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If the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots this Sunday in the Super Bowl, historians may peg the turning point of the 2007 season to a hot summer's afternoon at the team's Albany training camp. It's as if Bear Bryant or Vince Lombardi had ended one of their legendary boot-camp practices with iced tea and croquet What possessed a coach with a reputation as the biggest martinet in pro football to pull the ramrod out of his own ass? A coach who bragged ofhis own reputation as an SOB suddenly gone ... nice? A lot ofhomers in the New York sports press are having a good time saying/ toldyou so to cynical sportswriters (including me) who were calling for Coughlin's head earlier this season. Spagnuolo, the former Philadelphia Eagles linebacker coach was famous for devising tactics that smothered Brett Favre; you saw some of them at work in Green Bay during the championship game.
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They Might Be Giants
If the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots this Sunday in the Super Bowl, historians may peg the turning point of the 2007 season to a hot summer's afternoon at the team's Albany training camp. After a grueling workout, Tom Coughlin assembled his players fo r a fi lm session. Everyone expected the usual verbal assault Instead, their coach told them, "Lefseverybodyjustgooutandhaveagood time. How about bowling?"
Bowling? It's as if Bear Bryant or Vince Lombardi had ended one of their legendary boot-camp practices with iced tea and croquet What possessed a coach with a ...See the full content of this document
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