and fortunately sought a dialog with the gamers who attended, a bunch led by backup quarterback Jameis Winston and the inside offensive line. Co-owner Steve Tisch was there in individual, too.
However Chris Mara — whose official title is senior participant personnel govt/ board director — sat immediately in between John Mara and Steve Tisch, entrance and heart within the first row, and made clear he’s the voice of Giants possession right now.
Director of participant personnel Tim McDonnell sat within the third row. Treasurer Jonathan Tisch sat within the first row reverse his brother, Steve.
Chris Mara stated enjoying a much bigger position in the course of the courtship of Harbaugh “actually came pretty natural” to him and “was a great learning experience.” And he stated when the Baltimore Ravens fired Harbaugh, he was the one who took motion as soon as the Giants deliberated.
“We discussed it as a group, as an ownership and as an organization, and I decided that it was time to act on it,” Chris Mara stated. “And Friday night before the [Wild Card] playoff games started, I talked to John and Steve and said, ‘I’m driving to Baltimore tomorrow. I’m gonna talk to John.’”
Two-time Giants Tremendous Bowl successful head coach Tom Coughlin arrange the primary assembly between Chris Mara and Harbaugh on the coach’s home in Maryland.
Coughlin instructed Mara to “get your ass down there.” And the previous Giants coach stayed on Chris Mara’s case till the Giants finalized the contract.
“He yelled at me 15 times before it was done, and once we got it done he yelled at me again,” Chris Mara stated.
John Mara, Chris stated, was as excessive on Harbaugh as anybody. So Chris needed to land the coach for his brother and for the franchise.
“My emotions were, ‘Let’s get it done,’” he stated. “Because John [Mara], he was really high on Harbaugh. I knew that’s who he wanted.”
Chris Mara did say he thinks Harbaugh’s largest problem in New York in comparison with Baltimore can be coping with the media.
“I’m looking at all of them right now,” Chris Mara stated, pointing on the reporters surrounding him. “Two beat writers down there maybe. This is the challenging part, in my opinion.”
Luckily for Harbaugh, then, he has an ally in Chris Mara who’s getting into that Large Apple highlight with him.
