Giants Keeping Tom Coughlin

[jdlea]

That seems like a bad reason to keep a coach who seems like he is pretty much hated by his team. I've never heard as many players claim that their team was outcoached as often as the Giants have in the past couple of seasons, except for maybe when Bill Callahan was at the helm for the hapless Oakland Raiders.

I thoroughly expect that team to fall apart next season. No Tiki to keep defenses honest or even attempt to lead that team. Eli never looks he cares or even knows what's going on sometimes, Shockey and Burress are pricks and it seems like the only thing any of them have in common is a hatred for their coach. Next season could be an interesting one to watch for the Giants.

Meaning the Skins should at least finish third in the division!

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by jdlea

That seems like a bad reason to keep a coach who seems like he is pretty much hated by his team. I've never heard as many players claim that their team was outcoached as often as the Giants have in the past couple of seasons, except for maybe when Bill Callahan was at the helm for the hapless Oakland Raiders.

I thoroughly expect that team to fall apart next season. No Tiki to keep defenses honest or even attempt to lead that team. Eli never looks he cares or even knows what's going on sometimes, Shockey and Burress are pricks and it seems like the only thing any of them have in common is a hatred for their coach. Next season could be an interesting one to watch for the Giants.

Meaning the Skins should at least finish third in the division!

I heard that the players went to bat for the Giants to keep him. His winning record is better than Gibbs and the Tuna as returning coaches. I also remember a coach which got alot of flack from players called Marty which we only had for one year and look what he has done sense.

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by firstdown

I heard that the players went to bat for the Giants to keep him. His winning record is better than Gibbs and the Tuna as returning coaches. I also remember a coach which got alot of flack from players called Marty which we only had for one year and look what he has done sense.

good point, that team had a couple vet prima donnas, e.g. Bruce smith (love him, but his last few years here were all about his sack record), but he turned that season around & might've gotten em in the right direction if the danny had lived up to his end.
Funny, I said at the beginning of the year that the g-men reminded me of the 2000 Redskins. Though marty was here in 01, a lot of the same guys were on the team. Both those teams & the g-men have a lot of vets. I think it's harder for a disciplinarian coach to coach that tough style w/older players who've been around to see how other coaches do it.

[jdlea]

Originally Posted by firstdown

I heard that the players went to bat for the Giants to keep him. His winning record is better than Gibbs and the Tuna as returning coaches. I also remember a coach which got alot of flack from players called Marty which we only had for one year and look what he has done sense.

Hmmmmm...guess I'm wrong on that one then. I agree Marty has been very good since leaving and I didn't think getting rid of him was a good idea. However, I really don't like Tom Coughlin and wanted to see him fired so it may have been selective memory on my part. It still seems to me that Plax and Shockey don't like. That team is full of turmoil, I don't know that he has too much control of it. I know he's got a decent record, I just don't know how I would feel about him trying to lead this team for another season. You've got Plax and Shockey showing Eli up on the field, Strahan basically threatening reporters and Eli taking huge steps backwards, I just wouldn't have confidence in him if I were the GM/owner.