[NFL!] Coughlin's mega-raise to be formally confirmed by Giants
Giants即將宣布和Coughlin簽下4年21Mil的新約
New Yorkers 吵著要 Coughlin 和 Eli Manning 滾出城
才不過是多久之前的事而已... 真想不到會有這一天啊!
是Football Gods 被 Coughlin 在無關排名、主場優勢的最後一場季賽
仍然出盡菁銳，很有義氣地去擋Patriots的儍勁感動了吧!
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3282149
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Tom Coughlin was rewarded for the New York Giants'
Super Bowl victory, agreeing to a four-year, $21 million contract Friday that
will make him one of the NFL's highest-paid coaches.
The New York Daily News first reported terms of the deal on Feb. 28. The two
sides had the outline of the deal in place for weeks.
Coughlin will earn about $5.25 million annually. A person with knowledge of
the deal who spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press said the
Giants will announce the deal Saturday.
The coach's new contract represents a $2 million increase over last season
and what he was to have earned this year. Seattle's Mike Holmgren is the
NFL's top-paid coach at $8 million a year.
Gary O'Hagan, Coughlin's agent, did not return a call. The Giants had no
comment.
Coughlin had been on the verge of being fired after the Giants went 8-8 in
2006 and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the second
straight year. Coughlin and the Giants (14-6) both staged remarkable
turnarounds, capped by a 17-14 win over the previously unbeaten New England
Patriots in the Super Bowl in Glendale, Ariz.
Coughlin was an assistant coach on Bill Parcells' staff when the Giants won
the Super Bowl in 1991. He left to coach Boston College and eventually took
the head job with the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars. Coughlin has a 103-89
record in 12 NFL seasons, including a 35-29 mark in four seasons with New
York.
Once an unyielding disciplinarian, Coughlin became a kinder, gentler coach.
He still demanded perfection, but he was wise enough to enlist a group of
veterans to get his message across.
It helped when the Giants were routed by Dallas and Green Bay in their first
two games. The two blowouts had some fans screaming for Coughlin to be fired,
and many felt this was going to be a long year for the Giants.
Coughlin went to his leadership council, and told them that there was no
other group that he would rather be coaching.
The message got to the players and the Giants went on a six-game winning
streak, starting with a victory over the Washington Redskins that was
preserved by a late goal-line stand.
New York eventually clinched a playoff berth by rallying to beat Buffalo in
the next-to-last week of the year. The last week of the regular season and
the playoffs were magical.
With nothing to play for in the regular-season finale against the Patriots,
New York played an inspired game behind Eli Manning and opened a 12-point
second-half lead against Tom Brady & Co. before losing 38-35.
The performance gave the Giants confidence going into the playoffs and they
rode it. They beat Tampa Bay in the wild-card game, avenged two earlier
losses to the NFC East champion Cowboys in the conference semifinal and then
got back at Brett Favre and the Packers in overtime on a frigid day in Green
Bay, earning their fourth Super Bowl trip.
A 12-point underdog in the title game, the Giants battered Brady and got a
late-minute TD pass from Manning to Plaxico Burress to win their third Super
Bowl.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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