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Giants head coach Tom Coughlin speaks to the media about how difficult and rare it is to participate in the Super Bowl.
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Tom Coughlin addressed the media this morning in what seemed to be an exercise in overkill. He stressed again the team’s intentions to keep things as normal as possible. To avoid an unnecessary disruption, he said the team would not switch hotels the day before the game as teams traditionally do at the Super Bowl.
“Good morning. We have had an outstanding week here in Indianapolis. The hospitality has been very, very good. Our practice facility has been outstanding. Our players have been excited about getting from the meeting rooms to the practice field. We’re looking forward to today – going through our normal Friday practice and going through our Saturday routine on into game day. The excitement has built up through the course of the week. We certainly are looking forward to Super Bowl XLVI. It was great to see Coach (Don) Shula here this morning. I made reference, yesterday, when I talked with Peter King. I was like, ‘How in the world did Coach Shula win 328 games?’ It’s incredible to even think about that. It was great to see him here. I talked to Mary Ann (Shula) and had the opportunity to say hello to (Don Shula), as we prepare for the Super Bowl.”
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Giants head coach Tom Coughlin speaks to the media about the lunacy of Media Day and his preparations for the upcoming week.
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From Phil Perry of CSNNE….
Tom Coughlin is happy Super Bowl XLVI is in Colts country, and not just because the weather has been unseasonably warm.
Judging by his opening comments in his Monday media availability period, Coughlin is hoping the Colts rivalry with the Patriots will mean more local fans cheering on the Giants in Lucas Oil Stadium at the end of the week.
“I would think that the Indianapolis fans would now become Giants fans and support the Giants as well,” Coughlin said.
While Coughlin would be fine if he didn’t see a single Flying Elvis in the crowd on Sunday, he did take time Monday to praise old friend Patriots coach Bill Belichick.
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Yes, the Giants are in Indianapolis. An incredibly warm January is coming to an end all across the country and will continue into February. Mild temperatures will make for a memorable Super Bowl week. Tom Coughlin was in a pleasant mood and alluded to the unseasonable surroundings…apparently, the Giants did not check the Weather Channel.
“Good afternoon. To the very nice people of Indianapolis that welcomed us, we say, ‘Hello from the New York Giants and thank you for the beautiful weather.’” opened Coughlin. “We all packed as if we were coming into snow country, but obviously we didn’t do a very good of anticipating.”
On why the Giants waited until Monday to arrive in Indy…..“First of all, this is the path that we followed four years ago. I thought it was a very good one and it came from research that I had done prior to setting the exact schedule. I felt that our players, because of arriving here when we do and because of media day tomorrow, have plenty of time to be accumulated to the hotel, to the setting, to the meeting rooms. You see these guys walking around now trying to find their way around. That’ll all be taken care of when we go to work on Wednesday. I just felt like this whole process was very good, and the way in which our schedule was established. I thought it was very good for us the last time we did it. We tinkered with it a little bit here and there, with the circumstances that we have been dealt with meeting rooms and that type of thing, but for the most part, the schedule remains the same. The flight started out like a day in which we were making a normal travel to a game, and you kind of have to catch yourself realizing you have a lot of work to do throughout the course of the week. I think the players were excited. When we got on the plane, it was the video cameras and all of that stuff. They’re excited about it.”
On Bill Belichick……..“I certainly do admire him, and he’s done an outstanding job. He’s an exceptional football coach, and I’ve said that before. The style and the preparation…Bill is going to work very hard, as we are, at showing you something and it really isn’t what you think it is. You really have to add an element of that into how you prepare. He’s always been an exceptional defensive coach trained by the best, by Parcells. He’s also become an outstanding offensive coach and Tom Brady has helped him to really diversify and get into areas offensively that only lead to the particular strengths of the individuals involved, and he’s done a very good job of that. He’s always been an outstanding special teamer because he was a special teams coach at one time.”
On what he learned from Bill Parcells….“From Parcells, the thing that I admire mostly from Bill Parcells to George Young, Mr. Mara when I had the opportunity to tell him, was the belief in continuity, the stability. There were very few peaks and valleys. There was a feeling of pressure; the finger was always on the coaching staff and how they prepared their team and how the players responded to that. Ultimately, anyone who was around Parcells for any length of time learned how to win. That’s the biggest thing I took away from it.”
On how QB Eli Manning has performed this season and proved he is an elite quarterback… “The best thing that I can say to answer that question is his response when he was asked probably about the hundredth time that he was asked about that whole situation is, ‘Look, I’m trying to be the best quarterback that I can possibly be and to help our team win.’ And I thought, ‘Boom, that’s the answer.’ I congratulated him on his response and I told the whole team about it. I think it’s a good one. He’s never ever been anything less than a top one to me, and that’s all I care about. I certainly felt…I don’t know if I got the entire story on it. What I really heard is this business about him being elite, and he is elite, period.”
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Here it comes, folks. Let the endless onslaught of redundant questions and answers begin!
Today was the first day of practice for both the Giants and the Patriots. Each team will be trailed not only by their regular local media pools (which includes us) but the national and international media as well. We will try to cut through the grizzle to get to the meat of the news for you.
Here are some highlights from head coach Tom Coughlin’s Thursday media session:
On how practice went today:
“We have been off for a few days, I wouldn’t say the practice was sharp but I believe it was okay. There are a number of guys that were not able to participate today and I think you know who they are but hopefully we will get some of them tomorrow and then as we move along, we will get them all back in preparation to play an exceptional New England Patriot football team who has a 10-game winning streak since the time that we visited there.”
On why seven players sat out of practice….
“We are trying to be smart and not aggravate something that is there that will be able to be managed in a short amount of time and make sure that there is not anything else that happens.”
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Six weeks ago, many were writing and saying which what most would now classify as the unthinkable – the Giants are going to let head coach Tom Coughlin go.
Today, cooler heads have prevailed. Tom is not only here to stay, he’s bound to get a raise and an extension. The only way he leaves now is by his own hand. And don’t hold your breath waiting for that to happen.
At 65, he is the NFL’s oldest head coach, but he can match any of his contemporaries in stamina and intensity.
Earlier this year, a poll among NFL players revealed that Coughlin was one of the coaches they would least like to play for. In other words, losers…
Eli Manning on what he respects most about Coughlin:
“Just the way he prepares, the way he gets his team ready, his messages, the way his attitude is portrayed onto the players and the players kind of take on that attitude in their preparation and approach to play. He’s very passionate about football, about his coaching and being prepared and being committed all the way in to doing your job correctly. I think that’s what I see the most out of him and what leads his players to prepare and play that way.”
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The day after the Giants knocked the 49ers out in the NFC Championship, head coach Tom Coughlin needed to take stock. Were their any injuries was one question. His personal take on this wild ride was another. He didn’t mind talking to the media yesterday…after all, no matter happens in two weeks he’ll still have the last laugh this season.
On WR Hakeem Nicks, who left the game with a shoulder injury, but returned….
“(He) came right back and played. He’s sore, but I think he’s going to be fine.”
On S Tyler Sash, who was sent to the sideline with an apparent concussion…
“I think Tyler is going to have to go through all of the protocol, but he felt pretty good even on the plane last night. So I’m hoping that he will go ahead and pass all of his testing. A lot of that will take place tomorrow.”
On the team’s schedule this week….
“We’ll follow a routine that we developed a few years ago. We’ll end up practicing this week, trying to prepare as best we can while we’re here. We’ll practice Thursday, Friday and Saturday here and then when we get out to Indianapolis we’ll practice a normal Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.”
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Giants head coach Tom Coughlin is not surprised his team is in the Super Bowl. He’s probably more perplexed when they don’t make it. He explained how his team his team has been able to continue fighting…
“They have grit now. They’re battle-tested. We’ve had five straight single elimination games. Somehow, someway we’ve found a way to scratch our way to a win. We prepare well. The guys really do know what’s at stake. I think the veteran guys really help our younger guys in that regard and they’ll have to do a lot of teaching from this point on too with these youngsters. I’m sure they have no idea what they’re getting into now.”
On if he’s surprised that his team is going to Super Bowl….
“I’m not surprised. I’m delighted. I’m excited. At times it’s very difficult to contain yourself. Even this past week when the excitement of this thing was building up, the days seemed to be flying by and I was nervous that we were doing all we could possibly do to put ourselves in a position to win, but these guys have gone out and done it against the best we’ve played. We’ve played an awful lot of superior football teams this year and down the stretch we’ve played a lot of them and that certainly has helped.”
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If the Giants manage to get back to the Super Bowl with a win over the 49ers on Sunday, much will be said about the personnel - and the men who assembled that personnel.
The Daily News Live crew debates where Tom Coughlin and Jerry Reese rank among the all-time Giants’ general managers and coaches.
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