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Tom Coughlin goes out the way he’s supposed to

By Carl Cockerham

Jan 3, 2016; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin (L) questions a call with side judge Bob Waggoner (25) during the second half against the Philadelphia Eagles and discusses at MetLife Stadium. The Eagles won 35-30. Mandatory Credit: Jim O
Jan 3, 2016; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin (L) questions a call with side judge Bob Waggoner (25) during the second half against the Philadelphia Eagles and discusses at MetLife Stadium. The Eagles won 35-30. Mandatory Credit: Jim O /
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Jan 3, 2016; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin (L) questions a call with side judge Bob Waggoner (25) during the second half against the Philadelphia Eagles and discusses at MetLife Stadium. The Eagles won 35-30. Mandatory Credit: Jim O
Jan 3, 2016; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin (L) questions a call with side judge Bob Waggoner (25) during the second half against the Philadelphia Eagles and discusses at MetLife Stadium. The Eagles won 35-30. Mandatory Credit: Jim O /

Tom Coughlin, formerly of the New York Giants, is one of only two head coaches to win multiple Super Bowls. The other is New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, whom he beat in his wins. As we well know, Belichick won’t be going anywhere until he decides he no longer wants to be there.

So a man that matched wits with him in two Super Bowls and got the better of it should be given the same treatment. I understand the Belichick has his Patriots in the Super Bowl race every year, winning four of them. You also have the fact that the Giants have missed the playoffs for 4-straight years.

But this is a man that has won two Super Bowls in 12 years and you won’t easily find a replacement for that. That’s why the Giants stayed with him through two playoff droughts in which injuries played a major factor. Injuries were especially a major factor in why the Giants didn’t make it to the post-season this year.

That left everyone, the NFL world over, wondering what the Giants would do about Coughlin this offseason. Then on Black Monday, Coughlin threw us all a curve ball and stepped down as the Giants head coach. Many expected him to either be fired or find out if he had another 2011, a year in which he won a Super Bowl after barely holing onto his job, in him.

But he walked out of the Giants’ building on his own terms, the way a coach on his level is supposed to.

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