'Highley Reviewed' is an ongoing series of NFT critical essays by NYC-based artist Mike Varley.
A Giant Step Backward: Searching for GM/HC Comparables Around the NFL
The decision to let Joe Schoen run the next coaching search was so frustrating to me that I found myself researching recent comparables around the league just to see what Giants ownership could possibly be thinking. With that said, here's a list of all the current GM/HC pairings distributed into categories that seemed relevant:All GM/HC Pairings in the NFL as of 2025GM/HC Same Year Hires A full 40% of the league is running under this system, and for good reason. It increases the likeliho...
A Giant Step Backward: Searching for GM/HC Comparables Around the NFL
The decision to let Joe Schoen run the next coaching search was so frustrating to me that I found myself researching recent comparables around the league just to see what Giants ownership could possibly be thinking. With that said, here's a list of all the current GM/HC pairings distributed into categories that seemed relevant:All GM/HC Pairings in the NFL as of 2025GM/HC Same Year Hires A full 40% of the league is running under this system, and for good reason. It increases the likeliho...
A Profile of Courage: Comparing the Bagels of NY and LA
(To hear an audio recording of this article, click the link of the corresponding NFT at the bottom of the page.) It was the occasion of Grant Gordon’s 40th birthday that brought me to LA for the second time in my life. A New York native like myself (Long Island to city pipeline), Grant left for the West Coast nearly a decade ago in search of women, work and weather, and in time would find all three: his dynamic musician-wife Ash Gordon; a career in commercials becoming his parents for Progres...
A Profile of Courage: Comparing the Bagels of NY and LA
(To hear an audio recording of this article, click the link of the corresponding NFT at the bottom of the page.) It was the occasion of Grant Gordon’s 40th birthday that brought me to LA for the second time in my life. A New York native like myself (Long Island to city pipeline), Grant left for the West Coast nearly a decade ago in search of women, work and weather, and in time would find all three: his dynamic musician-wife Ash Gordon; a career in commercials becoming his parents for Progres...
Top Gun: Maverick & The Age of Apex Hollywood
(Val Kilmer as Blitmap #16 Vanilla, Tom Cruise as Blitmap #82 BoysDoCry)(To hear an audio recording of this article, click the link of the corresponding NFT at the bottom of the page.) I didn’t get to theaters to see Top Gun: Maverick until week six of its opening run. By that point, the film had already eclipsed one billion dollars at the box office, including the first ever $100 million dollar opening weekend for star and super-producer Tom Cruise - a fact that gets more astonishing the lon...
Top Gun: Maverick & The Age of Apex Hollywood
(Val Kilmer as Blitmap #16 Vanilla, Tom Cruise as Blitmap #82 BoysDoCry)(To hear an audio recording of this article, click the link of the corresponding NFT at the bottom of the page.) I didn’t get to theaters to see Top Gun: Maverick until week six of its opening run. By that point, the film had already eclipsed one billion dollars at the box office, including the first ever $100 million dollar opening weekend for star and super-producer Tom Cruise - a fact that gets more astonishing the lon...
