Last thing on Osi
Tom Rock of Newsday has confirmed that Osi left the Giants facility due to a dispute he had with first year 
defensive coordinator Bill Sheridan. According to sources Sheridan was critical of a play he saw on tape in the Giants Jets game, and Osi did not agree with Sheridan’s assessment.
It doesn’t sound all that bad, but when you think about this it had to be more then just a minor disagreement for Osi to leave practice. I assume (we know what assuming does) that Osi was a little more then miffed if he felt the need to leave the facility. Not a great start for the first year coordinator, but then again it could be worse, look at Josh McDaniels who has not only run a franchise QB out of town but has now alienated a stud wide-out as well.
Hopefully this blows over, but it makes me a bit nervous. The best coordinators usually have a way of getting guys pumped to play for them. I remember numerous quotes from Michael Strahan who claimed he always knew the D would show up for the guys they loved, both Spags and John Fox. Sheridan has been described as calm, cool and slightly more detached from his players. I always lean to the more ra-ra coaches like Fox, Spags, Cowher and Parcells, but for every one of them there is a Jim Johnson (may he rest in peace) and Joe Torre who are equally successful.
At the very least Osi is looking at a 16,000 fine, but leaving a practice, abandoning your team, is exactlty the kind of behavior that goes against Coughlins “team first” approach. The only good thing here is Osi has already apologized and wants to move forward. If anything this is just something to file away for later, but for now it seems like a dead issue.
