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Add to FavoritesYes another win depends on whether TOMCOUGHLIN resigns with the newyork giants but after the gianis upset the cowboys two weeks ago and surprising green bay 23-20 in ovr time they took a step in the direction of keeping TOMCOUGHLIN as their head coach and he was the first head coach of the jacksonville jaguars and in the first season were in the afc championship game because a team was put together of second round draft choices and trades from other teams with names like JIMMYSMITH and KEENANMCCARDELL and MARKBRUNELL with FREDTAYLOR who is still a jaguar and a fill in at the pro bowl in hawaii-Last season the giants did not vget in the playoffs and fans began to suspect that TOMCOUGHLIN would not be head coach for long but they surprised everyone this season andELIMANNING had developed into the quarterback that they drafted him to be and had found a favorite target in 12 year veteran ARMANITOOMER who was a member of the 1995 superbowl team with KERRYCOLLINS as the quarterback and two other good recievers in CHRISCALLOWAY and PLAXICOBURESS who came over from the pittsburgh steelers with superbowl experience and breakaway moves and speed-WHEN MICHAELSTRAHAN resiogned for the season at 36 years of age and season number 14 for him the team came together around him and the defense kept them in a lot of games when the blocking was not there in the regular season but the last few weeks of the season the offense began to click arond ELIMANNING and the blocking gave ELIMANNING time to throw to ARMANITOOMER that led to the dallas upset which they got there revenge from to early aseason losses against the cowboys and upset the hot tampa bay buccanners 24-14 and then shocked the world by upsetting greenbay 23-20 and likely securing TOMCOUGHLINS job next season and beyond and setting up an exciting superbowl42 in glendale arizona -TOMCOUGHLIN and the newyork giants are practing for the game now and TOMCOUGHLIN is used to this kind of pressure when rumors start flying about his job being on the line this season and in the last few seasons with the jacksonville jaguars in the recent years of his coaching career and was a protege of former giant coach BILLPARCELLS and so was BILLBELICHECK-
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I have heard this question and discussion since 2005, with the worst in 2006, when the Giants were sent packing in the first round of the playoffs against the Philadelphia Eagles.
The media reported after that loss to Philadelphia Tom Coughlin would be gone. The New York Giants' fans begged for it. Some of the Giants' players themselves reinforced the thought. No one person louder than Tiki Barber. After their "one and done" in 2006, he trashed his coaches, some of the players, but most of all Tom Coughlin.
Apparently, Tiki forgot when he was known as the "fumbling running back". It was Tom Coughlin and his coaching staff that worked with Tiki. He also forgot if it weren't for the Giants' front line, tight end and full back opening holes in the defensive line for him, Tiki would not have been able to run up his numbers before retiring after the 2006 season.
Coughlin faced criticism over his gruff coaching style. Tiki filled the off season with comments about Tom Coughlin being "out-coached" in the playoffs. Instead of engaging the trash talk, Coughlin emerged as a "kinder, gentler" coach and more of a father figure.
After two games in 2007, the New York Giants found themselves 0-2. Tiki was quoted in the media that if the Giants had fired Coughlin, he would have played another season. Again the fickle New York fans called for Tom Coughlin to go and blamed him personally for Tiki Barber's retirement.
Tiki continued to spout off about the Giants. This time it was about Eli Manning being a joke in the huddle with no leadership skills. You never heard a word from Tom Coughlin about Tiki's comments because his first priority was to win games.
Third game of the season, Giants losing at half-time, Tom Coughlin rallied the troops in the locker room. The New York Giants barreled out of the tunnel and never stopped. The Washington Redskins were held at the goal line, twice. The New York Giants scored and scored and scored again. The Giants had come together as a team- not a group of individuals.
The New York Giants finished the season 10-6 and the NFC Wild Card. The team that emerged in the Redskin game only improved throughout the season.
Now, the Giants are on their way to playing in the Super Bowl. So did Tom Coughlin need another win to stay head coach for the New York Giants? All I can say is: When Tiki Barber retired, Tom Coughlin and the New York Giants became a team, whether they win the Super Bowl or not.
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