The players embarrassed their iconic coach with a putrid effort, and the GM has embarrassed him for years with sub-par rosters.
For years, much of the argument for Tom Coughlin to remain as head coach of the New York Giants despite back-to-back losing records has been centered around the idea that whatever the results the team was playing hard for the coach. After starting a miserable 0-6 in 2013, they did and rallied to a 7-9 finish. After a seven-game losing streak in 2014, they won three straight.
This season, though, it is difficult if not impossible to make that argument.