Tom Coughlin
Tom Coughlin
Thomas Richard Coughlinis a former American football coach. Coughlin most recently served as the head coach for the New York Giants, a position he served in for 12 seasons, where he led the Giants to victory in Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI, both against the New England Patriots. Coughlin was also the inaugural head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, serving from 1995 to 2002 and leading the team to two AFC Championship Games. Prior to his head coaching...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth31 August 1946
CityWaterloo, NY
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First and foremost, he's an outstanding athlete. He has to be or else he wouldn't be in this position. He takes great care of himself. He's a competitor by nature. He has a great sense of humor, which I think keeps everything in perspective for him, good or bad. But, to play as long as he has played and to be on the verge of breaking these records is a tremendous accomplishment. For someone to be in a position that he's in and having done this for so many years and continue to be excited about coming to work every day and the opportunities he has is really a remarkable thing.
coming knew physical tough
We knew when we were coming into this that it would be a tough game, and it was. It was a very physical game.
coming east expected felt games knew playing redskins seemed task
I really felt that they were zoomed in on the task at hand. It was very good, and it was very serious. Everyone seemed to be focused. ... We knew this would be one of those NFC East divisional games with the Redskins coming in here and playing as well as they can. We expected it to be a four-quarter game like all of these games have been.
coming east expected felt games knew playing redskins seemed task
I really felt that they were zoomed in on the task at hand, ... It was very good, and it was very serious. Everyone seemed to be focused. ... We knew this would be one of those NFC East divisional games with the Redskins coming in here and playing as well as they can. We expected it to be a four-quarter game like all of these games have been.
bother coming exactly extremely focused knew noise played
Eli was extremely poised. He knew exactly what he was coming into, he was focused and he didn't let any of the noise or anything bother him. He played well enough. If we'd done some things on defense, he played well enough for us to win.
coming expect improve injury point
The injury set him back but he is coming back to the point where I think we can expect him to improve steadily.
along difficult experience fortunate gone gotten great improved performed pressed rookie year
We're very fortunate to have Eli. We've pressed on through some difficult times his rookie year into this season. He's improved and gotten better as we've gone along here. We've gotten him great experience; experience under fire, obviously, and some very, very big games. And he's performed well.
expect prepared
We didn't know what to expect (with Collins) and we were prepared one way or another.
good hopefully performed player practiced surprised
There is nothing that has surprised me, because I think I know the player and he's practiced well and performed well in games. He's done a lot of good things and hopefully there are a lot more good things to come.
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We had thrown the interception and didn't think we would ever get the ball back,
aware both game knew owners sure
We were very much aware of our two owners and their illnesses, ... We knew that this game was a very important game, that they both would be tuned in. And we wanted to make sure that they were smiling.
carolina earned game
Carolina is a tough, physical, well-coached team. We earned the right to play this game at home, and that is very important.
needed obviously plays
Nothing is ever easy. Obviously we had some big plays tonight, and we needed them.
add ask confident maybe might month perform
We're confident he can perform the responsibilities that we are going to ask him to do, ... Maybe in another month we might add to that.