Coughlin goes easy on Shockey
On ESPN’s Sunday Conversation last night, Tom Coughlin was given a golden opportunity to rip the departed Jeremy Shockey, who once publicly called the Giants coach an “ass.”
Not only did Coughlin take the high road, he said Shockey, now a New Orleans Saint, was a “team above self” player last season.
“Jeremy tried to get all this energy into the right context, knowing his personality and knowing how aggressive he was, and he did a good job with it,” Coughlin said. “The unfortunate thing is the injury. He paid the price to get to the position that we were in, and it would have been nice to take him with us through the playoff run.”
There were other interesting moments in the interview, including Coughlin talking about how in 2006 media speculation that he might be fired wore on his family, how dangerously close Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress came to missing the big game with ankle and knee injuries and how the defending champs are still fighting for respect.
