The New York Giant's season went kerplunk halfway through... is any of the blame tom Coughlin's?
2007-02-28 16:47:39 · 9 answers · asked by David G 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Tom gets both credit AND blame for the rise and fall of the NY Football Giants. He is a noted disciplinarian who caused many rows inside the organization with players. He also helped cure Tiki Barber's fumbling problem and weeded out the bums pretty quickly. But he isn't helping Eli Manning get his game together very well, and that's gonna cost him.
2007-02-28 17:01:03 · answer #1 · answered by Your Uncle Dodge! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES! When he came to New York he vowed to fix the injuries and penalties, instead during his tenure we have been among the most injured and most penalized. How does a discilinarian coach have these issues? The has lost the team, noone respects him.
He also gave up running the football early in games, reverting to the deep ball all too often, letting a struggling QB lose that much more confidence. We had a dynamic duo with Tiki and BJ, and we still threw the ball 30-40 times way too often.
I will always root for the Giants to win, but I hope that scumbag gets fired after this season. I know he got an extention, but thats just so he isn't a lame duck coach. The Coughlin era is coming to an end, I just hope he doesn't kill any of the players on the way out.
2007-03-01 04:45:11 · answer #2 · answered by vgvirginiagiant 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the coach has to be somewhat blamed - but he doesn't play the games. The players do. The reason he gets as much blame as he does is because he's known as this disciplinarian and the Giants don't look one bit disciplined - everyone's mouthing off, talking crap with the media...it just looks like a circus sometimes, but that's also a product of being in the New York area.
2007-03-01 09:27:09 · answer #3 · answered by RichMac82 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coughlin needs to get some blame. He has always had plenty of talent around him but never performed to the level he should. Even ehen he was with the Jaguars he was unable to really do much. Sure it was an expansion team, but they had Brunell, Fabulous Fred, and a killer D. With all that he was never able to do anything. Del Rio has been better in his short stint with the Jags so far than Couglin ever was. He had the same situation this year, Barber, a Manning (although he has nowhere near the experience or skill of his brother), shockey. He had the talent, but just wasn't able to motivate them and keep their minds on the game.
2007-03-01 01:18:54 · answer #4 · answered by Matt H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's partially on the GM for keeping an obviously disciplinary coach as a head coach. Coughlin is just doing what he knows.
2007-03-01 01:02:07 · answer #5 · answered by Gabriel Anton 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the blame is on his shoulders. He lost complete control of that team toward the end of the season. I dont know why he wasnt fired.
2007-03-01 01:17:53 · answer #6 · answered by MJMGrand 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coach NAILS gets Half the Blame...Ernie A gets the othere halffor bringing him here in the first place...
2007-03-01 01:13:14 · answer #7 · answered by strings700 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because he is responsible for having his team prepared to play every Sunday. But time after time, they were done in by sloppy play and stupid penalties. That's not good for a coach who is considered a disciplinarian.
2007-03-01 01:20:12 · answer #8 · answered by Al J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, yes and no. They did get bit by the injury bug pretty bad, but when you're in charge, then at the end of the day, you're responsible for what goes on.
2007-03-01 00:51:03 · answer #9 · answered by Michael L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋