Mr. P Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Giants coach Tom Coughlin is busy preparing his team for Sunday’s game in Seattle, but on Tuesday, he found time to make an important stop at Hackensack University Medical Center. Coughlin visited with Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand, who has been at Hackensack since suffering a spinal cord injury in an Oct. 16 game against Army, an injury that has left him paralyzed. “I was looking forward to getting to see Eric over the last two weeks and I told his mother [Karen] that,” Coughlin said Wednesday before heading out to the practice field. “She has done an incredible job. She’s so very positive and tough and so committed to making sure Eric understands that his spirits are always up and thinking about positive things.” Coughlin, understandably hesitant to talk about his visit, opened up because the continued attention to LeGrand’s journey buoys the young man’s spirit as well as interest in the “Eric LeGrand Believe Fund,” which was set up by Rutgers in the wake of the injury. Coughlin delivered a signed helmet and said LeGrand repeatedly thanked him for coming by. “I got down close [to hear him]. He was thanking me most of the time and wanted to make sure everybody got introduced,” Coughlin said. As a longtime football coach, Coughlin is obviously affected by this story. As a father of four with 10 grandchildren, Coughlin feels it even more deeply. “You come in knowing full well what you represent, what you want them to understand, that the Giants are here for you, we’re all here for you,” he said. “Then, if you let yourself, when you leave the room you begin to think as his mother thinks. She’s been an incredible, strong, strong human being.” http://www.northjersey.com/sports/110310_Giants_coach_Tom_Coughlin_visits_paralyzed_Rutgers_football_player.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allstarjim Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 http://www.northjersey.com/sports/110310_Giants_coach_Tom_Coughlin_visits_paralyzed_Rutgers_football_player.html Once again, Coughlin DOING THE RIGHT THING! Coughlin is the kind of man you want your sons to grow up to be like. The longer he's coached in NY, the more I've liked him. This guy just gets it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmenroc Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Might be ignorant to say, but you never know when you might need a paraplegic to come speak to motivate your team. Might as well get on his good graces now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMFP Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Coughlin is a class act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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