Comments on: Super Bowl XLIV: Who Should Giants Fans Root For?

By: com3.es | Best in Blogs: LOST and Avatar Are Huge, But the Super Bowl Rules

com3.es | Best in Blogs: LOST and Avatar Are Huge, But the Super Bowl Rules — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:35:34 +0000

[...] Remember the controversy in Week 15, when Colts coaches pulled the team’s starters to keep them healthy rather than push for an unlikely comeback to preserve an undefeated season? Who’s a jerk now, asks Football Outsiders. “If you are a Colts fan who freaked out after the Colts pulled their starters in Week 15, I have bad news: You aren’t allowed to watch the Super Bowl…You have to watch something else on Sunday. I recommend Puppy Bowl VI on Animal Planet.” Desperate for a piece of the action, The Giants Blog helps NYG fans pick a team to root for. [...]

By: Hanshi

Hanshi — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:32:05 +0000

Rich Resch
Yeah, it must have been. It was after TC came that Tiki improved. Everything I’ve ever read gives TC the credit. I guess that means we should root for the Colts!

By: Rich Resch

Rich Resch — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:21:54 +0000

I agree with you, and the stats back it up too.

But in an interview I saw a few years ago, Tiki credited Payton with helping him cure his fumbles. This was probably just sour grapes because Tiki did not want to give credit to Coughlin. I guess he’s changed his tone since then.

By: Hanshi

Hanshi — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:57:46 +0000

Here’s where Tiki gives TC credit for the fumble fix:
Said Barber: “Adrian Peterson, I think, needs to be told directly, almost as an affront to his pride, ‘You are hurting your team. You’re becoming more of a liability than you are an asset to your football team.’ And that hurts. When Coach [Tom] Coughlin told that to me, it hurt me and I had to find a way to correct it, but … he told me how to fix it, and I took it to heart and it really helped me craft my game. And Adrian Peterson needs some of that same tough love, because right now it’s hard to get tough on Adrian Peterson because he’s so damn good.”

By: Rich Resch

Rich Resch — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:44:14 +0000

Hey Hanshi. I wasn’t there at practice when Tiki’s fumbling problem was fixed, but Tiki credits Payton with helping him. Whether this is 100% true or whether Tiki just didn’t like Coughlin (which is certainly possible), I don’t know. But as of now, we can’t really say for sure one way or another.

By: Hanshi

Hanshi — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:40:35 +0000

Payton didn’t fix Tiki’s fumble problem, Tom Coughlin did.

By: igs

igs — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:23:58 +0000

That is Jeremy Shockey and Jonathan Vilma.

By: igs

igs — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:20:29 +0000

Root for the Saints, they got 2 Ex-New York darlings on their team. You gotta love it.

By: Steal Home Jose!

Steal Home Jose! — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:27:10 +0000

I’m rooting for the Colts. I don’t want Shockey to win, and I like Peyton Manning. Hopefully watching Peyton take total control of his offense and team during another Super Bowl win will light another fire under Eli’s ass and motivate him some more.