Joe Decide had a tough two-year stretch as head coach of the New York Giants.
Shortly after the group completed the 2021 season with simply 4 wins, the Giants parted methods with Decide.
Though two NFL seasons have handed since Decide led the group, former Giants vast receiver Golden Tate nonetheless seems to harbor some resentment towards his outdated coach.
When a social media person posed a query to Tate about his stint in New York, the Tremendous Bowl winner used the chance to slam Decide.
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“What was it like playing for giants and commute to their facility,” somebody requested Tate on social media.
“My time with the Giants was interesting,” Tate mentioned in a video posted to X. The vast receiver, who has not appeared in an NFL recreation since 2020, defined a number of the challenges he confronted coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. However he additionally mocked Decide, calling him “one of the Patriots’ descendants.”
“My last year was during the COVID year, and that just sucked because we had to play about every single game with no fans in the stadium. So, it felt like a scrimmage. It sucked. And, on top of that, I had one of the Patriots’ descendants come on over, Joseph Judge, who thought he could remake the wheel by trying to do everything like Tom Brady and Bill Belichick, and it did not fly.”
Decide was one among a number of coaches who landed a head teaching job after working beneath Invoice Belichick in New England throughout the Patriots’ dynasty.
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Along with Decide, Matt Patricia, Josh McDaniels and Charlie Weis all largely struggled to attain a degree of success wherever close to what they turned accustomed to as soon as they departed Foxborough.
Tate solely spent one season with Decide. He arrived in East Rutherford in 2019, however Decide was not given the Giants’ head teaching job till the next 12 months.
On the time of his hiring, the Giants obtained some reward for what was described as a savvy resolution to pick a former particular groups coordinator as head coach, particularly contemplating the Baltimore Ravens have received a Tremendous Bowl beneath John Harabugh. Harbaugh spent a number of years as a particular groups coordinator on the school and NFL degree.
However Tate strongly advised the group handled some underlying points throughout Decide’s rocky tenure.
Tate completed the 2020 season with 388 receiving yards and two touchdowns in 12 video games. He had a extra productive season the 12 months earlier than Decide arrived, ending the 2019 marketing campaign with 676 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns.
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Decide joined the Ole Miss teaching employees as an analyst earlier this 12 months.
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