Giants coach Coughlin ready to get Super serious INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin was thrilled to be getting back to serious work with Wednesday's first team practice in Indianapolis for Sunday's Super Bowl against the New England Patriots. Coughlin, who has little patience for off-point questions during press conferences, said he was relieved that Tuesday's Media Day was behind him. "I was OK until that guy came over in the 'Adventureman' suit and the other guy who had the number (old football jersey) and leather helmet," Coughlin said about facing questions silly and serious for an hour on the Lucas Oil Stadium field. That was a little shaky. The Giants coach said he and his assistant coaches had been grinding away at strategy since the team arrived in Indianapolis on Monday after a week of preparation back home. "You have a lot of information you're trying to pump into the players and the players are very, very excited about getting started themselves," Coughlin said. They can sense it and they had a day of meeting and greeting, and now they're ready to go to work. Coughlin said the Giants fully expected New England tight end Rob Gronkowski to play and have planned accordingly on defense. The big receiver, who led the NFL with 17 touchdown catches, sprained his left ankle during the Patriots' victory over the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC title game and has not practiced since. "I really do think he'll play," said Coughlin. It sounds like he's making great progress. Coughlin's Giants beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl four years ago with a late touchdown drive led by quarterback Eli Manning, but the coach downplayed similarities between the two seasons. Fifteen Giants remain on New York's roster from the 2008 NFL title team, while New England returns just seven players from that game. "I really do believe that this is the 2011-12 New York Giants," Coughlin said. This group of young men is trying to create history for themselves. Reporting by Larry Fine; Editing by Mark Lamport-Stokes