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general manager Dave Gettleman spoke for the first time publicly a pre s conference on Tuesday following the franchise's decision to fire head coach Pat Shurmur. Gettleman spoke about a variety of topics, but his stance on analytics drew the bulk of the attention."We've hired four computer folks, software, Evan Longoria Jersey " Gettleman said during his lengthy meeting with the media. "We're doing a lot of things behind the scenes. We have been ramping up the analytic and technology piece.""I know this may sound crazy, but I met recently with a big analytics guy," Gettleman added. "I'm going to learn from my mistakes."Needle s to say, Twitter had an absolute field day with Gettleman's analytics-based comments.If you didn't think Gettleman was for real, the Giants just put out this job posting for their analytics position Steven Ruiz (@theStevenRuiz) *John Mara enters the room*Mara: What ya workin' on, Dave?Gettleman: *typing on fake keyboard* oh y'know, analytics and technology stuff *waves Wii Remote* Michael Kist (@MichaelKistNFL) "Computer folks"This is the team that Dave Gettleman thinks the Giants hired for their analytics dept. Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) live look at dave gettlemans new analytics department xanny ainge (@seltzergang) Dave Gettleman of the says hes going to adapt to the modern league by hiring computer folks. Interpreted to mean they will be using analytics. More likely, they are just going paperle s Sethicus (@Sethicus3) Weve hired my grandson to run the Analytics Department. Hes a whiz on the Google. - Dave Gettleman TOM Starita (@TomStarita) Gettleman's major point was that he plans to use more analytics when making personnel decisions. The Giants general manager also defended several decisions that he made including signingto a lucrative contract extension then trading him just seven months later to the.The Giants also traded a third and fifth-round pick to thefor defensive tackle. Williams registered 34 tackles-for-lo s and 17.5 sacks in his first five NFL seasons, but he's set to become a free agent this winter. If Williams isn't re-signed by the Giants, it was a waste of draft a sets.Now the Giants will look to usher in a new era with Shurmur being let go. Like many teams, the Giants will spend the early portion of their offseason searching for their next head coach. Jeff Samardzija Jersey