Tom Coughlin: 'The Adult Among The Children'
by Ed Valentine on Feb 8, 2012 1:10 PM EST
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I love this piece on New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin that SB Nation New York columnist Jeff Freier put together this morning. Without ruining your desire to read the entire piece, here is a small part:
Coughlin also supposedly can't relate to today's athlete, as he's stuck in some kind of Vince Lombardi throwback time machine. He might as well be wearing a fedora and overcoat on the sidelines. The Giant coach can be hard to understand or he's misunderstood, whichever way you want to look at it, and players around the NFL have stated they don't want to play for the old curmudgeon. But Coughlin has a team-first, organization-first, do-your-job-and-be-on-time philosophy that is all about winning. Nothing else. While that may be tough to take for the modern player, who is used to calling the shots and doing what he pleases, as his entourage and agent whisper in his ear, it can work. ... Sure, the Giant coach may have become a little more flexible over the years and just a tiny bit warmer and fuzzier, establishing a leadership council and even telling his players he loved them the night before the second Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots, but he's the adult among children, and most times the adult knows best.
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FACT
New York Giants 2011 Super Bowl Champions = FACT
The NFL will now FEAR THE LOWERCASE ny
by The Always Well Dressed... on Feb 8, 2012 1:35 PM EST up reply actions
Under advisement
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 1:53 PM EST up reply actions
This
New York Giants 2011 Super Bowl Champions = FACT
The NFL will now FEAR THE LOWERCASE ny
by The Always Well Dressed... on Feb 8, 2012 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
His style may piss people off, but discipline is important
Look at the loose ships in Florham Park or down the Turnpike, how’d that work out?
Our whole situation is just perfect. Owners, front office, coaches and players.
Talk about all stars are in alignment.
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
Excellent piece.
Elwood: It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it.
Great article
I love me some Coach Clawfin!
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin.
Trel loves him some Clawfin too
Eli is our King!
Says so himself
Life is organic not static
Eli is our King!
I think the whole TC's way cant work for the modern player is pure BS and i always have.
I have one question, when is the last time the cool coach approach won anyone a SB?? and please dont point to Mike Tomlin because he is young but his coaching style is on par with TC’s.
I cant remember a “cool coach” winning anything to be honest, his way is really the only way ESPECIALLY with the modern player, i mean we have a cool coach who rents the green side of Met life right now and where has his approach gotten him?
TC is what the modern player needs, may not be what they want but it works.
People need to realize TC didnt change his ways drastically, his players did.
Peyton May Have The Wins!!
But Eli Will Have The Rings!!!
Skydiving?Forgot your parachute? TUCK AND ROLLE! On fire? TUCK AND ROLLE Got shot? TUCK AND ROLLE Lost your car keys? TUCK AND ROLLE Failed that history test? TUCK AND ROLLE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SuCwrZrNQM&feature=related
Who cares if he's old-school?
Especially since he’s a proven winner. (twice!)
"The Giants goal is to win more championships than the Jets have curtains." - Raptor22
by jcheng on Feb 8, 2012 1:39 PM EST via mobile reply actions
love the avatar pic you have
Cruz photo bombing is the best part, lol
New York Giants 2011 Super Bowl Champions = FACT
The NFL will now FEAR THE LOWERCASE ny
by The Always Well Dressed... on Feb 8, 2012 2:45 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks - me too.
Besides, the fact that Rogers was called out as a “notorious photobomber” on Fox before the game at Lambeau made me like it even more.
"The Giants goal is to win more championships than the Jets have curtains." - Raptor22
I thought he did "I am not a crook" a few times at the podium
Last night, a comedian died in New York. Somebody knows why. Somebody knows
He does talk to Presidents.
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 1:53 PM EST up reply actions
Photoshop
I think it would be fairly easy for someone to Phototshop a pope-hat onto that picture and change the background to the Vatican.
Like this?
"The Giants goal is to win more championships than the Jets have curtains." - Raptor22
by jcheng on Feb 8, 2012 3:26 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
lol
rec’d
New York Giants 2011 Super Bowl Champions = FACT
The NFL will now FEAR THE LOWERCASE ny
by The Always Well Dressed... on Feb 8, 2012 3:50 PM EST up reply actions
Tosseth the holy handgranaid
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 3:52 PM EST up reply actions
The Holy Hand Grenade of Lambeau:
And the Lord spake, saying, “First shalt thou take out the Dirty Birds. Then shalt thou count to three in Green Bay, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Lambeau towards thy wide receiver, who, being wholly in my sight, shall catch it.”
“And Saint Attila raised the Hand Grenade of Lambeau up on high, saying, ’O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst bounce off thine enemies knees in San Francisco, in thy mercy.” And the Lord did grin.
And the people in Indianapolis did feast upon the lambs and sloths, and carp and anchovies, and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit-bats and large chu…
"The Giants goal is to win more championships than the Jets have curtains." - Raptor22
by jcheng on Feb 8, 2012 3:59 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Oh so very nice..Rec'd
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 4:29 PM EST up reply actions
we need more of this story !!!
i got a ring! he got a ring !
Eli Manning Best Qb in the Game Today!
on Flava Flav"He wears a clock around his neck of course Coughlin would like him." no qb has 15 td’s in the forth quarter in one season …Except eli
no qb has 7 road playoffs wins ….Except Eli
no qb has won 2 sb’s in nyc where pressure kills …Except Eli
See the movie....
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 4:44 PM EST up reply actions
"We are the knights who say... ny!"
"The Giants goal is to win more championships than the Jets have curtains." - Raptor22
Fetch me a.....Shrubbery!!!!!!
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 4:51 PM EST up reply actions
Thomas 3:16 awesome..
can we add a feew earlier verses where he duels the spewing tyrant a sore head Rex and cuts off all his limbs as the fat limbless bloviator cries out “lets call it a draw”..
by njnygiantsfan on Feb 8, 2012 6:03 PM EST up reply actions
One day, lads... all this will be yours!
I’ve built this team up from nothing. When I started here, all there was was swamp. All the Ryans and the Barbers said I was daft to build a team in a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show ’em.
It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up.
An’ that’s what your gonna get, lads — the strongest team in this here league…
Now listen lads, in twenty minutes you’re playing a game in a stadium whose quarterback owns the biggest tracts of open land in the NFL. So look, you’re playin’ Princess Lucky, so you’d better get used to the idea…
And so, Eli and Hakeem and Sir Mario set out on their search to find the trophy of whom the old man had spoken in Scene 24. Beyond the end zone, they met Victor and Ahmad, and there was much rejoicing.
… In the frozen land of Nador they were forced to sack Belichek’s minstrels. And there was much rejoicing.
… A minute passed. Winter changed into Spring. Spring changed into Summer. Summer changed back into Winter. And Winter gave Spring and Summer a miss and went straight on into Autumn. Until one Hail Mary fell incomplete on the turf…
And there was much rejoicing.
"The Giants goal is to win more championships than the Jets have curtains." - Raptor22
"adult among children"
I highly doubt that accurately describes the relationship Coughlin has with the players. The players are not children, they are grown men, and if Coughlin did not treat them like grown men they would not respect him.
Go Giants!
Arguing on the internet is like running in the Special Olympics. Even if you win, you're still retarded.
true but
the modern athlete has been pampered and catered to throughout his life. prima donnas at the skill positions are commonplace.
your point is taken, but it’s a bit of hyperbole by the author for the sake of making a point. if you don’t run a tight ship, the lunatics run the asylum and the result is . . . the Jets.
Rolle said
He at first thought TC was trying to tell them how to be men, and he felt insulted by that.
Then during the year he realized TC was pushing them to be better men. And that worked for him.
Now everyone will say Eli is in Bradys class. F*ck me
by PatNation85 on Nov 6, 2011 4:31 PM PST
Old School
I think it is a mistake to portray TC as “Old School”. He does not do the things he does because they are old school, he does them because he believes they will create a better “team”. He knows they create stress for the individual but he also knows that if the individual willingly joins the idea, Team will come that much faster. Its Teams that win in the NFL, not individuals so TC preaches that every day, every moment. The 2011 Giants are an example of what a Team can do.
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
I think its fair to call that approach Old School
Because there is a direct contrast in which some of the new school coaches do things.
Old school is not a bad thing, especially in the New NFL.
Peyton May Have The Wins!!
But Eli Will Have The Rings!!!
Skydiving?Forgot your parachute? TUCK AND ROLLE! On fire? TUCK AND ROLLE Got shot? TUCK AND ROLLE Lost your car keys? TUCK AND ROLLE Failed that history test? TUCK AND ROLLE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SuCwrZrNQM&feature=related
"old school"
would solve a lot of problems outside the NFL as well.
You got a fucking dart in your neck
What that’s crazy… your crazy man
Die hard Giants fan since wide Right! I was 6...
I'm down wit JPP
Yea you know me
Win Ugly.
-Eli Manning for MVP
he also uses text messaging, in spite of the "typewriter" comment in the piece
Now everyone will say Eli is in Bradys class. F*ck me
by PatNation85 on Nov 6, 2011 4:31 PM PST
Old School Coughlin
You’re my boy Blue!
I'm in a ny football state of mind!
Cruz control is set at 80 in Indy on Feb 5th
by OHGIANTSMAN on Feb 8, 2012 5:00 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
he's loyal and stubborn....almost to a fault
but that’s also what makes him successful.
you take the good with the bad and when the good far out weighs the bad, I find it pretty asinine that a select few just harp on the bad, and try to discredit what this man has done in his career.
I think it’s common knowledge that i’m a critical asshole and have little patience when it comes to the coaching staff, but even I never wanted to see TC go.
Fire Fewell
And through all the talk this season, you know who is next in line for the Giants HC job due to their great relationship??
PERRY F’N FEWELL……I didnt know him and Reese were that close, La Canfora said he was always the next candidate up for the job if TC left.
Of course Perry will be back next year, but im sure some team will hire him after the playoffs next season. That would be too good to be true if he became our HC……… of course im probably on this ship alone when it comes to Perry but i think he has superior intellect when it comes to coaching.
Peyton May Have The Wins!!
But Eli Will Have The Rings!!!
Skydiving?Forgot your parachute? TUCK AND ROLLE! On fire? TUCK AND ROLLE Got shot? TUCK AND ROLLE Lost your car keys? TUCK AND ROLLE Failed that history test? TUCK AND ROLLE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SuCwrZrNQM&feature=related
And i do mean down the line....... cause im all about some TC as long as he is up to it.
Peyton May Have The Wins!!
But Eli Will Have The Rings!!!
Skydiving?Forgot your parachute? TUCK AND ROLLE! On fire? TUCK AND ROLLE Got shot? TUCK AND ROLLE Lost your car keys? TUCK AND ROLLE Failed that history test? TUCK AND ROLLE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SuCwrZrNQM&feature=related
fwiw, there were some guys in Buffalo who thought he was a better HC than DC
though it will be very hard for me to move on from the TC era when the time comes.
He’s one of a kind.
Now everyone will say Eli is in Bradys class. F*ck me
by PatNation85 on Nov 6, 2011 4:31 PM PST
i'm just curious...
considering you are a huge fan and straunch supporter of both Rolle and Fewell.
what was going through your head when you heard that Rolle wanted out due to Fewell’s scheme?
Fire Fewell
Great article
Sometime the old-fashioned way is the best.So much for the players’ coach bullcrap.If I were playing,I’d love to play for coach Coughlin,because he is a WINNER and holds people accountable.Bravo TC and thankx for a great ride.
i freely admit....
even though i liked him as a coach, and thought he fit the organization to a T, after the second Skins game, believing the team had the talent to do what they showed they could do, and yet seeing them come out and just be flat (especially at home) against inferior opponents (Skins, Eagles, Seahawks), i had reluctantly concluded that for some reason, with these players, he could not coax them to play to their potential and that a change should be considered. I am soooooo happy to have been wrong.
When we were sitting at 7-7 after just getting beat by Washington I was
Furious with Tom. I was at my wits end with the collapses. I was ready to call for his head if we didn’t win out. That being said I’m a FN Idiot.
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin.
there's more of us out there than may now be admitting it!
let’s not forget the oft-cited (prior to six weeks ago) post-October record. No matter what you thought of him as a coach, and i did believe he was good, the numbers were the numbers.
I’m also an idiot, though….at least sometimes :)
TC...he's the kind of coach you could set your watch to
by Step up and make big plays on Feb 8, 2012 2:22 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Rec'd
New York Giants 2011 Super Bowl Champions = FACT
The NFL will now FEAR THE LOWERCASE ny
by The Always Well Dressed... on Feb 8, 2012 2:43 PM EST up reply actions
Just don't let TC use the escalator alone
He is a stairs man
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LMFAO
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin.
Fester
Can we get one last swagger alert to close out the 2011-2012 Giant Season?
New York Giants 2011 Super Bowl Champions = FACT
The NFL will now FEAR THE LOWERCASE ny
by The Always Well Dressed... on Feb 8, 2012 2:43 PM EST up reply actions
The final one was done on the SB Sunday thread
It was my superstition that I had to post it every day until we won the SB. Now that that has been achieved, I will not tempt the football gods until the next playoff run….But I do give you this…
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 2:46 PM EST up reply actions
sorry I did not read anything you said
I was busy watching something, lol
New York Giants 2011 Super Bowl Champions = FACT
The NFL will now FEAR THE LOWERCASE ny
by The Always Well Dressed... on Feb 8, 2012 2:56 PM EST up reply actions
You can find the last Swaggar Time
here
and the post game celebration gifspolsion
here
You will know it when you see it.
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 3:03 PM EST up reply actions
Damn
Swagger
http://www.bigblueview.com/2012/2/5/2773330/dont-forget-to-stop-by-sb-nation-new-york
gifsplosion
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 3:04 PM EST up reply actions
If anyone cares...
I found the youtube promo clip for the woman-in-the-red-dress gif
(apparently it’s a Czech movie…)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qR_94Jmg4A
"The Giants goal is to win more championships than the Jets have curtains." - Raptor22
You, my friend, have gone over and above
How you found this I will never know….
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 5:20 PM EST up reply actions
What About
the bootylicious lingerie model that walks on stage…? Dag.
by Pink Flamingo on Feb 8, 2012 5:24 PM EST up reply actions
Ask and you shall receive...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duWLjg-wvCc
"The Giants goal is to win more championships than the Jets have curtains." - Raptor22
These dumb women get getting in front of that big screen. grrrrrr
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
Hail JCheng
Forever in your debt amigo.
by Pink Flamingo on Feb 8, 2012 6:23 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah
Read the notes in the video.
Camila and Mariana Davalos – there are 2 of her.
by Pink Flamingo on Feb 8, 2012 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
Ah, I must admit, I wasn't looking at the "notes"... ;)
"The Giants goal is to win more championships than the Jets have curtains." - Raptor22
Hey - even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now-and-then...
"The Giants goal is to win more championships than the Jets have curtains." - Raptor22
Man!
You are a master. Hat tip and a bow to you, sir.
by Pink Flamingo on Feb 8, 2012 6:18 PM EST up reply actions
So nice she had to shake it twice
Blue is the color of melancholy and honesty
Green is the color of inexperience, envy and nausea.
When did you schedule her to come over here and help me clean?!?!
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
When you go to the Grocery store.
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 4:27 PM EST up reply actions
Hahahahahahaha!!!....
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
This is not funny. i hope the guy is ok
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
yeah I had the same reaction
Now everyone will say Eli is in Bradys class. F*ck me
by PatNation85 on Nov 6, 2011 4:31 PM PST
OT
does this mean Ballard wont be available to start the season?
Nets Mets Giants All day Every day.
Beware the Lopez
NY Giants Tribute
I doubt it
I would go as far as to say no.
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin.
No
This takes 8-10 months to heal and then he needs to get into shape.
We had a previous thread on this elsewhere. Some think he will be IR, some PUP, a few thought he would not be on the roster.
I think most likely PUP, maybe IR. Depends on who we draft/FA.
All the Giants should play like Mark Bavaro.
TQ, DD and KMac Must Go!
TC, PF, KG, will stay but should go for the long term good.
It is equally worthless when people are always optimistic or always pessimistic. Either way I take their opinion with a pound of salt because I know they only have one setting. I post my own thoughts, not what either side wants to read.
by UnknownJintsFan on Feb 8, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
i also find it hysterical that there are so many fan posts around here
mocking people who didn’t support every single tiny aspect of this steam.
but when you have a player like Rolle throw TC, PF, and his teammates under the bus no one sees it that way anymore.
suddenly it’s “yeah, but AR cares about this team….his heart is in the right place”
human beings are pretty funny that way i guess.
Fire Fewell
The Homers.
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 2:35 PM EST up reply actions
There wer plenty and I meen plenty of guys on this site calling for TC head
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin.
that's my point
but the fact is, they’re allowed.
the same people that mock those people are the same people blinding defeding Rolle.
it’s like somehow ok when a player says something ciritcal b/c “his hearts in the right place” but when a fan says it, it’s not ok b/c he’s a “cliff jumping lemming who is a fake fan”
Fire Fewell
Lemmings
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 2:48 PM EST up reply actions
Not me..I was too busy going to the head...
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
I have to say
Some of the stuff I’ve read here since the playoff run started has been a little irritating. To say that TC, Fewell and company have earned the right to keep their jobs is fine, because its obviously true (and its also good news, all around). A lot of times though, the tone of the message being delivered is “Well, I bet the people who were saying they ought to go if they miss the playoffs again sure feel stupid now”.
I guess I just don’t see things that way. If they had blown one more game (or if Dallas hadn’t), and missed the playoffs, I would bet that at the very least Fewell would have been gone. Probably TC, too, and it would have been justified.
That didn’t happen though, which is great. I’m happy for TC and I’m glad he’ll be staying. I guess I find some of the more “aggressive TC defense” commentary to be a little obnoxious. I criticised the things that I thought sucked. The RB situation is a disaster, it sucks. Guess that preseason Jet game wasn’t a fluke… having to wait over a year to see Cruz in a real game sucked. Benching JWill after the Buffalo game sucked. Starting the year with not one but two guards on the bench who are better than your starting LG while the running game goes nowhere sucks. Each week picking a new DB to single out for sucking, while they clearly don’t have any idea what they are supposed to be doing, sucks. Weatherford is awesome. Outside him special teams sucks AND blows, and has for a long time.
I stand by all those criticisms, and I’ll defend any of them. Using the fact that the team fixed their issues and won down the stretch to bludgeon other fans with the “told ’ya so” routine is beyond ridiculous. No, you didn’t. Nobody saw this coming which is part of what makes it so awesome. All I remember hearing is how the players are terrible and it didn’t matter who the coaches were. Considering the fact that those same players just ran a murder’s row of football teams, lets stop pretending one set of criticisms are / were any more incorrect than any other.
by Oppenheimer919 on Feb 8, 2012 4:35 PM EST up reply actions
It did indeed suck
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 4:39 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Thus guy is sitting all this time not breathing and look at his cheeks all puffed with his breath lmao
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
I criticize to a fault
The second guessing for NFL fans is part of the experience.
Once you learn what is going on with the team, you then start to form your own thoughts as to what could be done to fix the apparent problems. And since they only play once a week, that leaves us all 6 days to tear apart the percieved problems.
I will always yell and shout at this team when it screws up, yeah I was that guy bitching when Bradshaw scored the game winner, because when you see the level that this team could reach when it gets it’s collective head out of it’s ass, it’s simply infuriating to watch them acheive anything less than their best.
The list of those I put on blast this year, is probably a little shorter than usual, because i felt like they were doing all they could to cope with the injury hand that they were dealt, but I doubt if there is a player on the team or a coach on the staff that I didn’t verbally berrate thoughout the year. And I love them all. And will continue to point out idiocies as I see them from this point on.
You down wit JPP?
I got 99 problems but a Vick ain't one!
Well some guys just can't be critical or say they made a mistake
That’s on them we are all fans in the end
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin.
Btw
is anyone else having the problem that they can only see the recommended fanposts
rather than usual recommened and recent ones?
Nets Mets Giants All day Every day.
Beware the Lopez
NY Giants Tribute
BBV tore its ACL
New York Giants 2011 Super Bowl Champions = FACT
The NFL will now FEAR THE LOWERCASE ny
by The Always Well Dressed... on Feb 8, 2012 3:13 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah it did...I have prescribed myself beer...that'll fix it...
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
The explains what is going on in IT
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
Noted
and it is on the internet
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 7:38 PM EST up reply actions
it's all the SBNation sites
Now everyone will say Eli is in Bradys class. F*ck me
by PatNation85 on Nov 6, 2011 4:31 PM PST
its on all sbnation sites
i think bbv celebration broke sbnation
Nets Mets Giants All day Every day.
Beware the Lopez
NY Giants Tribute
Too much Swaggar Time!
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 3:17 PM EST up reply actions
yeap
I had to click the fanpost tab to see them.
New York Giants 2011 Super Bowl Champions = FACT
The NFL will now FEAR THE LOWERCASE ny
by The Always Well Dressed... on Feb 8, 2012 3:13 PM EST up reply actions
Is anyone else having problems posting today?
Sometimes I hit post, the app hangs, I hit preview and then post and it posts.
Overall the performance of the site today gets an F-.
All the Giants should play like Mark Bavaro.
TQ, DD and KMac Must Go!
TC, PF, KG, will stay but should go for the long term good.
It is equally worthless when people are always optimistic or always pessimistic. Either way I take their opinion with a pound of salt because I know they only have one setting. I post my own thoughts, not what either side wants to read.
Or a Wet Willie
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 3:41 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah I have had problems since this morning...
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
Only since this morning?
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 4:25 PM EST up reply actions
Hahaha!!!
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
There is now a website
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
The guy with the NY hat in the casino. Hhahahahah!!!!
I have been there buddy.
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin.
lol cause its all about the hair LOL
i got a ring! he got a ring !
Eli Manning Best Qb in the Game Today!
on Flava Flav"He wears a clock around his neck of course Coughlin would like him." no qb has 15 td’s in the forth quarter in one season …Except eli
no qb has 7 road playoffs wins ….Except Eli
no qb has won 2 sb’s in nyc where pressure kills …Except Eli
I love Jacobs and will be sad if he goes elsewhere
Brandon Jacobs knows nothing about the high road.
The New York Giants running back ripped Gisele Bundchen on Tuesday for comments the supermodel made defending her husband, Tom Brady, after Super Bowl XLVI.
“She just needs to continue to be cute and shut up,” the victorious Jacobs told reporters at the Giants championship parade in Manhattan.
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin.
i love brandon too
and maybe if Brady told his wife to STFU brandon wouldn’t of had to.
it’s disgusting that all Brady said about that play was “I love Wes Welker”. WTF was that? IMO that was him saying “hey, I”m not blaming Welker, but yeah, it’s his fault"
Welker took all the blame and Brady just kinda let him.
Fire Fewell
Yeah Brady is a punk
That throw sucked ala Romo throw to Austin against us. Man up and take one for your teamate you P###y. I know and have seen Eli do it for our guys this year.
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin.
Noted
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 4:32 PM EST up reply actions
Coughlin and Bill B...Are the best in the business...There is no doubt..
An I’ll tell you if your a player and sign a multi-million dollar contract..Your job is to win..there is no me..it is we..Those two coaches know how to get it through to their players like no one else..They are the two greatest coaches in the NFL and thank God one of them is ours…
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
Tom Coughlin = Ron Paul
its not about politics either but if you know anything about one of these men you know this is a compliment of how they go about doing there business
i got a ring! he got a ring !
Eli Manning Best Qb in the Game Today!
on Flava Flav"He wears a clock around his neck of course Coughlin would like him." no qb has 15 td’s in the forth quarter in one season …Except eli
no qb has 7 road playoffs wins ….Except Eli
no qb has won 2 sb’s in nyc where pressure kills …Except Eli
Ron Paul requires people to show up 5 minutes early to meetings?
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 4:46 PM EST up reply actions
if he gets Potus i bet he would LOL
i got a ring! he got a ring !
Eli Manning Best Qb in the Game Today!
on Flava Flav"He wears a clock around his neck of course Coughlin would like him." no qb has 15 td’s in the forth quarter in one season …Except eli
no qb has 7 road playoffs wins ….Except Eli
no qb has won 2 sb’s in nyc where pressure kills …Except Eli
he does require that he give back his unused congressman's budget)
i got a ring! he got a ring !
Eli Manning Best Qb in the Game Today!
on Flava Flav"He wears a clock around his neck of course Coughlin would like him." no qb has 15 td’s in the forth quarter in one season …Except eli
no qb has 7 road playoffs wins ….Except Eli
no qb has won 2 sb’s in nyc where pressure kills …Except Eli
Thats crazy talk!
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 (correction 21 (damn FG's/failed 2 pt conversion)) or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 8, 2012 4:57 PM EST up reply actions
LOL kooky)
i got a ring! he got a ring !
Eli Manning Best Qb in the Game Today!
on Flava Flav"He wears a clock around his neck of course Coughlin would like him." no qb has 15 td’s in the forth quarter in one season …Except eli
no qb has 7 road playoffs wins ….Except Eli
no qb has won 2 sb’s in nyc where pressure kills …Except Eli
i show up hours before and out up his signs
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
I think the question
that’s been gnawing at me since the playoff run was this:
Did the Giants win BECAUSE of Coughlin and this coaching staff, or DESPITE the coaching staff?
Oh, I dunno...
but I’d think one look at the “other NY team’s coaching staff” would argue more the former than the latter.
"The Giants goal is to win more championships than the Jets have curtains." - Raptor22
The Jets
I never ever entertained the notion of them taking over our stadium or the city for one second. I knew that would all blow over and the giants would end up where they belong. I am so impressed with the way coughlin handles this team, its nothing but class. Tuck and Eli just personify his coaching style. I love this team!!!!
by weejer on Feb 8, 2012 6:03 PM EST via mobile reply actions
On being a hardass old school prik
I doubted the giants had it in them ,the way other teams during the season totally fooled them, but KUDOS to this team and coaches, I always remember what my dad used to say when things weren’t going like I wanted them too. MAN UP ASSWIPE! those 3 words put things into prespective. I think that’s probably what taskmaster tom told the boys at 7-7.
I'll admit one of my biggest concerns with TC the last few years was an inability to connect personally with today's players.
But after winning 2 Supes, and not with dominant rosters, I think this plays to his advantage.
Guys may want to be pampered or enabled when they’re not winning jack anyway, but they almost have to trust TC’s rules and regs. implicitly, because he has the proof statement. It would be hard to imagine a lot of divas in NY just like in NE.
I think TC has a problem getting his players to play innitially
but once he gets them behind him, they will run through a wall for him.
by mypisceannature on Feb 8, 2012 10:10 PM EST reply actions
It takes the players time to gel with each other. This is where lockeroom leadership comes in. This time we will have a full offseason so it will help.
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
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