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COPYRIGHT 2004 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc.
New York may be a bastion of liberalism and, in its own gruff way, a sanctuary for leniency, if no longer for licentiousness, but it has always had a soft spot for the autocrat, the unyielding hard-ass--Rudy Giuliani, Martha Stewart, Don Corleone. This is particularly true of the city's pro-sports franchises, whose most memorable (and successful) figures--the brusque Giants and Jets coach Bill Parcells, the egomaniacal Knicks coach Pat Riley, and, of course, the Boss, George Steinbrenner--have often been power-hungry taskmasters and my-way-or-the-highway Machiavellis.
Tom Coughlin, the new head coach of the Giants, is a disciplinarian cut from old Catholic-school cloth. His nicknames include Tom the Tyrant, Major Tom, the General, and the Principal (which is what he looks like). His favorite movie, needless to say, is "Patton." In a recent Sports Illustrated poll, current and former players voted him the worst coach in...
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