NY Giants news, 5/11: A Mother’s Day story, Jermaine Eluemunor, more

Skeptics questioned Jalin Hyatt’s technical abilities coming out of a gimmicky Tennessee offense. Believers claimed his breathtaking athleticism would ultimately win out. Through three seasons, it appears the doubters had a point. Hyatt has struggled to get on the field consistently and still hasn’t scored an NFL touchdown despite already entering his contract year. The New York Giants have a new coaching staff and decision-maker, drafted Malachi Fields, and even signed Darnell Mooney. Hyatt has probably worn out his welcome.

Giants got good draft value

Jermaine comes up big for moms

Jackie Harbaugh tells The Post why son John is as ‘motivated as he’s ever been’ to resurrect Giants | New York Post

Here are two quotes from a wonderful interview by Steve Serby:

Q: Why has John been successful?

A: Life is about a lot of situations and a lot of different relationships along the way, and a lot of ups and downs, so they grew up seeing all that. And kids take in more when they’re even toddlers than you think they do. But they remember things and they see how things are done and they see how people treat one another. John was almost like a sponge in that respect. He kept absorbing all this along the way, and life is a one-day-at-a-time proposition no matter what comes up in your life, and I think he has shown as an adult that that’s how he has handled his life in a sense. … He and Jim on that journey are different because Jim ends up getting a full scholarship to college [Michigan], and John had a partial at Miami of Ohio, and he worked really hard at that, and Jim worked really hard at his, and Jim ends up playing in the NFL all those years and John was coaching all those years at different levels. … And all the time he was making a plan. Everybody has dreams or they set goals. Sometimes you do reach those, and sometimes you don’t, and sometimes there’s a roadblock or a stumble-block. But he has always handled that by moving on. He had a plan for if he ever became a head coach. By the time he got to the Ravens, he had a plan ready for how to start that whole program. And also I think when it ended after 18 years, he had put his whole heart and soul into the job, and bringing it to fruition. … Also, he’s a very thoughtful person. He thinks things out and through. He’s very nice to people. You always get to know the people in your building when you first come in, from the top to the bottom, from the bottom to the top, whatever they do. Everybody has a role in this organization, and if you’re the leader of the football team, you’re still, in a sense, including the people who work in the media, the people who work in the kitchen, the people who do all those things for the players, and treat them with respect and fairness. And always treat your players fairly. He has grown up with all that kind of thing.

Q: What do you think his mindset is as he takes on this new job in New York after 18 years in Baltimore? How motivated do you think he’ll be?

A: As motivated as he’s ever been with every job he’s taken. I believe he’s always said, “I’m all in. I promise that we will do the very best that we can.” That’s another thing that I think that we’ve all learned growing up, I go all the way back to my grandparents. It’s a philosophy that you do the very best that you can with what you have at any point in your life. And that means that you have to do things one day at a time. And also, I think it means that you should be grateful for what you have at any given time in your life. You should be grateful for the opportunities that you have. It’s funny, because the other day I came across this old saying by Cicero that said, “To be grateful is the greatest virtue of all because all the other virtues come from gratefulness.” And I just think that that’s something that we take so much for granted every day of our lives, and I think that I see in John and Jim and Joani, that they are grateful, and they don’t go around bragging about what they do behind the scenes or what generosities they have unknowingly given throughout their adult years to many groups or organizations or people. I think they all have a sense of humbleness in their lives and I think, as John said once, “People really don’t know Jim.” Because they always want to put some kind of moniker on him, you know?

Jets, Giants both filled with renewed hope from within — and the season can’t start soon enough | New York Post

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