(01-16-2018, 10:51 AM)TyLawsPick6 Wrote:

(01-15-2018, 11:44 PM)Scarecrow Wrote: The wildcard here is Tom Coughlin...he's proven to beat the formula that is the Patriots and he is an interesting piece to the puzzle.  He's not the coach but he's in charge.  

This is going to be a hard hitting affair.  I hope Brady is ready to be put on his [BLEEP] a few times.

While Coughlin has had a nice career, Steve Spagnuolo was responsible for the SB 42 defensive effort, which was a massive fail by McDaniels and all the offensive coaches involved.

In 2011, in SB 46, the Pats yet again through it away with lack of execution plays or bad decisions. 

It's really nothing special that Coughlin personally did.  That rhetoric has got to be the most inconsequential piece of information I've heard so far this week.

If Asante Samuel catches an easy INT or Welker simply holds on, Coughlin is seen as a mediocre coach with zero SB rings, so let's not oversell something that has absolutely zero to do with 2017 and the AFC Title game on Sunday.

Coughlin was about to be fired if they didn't make the playoffs in 2007. Nice response and he certainly deserves kudos for what those defenses did, absolutely. But, if you're relying on a team like NE's 2011 team that was being rebuilt off a Lockout, with no mini camp or summer camp, that's not the same kind of a situation here.

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(01-15-2018, 05:49 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: ITS A CONSPIRACY!!!

No, it's about money. That's how the world work$. Welcome to reality.

I dont think most Jags fan see Coughlin as an X factor from an x's and o's standpoint.
But more of a factor in setting the tone for the team from a preparedness level. Just letting the team know what to expect from an intensity level and reinforcing the attention to detail.
Obviously he will give Marrone some tips but I think Coughlin's value is more towards his "aura" and omnipresence

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