The Giants’ official statement on Brian Daboll’s firing contained a poison pill: Joe Schoen is staying on as the franchise’s GM.

The team quietly announced in the sixth paragraph of a story on Daboll’s firing that “Joe Schoen remains in his position as general manager and will lead the search for a new head coach.”

“We feel like Joe has assembled a good young nucleus of talent, and we look forward to its development,” co-owner John Mara said in a statement. “Unfortunately, the results over the past three years have not been what any of us want. We take full responsibility for those results and look forward to the kind of success our fans expect.”

Co-owner Steve Tisch added: “These are difficult decisions, and John and I do not take them lightly, but we feel like this is the right th

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