This will make the Professor very happy!
Tom Coughlin turns 66 in August. He's
entered a stage in life when lesser men punch the clock one final
time, shift comfortably into beach furniture and spend the next three
decades complaining about the Knicks.
His long-time friend Ray Perkins, who
coached the Giants and Tampa Bay Buccaneers back in the
day, can't fathom Coughlin vanishing into retirement.
"Tom Coughlin's got another 15, 20
years in him," Perkins told the New York Post.
This generated snickers, but Perkins
wasn't kidding.
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| Tom Coughlin with Eli and Ernie |
"He does," Perkins said. "He
works out, he takes care of himself, he feels good. He's a great
coach, and I mean it. He's got 15 or 20 more years in him. And he is
totally wrong if he starts thinking of retirement, in my opinion."
Two more decades of dealing with the
New York media will age a man, but Coughlin has football in the
blood. The game reels these coaches in, drives them to obsession and
too often spits them out. It took a lifetime for Coughlin to reach
these heights, and we don't expect him to walk away before he's
ready to.
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