'Papa Bear' Was Right - It’s How You Finish!

The New York Giants proved it's not
how you start, but how you finish!

You know, Eye On Sports readers, my father, the late, great track and field coach, George ‘Papa Bear’ Williams always told me, ‘It’s not how you start son, it’s how you finish’ and apparently, that’s a message that New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin, has shared with his players since taking over as the head coach back in 2004.

New York Giants head coach
Tom Coughlin is 'old school'.

New York has now shown on two occasions that you don’t necessarily have to be a dominant team during the regular season – and that it’s not how you start the regular season – it’s how you finish it and the postseason!

Denver Broncos
quarterback Tim Tebow.

The G-Men caught fire at just the right time in 2007 and did the same thing this year after falling to a mediocre 7-7 with just two regular season contests remaining. One common theme that the Giants preached after their hard-fought victory over the Patriots, was their total belief that they could overcome any obstacle in their path.

"Never," defensive end Justin Tuck said. "We have been in that situation all year and we just kept telling ourselves one game at a time, one play at a time and we finished it."

First, we got a huge dose of Tim Tebow mania and now this from the Giants?

Talk about belief in the NFL this season - not to mention the fact that dear old dad was right - it's not how you star, but how you finish!