Well, 2010 was a painful season for all of us. So close in so many ways.

There’s widespread agreement that the Giants had the stuff to make it all the way, or at least farther along than they did. It wouldn’t take too much tweaking to have a serious winner in 2011, but there are certain things that need to happen…

…and one of them is to hang onto the coach for a little longer. I know, not everyone is thrilled with Coughlin (I personally blame him for distracting me from paying attention to the details of my home refinancing at exactly the wrong time), but think about this: where were we at the beginning of the year, and where did we end up? You can lay a lot of that right at his feet. Getting rid of him at this point would be a waste of a warm-up, if nothing else. (edit — just found out that he’s sticking around, so obviously somebody else feels the way I do!)

I may get schwinged for saying this, but we don’t have a single flawless section. Both offense and defense could use a little work. We have some solid players, plus one or two surprisingly good guys that may not get the recognition they deserve, and a handful of players whose best days are way behind them, if they even had any best days.

What we DON’T have is a big-name attention guy. It’s not Manning’s world anymore. We have a team that can hold down the fort if one or two guys get sidelined from injury or whatever (oh well, things happen, right?).