Earlier today, Jerry Jones issued a statement saying that he has no plans to fire head coach Wade Phillips during the season this year. That Jones felt compelled to make that statement tells you what kind of atmosphere Phillips is dealing with in Dallas right now. Not to worry, though, because as Jones reminds us, Tom Coughlin was thought to be a lame duck in New York once upon a time. To which Drew Magary issued this apt response:
Wade Phillips is No Tom Coughlin*
↵↵I appreciate the Double J’s sound reasoning here. And, in most circumstances, that kind of long-term thinking is correct. But there’s a big difference between Wade Phillips and Tom Coughlin.
↵Tom Coughlin, back during that Giants season, was regarded as a coach who had worn out his welcome. He wasn’t accused of SUCKING, as is the standard complaint with Wade. And Coughlin certainly projects authority on a sideline. Can’t say that for Wade, either. So what we have here is Jerry Jones using logic that would be sound if ANYONE but Wade Phillips were the head coach.
↵↵Indeed, ANYONE would have been an upgrade over Wade Phillips the past two years, and Jerry Jones may be content to ride this out with ole’ Wade, but if that’s the case, methinks we’re in for a lot more of this:
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↵(HT: KSK for the marvelous .gif)
↵*But, yeah, Tom Coughlin’s still an ass.
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