Who is coughlin

Sometimes you just need a break. When Judy is having a good day, then my day is good. But then there are dark days — those days that are so full of frustration and anger, they have me feeling like a failure and pondering the unfairness of the disease.

Progressive supranuclear palsy, or PSP, is very rare brain disorder that affects one's speech, vision, balance and ability to walk and make other movements. It's a neurological disease similar to Alzheimer's or Parkinson's, although much rarer than those, Dr. Holly Shill, M. PSP is sometimes misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease, for example. Both diseases typically begin in late middle age and share symptoms that include stiffness and muscle rigidity, movement difficulties and clumsiness, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

However, PSP progresses more rapidly. When Judy is having a good day, then my day is good. But then there are dark days — those days that are so full of frustration and anger, they have me feeling like a failure and pondering the unfairness of the disease.

They have had to bear the brunt of my frustrations because of my inability to deal with all the emotions that pile up day after day.

I know how difficult this has been for them, and I thank them for their patience. The Giants fired Coughlin after the season, ending his NFL coaching career with wins, tied for 14th all-time and just two behind Bill Parcells, the only other Giants head coach to win a Super Bowl. Coughlin returned to Jacksonville in as executive vice president of football operations.

He was fired at the end of the season amid rumors his hard-line style had alienated the locker room, with the NFLPA winning a grievance filed by players against the organization. Thank you for relying on us to provide the journalism you can trust. Judy Coughlin, to whom the former head coach has been married for 54 years, was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy in , an incurable brain disorder , he revealed in a deeply personal and moving essay appearing in the New York Times.

Coughlin's decision to put aside his interests to care for his wife encapsulates the lessons he tried to instill on his players at the college and NFL levels about responsibility, sacrifice, and accountability. Coughlin admitted that becoming a full-time caregiver of a loved one isn't easy, given the unpredictability that comes with the territory. The playbook is either changing by the minute or so numbingly repetitious, you lose track of time and self. Let's open up the mailbag and see what' s on everyone's minds this week.

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