The thread the other day about the worst Giants losses got me thinking about Jim, who I still can’t believe is dead.
The positives:
1) He got us to a Super Bowl.
2) He went 10-5 vs. the Eagles, including a playoff win.
3) The team was generally competitive even in years we didn’t make the postseason. ‘98, ‘99, & ‘01.
4) Giants usually dominated December.
The negatives:
1) We got our doors blown out in said Super Bowl.
2) UFB losses in WC games to Vikes & SF.
3) STs always seemed to suck.
4) The team always seemed to play up or down depending on the competition. Not a great mark for a coach. I still can’t believe we lost in 02 to the inaugural season Texans.
IMO…a good coach, but not one I will tell my grandchildren about. A helluva better than the Judges and Shurmurs of the world, but you could do better. And I know the innuendo about why he never got another HC job, but his record warranted one.
Coaches with way less a resume and success have gotten multiple chances...
amen.
Coughlin won in a much tougher division. So did Parcells, obviously.
LEt's see how Daboll does. The east is good again. We need to be good again too.
The NFCE was also on a downturn. Dallas was fading. WFT had been down and Reid was just getting going so he never had that really good NFCE to contend with.
The SB season was great. It did though expose some weaknesses. Two biggest ones were the OL and QB. Then the 2003 meltdown but that led to TC and Eli. TC made sure that the Giants were not going to get pushed around up front again and Eli was the big game QB they needed when the critical times called for it.
I think the 2007 or 08 team would deal with that Ravens D of 2000 just fine. The OL would stand strong and Eli wouldn't buckle.