Giants keeping Dave Gettleman could turn off interested coaching candidates

The job posting for Giants head coach should include this line: Must be willing to work with general manager Dave Gettleman.

Owners John Mara and Steve Tisch reaffirmed and doubled down on their commitment to Gettleman, whose two-year tenure has resulted in a predictable 9-23 record after he shipped off established vocal stars to build a younger culture at the cost of taking on dead salary-cap space and a less-talented roster.

But league sources told The Post that Gettleman’s retention could narrow the pool of candidates interested in the job to replace the fired Pat Shurmur. The way of the NFL is for more and more coaches to ask for input into personnel, and the Giants’ structure dictates that the general manager builds the roster and the coach coaches.

The 68-year-old Gettleman has been with the Giants since 1999 except for a four-year stint as a general manager of the Panthers (2014-17) and a season out of the NFL. He mocked analytics before the 2018 NFL Draft, which raised eyebrows in all circles of football.

Baylor coach Matt Rhule – a Giants assistant offensive line coach in 2012 – is the hot name to watch. A source told The Post he hoped to get an official interview (but didn’t) two years ago, when the Giants hired Shurmur from the list of six candidates, and Rhule only interviewed with the Colts that year.

The Giants instead interviewed Shurmur, Josh McDaniels, Matt Patricia, Steve Wilks, Steve Spagnuolo and Eric Studesville.

Rhule nearly was one of the finalists for the Jets vacancy last season, but he wanted full control over his coaching staff hires. The job went to Adam Gase, and general manager Mike MacCagnan was fired.

“Dave Gettleman is our general manager in 2020 and hopefully for many years after that,” Mara said in a statement. “We believe he is the right person to lead us going forward. Dave has a long record of success. We think he’s capable of putting a great team together and he’s going to get that opportunity. To the extent we need to make changes in personnel or the way we do things, we’re going to discuss that.”

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