The recent flap over Detroit Free Press columnist Rob Parker’s hardball question to Lions coach Rod Marinelli — “whether he wished his daughter had married ‘a better defensive coordinator,’” — inspired me to think of a few jackpot questions to ask New York coaches. I’ll define a jackpot question like this: You know that little vein over your eye that pulses when you get really angry? When that explodes, you know you’ve asked a jackpot question.

Eric Mangini — You can’t just erase Brett from the birth certificate with Photoshop?

Tom Coughlin — Want me to shoot Snee in the leg?

Jerry Manuel — Et tu, Jerry? (asked by Willie Randolph)

Mike D’Antoni — Over/Under 30 games into the LeBron-less 2010 season before you quit?

Steve Spagnuolo — Who will you and the Rams be drafting second overall next season?

Scott Gordon — What did you bastards do with Ted Nolan?

Joe Girardi — “Did you consider Brett for Miller with the bases loaded in the seventh?”

P.S. RIP Dock Ellis. (That last line’s a dandy.)