In my heart of hearts, I'd like to see Coughlin get a shot with a second coach. However, his role would have to change. He should not be dealing directly with players. The coach and GM deal with the players. Coughlin oversees them and has final say on the personnel side of things. He also deals with player agents on the contractual side of things, but under no circumstances is he to ever walk into the locker room and chew a player out again. The buffer has to be there or this team will be radioactive to FAs.

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