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Exhibit A as to how far our linebackers have fallen... we're excited for a linebacking corps of Brinkley, Kennard, and Casillas.

Well, he seems to have less personality than Belichick. So I guess that's a good thing?

Also, are you sure that site isn't a scam?

What, were they sold out of Clint Sintim jersies?

Pretty reasonable, but Fells will be lucky to ever walk again from what I hear. His career is over.

But aren't the Bears something like 21st in offense this year? I mean shit, McAdoo is 8th... might as well keep the guy you have. Again, I don't know much about the guy, but I'm not really sure where all the accolades come from. He won with Payton Manning and posted the 21st offense with Jay Cutler. What's so special about that?

I got the numbers from Pro Football Reference.

Somebody give me a primer... what's Adam Gase's claim to fame again? He did well with Payton Manning and Jay Cutler as quarterbacks?

Another thing too is there's a general feeling (it seems like at least) that Reese may have "turned the corner" in regards to the draft. If you look at the last three years... Flowers, Collins, and Hart look like they can be solid contributors at the least. The same for Bromley, Kennard, and Pugh. Hankins and Richburg can arguably be studs, and of course Beckham could be an all-time great. I guess we'll see. Those drafts of 2008-2012 all looked promising at one time too. I think if you get three players out of each draft that end up being something, Reese stays.

I have a feeling we're going to be pretty bad for the next two years until this gets turned around. Those Jerry Reese drafts from 2008-2012 are really hurting us now.

Harris was better than advertised.

There's no way that's Pat Hanlon speaking. He didn't say "knucklehead" or "shit" at least once.

You'll wish you were the first on Cowher's dick when he's leading us to the playoffs.

Those are valid concerns, but Dick Vermeil came back after a dozen years and took that Rams team to the Super Bowl, and strong defense and a running game will always win in the NFL. I don't think Cowher comes back unless he feels the fire. There was a report this summer about how happy he was working at CBS and having dinner three times a week with that dude he's dating, and I think that's the biggest thing that would keep him out of the job, but there's other reports saying that he'd come back for the right situation.

Agreed. McAdoo is one OBJ injury away from the 29th ranked offense in the league. Plus, it shouldn't take 15 weeks to figure out that a four running back rotation doesn't work.

Tom Coughlin should go coach another team, then we could trade a washed up Eli to them and get something for him. If we're starting over, we need to really start over. Reese should be out of here too.

Finally the voice of reason. All this TC crying needs to fucking stop. He missed the playoffs for 4 straight years. He held on to Jerry Palmieri which demolished the team. He had seven games this year that were blown by coaching in the final 2 minutes. Yes, we can thank him for the Super Bowls. Yes, Reese should probably go too. But all of the "woe is me" bullshit needs to stop. Tom had an awesome run for the ages but it was clearly time to go. He might not have been "THE" problem but he was part of it for sure.

Some of you might not be aware, but I believe Bill Cowher is the perfect coach to replace Coughlin. I won't spell out my opinions on the matter, but I will refer to my Cowher Manifesto if anyone who's interested. However, opinions matter little in the grand scheme of things. Lets take a look at the cold, hard facts. In fifteen years, Cowher posted a .623 winning percentage. How does that stack up to other "great" coaches of this era? Tom Coughlin .531 Bill Parcells .569 Jon Gruden .540 Sean Payton .604 (I was surprised by this) Bill Belichick .664 We can see from this data that although Belichick eclipses him, Cowher has posted a better winning percentage than the man he'd replace, as well as a better percentage than two other coaches who's names are thrown around as Coughlin replacements (Gruden and Payton). His winning percentage is nearly 100 points better than Greatest Coach of All Time Who Never Won a Playoff Game Without Belichick, Bill Parcells. But what really matters is postseason wins, correct? Well, lets take a look there. Bill Cowher posts a .466 winning percentage in the playoffs. How does that stack up to the rest of the crew? Tom Coughlin .407 Bill Parcells .416 Jon Gruden .400 Sean Payton .500 Bill Belichick .546 In this statistic, Cowher beats Coughlin, Gruden, and Greatest Coach Who Never Won Anything Without Belichick handily, but comes in a bit shy of Payton (again, I'm stunned) and Belichick. However, I'd also like to remind everyone that Cowher was posting this record with Kordell Stewart and Mike Tomzcak as his QBS, not Tom Brady and Drew Brees. So there you have it. The numbers speak for themselves. Unfortunately, the bandwagon is full for all of you fair-weather Cowher fans, but when we're back in the playoffs in two years under Cowher I'll be bumping this thread to remind you that all of us on the bandwagon were right.

JoeMorris counts as "most people."

I'm not sure who I'd like to see as coach of the Giants.

No and no.

Yep.

For those of you not in the loop.

Most people on the boards would love Gruden, who never figured out that there was no "Jason Tuck" on the Giants.

He interviews constantly, and never gets a job. Sort of tells you what the rest of the league thinks about him.