Tom Coughlin has not handled his divorce from the New York Giants well, and the anger he feels about the way things ended may have cost him a head coaching gig with another team.
In a piece that sheds light on just how bitter Coughlin is about being forced out by the Giants, Gary Meyers of the New York Daily News reports that the 69-year-old acted like a jealous ex-girlfriend when he interviewed with the Philadelphia Eagles. Meyers described it as a “disaster.”
Coughlin acted like a 20-year old whose girlfriend had dumped him and he was trying to make her jealous by dating her No. 1 enemy on the rebound. NFL sources say his hard feelings for the Giants came through loud and clear in the interview with the Eagles brain trust, which included owner Jeffrey Lurie, and he was obsessed with how he felt wronged by the Giants. He was not forthcoming about his plans for his staff. He came off more concerned with making the Giants look bad than being consumed with coaching the Eagles.
Coughlin’s camp said he withdrew from consideration for the Eagles job, but it sounds like he made a horrible impression anyway.
Coughlin said in a radio interview earlier this week that he still works out at the Giants facility twice a week. When you hear some of the things he had to say about his former employer, you’ll understand why that might be awkward for new head coach Ben McAdoo and many other members of the organization.
If Coughlin decides he wants to interview for more head coaching jobs in 2017, he will need to prove to teams that he can move past his time in New York.
