Was definitely time for him to go. Probably was for a few years.

With many its always the coach to blame. Eli has had some very productive years and has not had another coach. sure the team is not very good and its showed on the field but the economics of a team, how it uses its draft, etc all play in BIG.

Tom made some blunders this year and perhaps those moves alone tells us its time. Im hoping he is going out on his terms and feels ok about it.
Be a good thing if someone can be promoted and maybe Tom can still advise in some capacity. Giant's have a good culture and Eli at age 35 might as well ask for a trade if team is rebuilding with a new coach to install a new system and assistants.

Two superbowls in his watch and some wonderful moments. I would imagine Canton will be calling him one day. He took Jax to within a win of a superbowl.

Dude did his best with the crappy players that he was given. I was hoping he was going to be able to AT LEAST finish out his contract (one more year if I'm not mistaken).

It doesn't matter who they bring in to replace him...until they fix that line, on both sides of the ball, next year will be the same as this one....probably worse.

gunsnewing wrote:One argument is Reece built a team good enough to finish 11-5 not 6-10 if the coaching staff and QB's late game decisions improved.

The other is it was a miracle Coughlin even had them in these games with how pathetic their personnel was across the board in every aspect of the game.

How I feel...
Slate should've been wiped clean 3yrs ago after missing the playoffs. Tom should've stepped down then. We would've had a fresh start and a head start for Eli and the 2nd half of his career.

Now Eli is 35 and because he is too old for a 3rd system in 3yrs the Giants will make Ben Mcadoo head coach. He will be as awful a head coach as he was with his late game offensive play calling.

Next year after missing the playoffs again and another failed season Reece will be fired and the slate will finally be wiped clean.

With that said I am grateful for the entire Tom Coughlin era. Everything you want in a coach and a man. Total class act and warrior. His name is forever enshrined in Giants history and in the the fans eyes. Same way Joe Torre is. Would love to have Tom back someday working with the team as an advisor/scout like Parcells the last few years in Miami.

I do worry about ownership's ability to hire a coach. Coughlin kinda saved them from that. They kept Fassell a few years ago and let John Fox walk (wrong move).

McAdoo has been very good. Spags is still a good coach despite some bad #s and terrible time with the Rams. I have no clue if either have much in the way of leadership, but both are decent Xs and Os guys. I dont really have a feel for who is out there. I follow the Giants but not really the rest of the league. I just dont have the bandwidth.

Payton is a Parcells guy. Coughlin might have been good enough to develop his own "Tree" of coach's and perhaps McAdoo or Spags are ready to step up.

fishmike wrote:I think its Chip Kelly. Giants tried to hire him out of Oregon. He instantly turned the Eagles around. Not a media darling but a very good coach. Already knows the NFC East etc... I think Phili made a big mistake letting him go after one bad season.

I highly doubt that. Too much negative coming out of there. True or not, they will stay away.

So if Payton is not head coach of the Giants next year it better be because he preferred the warmer weather in San Francisco. Personally I think the Giants is a better job. More stability than San Fran. As Harbaugh tweeted to San Fran. Do not be deceived, You reap what you sow. Giants have loyal owners. First class organization.

Not interested in Mcadoo. No head coaching experience, showed nothing with his late game decisions and play along. Unless you want to say Tom forget how to coach I don't think that's the case. A lot of that was Mcadoo's inexperience as a head play caller. He was an assistant in Green Bay. No coordinator experience Nevermind head coach. Not interested in Peyton Manning's old coordinator, Josh Mcdaniels, certainly not Chip Kelly or Saban.

I'd like Jim Harbaugh as well but I don't see him as the prototypical Giants Head Coach. Not a Mara guy. The one other guy I'd be open to if Sean goes elsewhere is Eric Mangini. I he knows how to build a team. He built the Jets and Rex Ryan reaped the benefits of that Mangini roster the first 2 yrs. Mangini deserves a 2nd chance in New York. He's learned to be more open and player and media friendly. Just like Coughlin changed and adapted

mreinman wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:One argument is Reece built a team good enough to finish 11-5 not 6-10 if the coaching staff and QB's late game decisions improved.

The other is it was a miracle Coughlin even had them in these games with how pathetic their personnel was across the board in every aspect of the game.

How I feel...
Slate should've been wiped clean 3yrs ago after missing the playoffs. Tom should've stepped down then. We would've had a fresh start and a head start for Eli and the 2nd half of his career.

Now Eli is 35 and because he is too old for a 3rd system in 3yrs the Giants will make Ben Mcadoo head coach. He will be as awful a head coach as he was with his late game offensive play calling.

Next year after missing the playoffs again and another failed season Reece will be fired and the slate will finally be wiped clean.

With that said I am grateful for the entire Tom Coughlin era. Everything you want in a coach and a man. Total class act and warrior. His name is forever enshrined in Giants history and in the the fans eyes. Same way Joe Torre is. Would love to have Tom back someday working with the team as an advisor/scout like Parcells the last few years in Miami.

good post.

Btw, coughlin probably would have been fired if he got knocked out of the first round of the 2011 season. They way under achieved that season and many seasons under him. They had miracle runs but were far from a dominant regular season team. They got hot at the right time.

Yea hiring Hiring MacDoo and keeping Coughlin was a huge mistake. They should've wiped the slate clean while Eli was still in his prime. Now he's gonna have no choice put to learn a 3rd system in 3yrs at 35. I may be wrong but I don't think Reece and the Mara's will award a coordinator who was part of 2 failed seasons. The fanbase will explode if they miss the playoffs again next year and Eli will be 36 and learning a 3rd system

gunsnewing wrote:

mreinman wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:One argument is Reece built a team good enough to finish 11-5 not 6-10 if the coaching staff and QB's late game decisions improved.

The other is it was a miracle Coughlin even had them in these games with how pathetic their personnel was across the board in every aspect of the game.

How I feel...
Slate should've been wiped clean 3yrs ago after missing the playoffs. Tom should've stepped down then. We would've had a fresh start and a head start for Eli and the 2nd half of his career.

Now Eli is 35 and because he is too old for a 3rd system in 3yrs the Giants will make Ben Mcadoo head coach. He will be as awful a head coach as he was with his late game offensive play calling.

Next year after missing the playoffs again and another failed season Reece will be fired and the slate will finally be wiped clean.

With that said I am grateful for the entire Tom Coughlin era. Everything you want in a coach and a man. Total class act and warrior. His name is forever enshrined in Giants history and in the the fans eyes. Same way Joe Torre is. Would love to have Tom back someday working with the team as an advisor/scout like Parcells the last few years in Miami.

good post.

Btw, coughlin probably would have been fired if he got knocked out of the first round of the 2011 season. They way under achieved that season and many seasons under him. They had miracle runs but were far from a dominant regular season team. They got hot at the right time.

Yea hiring Hiring MacDoo and keeping Coughlin was a huge mistake. They should've wiped the slate clean while Eli was still in his prime. Now he's gonna have no choice put to learn a 3rd system in 3yrs at 35. I may be wrong but I don't think Reece and the Mara's will award a coordinator who was part of 2 failed seasons. The fanbase will explode if they miss the playoffs again next year and Eli will be 36 and learning a 3rd system

macadoo's offense was not really the problem. The defense may have been the worst ever.

and reese gets blame for that o-line