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Tom Coughlin harboring bitterness towards New York Giants?

By John Buhler

Dec 21, 2014; St. Louis, MO, USA; New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin looks on as his team plays the St. Louis Rams during the first half at the Edward Jones Dome. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 21, 2014; St. Louis, MO, USA; New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin looks on as his team plays the St. Louis Rams during the first half at the Edward Jones Dome. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports /
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Tom Coughlin has some hard feelings for his former employer.

Tom Coughlin may have led the New York Giants to two Super Bowls in his 12-year tenure with as head coach of the NFC East franchise, but still has some “hard feelings” about what all went down with his resignation after the end of the 2015 NFL campaign.

Coughlin’s Giants went 6-10, are picking 10th in the 2016 NFL Draft, and had not made the NFC playoffs since the 2011 NFL season that ended in a Super Bowl victory over the AFC-champion New England Patriots. On Tuesday, Coughlin did an radio interview with Michael Kay of ESPN New York and explained his thoughts toward the organization, per Dan Graziano of ESPN.

"“Don’t think that there aren’t some hard feelings there. There are. That’s natural. I just try to control them when the moment is right.”"

Graziano also writes that Coughlin “still hangs around the Giants’ facility several days a week and has spoken to the team on staying in some capacity.”

Just stating that he would have been in his owners’ offices fighting for his job after another sub-.500 season at 7-9 further emphasizes that the Giants needed to move on from their two-time Super Bowl winning coach. The NFC East isn’t exactly stacked with world-beater teams and the Giants have the longest NFC playoffs drought in that mediocre division, going on five years.

The Giants organization is one of the few in the NFL that has a solid reputation of giving players and coaches several opportunities to redeem themselves. New York will have down seasons, but its always invested in the long-term success of the franchise.

While owners John Mara and Steve Tisch probably would have liked to have had Coughlin go out on his own accord, the energetic head coach wouldn’t go out quietly. Promoting offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo to head coach as Coughlin’s replacement is seen as another prime example of the Giants’ desire to maintain continuity within the team.

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