Jim Fassel meant everything to his Giants players: ‘He believed in us’
NY Post
The wins and losses are what they are. The highs — think back on Jan. 14, 2001 — are right there, chronicled in the media guide. So are the lows. He won more than he lost, got to a Super Bowl with an upstart team and lasted seven years in a Big Blue fish bowl that challenges all Giants head coaches to keep their heads above water.
More than anything else Jim Fassel accomplished from the time he arrived in 1997 to his departure after the 2003 season, he succeeded in this: He got his players to play for him. The upsetting news that Fassel died Monday night at the age of 71 was a cruel Tuesday morning wake-up call to anyone who worked for, played for, wrote about or rooted for the Giants. Fassel was taken to a hospital near his home in Las Vegas complaining of chest pains and passed away while under sedation.
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