Giants Keeping Tom Coughlin

ESPN.com - NFL - All signs point to Giants retaining head coach Coughlin (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2725854)

I guess it's a case of no real hot candidates being available.

whats gonna happen to mora? I'd take him over coughlin anyday...

That seems like a bad reason to keep a coach who seems like he is pretty much hated by his team. I've never heard as many players claim that their team was outcoached as often as the Giants have in the past couple of seasons, except for maybe when Bill Callahan was at the helm for the hapless Oakland Raiders.

I thoroughly expect that team to fall apart next season. No Tiki to keep defenses honest or even attempt to lead that team. Eli never looks he cares or even knows what's going on sometimes, Shockey and Burress are pricks and it seems like the only thing any of them have in common is a hatred for their coach. Next season could be an interesting one to watch for the Giants.

Meaning the Skins should at least finish third in the division!

I hated losing to them but it helped us out in the future. Making the playoofs gave them just a little less reason to fire him. He is killing that team.

He's a decent team builder, but he wears out his welcome pretty fast. team killer

whatever... Its not like he has underperformed. Its not like he has done amazing either but thing is his team hates him. I am looking for a franchise breakdown sometime next year.

If the whole team and not just a few malcontent primadonna's were anti-Coughlin then I can see that he should be fired. Giants management would be extremely foolish to keep Coughlin if the team as a whole hated him and as a result will not perform for him.

Well see that's the thing about firing coaches. Why would you want to fire him if there aren't any better options available?

The team has no confidence in Coughlin and thinks he gets outcoached, but what are they going to think if they bring in a Bobby Petrino type guy, ie some college coach? Given the lack of success most college coaches have, wouldn't it stand to reason that the Giants would get fed up with any mistakes their coach makes as well?

I mean, maybe not, you never know if the next college coach or young assistant is going to be a good one. But chances are, the Giants would just be bitching and moaning under the new coach, just like they would be for Coughlin.

If they could get their hands on Grimm, I'd think he would be an upgrade over Coughlin. Too bad the Steelers are probably all over him. But other than Grimm, who's definitely better than Tom Coughlin? Doesn't make sense to me to just go changing coaches; you only do it if you've got someone you are pretty sure is going to be better.

On Coughlin, he's an ill-tempered old man who's horrible at Xs and Os, and seems to have lost his team's respect. I am in no way saying he's a great coach. But if Eli Manning played up to his potential, wouldn't the team be winning a bit more often? And wouldn't a little more winning put an end to all of the bitching and moaning?

I just wonder how well a new coach would do in NY with Eli at the helm. I'm guessing not very well, because in the end, Eli just isn't a good QB in my opinion, and doesn't have much of a chance to be much better. He's just an overrated bum with the last name Manning.

I think maybe their thinking is wait one more year, possibly go after Pioli next offseason again and let Pioli bring his own coach in.

As for better choices-Mike Martz? Ron Rivera? Denzel Washington?