The Better New York Coach in the NFL?

With the end of the summer comes the NFL season and leading up to this season during the summer, the New York area has been quite the focus. First, both the GIANTS and the Jets, open their co-owned stadium, New Meadowlands Stadium, replacing Giants Stadium, which is now a part of the parking lot (An aside, I will very much miss Giants Stadium. Below is a pic of New Meadowlands Stadium from a hardhat tour I took in February). Second, the Jets have high expectations this season and have been the focus of the media between Hard Knocks, their free agency acquisitions and Rex Ryan's f-bomb laden training camp speeches. The Giants, on the other hand, with their late season collapse, were not as talked about (and are kind of the forgotten child in the NFC East so far) and did not have as high expectations, even though they've had some free agency acquisitions like Antrel Rolle and rookies like Victor Cruz.



Two articles caught my eye this week. The first in the Star-Ledger, compares the leadership styles of Rex Ryan and Tom Coughlin (GIANTS head coach), their styles, results of their styles and who is considered the better coach. Rex Ryan may be dominating the press for now, but Tom Coughlin led the Giants to winning the Lombardi Trophy. The second article is a bit of a hit piece, but still asks some valid questions about where the Jets may be heading after their flat performance on Monday night against the Baltimore Ravens, as well as reaction and ramifications to the Ines Sainz incident.

Both are worth a read and it is only the 1st week of the season, so it remains to be seen how the GIANTS and JETS will do. In my opinion, I believe that both these coaches, while having radically different styles, are strong leaders, (I have always been a fan of Tom Coughlin and was happy the Jets hired Rex Ryan) but we do need to see Ryan win a few. Coughlin is also under the gun after last season's collapse, along with the fact that Cowher may want to get back to coaching. I hope for good things for both teams and think the GIANTS have a good chance at surprising many this season.