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VRENTAS: So you haven’t been able to speak to Pierre-Paul? COUGHLIN: No. No. I want to help. I want to be there for him. But he’s decided that he doesn’t want our help. He thinks that something will come of it. But, all I care about, all any of us care about, the whole organization, is the well-being of the kid. Something traumatic has taken place here, and we have all kinds of experts here in this city that are at our disposal. Putting those things together is very easy. |
I want one more shot at the big game for Tom ...and Eli. He's a HOF coach and arguably the greatest in NY Giants history. If my son played in the NFL I'd want TC to be his coach.
He called Jim Cordle and Sinorice Moss 'outstanding'. He isn't one for public criticism.
Jake Long Visits Giants Again; Coughlin Comments on JPP - ( New Window )
- HomerJones
The kid has been told to keep his mouth shut, stay off Twitter and Facebook and keep the team in the dark to create a risk to any decision the team might want to make. The Giants are making an all-out media offensive to get information - they've sent the owner out to push the kid away from what his agent is telling him to do, the coach-father to say how much they want to help, next will be the DC waxing eloquent about how he'd love to have the kid in the classroom.
It's a harsh world gentlemen and there is a lot of dough at stake. Don't let sentimentality get in the way of appraising this situation. As I suspected Fatman, you are a rank sentimentalist.
Between tc and Mara yesterday, I don't recall the giants being quite frank about things like this. Just a shame if ..which seems likely..is going via his agents advice on through. IMO, its really disrespectful of him.
I know, woulda, shoulda, coulda, but that's my take
I know, woulda, shoulda, coulda, but that's my take
2008...dropped hixon td against Philly was a crucial negative turning point.
JPP picked one of the absolute worst ways to go about it.
If he was looking to maximize his value while hiding the extent of his injuries, he has to realize he's in the 21st century of immediate information, not the Dark Ages.
By refusing medical and guidance help from the team, he kind of revealed the extent of his injuries unless:
a) the Giants are stupid
b) he really wasn't injured and just wants out
a) has been proven to be false over the years and b) is indicative of a guy I wouldn't want to have around healthy or not.
This isn't about negotiations - it is about getting horrific advice from agents and blindly running with it.
People might say "it's just business", but that only clouds the fact that it is about the shittiest effort put forth by a player negotiating in the history of sports.
He thinks if he signs the tender and reports they will put him on the shelf for the year and not pay him
And the only card he has left to play is deny access to information, hope for miraculous healing to the point that he can pass a physical some point in the year and earn some game checks
"Here's the thing about Odell:
1) He will listen.
2) He wants what everyone else wants (a ring.)
3) He wants to do it right. (ie willing to work at it.)
4) He wants to be a great player.
5) He's very smart.
6) He loves to play.
7) He loves to do things as well as they can be done.
8) He really enjoys working with Eli.
9) He'll do whatever you ask. He'll block... run reverses
10) He'll give me a shot (about something TC said...)"
In sum TC said: "Now this is a different kind of rookie."
And that's the thing about OBJ according to TC...
I get what you mean, but what you wrote is almost the exact opposite of what you mean, I gather.
I think the obvious answer is old enough to not blow you own hand off
Really? Is that what you would do to your child after he or she had blown up a hand so badly in an accident that she/he needed a finger amputated and skin grafts?
Think about that a bit.
It's a neat insight on what Coughlin sees as the Head Coach's role, and how he approaches it.
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I’ve spent a lifetime trying to figure out how to get people to concentrate better.
It's a neat insight on what Coughlin sees as the Head Coach's role, and how he approaches it.
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and committed to the truth, I'm afraid that I would state that I would like to smack him alongside of his head, kick him in the ass and tell him to get real or get the hell out.
Really? Is that what you would do to your child after he or she had blown up a hand so badly in an accident that she/he needed a finger amputated and skin grafts?
Think about that a bit.
A 26 year old child with a potential $60 M contract and a $15 M Tag Offer who plays with explosives?
Give me a break!!!!
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and committed to the truth, I'm afraid that I would state that I would like to smack him alongside of his head, kick him in the ass and tell him to get real or get the hell out.
Really? Is that what you would do to your child after he or she had blown up a hand so badly in an accident that she/he needed a finger amputated and skin grafts?
Think about that a bit.
A 26 year old child with a potential $60 M contract and a $15 M Tag Offer who plays with explosives?
Give me a break!!!!
A) That doesn't change anything regarding the blown up hand, and TC's vs your reaction to it.
B) Maybe (and I am pretty sure this is what JPP's agent is telling him) the $60 million didn't look very good compared to what JPP thought he could get on the open market, w/out the franchise tag slapped on him? Depends on what the guaranteed money offer was, really. And now that's gone, a pipe dream.
Yeah, he's simply an amazing man. Good luck to Mara replacing him, seriously. I wouldn't be in such a rush.
My mother lives down there. She had a serious medical issue and we pulled her out of the hospital there and transported her to NYC. Seems like JPP should have been at least looking for a specialist somewhere on earth other than FL.
My mother lives down there. She had a serious medical issue and we pulled her out of the hospital there and transported her to NYC. Seems like JPP should have been at least looking for a specialist somewhere on earth other than FL.
Probably at the local walk in care
I'm very much into history and specifically WWII history and I've read Churchill, Eisenhower, Bradley, and Patton and I like that Tom studies that stuff looking for messages for the team. Those guys were up against with life and death on the line and a fantastic place to find inspirations. I have to say though, as open and great as this interview was, 85% of what you learn about Tom in this interview is also in the very good books he's written.
God bless you Tom!
You have to put things in context. This interview was obviously at a time when TC felt he had the time to do it. 99% of the time when the media interviews him it is immediately after a practice or a game when he has a million mental notes in his head that he probably can't wait to start working on. Plus, lets face it, the media are experts at making even most tame lion roar with their repeated questions and stupid questions that really don't matter.
She conducted the interview perfectly. One question about JPP and then moved on. As someone pointed out previously on BBI, just wait till after the first practice session when TC will be repeatedly bombarded with questions about JPP. He's going to say he knows nothing else but the JPP questions will continue to come until he has to put someone in their place.
Some of you have short memories. Players and mgmt battle all the time. You know what fixes everything? Winning and the money that follows. No one will care if JPP plays well this season. And he might.
I believe what they're saying, in this case, but they're saying it for a reason. It's to put heat on JPP, and to warm up the public to when they say so long.
JPP will end up being business. He's made huge dollars so far. He decided to not accept a long term contract. He decided to play with fireworks. and now he's being uncooperative with the team. They hold his rights, but he won't sign the tender.
Giants are making it clear JPP is the one in the wrong. They'll make it look classy, but they are setting the stage to say goodbye. At the same time, the door is always open for the two sides to come to an agreement.