For me, personally, the benefit of having Coughlin in charge of "everything football" is that we know that everyone is going to work as hard as they can, and we know that there is a experienced, accomplished person with no attachment to any player or anything else, who will have an unbiased view of everything.  

 

Maybe we are already working as hard as we can, maybe we are already running everything the right way, but now, there's a lot less doubt. 

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