[ThePundit]

“I was under the impression he was having a press conference to announce his new role with NBC, and then to find out that he turned around and talked about something like this . . . “I think to give the illusion that I had something to do with his retirement, I don’t quite follow that.”

“Something that I’ve tried to do in our locker room is convince people that these types of matters don’t have to go outside of the team,” Coughlin said. “They stay within, they can be handled within. They don’t have to be addressed through the media. “My position is that a team is like a family and if someone has something they would like to discuss, they’re more than welcome to come to my office, sit down, across from me and discuss it,” Coughlin said.

TOM TELLS TIKI: JUST KEEP QUIET By MARK CANNIZZARO - Giants - New York Post Online Edition

[EmpireWF]

The Tiki era is gone. Sure he was the best back in franchise history but all that talkin' was annoying. Moving on will be tough from a team standpoint for sure though.