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Originally Posted by zbtmontoya  Coughlin is a good disciplinarian coach and that is what the Giants needed. They were ridiculas.. But a disciplinarian can only take you so far. Soon players learn to ahte the coach and revert back to old undisciplined ways. Which is exactly what is happening in NY... |
I have to agree with this. It's a pattern that's shown itself increasingly in the NFL, where players are being seen (and see themselves) as more and more important than their coaches. Coughlin came in and knocked some guys around and worked the Giants into a disciplined, good football team. But when a team like that isn't winning, the players wonder what the hard discipline is accomplishing, and why players on 31 of the other teams are having a lot more fun. It happened for Coughlin in Jacksonville, and it's clearly happened in New York.
I also agree with Invictus, in that, if nothing else, the Tennessee game should have mailed it in for Coughlin in New York. Watching the guy on the sidelines made me think one thing: that he'd completely lost control of his football team.
And Jayman, two things: first of all, coaches and MUCH more disposable than GMs, and secondly, you're right, Matt Millen hanging on to that job can only be defined as a sign of the apocalypse.