Coughlin stoic in goodbye to Giants

He has two Super Bowl titles with the Giants, both times winning as a huge underdog.

Coughlin, who was the NFL’s oldest active coach, had a 192-102 record with the team and twice beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowls.

The Giants made the postseason five times under Coughlin, but 2015 was his third consecutive losing season and fourth in a row without a playoff appearance.

New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin officially resigned Monday afternoon.

Legions of players who spent anywhere from one training camp to several seasons under Coughlin voiced their support and praise after the news of his resignation broke Monday. Manning was acquired in 2004, months after Coughlin was hired, in a draft-day deal with the San Diego Chargers. I strongly believe the time is right for me and my family, and as I said, the Giants organization. He had more than 11 grandchildren in attendance. In an interview with WFAN’s Mike Francesa on Monday afternoon, Manning raved about the coach he won two Super Bowls with.

Yes, pulsing at the center of a news conference he didn’t even have to give was a message from Coughlin to the Giants and any other National Football League team looking for a coach this offseason: Rather than focus on what’s hot or what’s wrong, consider what’s important. “I’ve changed and I’ve grown and I’ve developed and I’ve learned”.

Giants fans have enjoyed the byproducts of a strong ownership group and a reliable veteran quarterback, but many have questioned the approach of GM Jerry Reese as the team has encountered difficulties since their last Super Bowl season in 2011.

Coughlin said he contends the higher ground, and greater goal in football was team – winning the right way.

“Two weeks ago I’m trying to get to a roller hockey game that my grandson is playing in, so Marc Ross [the Giants” director of college scouting] had showed me how to talk to this phone”, Coughlin said.

Coughlin was one of few head coaches who got the best of Bill Belichick.

Coughlin, whose 170 regular season wins puts him 12th on the NFL’s all-time list for coaches, had one year remaining on his contract. As a head coach with the Giants and Jaguars, Coughlin is 182-156, which ranks him 12th in National Football League history. He’s a great example of how you should do your job. It didn’t happen because the Giants lost six games either in the final 1:14 of regulation or in overtime. “They follow that up by saying they’ve become better men, better husbands, better fathers, better friends due to their experience having been a New York Giant”. I respect his decision, and while I appreciate Tom’s perspective and attitude, at the same time, I am a bit saddened today because we are losing a man who is just as good a person as he is a coach.