A Giant Win
Inside the New York Giants' Historic Upset over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII
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Publisher Description
Legendary Giants coach Tom Coughlin takes readers inside his coaching masterpiece: Super Bowl XLII when Eli Manning and the underdog Giants beat the undefeated, 18-0 Patriots of Tom Brady and Bill Belichick.
Super Bowl XLII was the greatest upset in NFL history. In A GIANT WIN, Coach Tom Coughlin recounts the strategies and people that made it possible.
Coach Coughlin reveals the intricacies of the game, revealing details only a coach would know. He also details, more than ever before, his relationships with some of the greatest, most iconic players of those Giants teams, like Eli Manning and Michael Strahan.
A GIANT WIN also provides a frame for Coach Coughlin to discuss his life in football—including his years with the Giants as an assistant coach in the late 1980s and 1990, when he helped win a Super Bowl working under Hall of Fame Head Coach Bill Parcells and alongside the coach he’d oppose in Super Bowl XLII: Bill Belichick.
A GIANT WIN is a self-portrait of one of football history’s most successful coaches during his signature game.
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What does it feel like to win a Super Bowl? "It's like you're in a dream world," writes former NFL coach Coughlin (Earn the Right to Win) in this no-frills account of the New York Giants' unexpected win over the New England Patriots at the 2008 Super Bowl. Coughlin first joined the Giants in the late 1980s as the wide receivers coach, briefly left the NFL to coach at the collegiate level, and then returned to the league to coach the Jacksonville Jaguars 1995–2002. In 2004, Coughlin became the Giants' head coach and was determined to recharge the roster: "I knew in my bones this was an opportunity I had prepared for." Coughlin recounts the plays that led to the team's Super Bowl victory, including David Tyree's helmet catch in the fourth quarter, and he discusses the role of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who had a historic season: "The pressure on Brady is why we won." Throughout, Coughlin praises his players and emphasizes the importance of humility ("Pausing to reflect on how great you are puts you at a disadvantage"). Football fans and Giants devotees will find plenty to celebrate.
Customer Reviews
A reflection on the greatest Super Bowl upset in history and a passionate coach.
Coughlin stands alongside both Parcells and Bellichick as one of the greatest coaches to win multiple Superbowls. This book is an insight to the behind the scenes thinking, player and personnel stories, preparation and winning philosophy of the New York Football Giants in Super Bowl 42- the greatest upset in Super Bowl history.
The best part of the reading is Coughlin’s writing of his beloved wife Judy, who passed away from a rare incurable disorder. I thought I knew a lot about the man and his team, but this read I could not put down. Very well done! RIP Judy Coughlin.. -Don Barthelmess, Santa Barbara, CA