Mike Vaccaro of the New York Post noted that there were two versions of Tom Coughlin when he was head coach of the New York Giants. The first version was one that was as hard as they come, unrelenting, unwilling, severe, harsh, overly disciplinary – a dictator, a tyrant. The second version was the more pliable, more flexible, more tender – a diplomat, a father figure. When did Tom “adjust” the first version to become the second?
If you ask Giants all-time leading rusher and potential Hall of Famer Tiki Barber, he’ll say it was his retirement announcement in October 2006.