Ex-Giant Barber speaks out about playing under Coughlin

0 Comments | Philadelphia Daily News, February, 2007

Tiki Barber, the recently retired New York Giants running back, said playing under head coach Tom Coughlin was difficult at times.

"Coach Coughlin is very hard-nosed, and I didn't get a lot of time off, couldn't sit down and rest myself, and so it was a constant grind - a physical grind on me that started to take its toll," Barber said on Tuesday at a media conference introducing him as a new correspondent for NBC's "Today Show."

"The grind took its toll on me and really forced me to start thinking about what I wanted to do next."

There was speculation that Coughlin would be fired after this past season and Barber was asked if he would have considered staying on under a new coach.

"I don't think so," Barber said. "This decision was in my head a year...