Coughlin and Carson

Yesterday, Giants head coach Tom Coughlin apologized for his team's abysmal performance against the Panthers.

“I do think the one thing that I want to say to our fans is that, to a man, we’d like to apologize for yesterday. I think that for whatever reason a team that had an awful lot to play for, that had opportunities there, that was playing in Giants Stadium for the last regular season game, didn’t play up to our capabilities. It’s been a very frustrating thing.”

Tom, apology noted but not accepted.

Former Giant and Hall of Famer Harry Carson was disgusted with Coughlin's team. Carson said, "I'm not saying that they don't have pride, but I don't see where the pride is coming from," Carson said. "Wellington Mara always said, 'Once a Giant, always a Giant.' And guys who have played here have a certain sense of pride that we have to adhere to. I don't necessarily see that same pride amongst the guys who are here now."

Carson, the former linebacker who bleeds Giants blue, clenched his teeth and questioned why the current players chose to play this day of all days as if they hadn't any heart.

Apparently, Carson's words hit a nerve with Giants linebacker Michael Boley. On Ralph Vacchiano's Blue Screen blog, Several players did seem to take to heart the criticism that Carson levied against them, mostly because it came from Harry Carson. That wasn’t the case, though, for linebacker Michael Boley who said Carson’s criticism “doesn’t mean anything to me.”

“These guys in this locker room, we play the game,” Boley said. “So any kind of words coming from the outside falls on deaf ears.”

Even when it comes from a Giants legend with the stature of Harry Carson?

“It doesn’t mean anything to me,” Boley said. “If we listen to everything that was said outside of these walls we’d drive ourselves crazy. We don’t care who it is. It’s up to us in this locker room. We know what goes on with us. So we can’t really focus on what’s said outside of here.”

Harry's words did not mean anything to you, Michael Boley. Your behavior on and off the field is inexcuseable. Your attitude tells me you are part of the problem and not part of the solution. Let me tell you something about Harry Carson. After being drafted in the fourth round in 1976, Carson played on many bad teams. Despite playing on crappy teams, Carson did not quit like you did, Boley. At one point in his career, Carson almost quit because the losing took a toll on him. From The Education of a Coach, Carson had once tried to give back a week's salary because he felt he had not played well. After Sunday's ignonimous loss, are you willing to give up your weekly paycheck? ............. I do not think so.

Furthermore, here is how Carson felt after a loss. "After a loss I would be depressed for days. It's not a depression where you want to kill yourself. You just want to go inta a hole. You don't want to go out of the house. At the market, the cashier looks at you kind of funny-you loser."

Yeah, Boley, you loser. After your shaky play this year, did the Giants make a huge mistake by signing you to a 5 year, 25 million dollar contract? Right now, it looks and sounds that way.