Much-maligned New York Giants' head coach Tom Coughlin will be on the Giants' sidelines for the 2007-2008 season, as New York has given him a one-year contract extension.
There has been much speculation that Coughlin was going to be fired within the next few days after a very disappointing season for his Giants. New York, who had the most difficult schedule in the NFL this year, finished 8-8 after a very promising 6-2 start. The Giants went 2-6 in their final eight regular season games and lost in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs to the Philadelphia Eagles, 23-20.
Although bad coaching has been blamed for the Giants' disaster of a season, the team's collapse can also be attributed to injuries. Michael Strahan, Amani Toomer, and Luke Petitgout missed seven, eight, and seven games, respectively. Strahan and Toomer were both injured in week nine against the Houston Texans. Toomer missed the rest of the season was a torn ACL, while Strahan missed seven of the team's last eight games with a sprained foot. He returned in week 16 against the New Orleans Saints only to re-aggravate his foot injury. Strahan was then placed on injured reserve.
However, those three weren't the only three major injuries for the G-Men this season. They also lost LaVar Arrington for the season to a torn Achilles in week seven against the Dallas Cowboys. Still, the list keeps on growing: Osi Umenyiora missed five games with a hip flexor, Sam Madison missed four with a strained hamstring, Brandon Short missed seven with a bad quad, Carlos Emmons sat out four games with different injuries, Justin Tuck sat out from week seven on, and, finally, Corey Webster missed four games with turf toe.
The 60-year old Coughlin has compiled a regular season record of 25-23 during his three-year tenure as Giants' coach, but has gone 0-2 in the post-season.
Although Coughlin's job is safe, the rest of the coaching staff is still in limbo.
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