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The differences between great NBA coaches and poor coaches are subtle because most coaches at the NBA level are basketball experts. For example, Stan Van Gundy has been widely criticized by the media during the 2009 NBA playoffs while Phil Jackson has been praised with very little criticism. Why does the sports media differ in their treatment of these two coaches when they have both coached their team to the NBA Finals?

The Super Bowl Champion New York Giants finally gave in to the Saints and dealt star tight end Jeremy Shockey for a 2nd and 5th round pick in next years draft. For those true Giants fans, it's a sad day in Big Blue Country. Despite all of Shockeys so-called antics, you know pouting when he doesn't get the ball, mouthing off to himself when a play doesn't go his way, or insisting on practicing in Miami in the off-season along with the rest of the guys from "The U", come Sunday #80 is an absolute beast on the field.

If you bought what the media was selling about the Giants young tight end Kevin Boss being a better player than Shockey, then you, my friend, are one of the many caught up in that media "Matrix". The boy Shockey is a Pro Bowl caliber receiving TE and a better than average blocker. He's the exact type of banger you need to have a viable running game in the smash-mouth NFC East.

You ask why did Eli Manning's play take off after Shockey went down? Manning's stellar play late in the season can be directly attributed to the return of his 3rd receiver, a young stud named Steve Smith out of USC. You might have noticed him making big play after big play during their playoff run. Spare me the non-sense about Boss being a better tight end, please! "Media Rule #1" - just because the media piggy-backs off of each others' notions as they always do, doesn't make what they're saying actually true.

It's been no secret in NY that Shockey has been frustrated with his role in the offense. Coach Coughlin always makes protecting the QB the number one priority, so in the Giants offense, Shockey is often hand-cuffed from being the downfield threat that he knows he can be. Now to the coaching staff's credit, a coaching staff which brought the city it's first Super Bowl Champion since 1991, Shock just doesn't have a leg to stand on as to how the O should be ran.

Somewhere from the constant complaining about his role, all the way to the team telling him he can't be on the sidelines during the Super Bowl, the relationship with Shockey and management grew sour and Shockey wanted out. All football fans can agree that Shockey is not the type of player you want upset on your team. The same fierce untamed emotion he shows on the field which makes him the player that he is, would probably rear it's ugly head off of it.