Fire Tom Coughlin

[Royce]

Thanks

[redsfan]

He needs to take a supervision seminar. They teach you that you do not embarass your employees by chewing them out in public. He could have taken them aside and yelled at them.

Did you hear the press conference after the game. He blamed Eli for the loss. I know he played terrible, but a good leader does not do that in public.

[Baseball Guru]

[Eva]

Giants were one of the favorites from NFC just a couple of weeks ago. Now they're one of the most embarassing team in the league, considering the talent they have on the club. A complete meltdown up to this point, but they could correct everything by handling the Cowboys.

[Royce]

I still think they'll make the playoffs, just because the NFC is weak.

[PissedPrincess]

Originally Posted by Royce

I still think they'll make the playoffs, just because the NFC is weak.

Agree on both.

[Eva]

Lol, if the 49ers are in the hunt, then the NFC must be weak.

Giants and Panthers hold the two WC spots at the moment. Six teams behide them by one win. Green Bay still to play and Redskins at 4-7, still alive, as pathetic as that would be.

[PissedPrincess]

Back to the topic though, how do you blame Coughlin for Eli regressing?

[Royce]

I'm not. I'm blaming him for having terrible discipline with his players and throwing the ball in a situation where you should really run out the clock and take it to OT. The momentum was with the Titans 200%, one can only expect an INT or something.

[rockin500]

Originally Posted by PissedPrincess

Back to the topic though, how do you blame Coughlin for Eli regressing?

I'd blame Eli for that. If Rex can be crucified for his bad decisions here in chicago, Eli can be crucified for his bad decisions.

agreed with royce though that the discipline problems can be laid at coughlin's feet.

[Dward00]

Coughlin remains upbeat
Coach says Giants still have good shot at playoffs
Posted: Wednesday December 6, 2006 5:10PM; Updated: Wednesday December 6, 2006 5:10PM


EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Tom Coughlin walked into the room with a smile on his face on Wednesday and almost immediately started his rah-rah speech.

"You have to get excited, it's a new week here. You're all sitting here like this with your heads down, and I know you want to win just as bad as I want to win. You have to get it going ... you have to get yourself fired up a little bit for a new week and a new opportunity," the New York Giants coach said with a twinkle in his eye.

It was the type of speech that the Giants (6-6) needed to hear on the heels of a four-game losing streak that has turned their bid for a second straight NFC East title into a fight for playoff survival.

But Coughlin wasn't speaking to his players. The usually cranky coach was talking to the media in what he explained was a repeat of part of his speech to the team on Wednesday as it prepared to face the equally struggling Panthers (6-6) in Charlotte, N.C., on Sunday.

Coughlin said the rest of his talk with the team concerned the opportunity still ahead during the four-game stretch run to the playoffs. Everything is there for New York.

They already have beaten Atlanta (6-6) and Philadelphia (6-6), and they could take another major step forward with a win against the Panthers.

All they have to do is to start making a few plays in crunch time.

"Just one or two of them. That's all," Coughlin said. "Then we end up being the winner. Then we've got something to be happy about. That's where it is. That's what we have to do. We have to make that happen."

In losing the last two games on last-second field goals, the Giants have failed miserably down the stretch.

Two weeks ago, rookie Mathias Kiwanuka failed to sack Vince Young on a fourth-down play and Eli Manning threw a late interception to help Tennessee rally to a 24-21 win.

This past week, Dallas quarterback Tony Romo threw a late 42-yard pass to Jason Witten to set up a game-winning field goal in a 23-20 loss. The big throw came on the first play from scrimmage after New York tied the game with a touchdown.

"We're not going to sit here and hold our heads down and say, 'What are we going to do?"' Kiwanuka said. "This is about getting it done. That's the only way you can look at it. If we get it done and get a couple of wins, we get in the playoffs. All the other stuff is behind us."

Middle linebacker Antonio Pierce said there is no reason for the Giants to be down, especially since they control their playoff destiny. They win, they're in.

He also said Coughlin has to set the tone for the team, and upbeat is good.

"If he was sitting here slumping his head and putting it in the tank, don't you think every one else would?" Pierce said of Coughlin. "He is not doing that."

Linebacker Carlos Emmons said the players also realize that now is the time to capitalize.

"The season is getting short," Emmons said. "You have to take it now as if every game is a playoff game. We need to win them all. We're not concerned about losing one or worrying about the playoffs. We have win this game, and then keep on winning."

The Giants have something else in their favor. This week's game is a chance for them to get even against with the Panthers. Carolina spoiled a great 2005 season by embarrassing New York 23-0 in the opening round of the playoffs.

Linebacker Brandon Short knows both sides of that story. He played for the Panthers last year before signing for a second stint with the Giants in the offseason. The Giants will be motivated, he said.

"When something like that happens to a team in a crucial situation, it is going to be in the backs of their minds," Short said.

"That is something that is not forgotten," guard David Diehl added. "They ended our season last year and that is definitely a bad taste we still have in our mouth. That is definitely going to bring some motivation for us."

Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

This 'speech' he gave his team is something he should have given them all season long. He only gave such a speech because he was basically forced to. He knows it. He thinks he's smart enough to do this now, and save his job. He's such a stubborn old jerk.

He'll do the same thing every single season he stays in new york, and he'll never be able to get them over 10-6(yes i know they were 11-5 last year....shaddup!).

You know what they say madness is? Doing the same thing over, and over, but expecting a different result each time. That's what Coughlin does. He WANTS to win his way. Once he figures out that that won't work, then he reverts back to the correct way. So all he's doing is hindering this team. They got a load of talent, but as long as coughlin is their coach they're always going to underachieve.