N/S - Giants Michael Strahan Blows Up At Media
Thanks for the good link. That was interesting.
Sorry for the earlier confusion.
I can remember back in our 2001 season (the year after our first and only playoff victory), by the 12th game, things weren't going very well in Haz's second year.
We were supposed to be a lock for the playoffs when the season began (just like the Giants this year), and everything began to unravel for us.
As a fan, it was hard to take, but I also remember, and wanting to believe that we'd right the ship and have a strong playoff run. That never happened. The wheels continued to fall off our wagon, we lost our last 4 games, and ended the 2001 campaign 7-9.
Little did we as fans know all of the problems that were going on behind the scenes: a player involved with another player's wife; Connell caught on tape taking another player's wallet.
The bottomline is: Haslett was already losing control of that team, and we as fans, didn't have a clue.
Why is that important?
When a player like Strahan calls out the media the way he did today over something
he said about another player on the radio, you know something is really wrong in NY. Strahan would typically not do that, but it happens when frustrations mount.
This is the NFL, and we're in serious contention for
a playoff run, not a playoff spot. A few weeks ago, our Giants game, in NY, and in Decemeber, was not one I was really looking forward to...
But with their rash of injuries, and now obvious internal problems (Coughlin has probably lost control of this team), I'll take any advantage that's there.
Perhaps they'll right their ship this week and go on a roll, ending in a SB victory like they did a few years back. Possible, but based on what I see, I doubt it.
Like I said, I'll take any advantage they give us in making that a winnable game on Christmas Eve.