The Lions' Pride

Sounds dirty to me!

Coughlin needs to quit being a bitch. Eli proclaiming their friendliness is hilarious.

Coughlin is one of the most if not the most hard-ass coach in the NFL. Schiano needs about 10 good seasons before he can ask permission to hold Coughlin's jock.

Apparently Schiano was pissing NFL people off even when he was at Rutgers. Found this article interesting. They even mention PSU and Paterno's strict policies regarding NFL scouts on campus.

A quote:

"If Joe Paterno's restrictive policies turned Penn State into the most infamous college "visit," checking out prospective pro players on the Rutgers campus was considered an even less enjoyable experience.

'Penn State was off limits for all but two days a year, but they didn't make you feel as unwelcome,' says one AFC team's top personnel executive. 'At Rutgers, it was a really unpleasant day. You were made to feel like an outsider, like you weren't welcome. And everyone was scared to talk to you.

'[Schiano] tried so hard to be a hard ass and went out of his way to be rude. When you'd pass him in the hallway, you might say, 'Good morning,' and he'd look at you like you're a [expletive] idiot. A guy like him doesn't realize that probably half of us played the game at a really high level – it's completely condescending. He would go out of his way to make you feel as uncomfortable as he could.' "

Article says that a recommendation from Bill Belichick to the Glazer family was influential in his hiring.

Certainly seems like something of a mystery. Though I will say that through two weeks, the Bucs have fared a bit better than I thought they might.

Favorite part of the article is when the two Rutgers coaches show up for a pro team's training camp practices and the GM points to a box well removed from them field and tells them they can go stand in it to watch practice.