Jon Feliciano, who was the New York Giants beginning middle final season, isn’t in any respect shocked by the breakup of his former head coach, Brian Daboll, and defensive coordinator Wink Martindale.
“I feel it was unlucky how that Wink and Dabes factor ended up,” Feliciano advised reporters this week, through the New York Publish.
Feliciano would be the beginning proper guard for the San Francisco 49ers on this Sunday’s Tremendous Bowl showdown in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. His time with the Giants was brief however he solid bonds with each males.
“I really like each of them as coaches. I imply, when you get to know Wink and when you get to know Dabes it might be magic or it may find yourself the way it ended up,” he stated.
The way it ended up was the fodder of many a media submit throughout the league. Martindale and Daboll had a last blowout after the Giants fired two of Martindale’s closest confidants and coaches — brothers Drew and Kevin Wilkens — prompting Martindale to storm out of the power and ultimately depart the Giants’ group.
“I feel they’re each robust personalities and as you’ve seen, Dabes can explode,” Feliciano added. “As a man that is aware of him, I do know what you’re gonna get, and it’s not like a private factor, it’s not something however Dabes needs to win actual, actual dangerous. Even in Buffalo, he has extra weight on his shoulders now that he’s the pinnacle coach. What did he do improper that’s messing up the second? And Wink is a robust dude. That’s most likely what occurred.”
On reflection, Feliciano — a Lengthy Island native — appears again on his time with the Giants favorably. He was an enormous a part of the primary Giants workforce to achieve the postseason in six years.
“To go along with them to a brand new spot the place there’s no expectations, they haven’t performed effectively in various years,” Feliciano stated. “Going there and being a pacesetter and serving to them flip it round, get into the playoffs, we had a playoff win, and doing it in New York it meant much more.”
