Why the hate towards Fassel?

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Let's consider the team that quit on Fassel. For years now the Giants roster has been full of prima donnas more interested in their celebrity and their egos (Tiki). Their locker room has always been on the verge of revolt.

Good point.. They were ready to revolt and run Coughlin out of town..

BTW, in Michael Strahan's book he tells the story of after Fassel told the team he was going to be fired and was still going to coach the rest of the season the team played it's heart out for him. He said things go one way or the other, either the team mails it in or they play hard out of respect for the coach. They chose the latter because of the respect they had for him.

In addition, at their last team meeting the players presented him with a video of the greatest moments in his coaching career there with personal thank yous/goodbye's on the video. At the end of the video there wasn't a dry eye in the house. That doesn't sound like a team that quit on him to me.