When I was younger I thought preseason games were important too. Preseason is not for winning, it's primarily for evaluation, development and getting your team ready for games that actually matter. We were 5-0 in exhibition the year we went 4-12 and 0-4 in Parcells' first year when we nearly made the playoffs. I hope you guys celebrating the win enjoy it when we have no experienced QB in two weeks because Rex was being stupid. If you want to play to win then play to win, be consistent and have ALL the first-teamers in there. 'Playing to win' by having Sanchez in with a bunch of guys that are about to be back bagging groceries is not playing to win OR developing.
Right after they iced Cundiff at the end, I yelled at the TV, "Bring back Simms!" and within a few seconds Simms was back out setting us up for the chip shot.
I hate all things Giants, including Coughlin, but the dude has 2 rings. Gotta respect that. However he got it done, he got it done. That's all that matters. Can't see many Jets fans giving a shit how we won a SB, or who the coach is, as long as we win one.
I somewhat agree that it seemed like he had an axe to grind with Rex Ryan. I don't think I've ever seen a OT preseason game in my life, then he iced the kicker twice on top of that. Seemed somewhat personal, even the Giant's announcers on the telecast seemed shock.
I'm sick and tired of HC's calling TO as the ball is snapped on FG's. It's bush-league, and must stop. Not only that, for fans watching the game it sucks too. Is the kick legit, or is the play dead? Cheer the made kick, Rue the miss? Who knows… I hate it in any game by any coach, and to see it twice by Coughlin last night pissed me off.
You're right, the rule is stupid, don't give them the TO, and give them a delay penalty is they call it too close to the kick
Let me get this straight, Coughlin won two championships and is a lucky zero, Rex Ryan has won squat and is some kind of flawless genius? Do I have that right?
Get real albatross, Coughlin took the Jacksonville Jaguars in only their 2nd year of existance to the AFC conference championship game. Dolt.
Coughlin was a real dickhead when he put Eli in halfway through the 4th quarter against the Jets' 3rd stringers trying to win the game. Inexcusable. :lol:
Damn everybody is so sensitive.. I do agree that the timeout literally right before the ball is snapped has to stop. It doesn't make sense and it's annoying for fans, players and coaches.
^ icing the kicker is definitely annoying, I'm glad they brought the offense back onto the field after Weasel-Face did it the second time. Other than that, I have no qualms with Weasel-Face trying to test his possible depth players in a close-game situation.
are you implying that Rex put someone of Eli's ilk on the field in the 4th? Sanchez is competing for playing time, and has very little shot of being on team next year. that might be juuuuust a little different than playing Eli in the same scenario. total fail on the troll attempt dude.. icing Kickers TWICE in the preseason is just duechy, and unnecessarily risks injury on extra ST plays.
I have no problem with the Giants Kicking the field goal to tie the game, but is overtime really necessary for pre-season game. I think not......
I have no love for Tom Coughlin or his jerky ways, but the fail here is all Rex Ryan's and for the very reason that this thread was started. Ryan knows it.
soo, Ryan is at fault for the decisions Coughlin made, which the original poster pointed out? riiiight you are simply trolling, and doing a shite job of it..
Ryan decided to put in his starting QB (rather than one of the other 2 QBs trying to 'compete' for a job) trying to win this preseason game before Coughlin did his retaliatory icing bullshit. Rex not only 'started it', but did so in an idiotic indefensible way (and knows it-as evidenced by his squirming defensive neurotic postgame display). Would Coughlin have acted like an ass if Rex hadn't put Sanchez in, and had gone with Simms? Maybe, maybe not. But this thread busting Coughlin's shriveled hypertensive rodent balls while completely ignoring Ryan's retarded precipitation of the game's conclusion is pure homerism. Anybody with an ounce of objectivity thought this when Rex put in Sanchez: WTF REX? Really? And after that, anybody with an ounce of objectivity thought this when Coughlin did his icing at the end of the game: Of course he did
