<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Coughlin gets one-year extension from GiantsESPN.com news servicesCALDWELL, N.J. -- Tom Coughlin was given a one-year reprieve to turn the New York Giants into a legitimate contender.</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2726452This I don't understand, not only does he not get canned, but he gets an EXTENSION? Stupid Giants.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Jan 11 2007, 11:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Coughlin gets one-year extension from GiantsESPN.com news servicesCALDWELL, N.J. -- Tom Coughlin was given a one-year reprieve to turn the New York Giants into a legitimate contender.</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2726452This I don't understand, not only does he not get canned, but he gets an EXTENSION? Stupid Giants.</div>It makes perfect sense really. This is a play for Bill Cowher. Give Coughlin an extension so that this next year isn't seen as a "lame-duck year" for him, and give him that one last year to pull out all the stops. When and if he fails, Cowher's year off is complete, and the Giants are ready to make him an offer.It's not like there are a ton of great head coaching prospects this year. The crop was picked pretty clean on new coaches last year.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Jan 11 2007, 12:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>It makes perfect sense really. This is a play for Bill Cowher. Give Coughlin an extension so that this next year isn't seen as a "lame-duck year" for him, and give him that one last year to pull out all the stops. When and if he fails, Cowher's year off is complete, and the Giants are ready to make him an offer.It's not like there are a ton of great head coaching prospects this year. The crop was picked pretty clean on new coaches last year.</div>He was already under contract for next year....they gave him an extension for 2008 and by then Cowher will have already signed somewhere, unless of course they can Coughlin after next season, but then they have to pay him a full years salary for 2008 when if they hadn't done this his contract would be up.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Jan 11 2007, 08:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Jan 11 2007, 12:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>It makes perfect sense really. This is a play for Bill Cowher. Give Coughlin an extension so that this next year isn't seen as a "lame-duck year" for him, and give him that one last year to pull out all the stops. When and if he fails, Cowher's year off is complete, and the Giants are ready to make him an offer.It's not like there are a ton of great head coaching prospects this year. The crop was picked pretty clean on new coaches last year.</div>He was already under contract for next year....they gave him an extension for 2008 and by then Cowher will have already signed somewhere, unless of course they can Coughlin after next season, but then they have to pay him a full years salary for 2008 when if they hadn't done this his contract would be up.</div>They gave him a contract extension so he's not a lame-duck next year. I think I said that... oh right, I did already.
the extension was so that we actually had a shot at landing a halfway decent set of assistant coaches. See, when head coaches go so do assistant coaches, and had we not given Coughlin an extension, then none of the prospective assistants wouldve wanted to work with us, being as they'd most likely be out the door after this season when Coughlin's contract was up. At least now, if they and Coughlin do a good job, they have a shot to be here next year as well.
