Monday, December 8, 2008

Mike Sullivan Nominated Coach of the Year




RECEIVERS COACH GIANTS


In his fifth season as the Giants receivers coach MIKE SULLIVAN is responsible for the Super Bowl champs’ air game.. Under Sullivan’s direction, the wide receivers have been a consistently productive group.

Last year, Plaxico Burress and Amani Toomer were the team’s top two receivers, with Burress catching 70 passes for 1,025 yards and a career-high 12 touchdowns, while Toomer contributed 59 catches for 760 yards and three scores. In the postseason, Toomer topped the Giants with 21 receptions for 280 yards and three scores, while Burress had 18 catches for 221 yards including the game-winning 13-yard touchdown in the Super Bowl.

Picture David Tyree’s helmet-instead-of-hands reception which has been called the greatest play in Super Bowl history. Consider the story of Plaxico Burress. Mike Sullivan is the one who kept this crew together while Eli Manning matured as a quarterback.
Sullivan joins Corey McIntyre, coach of Cabrillo's Los Padres League champion girls water polo team and Jim Allen, coach of Lompoc High's LPL baseball champions on the nominees list as the Lompoc Locker Room Coach of the Year poll. The entire list can be seen in the right hand column here below our sponsors.

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