Jon Feliciano, who was the New York Giants beginning heart final season, isn’t in any respect shocked by the breakup of his former head coach, Brian Daboll, and defensive coordinator Wink Martindale.
“I believe it was unlucky how that Wink and Dabes factor ended up,” Feliciano instructed reporters this week, by way of the New York Put up.
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 quick 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 could possibly 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 put up throughout the league. Martindale and Daboll had a closing 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 ability and ultimately go away the Giants’ group.
“I believe they’re each sturdy 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 top coach. What did he do unsuitable that’s messing up the second? And Wink is a robust dude. That’s in all probability what occurred.”
Looking back, Feliciano — a Lengthy Island native — appears again on his time with the Giants favorably. He was an enormous a part of the primary Giants group to succeed in 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 a lot of 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.”