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The Giants put a merciful end to the hapless Pat Shurmur era in New York Monday ending a tenure that saw the G-Men go 9-23 over the stretch.

Shurmur seemed to have known the writing was on the wall to in the postgame as he definitely had that deadman walking vibe.

ESPN:

โ€œThis is a โ€˜winsโ€™ business โ€” I get it, I get it,โ€ Shurmur said after Sundayโ€™s 34-17 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. โ€œWeโ€™ve been talking about [my job] for, I think, about six weeks. Youโ€™ve been asking me the same questions for six weeks. So, I donโ€™t know if Iโ€™m getting good at answering them, but Iโ€™m answering them a lot. But, thatโ€™s the reality of this business. When you donโ€™t win, thatโ€™s the line of questioning. Listen, I get that, I get that.โ€

The hire was sketch to begin with.

Aside from the decent I guess you could say success Shurmur had