Brian Daboll was fired as Head Coach of the New York Football Giants. As soon as they come, they’re even quicker to leave. 3.5 years. That’s what you get if you go 20-40-1. Where did Daboll even come from? Well. The Giants saw Brian turn Josh Allen into a star and wanted a little bit of that action. NY poached the former Bill’s OC and personnel man Joe Schoen from Buffalo in 2022. Now only Schoen remains in charge of the 2-8 G-Men. Daboll joins the infinite club of anonymous ex-coaches. Shall we check on his predecessors? Sure! You know the names…you…do…know the names, right?

- Ben McAdoo, 2016-2017 (13-15): : kicking off the turd list is McAdoo! Ben had the unenviable job is following Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning’s sunset did him no favors. McAdoo spent three years out of football before returning in 2020. He’s worked his way back to being a Sr. Defensive Assistant for the New England Patriots.

- Pat Shurmur, 2018-2019 (9-23): After two decades in the NFL, Shurmur’s spending his twilight as the OC of the Colorado Buffaloes. His Boss is Deion Sanders. But Boulder is great! And he’s working with the kids. Colorado is 3-7.

- Joe Judge, 2020-2021 (10-23): Like many teams, the Giants couldn’t resist hiring a Bill Belichick understudy. Did it work? It did not! Like 98% of teams, NY found out the hard way that Joe Judge is very much not Bill B (and none of their QB’s were Tom Brady). Judge is currently cutting teeth as the QB coach for the Ole Miss Runnin Rebs. Lane Kiffin has him on the up and up!

What’s the point of this? I don’t wish ill for Mr. Daboll, and he can wipe his tears with the buyout of his remaining contract. But the fall from the top comes fast and steep for the Big Man In Charge. And Mississippi is far, far away from the bright lights of NYC.

I have no new news on the NBA’s betting and poker rigging scandal. This isn’t even a news outlet. So if you’re looking for scoops, look elsewhere. The overlap of organized crime and the NBA is actually pretty damning and scary, but I’m not going to waste a federal indictment full of backroom dealings. The public nature of the case helps us walk through Mafia without watching a Scorsese flick.

Best Mob Name (in order):

- “Vezino Locks” aka Marves Fairley, who already had a great name.

- “Albanian Bruce” aka Osman Hoti, again, great name.

- “Pookie” aka Sophia Wei, always one Pookie in the crew.

- “Juice” aka Thomas Gelardo, fitting. Fitting in this line of work.

- “Flappy” aka Ammar Awawdeh, who was running most of this show.

Last Place: Curtis “Curt” Meeks. Do better.

Best Mob Hangout:

- 80 Washington Place, and it’s for sale. The ultra-luxe Manhattan townhouse is on the market for $22m so you know this wasn’t a small time operation. When I get plugged in to organized crime, I’m not hanging around a warehouse district. Meet me with the big fish at this classy joint!

Best Rigging Device:

X-ray glasses. Ok, not traditional X-ray vision, but rather glasses that exposed secret watermarks on the backs of each card dealt. Does Vegas know about this? Very cool to see X-ray technology getting the love it deserves in an AI world. Back to basics for the Gambinos.

It’s incredibly sad to see Chauncey Billups flush his legacy down the tubes with this scandal, but let’s not mix this up with something too serious. The Mob was using NBA players to steal from unsuspecting people who thought it’d be cool to play high-stakes poker with fairly unexciting ex-NBA players. There’s guilt from all angles ranging from downright illegal to guys who just aren’t that cool. So as Damon Jones rats on more people, and more details emerge, let’s just enjoy what the Feds uncover. Might find a new Italian restaurant worth trying.