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Monday Media Transcipt: QB Eli Manning

Eric from BBI : Admin : 1/4/2016 1:36 pm
QB Eli Manning

January 4, 2016

Q: Did you sense today’s meeting with Coach Coughlin was the final meeting?

A: I don’t know what’s going to happen, really. I’m not going to say anything or speculate until I hear one way or another. It’s always a tough day, the last day. You know it’s coming but just it’s tough to finish a season and be disappointed about how it finished.

Q: What was Coach’s mood if you could tell us?

A: I think he was appreciative of the players, of the guys, of our work. I think he talked about our effort and saying no one can question that for every game this year.

Q: I’m sensing this is a tough day for you?

A: It is. We’ll see what happens but we’ll handle whatever occurs and move on.

Q: You’ve always said you’re not one to knock on the owner’s door and go in and talk about things. Did you have that urge in this instance or is it the same let things happen the way things happen?

A: Yeah you just got to—there are some things you can’t control and I think the Mara’s and the Tisch’s know how I feel about Coach Coughlin and the respect I have for him and I think he’s done a great job and he definitely has not failed. I feel that we as players, we failed him by not playing to the level that we could.

Q: What can you say about your experience with Coughlin since coming here.

A: He’s been a great coach to play for and I’ve learned so much from him, from an early age when I got here to every year. Just continued to meet with him and talk football and X’s and O’s and strategies and he’s got a great football mind and loves what he’s doing and a great passion and it’s a great example of how you should handle your job and love what you’re doing.

Q: Not every quarterback gets to play his whole career with one with one head coach so obviously you have a unique situation at this point. You’re also 35, you’ve had two great years in a row, how difficult would it be for you right now to have a new coaching staff, a new system, to go through that at this point?

A: It obviously would not be ideal, but we didn’t get the job done and so whatever occurs I’ll handle it, but we just got to see what happens.

Q: Is this emotional for you to think about the possibility of losing the only coach you’ve had?

A: Yeah, it is. The meeting today, just thinking that it could be the last one with Coach Coughlin up there was tough.

Q: When you look back at your experience with Tom, 183 consecutive starts, which is the most consecutive starts in history. How would you describe the experience, what has it been like for you and if this is the last time you’re playing under Tom what is that going to be like?

A: He’s been a great coach to play under. We have a great relationship, great trust. I appreciate the way he works, I think he appreciates the way I handle my business and play quarterback and prepare and get ready. We’ve had a good run, could’ve been better, obviously, but I appreciate everything he’s done for me.

Q: If you did go through with Coach McAdoo going forward, what kind of respect do you have for him?

A: Great respect for Coach McAdoo and the whole offensive staff. I think we’ve done good things and I feel very comfortable, I think we work well. Last year it was tough. It was a lot going on and very new and trying to learn, but I bought into it because I trusted him, trusted the offensive staff and felt great this year about what we were able to do offensively, scored a lot of points, moved the ball well, and have great respect for all of our coaches.

Q: Do you have any gut feeling here about what’s going to happen?

A: No, I mean maybe, but I’m not going to say anything until something is official.
He knows.  
silverfox : 1/4/2016 1:38 pm : link
They all know.
Very sad, if true, Tom Coughlin is one of the two  
That’s Gold, Jerry : 1/4/2016 1:45 pm : link
greatest coaches in my 54 years of watching Giant football.

A great coach and, from all appearances, a great man, father, grandfather etc.

This is not, in any way, shape or form, like letting Fassel go or Reeves or Handley...this is a great coach, a great representative of the Giants.

Frankly, Eli not the only one who's crying and I am not ashamed to admit it.
Here  
Eric from BBI : Admin : 1/4/2016 1:49 pm : link
is the video...
Giants.com - ( New Window )
Never seen Eli as down as that before  
strive4five : 1/4/2016 1:50 pm : link
during a public session... Towards the end you can definitely see him choke up.
Eli sure knows  
Sec 103 : 1/4/2016 1:54 pm : link
Sad day in Jints land...
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