Canty makes a good first impression
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- March
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Dare we say Chris Canty sounded almost jolly?
I only ask because he stands 6-foot-7 and would have no problem running me down in a footrace despite carrying 300-and-whatever pounds.
Let’s hope that personality continues to shine through in the locker room.
Canty admitted he was a little surprised to be on the list of free agents the Giants were chasing. He came to New York for a visit over the weekend, got to know Tom Coughlin a little, and eventually decided this was a good place to be.
“Right away, you can always tell when you’re talking to coaches under the Bill Parcells tree,” he said. “You can tell the things that are important to them, being a disciplined, hard-working football player and maximizing your potential. And not having any excuses. Coach Coughlin has a saying, ‘Talk is cheap. Play the game.’ That is reflective of the type of football team that he puts out there every Sunday – a group of guys that are a team and they go out there and play team-oriented football. … I was fired up about that, because it’s an opportunity to be a part of a group of guys that want to be a team and want to play together.”
Guess where the next question went.
You got it, Dallas, were team concepts perhaps overlooked there?
“I’m going to say that in Dallas we had a good group of guys, but for some reason or another during the season we just weren’t able to put it together,” Canty said. “It didn’t result in success. So I want to have an opportunity to be a champion and I think the New York Giants definitely have an opportunity to do that. So I want to come and be a part of this team and this organization.”
Anybody got a push pin?
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on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 at 7:59 pm by Mike Dougherty. 
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Ernie Palladino
I like what I am hearing from Chris Canty so far…lets all hope we do not have any major injuries leading up to the season…..the season itself can not come soon enough.