<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>PHILADELPHIA -- Tom Coughlin's future with the New York Giants was uncertain Sunday after he coached the defending NFC East champions into the playoffs with a .500 record and couldn't get them out of the opening round of the playoffs for the second straight year.Tom CoughlinCoughlin"I'll have something to say later in the week," Giants co-owner John Mara said when asked about Coughlin's future shortly after a heartbreaking 23-20 loss Sunday to the Philadelphia Eagles on a last-second field goal by David Akers.Coughlin is scheduled to make $3 million next season, the final year of a four-year deal that he signed early in January 2004.While the 60-year-old disciplinarian has taken the team to consecutive playoff berth for the first time since 1989-90, the trips to the postseason have not been successful.Carolina embarrassed New York 23-0 at Giants Stadium last season, and the loss to the Eagles capped a frustrating season (8-9) that began with Super Bowl hopes.The season also featured a lot of undisciplined penalties and missed assignments uncharacteristic of a team with a no-nonsense coach."I am not commenting on that," Coughlin said when asked about his future.Coughlin's future might be left to the team's new general manager. Ernie Accorsi is retiring after this season, but it's more likely Mara and co-owner Steve Tisch will made a decision before then.</div>I wouldn't want him back if I were the Giants....http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2723840
His coaching job is an open slot now. There is no way he did anything remotely close to his expectations with the talent he was given.
