Parcells retires

[MoreWineII]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2738949

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After a trying season in Dallas, Bill Parcells is retiring from coaching.

"I am retiring from coaching football," Parcells said in a statement. "I want to thank Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones for their tremendous support over the last four years. Also, the players, my coaching staff and others in the support group who have done so much to help. Dallas is a great city and the Cowboys are an integral part of it. I am hopeful that they are able to go forward from here."

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[capone0]

I guess TO is staying then.

[Bukem_]

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I guess TO is staying then.

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As a dallas hater, TO staying and Parcells leaving is def a good thing.

[ThaSaltCracka]

yeah this is not good news for big D. Have fun whoever takes over dealing with Glenn, TO, and Romo. Somewhere Bledsoe is planning a nice retirement.

[tdarko]

"As a dallas hater, TO staying and Parcells leaving is def a good thing."

LOL. You probably aren't from Dallas so you probably only know what you hear on ESPN.com and on TV etc. and haven't listened to every single press conference he has had in his tenure with the Cowboys.

Parcells was detrimental for the most part to this team. He was too old and too set in his ways when he got here and it has bit them in the butt the entire time. He gets here and forces Zimmer to run the 3-4, a guy that has had incredible success running the 4-3...this is the equivelant of an Asian Chef perfecting his craft all his life and then one day a man come into his restaurant and tells him, "nope, no more, now you're cooking Tacos holmes!" Yet, Zimmer takes all the blame for the defensive woes and Parcells sits back and picks apart everyone like he always does.

How about how selfish this prick is? He knew he was retiring all along, look at his body language the ENTIRE YEAR. And if he didn't know speed that [censored] up b/c some very fine coaches were snagged up while you were taking your precious time making a decision you already knew was coming. We would have loved to at least to have had a chance to interview that Steelers guy, would have been a great fit...but nah, Parcells hasn't ever thought of anyone but himself.

People talk about how selfish and much of an attention whore TO is, well Parcells is right there with him. Two peas in a pod and you guys that love him b/c he brought you NY'ers a Super Bowl, well understand that there aren't a lot of people in Dallas that like him. Good riddance has been the word around here.

TSC,

Glenn hasn't been anything but a treat while with Dallas, it's like he isn't the same guy as he was in NE. Let me clarify this first **Romo isn't a great QB, he is a pretty good QB that could be very good in a few years**, why would dealing with Romo be a problem, the Ranch Reports all state that he is the first at practice and the last to leave--this has been the norm even when he was a back-up and the way Testeverde taught him to be. He watches more film than anyone on the team and everything you hear or see is nothing but class. Seems weird that you think he would be a problem. As for TO, [censored] that guy.

[jl3969]

when regular college kids that i watch the game with were calling all of parcell's plays before they happened and be right a majority of the time, especially on big down situations, it's not a good look.

Parcells was a good coach, but its time for something new.

[Colt McCoy]

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He gets here and forces Zimmer to run the 3-4, a guy that has had incredible success running the 4-3...this is the equivelant of an Asian Chef perfecting his craft all his life and then one day a man come into his restaurant and tells him, "nope, no more, now you're cooking Tacos holmes!" Yet, Zimmer takes all the blame for the defensive woes and Parcells sits back and picks apart everyone like he always does.

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But wasn't that at least partly because Jerry Jones told him he had to keep Zimmer? I think a lot of the problems have had to do with the fact that Parcells & Jones are like oil & water. They're both egomaniacs. This has ended exactly like anyone with an ounce of sense would have predicted. I'm not saying Parcells didn't make mistakes, but this whole thing was doomed to failure from the beginning.

I don't necessarily think it's a matter of him being too old, although I think the too set in his ways is probably right. I think the "the game has passed him by" cliche gets overused. I think it's more a matter of some of these older coaches having earned their reputations with different personnel. Parcells just couldn't get the right personnel in place fast enough to make his system work, whether that's his failure or Jones'. The fact is though, he doesn't adapt well to the personnel he has.

[SL__72]

I don't think the Cowboys missed out all that badly. The only hire I really like so far is Tomlin in Pittsburgh... and by really like I mean really hate because I didn't want him to leave so soon.

[MacGuyV]

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LOL. You probably aren't from Dallas so you probably only know what you hear on ESPN.com and on TV etc. and haven't listened to every single press conference he has had in his tenure with the Cowboys.

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Funny, because I was just watching PTI & SportsCenter which I think is on ESPN - and on both shows there were debating whether his Dallas stint "tarnished his legacy". They never brought up the fact that the franchise he took over was a perrenial 5-11 joke and he got them to the playoffs twice in 4 years. You're probably from Dallas though and have a bloated sense of entitlement that they should win the SB every year.

[MacGuyV]

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As a dallas hater, TO staying and Parcells leaving is def a good thing.

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QFT.