The Giants are never going to prosper with this type of thinking. It is bad enough Eli Apple has twitter beef with kids and charities, but now Landon Collins says he doesn’t want Bill Belichick as his coach.
As for Belichick, the five-time Super Bowl-winning coach who said on Monday he “absolutely” plans to stay with the Patriots, Collins said Belichick is too similar to his college coach, Nick Saban, for his taste. He credited Saban’s rigid style with getting him to the NFL, but it’s not something he wants to live through again.
“The way he runs his organization, I’ve been through that process. I don’t like it,” Collins said. “It’s too strict. …. He’s a great winner, he’s a great coach. I don’t know if [his style] is what the organization really wants.
“I talked to guys who played for [his] team. They love winning, but at the same time, they don’t want to be on the team.”
Yeah, they can’t love winning that much if that is there attitude. Trust me if Belichick told the Giants he wanted to come they would give him a Gruden contract before he got off the phone.
As far as Eli Apple, Collins is still taking shots even though he says he wants him back.
“My relationship can be repaired with him,” Collins said of Apple, with whom he feuded through the media this season. “Our relationship can be mended. I don’t know what his mindset is right now. He’s kind of all over the place right now. You can see that with his Twitter rant. We got to have an understanding why he’s playing football, because you got to be playing football to be one of the best players, not to be on the team and blowing your opportunity.”
He clashed with Collins, who called him a “cancer” after Apple indirectly called Collins a liar when the safety said he was trying to help him through his struggles. Apple has recently been spending time on Twitter going at critical Giants fans.
“I think the organization should keep him,” Collins said. “He’s a first-rounder. He does a good job when his head is on straight on the field. … I want him to be here. I want him to be under my wing, and I can continue pushing him, continuing teaching him how this game is and how this business goes, and help him grow up as much as I can.”
Good luck with all that Giants.