"Wide receiver Plaxico Burress, who spent two years in prison on a gun charge, blasted former coach Tom Coughlin for his lack of sensitivity in an interview in Men's Journal magazine.

Burress played for Coughlin with the New York Giants from 2005-08, catching the winning touchdown pass in Super Bowl XLII in a stunning upset of the previously unbeaten New England Patriots.

During the 2008 season, Burress brought an unlicensed handgun to a New York nightclub and accidentally shot himself in the leg. The injury ended his season, and he served two years in prison on an illegal firearms charge.

"After my situation happened, I turned on the TV, and the first words out of his mouth was 'sad and disappointing,'" Burress told the magazine. "I'm like, forget support - how about some concern? I did just have a bullet in my leg.

"And then I sat in his office, and he pushed back his chair and goes, 'I'm glad you didn't kill anybody!' Man, we're paid too much to be treated like kids. He doesn't realize that we're grown men and actually have kids of our own."

Burress was released from prison earlier this year and signed with the New York Jets. His current coach is Rex Ryan, whom Burress said has a much better demeanor than Coughlin.

"(Coughlin is) not a real positive coach," Burress said. "You look around the league, the Raheem Morrises and Rex Ryans - when their player makes a mistake, they take 'em to the side and say, 'We'll get 'em next time.' But Coughlin's on the sideline going crazy, man."

Burress also said in the interview that he was disappointed that Giants quarterback Eli Manning did not reach out to him while he was in prison.

Before the incident, Burress was one of the better receivers in the NFL with four 1,000-yard seasons and two years with at least 10 TDs. "