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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Your gut tells you as a competitor to go for it -- do this, do that, do that -- but in many, many situations, I have seen it go both ways, ... To not have those points at the half would not have been right, either.
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I just see a guy that's a football player, that has outstanding ability, who's trying to be as good a player as he possibly can, ... We're trying to get him to a point where he understands what we want. You want that kind of person, someone who cares so much, when they do make an error they feel accountable to the whole team.
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He's an incredible athlete and a guy whose conditioning really has been a measuring stick for everybody in this league. It is so easy for us to point to Jerry Rice when we are trying to make a strong message with a player who we may not feel is as serious about his game as he should be.
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I think it's a good thing to be able to win and to put points on the board and to not have our best day at quarterback. It only gives me more excitement about the future, about game in and game out getting Eli back on track and continuing to play very well on defense and on special teams.
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I was upset because in the true concept of team it is not about pointing the finger. It is not about that. We are all in this together. We have tried to engender this thought process since we have been here. Occasionally out of frustration, something happens where someone says something that they haven't thought out well.
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The injury set him back but he is coming back to the point where I think we can expect him to improve steadily.
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I'm sure it's everything, ... I'm sure it's a combination of things, but you have to learn how to win on the road.
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I'm just telling you that in the pas he's had these thing and he's been able to overcome them in 48 hours, which we're hoping would be the case here.
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It's not an east time for the players. It's not an easy time for the coaches,
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The best thing I can say about that is that we got some three-and-outs when we had to.
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Steve Smith had a great year, no question. Even more so when you think that every team has it on their checklist to do something about Steve Smith. The other day we gave up a lot of passing yardage to some outstanding receivers. But our No. 1 thing will still be to stop the run. That's where we start.
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They just threw the ball, and we had difficulty with their receivers. We had trouble defending it without a doubt.
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It was a frustrating day, without a doubt. In overtime we were never able to get the ball. It was just a very disappointing performance on our part.
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I'm hoping and counting on it being some type of bruise or some kind of sprain. To what degree, I don't know.