Throughout his tenure in New York Tom Coughlin has had a love hate relationship with the fans, but now after leading the franchise to another Super Bowl victory could he be the best in Giants’ history? Coughlin became the Giants head coach in 2004, after a two-year hiatus following his seven seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars, and started to bring the old school mentality with him. In 1988, Coughlin was hired by Bill Parcells as the team’s wide receiver’s coach and stayed until their Super Bowl victory in 1990. Little did Parcells know that Coughlin would evolve into someone who one day would be compared to him. Understandably so, Coughlin’s coaching style is a mirror imagine of Parcells’ which stresses strict discipline on and off the field. Interestingly, his outlook on coaching is what got him the gig as the Giants’ coach. Before he was hired there were rumors about a lack of discipline and accountability stemming throughout the locker room. Coughlin proved to be the cure. Sin...
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