December 6, 2004
Giants coaches
Bob Glauber at Newsday writes that Coughlin is failing as miserably as Fassel did and has a chance to be even worse by losing all the remaining games and setting a new Giants record.
Ralph Vacchiano writes that while the Giants say they haven't quit yet, they are still getting worse every week. If the Giants are trying, than this is either the least talented or worst coached team in football. Or both. According to the next article all the players are trying...
Gary Myers claims to have a source in the Giants organization that said:
"The focus is too much on beating him during the week instead of beating the other team - avoid fines, being five minutes early to meetings, trying to be perfect all week," one Giants source said after yesterday's game. "You have to fight two battles and you can only win one. That causes you not to win. People might be drained or not focused by the time the week comes to an end."Myers also reminds us that Accorsi needs to take some heat for not putting together a decent offensive line (he signed players, but obviously the wrong ones). Also the extra picks we gave up for Manning in the 2005 draft are starting to look like pretty good ones, possibly a top ten.Is Coughlin losing the team? "I think we don't have much of a team anymore," the source said. "Look who's in there. I don't know anybody on our team."
Mike Vaccaro also has something to say, calling the Giants a beaten team (I could have told you that) and Coughlin a bewildered coach. He argues that Coughlin sent the wrong message by benching Warner.
Fact is Warner was playing badly. He deserved to get benched. Now the problem is that Manning is playing worse. But I say keep him in there. 2004 is finished.
And maybe it doesn't matter who the QB is. Neil Best indicates that maybe the play calling is too predictable and is causing problems. I mentioned back on October 31 that Coughlin was too predictable in the red zone. Now the predictability has spread.
Posted by James Trotta at December 6, 2004 9:56 PM