PRO FOOTBALL; Did Coughlin Take Detour In Bid for Giants Job?
ATLANTA, Jan. 4 — Tom Coughlin, the Boston College coach and the leading candidate for the Giants’ head-coaching job, canceled a scheduled trip here for the American Football Coaches Association convention amid speculation that he instead spoke to the Giants. Reid Oslin, Boston College’s sports information director, said that he believed Coughlin left Boston this morning. “If he’s not in Atlanta and not in Boston,” Oslin said, “I think there’s only one place he can be and you can guess that.” That place would be Giants Stadium, or the home of George Young, the Giants’ general manager, or somewhere else in the vicinity. But Young, speaking from his office, indicated that he had not interviewed any candidates today and would not interview any Tuesday.
Tom Coughlin, the Boston College coach and the leading candidate for the Giants’ head-coaching job, canceled a scheduled trip here for the American Football Coaches Association convention amid speculation that he instead spoke to the Giants. Reid Oslin, Boston College’s sports information director, said that he believed Coughlin left Boston this morning. “If he’s not in Atlanta and not in Boston,” Oslin said, “I think there’s only one place he can be and you can guess that.” That place would be Giants Stadium, or the home of George Young, the Giants’ general manager, or somewhere else in the vicinity. But Young, speaking from his office, indicated that he had not interviewed any candidates today and would not interview any Tuesday. “I didn’t know Tom had canceled Atlanta,” Young said. “I thought he’d be there.” Still in Boston? Maybe People close to the Giants said they believed that Coughlin might still be in Boston and that he talked with Young on the telephone today. They said Young
