Giants Remain on Strike as Hot Seat Warms

The Giants lost and lost badly on opening day.  This has to be an indictment of Tom Coughlin and his staff.   Here's why: the teams that were going to do well from the start, were going to be the teams that could install enough to win under the terms of the shortened practice schedule.   No coaching staffs had the benefit of mini-camps and OTA's, and all had to make do with what was left.  Coughlin knew those rules.   In fact, during the draft he kept talking about how he had to keep changing his plans to accommodate the ever changing shape of the negotiations.   It was clear today that neither Coach Coughlin or Coach Fewell got enough done to beat the lowly Redskins.

We all know the Giants have a remarkably complex passing game, which when fully installed can be very impressive.  It wasn't installed today, and it wasn't very impressive.

We also know that Coach Fewell runs an exotic, cover 2, 4-3.    Well it wasn't impressive today, either, and there were huge holes in the middle of the field and the intermediate zones that Fred Davis made a career out of today.

Now, it is only one game, and they have an extra day this week to get more installed, but their unpreparedness today is all on the coaches, and the seat has to be getting a little warm for Tom Coughlin. The job he did this offseason was unacceptable, especially for a coach who hasn't been able to get a loaded roster into the playoffs in two years.  Tick tock.