Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 12:17:05 -0400 
From: Thomas Oligino <to0b+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Giants QB controversy (again)

> 
>The CNN Sports Night reported that Handley has picked
>Phil Simms as next week's starting QB.  Hoss wasn't too
>happy and Handley was glib as usual.  Looks like the
>Simms and Hoss camps and media will have a field day
>in NY.
> 
>I am at odds on who should be the starting QB since I
>am NOT a NYG fan.  Perhaps Handley's persona rubs me
>the wrong way, but I did not like his media interview.
>The end result was that he stated, at this time, this
>is my choice.  This seemed to imply that depending on
>Simms workouts or Hoss's workouts, OR how the coach
>feels, will determine the starting QB.  Someone ought
>to slap that silly smile off his face.
> 
>He stated that he wanted continuity.  Since Simms
>has played the last three weeks, he feels why change
>things at this point.  Oh well, the Cowboy's will 
>probably tear them up, regardless on who is the QB.
>I can't believe I said that, I dislike the Cowboys
>as much as the Giants.
>-- 
>  ---------  John Gloria - jpglori@sysengr.pacbell.com	--------	
>  "I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my
>   friends call it."        Edgar Allan Poe


Not only do Giants fans face a year of watching thier team play lousy
football  with no chance at the playoffs but now we are subjected to the
coaching staff acting like that of the Tampa Bay Bucs or one of the
other prenenial losers. Teams that want to win don't make decisions like
this off the cuff. Handley decided to bring Rust in to coach the
defense, to open up the offense, and to start Hoss last winter. I
thought all three were mistakes but if you have a plan and work your
whole off season around it it seems to me you better stick to it.
Handley might have made it a little better if he had said the job was
Simms to lose but he didn't. I just love the idea of the coach picking
the starting quarterback every Wed. The whole process leaves Simms and
Hoss with a serious crediabilty problem in the locker room just when you
need the veterns to take over and slap some of these underachivers
around.
    The only hope for this team is for Simms and Hampton to have big
games Sunday. If this doesn't happen you can forget aboout a win, the
season, and Ray Handley's job, the team will fall  deeper into  disary.
     This team can still control the ball on offense and Simms can open
things up by stretching the defense with deep passes to recievers moving
across the field. However Larry is right when he says the three wide out
offense is a mistake. The three giant recievers just don't command any
respect and show no signs of making teams pay for that lack of respect.
The only way for the giants to win this years is to stay in the two
tight end set and throw alot to thier backs and TE D Brown. They should
however never ever under any situation have howard cross in any pattern
that doesn't put him in the endzone. The man has a incrediable talent
for dropping the ball in crucial situations. I believe he also fumbled
away a game against Philly last year.In addition they can tightenup on
special teams and try to get a healthy Megget some holes to put them in
good field postion. Hell play the starters on special teams if you have
to thier not working up much of a sweat on regular downs as it is maybe
they will wake up a little.
    Oh shit Im starting to think that the Giants can win Sunday ! It's a
incurable affliction that strikes me every week about this time no
matter how bad the prospects.


Tom Oligino
Carneige Mellon University
Go Simms, Go Giants. 

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