Working beneath the surface of a rejuvenated New York Giants franchise are the hidden figures pulling the strings required to bring about a culture change at any NFL team.
As head coach Brian Daboll schemes and sculpts his way to on-field success and general manager Joe Schoen sources the personnel to ensure long-term sustainability, their respective wives Beth and Marie are mapping out their own version of Xs and Os with a view to creating the idealistic Big Blue product.
Between them they have willingly assumed an unwritten, unofficial but perhaps necessary task of translating the environment their husbands are striving to install between the lines into life behind the scenes.
The pair arrived in New York just weeks apart last offseason when Schoen and Daboll were plucked from the Buffalo Bills to spearhead a new Giants era, since which Beth Daboll and Marie Schoen have sought to complement a playoff charge with the harmony and unity that can be hard to come by for the support networks of those chasing the ultimate goal on television every Sunday afternoon.
“It’s been our first rodeo as wives in these roles and I would assume it would be difficult to do this with somebody you don’t know,” Daboll told the Her Huddle podcast. “We are building things from the ground up, especially post-Covid, that haven’t been in place in previous years – no fault to anybody other than there was no ability to do it because of health restrictions – but bringing back community service projects, volunteering, bible studies, things to the significant others in this facility to make us feel more like a family.
“Everyone is involved, everybody in the building is important, and for their significant others support is important. It comes from every aspect of the building, from kitchen staff to people who are keeping locker rooms clean and everything functioning at a high professional sports level.
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