There is a helpful lesson from Seattle’s ascension under head coach Mike Macdonald, however, that could be a good sign for the Giants’ future: Macdonald, a branch of John Harbaugh’s Baltimore Ravens coaching tree, convinced his players that they would be able to celebrate their individual journeys at the end if they worked to get to the mountaintop together.
The Seahawks set a culture: Once they accomplished something as a team, they could enjoy the personal journey, reflect on how it completed the whole. Macdonald, the Harbaugh disciple, got them to buy in.