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Article: New York's Coughlin a Giant of the game
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- Columbia Daily Tribune
- Article date:
- January 26, 2008
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As a former high school teacher, I like to speak to students
across the country, and one of the most common questions I get is:
What does it take to succeed in life? My answer is very simple: hard
work and perseverance. I know it's a cliche, but it's a good cliche.
One year ago, New York Giants Coach Tom Coughlin was on the
ropes. His team had underperformed, his star player, Tiki Barber,
had quit - partially because he didn't much like Coughlin - and the
New York media were pounding the coach into pudding every hour on
the hour.
I mean, it was bad.
Watching from a distance, I felt sorry for Coughlin. I've seen
public figures get hammered, but this was brutal.
Sportswriters were digging ...