Tom Coughlin Retires From Family To Spend More Time With Team
The Giants Coach said he valued the years he spent with his family, but wants to focus on more important things now.
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Just a few days into the
NFL off season,
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we've already got our
first coaching shake up.
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New York Giants head coach
John Coughlin announced
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that he's retiring from his family
to spend more time with his team.
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In a short press release earlier today
Coughlin explained
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that the time constraints
imposed by his family
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were detracting from his responsibilities
as a football coach.
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So, what does this all mean
for the league?
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Get ready to sweat.
It's time for the Steam Room.
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Welcome to the Steam Room
where we turn up the heat
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on our experts to give us the
answers to today's toughest questions.
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Alright, alongside OSN Senior Analyst
and NFL insider Reggie Greengrass,
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I'm Tim Devanon.
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Reggie, you're in the Steam Room.
The pressure's on
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and it only gets hotter from here.
Are you ready? - I'm ready.
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So, let's steam things up.
Reggie, you've got all the NFL coaches
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on your speed dial, so you know
Coughlin as well as any reporter.
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Do you think he's making
the right choice
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by stepping down from his
family at this point?
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Look, Coughlin has spent 41 years
with his family.
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It's a pretty good run.
- It is.
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But with his youngest daughter
graduating high school, - Sure.
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Coughlin felt he had nothing left to
prove as a husband and father.
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Right, time to focus on what really matters.
- That's right, Tim.
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Now, his relationship with his players has been
strained over the years
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because of his family duties.
Is this going to help with that?
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Absolutely. This says he's got his
priorities straight. - Right.
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If Coughlin wants to get back to the
Super Bowl,
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he can't let things like his wife,
Judy, getting sick, - Sure.
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or the impending birth of a grandchild
distract him from the goals at hand.
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How's the family taking the news?
- Well, the family is saying
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all the right things.
They're wishing the coach well,
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but privately, I'm hearing
that Coughlin's wife
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is not handling the
announcement well.
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So, she was blind sighted by it.
- Yeah, apparently she has not
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left the house for days,
she's been crying non-stop
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since the announcement
came down.
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That does not reflect well on her.
- No.
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Alright Greengrass, it's time for
the final sweat.
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Are you ready for the intense heat that's
about to come your way? - I welcome it.
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Who do you see as the next
head of the Coughlin household?
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I gotta say, I like Greg Clem.
- Wow.
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He's a neighbor, he's familiar with
the Coughlin household,
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he's got a good relationship
with the family.
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He's a pretty good bet.
- However, for my dark horse,
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I gotta go with Sam Gillette,
he was Judy Coughlin's
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high school sweetheart.
- Uh-huh.
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Haven't heard a lot
from him in recent years. -True.
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But, I think he could come in and
really shake things up. - Sure.
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I'm also told that Coughlin's youngest
daughter, Katie,
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really likes Steeler's former head coach
Bill Cowher.
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Wow. Would Cowher be interested in
this kind of position?
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Well, he's in a comfortable position with
his current family. - Uh-huh.
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But his friends have told me that if the right
situation were to present itself,
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he would be open to a new challenge.
- Okay then.
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Reggie Greengrass, you have survived
the Steam Room.
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Go cool yourself off.
- Thank you.
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I got hot just watching that.
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