Apparently Tiki Barber has a new book coming out, one in which he rips Tom Coughlin for essentially forcing him into retirement:
“[Coughlin] robbed me of what had been one of the most important things I had in my life, which was the joy I felt playing football,” Barber writes in excerpts printed in the newspaper.
Barber credits Coughlin for curing a fumbling problem, but he believes his performances helped Coughlin retain his job. Barber also accuses the Giants of underpaying him by $10 million over the course of his career. The running back was one of the NFL’s top-five rushers each of the past three seasons.
Anybody else sick and tired of Tiki Barber yet? Seriously, this guy is trying to do whatever he can to stay in the limelight since retiring last season (actually, since retiring in the middle of last season). Let’s see, nobody is paying attention to me, so I’ll criticize Eli Manning for not being a leader and once that dies down, I’ll introduce my new book and make sure to blame Coughlin for why I retired prematurely. And if that’s not enough, I’ll use the tired old act of claiming I was underpaid. You were a great player Tiki – this isn’t the right way to go about trying to drum up attention for your new career.
