Now, no matter whom the Giants eventually hire, the new coach will have been at least Young's third choice.

The bottom line is that the Giants will soon hire a coach and the search is going along fairly well.

The Giants will probably hire Fassel either late this week or, more likely, early next week.

That's just another reason why the Giants must hire a new coach.

He was out of baseball in 1987, working as an investment broker, but the Giants hired him in 1988.

The Giants hired Dan Reeves last year and three of the five jobs turned over this past off season.

The question is, who will the Giants hire in his place?

When the Giants hired him, he said, it reinforced his belief in himself.

If the Giants had hired Reeves, he probably would have created a winning Giant team, too.

The Giants couldn't hire Coughlin soon even if they wished.