What better way to start my life as a sports blogger than this. It is my opening post, yet more importantly to the sports fan it is Pro Football Eve!!! That's right. Football is back and the 5 month holiday is "The Most wonderful Time of the Year", but only some of us will get presents. Santa Coughlin may be in the giving mood again. It is more likely however, that Giselle will lead the Patriot fans in a Marilyn Monroe inspired "Santa Bra-dy", asking for that "one thing, a ring".
Tom Coughlin
3 September 2008
13 June 2008
The Giants seeming unwillingness to enhance the existing deals of our controversial tight end and our mercurial number one receiver sheds light on the team's philosophy regarding positional importance. Take care of the linemen. Receivers and tight ends can come and go -- they are both wonderful players -- each offers unique talent for their position, but the position itself is the question. You know Coach Coughlin wants to run the ball. Does extending and enriching an injury-prone tight end like Shockey make financial sense when Boss and Michaels can do the same job for half the pay? What about Burress's knees and ankles and the general wear and tear of 9 seasons? He played great in that cold weather championship game in Green Bay, you've got to give him that. Both Shockey and Burress have nice size -- a luxury for a QB's vision, especially when he's just starting to adjust to the speed of the NFL game...but Eli's adjusted now so unless Shockey and Burress learn to stay healthy, well, we've see the Jerry Reese method of operation regarding oft-injured veterans.
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3 June 2008
Veteran presence on the defensive line. Notre Dame guy. Character guy. Durable. Not Strahan but insurance against his improbable retirement. You cannot have enough big people who know how to play! Coach Coughlin seems to be collecting some of his former Jags (Danny Clark, now Renaldo Wynn) as well as former Jag (their leading tackler last year) safety Sammy Knight.
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27 May 2008
Here are a few requests listed in order of importance for our World Champion Coach Tom Coughlin to consider:
1) Fing a way to stop the Philadelphia Eagles Donovan McNabb to Brian Westbrook connection. McNabb is far from finished.
1) Fing a way to stop the Philadelphia Eagles Donovan McNabb to Brian Westbrook connection. McNabb is far from finished.
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18 February 2008
l despite making
what I thought were some fatal offseason mistakes, such as keeping
coach Tom Coughlin and failing to upgrade the secondary enough (I love
Aaron Ross, but could not believe they didn't add anyone else), I will
what I thought were some fatal offseason mistakes, such as keeping
coach Tom Coughlin and failing to upgrade the secondary enough (I love
Aaron Ross, but could not believe they didn't add anyone else), I will
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31 January 2008
And after experimenting with all different combinations of that trio, Tom Coughlin has even devised a way to insert Ahmad Bradshaw into the running back rotation for some very productive carries. Jeremy Shockey goes out, enter Kevin Boss who is sure-handed, maybe not as dynamic a receiver, but is a better blocking tight end, which serves their run game.
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30 January 2008
During his first three years Tom Coughlin was known as a hard nosed, no nonsense disciplinarian whose stubborn coaching methods held him back from truly connecting with his players. This season, however, it is evident that Coughlin has become much more approachable, not just to his players, but to the media as well. In interviews Coughlin is much more animated than in past years, engaging reporters in conversation and sometimes even joking around And the players don't have to duck their heads anymore when they pass Coughlin in the weight room.
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