Tiki Barber

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

To me,the best leader(manager,coach or whatever you want to call it) in professional sports is Mike Scioscia.His teams play as "one." To me,this Coughlin guy is the opposite.So, I really see no use for this guy as a head coach.I saw Coughlin and Tiki together ON THAT FOX NEWS MORNING SHOW (a couple years ago.) Tiki was kind of hosting it for a while(when people were gone for a week or two.) They seemed to like each other then.Why would he have had Coughlin on there if they weren't getting along? Tiki threw in the towel(retired) very early.How much of a competitor is that guy? I mean he would rather be a bullshit guy on T.V. than play ball,so he was part of the problem with that Giants team.Neither one of these deserve the attention they get.Coughlin is a loser,and Tiki is a quitter(and a self-serving back stabber.)

I don't have a problem with him retiring.....totally your own decision--but, the way he threw Eli Manning under the bus and then backed over him again was wrong. Manning may be a lousy leader, only time will tell, but that is stuff that should stay in the locker room. Who is going to trust him with anything confidential?

This guy should be sentenced to a special type of probation. The only condition? He can't look into a mirror the rest of his life. Problem solved.

[Danzig]

anyone have a picture of sour grapes?

[MaTH716]

I am a diehard Giant fan who used to love Tiki Barber and now detest him. I thought Eli summed it up the best, when he questioned what kind of leader was Barber. How could you be a leader when you rip the head coach through the media and then say that you are going to retire in like week 5 of the season. What kind of messages are you sending to your team. I do not like Coughlin at all, but before Coughlin came aboard Tiki put the ball on the ground constantly. Coughlin made him an MVP caliber type back. I do not know where he gets that 10 million dollar figure either. If he does stay retired I wish he would just talk about the Giants objectively. Don't rip the organization that drafted you and help you progress into a star. Try to have some class. Would I take him back, of course! But he must apoligize to the people and the giants organization for being the pompus a-hole that he has all of a sudden turned into!

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

All Tiki cares about is Tiki; he was a good running back, not great and he did a great diservice to the team last year with his retirement talk half way into the season. Keep the mic and spend time on five hours worth of the TODAY show on NBC each day, Tiki...you weren't that good.

[Cannon Shell]

I think you guys are missing the point. He is selling a book. He is getting tens of millions of dollars in free publicity. He is a smart guy. You dont really think that these guys really all love each other do you? At the pro level, it is ALL about the money. Maybe we cant understand it but the players do.

The guy is stating his (maybe) honest opinion ( a rare thing in sports nowdays) and he gets killed for it? Its not like he left a frat or social club. If he had slowed down a bit the Giants would not of hesitated to cut him.

What he said about Eli is what most of the league is probably thinking and saying he did not like Tom Coughlin is not exactly earthshattering news. TC is not a very well liked guy and it wasn't that long ago that the Giants almost had a mutiny because of him. (BTW- Coughlin's brother is a harness horse trainer)