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An inside perspective on quality Coughlin would bring to Eagles

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Tom Coughlin always treated the media professionally and never played favorites, Paul Schwartz writes.

No one in Philadelphia has to treat Tom Coughlin like a stiff new baseball glove. There is no need to rub oil on him, wrap him tightly with rubber bands and stick him under the mattress for a month.

He already is broken in.

It remains a leap from here to there before Coughlin restarts his coaching career with the Eagles — he will speak with them Monday — but if there is a match to be made, Coughlin arrives as a media Mr.