EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Tom Coughlin’s smile in the aftermath of Sunday’s loss to the Philadelphia Eagles might have been the biggest tip-off of what was to come.
For his 12 years as the Giants’ coach — and probably for the 34 years he had coached previously — it took a lot to get Coughlin to smile in public after a defeat. But on Sunday, a reporter brought up Coughlin’s 11 grandchildren, who were on the sidelines for what turned out to be his last game with the Giants, and the 69-year-old Coughlin could not help himself.