Tom Coughlin to Eagles? Why it"s not so far-fetched

Eli Manning Tears Up As Tom Coughlin Explains Resignation

Rex Ryan rising again in Buffalo turned out to be the Jets worst nightmare when he knocked them out of the playoffs on the last day of the regular season.

Now here comes Tom Coughlin, Philadelphia Eagles head-coaching candidate.

When Coughlin sits down with Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and his flock of decision-makers Monday over a cheesesteak and hard pretzel, he immediately becomes the most coveted prize on the head-coaching market.

A Hall of Fame coach on the open market!

John Mara and Steve Tisch granting their former coach permission to enter the Eagles nest is more a classy move and sign of gratitude it would have reeked of pettiness had they not than any lack of fear Coughlin can come back, at age 70 next season, and haunt them in his next coaching life.

But they have every reason to fear him.

Mara, appearing on Michael Kays radio show the other day, identified one of the things he is looking for in his next head coach: someone with something to prove.

After listening to Mara virtually apologize to him for not providing enough quality personnel lately, you better believe Coughlin would have plenty to prove after three consecutive losing seasons and four out of the playoffs.

And given the respect, admiration and love his former players have for Coughlin, it would surprise no one if more than a few of them decide to ride down the New Jersey Turnpike to join him, and never mind the Giants have few players worth raiding.

Coughlins intimate knowledge of everything Giants is reason enough for Lurie to offer him the job.

Tom Coughlin, a two-time Super Bowl-winning coach, will interview with the Eagles on Monday.Photo: Getty Images

And imagine if Ben McAdoo doesnt get the Giants job and decides he doesnt want to stay for a new head coach how badly would Eli Mannings lower lip quiver if McAdoo left to cast his lot with Coughlin in Philadelphia? Steve Spagnuolo used to be an Eagle, you might recall. McAdoo already has interviewed for the Eagles job, and its doubtful he broached Coughlin as his offensive coordinator.

After the Chip Kelly fiasco, Coughlin will have Lurie at hello.

Then, once he starts talking about the restoration of Eagles pride in that booming voice, Lurie will demand all employees show up for work five minutes early.Once he and pal Gen. Ray Odierno start with the jumping jacks, everyone around town will be crooning Fly, Eagles, fly.

What a welcome change it would be for the team and the city to hear Coughlin quote Wooden and Patton and Churchill instead of Kelly obsessing over anything and everything Oregon Ducks.

You want emotional intelligence? This is your man.

The Eagles and their fans wont have to be reminded they never have won a Super Bowl. Andy Reid got to one and lost to Bill Belichick. Coughlin got to two and beat Belichick both times.

Eagles fans would embrace Coughlin the way Vikings fans embraced Brett Favre. Giants fans would have far less enmity for Coughlin than Packers fans had for Favre the traitor. Coughlin never would be reviled the way Pat Riley was when he bolted for Miami.

h**l, Giants fans mostly held their nose and bit their tongue at the sight of the Ten-Gallon Tuna coaching Jerry Jones Cowboys.

Turnpike Tom could slightly alter his age-old philosophy, too: Talk is chirp, play the game.

The introductory press conference would be a no-brainer, following a photo op at the Liberty Bell. With the Rocky music blaring loud and proud, here comes 69-year-old Tom Coughlin running up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Yo Giants!

Source: http://nypost.com/2016/01/10/tom-coughlin-to-eagles-why-its-not-so-far-fetched/