December 31st, 2010 
Jeremy Fuchs 
Posted in Happy New Year, Giants fans! Hope your 2011 is filled with health and happiness to you and yours. The Giants still have (at least) one more game left in this season, and it’s a must win. Let’s think about the Redskins.
-Rex Grossman
Sexy Rexy has taken over for Donovan McNabb, and has actually played well. Had 4 touchdowns in a loss against Dallas two weeks ago. Can still throw. Remember, it was only a few years he was the QB of the Super Bowl runner up Bears (Although, to be fair, they did reach the Super Bowl mostly based on their defense, and their regular season success was behind Kyle Orton at the helm, not Grossman.). Talented guy who is playing for his job in 2011. If he plays well, maybe the Redskins don’t draft a QB in the first round. He needs to play weel to keep his job, or at the very least, have a chance at a job somewhere else.
-Scoreboard watching
The Giants are a better team the Redskins. They showed that a few weeks ago when they beat up on them 31-7. The Giants, however, still need to win, and will have to try and not do scoreboard watching. As you know, they can only get in with a win AND a Packers loss. Giants just need to take care of business, and not be distracted by what’s happening with the Packers. It’ll be tough, but it’s necessary for a win.
-Turnovers
Can we just have one game with no turnovers? Is that too much to ask?
A happy and healthy to all! Although I do want the giants to win an I hope they do, I don’t think Eli is capable of not throwing an interception. His ball control has been terrible, and like I have been saying it all goes back to the coaching. Now I know the coaches are not throwing the ball, but it goes back to what is being taught and how much the team is responding to the coaches and it appears as they are not, the result is 3 quarters of football and 21 points in the 4th quarter and not from the giants. There is no leadership on this team, Tuck leads sometimes ( not good enough! ) and if your looking for Eli to to lead he first has to get his act together. That’s why I think a coaching change is needed so bad, the players are just not responding anymore. I like Coughlin and staff but change is needed man! The leaders on this team need to emerge and rally everyone up, because we need it. Something needs to be done within that locker room, because what ever is going on isn’t working, this team has so much talent that’s why I say it all coaching, coaching, coaching. The players only do what they are told.
They’re grown men, if they need “leaders” in order to do their job correctly, there’s a lot more problems out there than a coaching change. Do all you people really think that the only reason we won the Super Bowl a couple years back is because Michael Strahan talks more than Justin Tuck? Really? No it’s because everyone got together, played, shut up, and just kept winning. There were a few times when it looked grim, mostly in Green Bay, but when Webster got that pick, or when Tynes hit that field goal, do you think they did it because the IMMORTAL SOUL OF MICHAEL STRAHAN CASTED ITS UGLY HEAD UPON THE PLAYING FIELD IN A FIT OF RAGE RARRRRR!!! (ridiculous). They are men they play football, they lead in their own right, and as long as they play together as a unit, it doesn’t matter who’s leading, as long as they care about the end result. The problem is inconsistent linebacker play, not enough dynamic play on offense, and play calling that leans itself to feast or famine more than long sustained drives. The issues are so clear with this team that when people reach deep down to find problems with “leadership” it just comes off uninformed. It’s right in front of our faces, this team is and always was a 9-7 team, not one person thought otherwise to start the season, so now that they’re about to end the season at 10 or 9 wins, why is anyone surprised?? The only disappointment really is that guys like Beckum, Barden, Sintim, Dillard and Cruz weren’t able to put themselves in position to show promise going into next year because of injuries or schematic design, but they have an off season to work on these things. I agree it’s time to shake up some of the schemes offensively, but to just turn over the entire coaching unit? I’m not prepared to shoot all the talent we have at DE out the window and go 3-4 with Cowher.
I respectfully wholeheartedly disagree with the notion that grown men don’t need leaders. Preposterous. I led grown men for 21 years on active duty in the US Navy, and they not only needed, but depended upon leaders especially when the going got tough. It’s not a problem if men need leaders. It’s a problem if they don’t… and leadership in 2007 wasn’t about Michael Strahan talking more than Justin Tuck. It’s not the quantity of words that fulfills the duty of leadership, but the ability of the leader to instill a mission, a vision, and individual objectives that must be accomplished in order to achieve that mission. A leader is able to create that mission and vision in his or her entire team, and the team will muster every ounce of ability and intestinal fortitude to follow that leader on that quest, and they all assume full responsibility and accountability to each other for making it happen. But leadership isn’t just about imparting belief in a commonly shared vision and mission through words, but also even more importantly by example. In the 2007 Super Bowl, Michael Strahan showed his teammates what he was willing to do to achieve what few thought was achievable. “17 – 14 is the final score… believe in it, and it will happen.” And it did. Men don’t need leaders? You couldn’t be more wrong.
Ryan
I have to disagree (respectfully). I dont think a massive coaching change will do anything to change this squads mentality. TC is somehing like 64 – 47 with the Giants. Not so sure that even Cowher or Gruden would have done any better. The coordinators and position coaches (with the exception of Quinn), don’t design schemes based on them expecting them to fail. They expect that the scheme is right based on the personnel they have at their disposal. It’s the players who are at fault here.
If these players wont play for 60 minutes a game (There are syill a few guys who are playing hard in the 4th quarter), a coaching change will not remedy that. I grant you that we need a leader. Someone who is willing to punch some guys out if they are not playing hard (yeah I know that’s a little drastic). If some new coach comes in, they are not going to cut or bench some guy who isn’t playing hard because they pay these bums too much money. They couldn’t car elass if they get cut or benched……they still have the vast majority of their money.
What needs to e don eis at the top. Reese needs to start signoing these bums to incentive laden contracts. Based on not only individual performance, but the major portion based on team performance (i.e. record). If they dont like that style contract trade them and get some draft picks. We don’t need players that are worried about how they or the team performs. We need players who are not afraid to lay it on the line because they know they will leave it all on the field for the whole game. Then when someone isn’t producing, we may start to see some leaders emerge who will be in someone’s face it they aren’t going full boie. It’s amazing what seeing money they deserve go down the drain becuase of someone else’s performance will do for leadership.
Anyway, I like Coughlin and think we should keep him. A lot of people are always knocking Gilbride (The Killdrive gets real old after a while). However, the Giants have pretty much been in the tops tier of NFL offensive categories. ANd besides, when people knock him for a bad play call, we never really know if it was him or Eli based on how much I see Eli check off. The jury is still out on Fewell as far as I am concerned. The defense seems to be hit and miss. Terrible at certain times and dominating at others. He seems to not stick with what is working (i.e. haveing Tuck and OSi drop into coverage when ruching the passer has worked all game) and then the bottom falls out.
Anyway, I know this was real windy, but just wanted to give my take on it.
@ Jason C. We all know they are grown men let’s get real here! Every team no matter what sport you play needs a leader! What do you think creates that burning want and will out of each individuale player! And if you think for a second these players sitting and moping about losing that carries into each game! Just look at them on the side lines where is that burning! We know they are grown men! Making a statement like that is exactly what is already going on in the locker room now! @ BluemanFla. I don’t know man maybe your rite! What I can tell you is that there is no leadership here and someone needs to step up to the plate here! And not 1 pep rally talk like Tuck gave and then he fades to the back with his voice! And yes Strahan speeches made a difference! I’m not saying that’s the reason they went to the super bowl man! But it gave them fire and fire is what they need to win! Fire is your want to win.
@ buljos. That is exactly what I’m talkin about man! That’s what this team needs, some how they are lacking it.