Kevin Gilbride, Giants Lose Fourth in a Row

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Published: November 9, 2009

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... four-yard line, something just didn’t feel right.

Terrell Thomas had just made a huge interception, setting up the Giants with a chance to put the game away. It should have been a joyous moment.

Yet I knew Tom Coughlin, Kevin Gilbride, and the Giants coaching staff too well to know they wouldn’t be putting anyone away.

After a debilitating holding penalty on Coughlin’s son-in-law Chris Snee and three conservative plays, I said to my friends, “If the Giants lose this game, Kevin Gilbride has to be fired.”

The Giants decided to run the clock down and kick the field goal instead of, I don’t know, actually trying to win the game. This strategy does two things:

1) Makes sure that a field goal does not tie the game.
2) Leaves the door open for the other team to still win the game with a touchdown.

My friend described this strategy as “playing not to lose” instead of playing to win. I have a different name for it: “playing to ...

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