Antrel Rolle: Things are a little too uptight with Tom Coughlin
Antrel Rolle had a few interesting things to say about Tom Coughlin during a recent interview with Miami radio station WQAM, including how he feels things are a little too uptight around Giants headquarters.
From ESPN New York:
“As a person I don’t have any problem with coach Coughlin,” Rolle said. “We have a great relationship. When you’re talking about the coaching side of things, do I feel like things are a little too uptight? Yeah, I do.
“I feel like if he just loosened up just a little bit, still run the ship the way you want to run it, still run the program the way you want to run it but let us have a little fun … because at the end of the day that’s what it’s all about.”
“And people like to talk about Rex Ryan and this that and the other. That team is going to war for him,” Rolle added.
Tom Coughlin also has a Super Bowl ring and Rex Ryan doesn’t (at least yet, anyway).
Before sharing his opinion on his head coach, Rolle went out of his way to say a few times how much he likes Coughlin as a person. Rolle has a right to express himself and say what’s on his mind but I’m wondering if he should have said anything at all.
Rolle isn’t the first person to point out that Coughlin is a little rigid. Before the Giants won the Super Bowl in 2007, Michael Strahan said that Coughlin needed to loosen up, too. But Rolle isn’t the player that Strahan was. His play is too inconsistent and considering he’s the highest paid safety in NFL history, he should be more productive than he was last season. (Especially if he’s going to criticize his head coach in the offseason.)
Again, Rolle was somewhat tactful with his comments but he should first look at his own game before questioning someone else’s.
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1. Ryan does have a superbowl ring, as a defensive line coach for the Ravens…just sayin’!
2. Isn’t it funny how players pick and choose when the game is supposed to be about fun and when it’s just a business, to fit whatever their agenda is at that time? Training camp? Fun. Contract negotations? Business. End of a disappointing year when your playoff destiny was in your own hands but you choked? Fun. Guys like Rolle need more focus on their game. Antrel…feel free to go back to Arizona at anytime.
Wow – great point, T-Bone!
How many times have we heard, “This is a business,” when it comes to their money. But it’s not a business when they’re losing. Interesting.