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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: -CaliKid- on January 22, 2007, 09:45:41 AM
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IRVING, Texas - After four seasons, the Bill Parcells era here in Dallas is over.
The Cowboys' head coach for the last four years officially announced his resignation here Monday morning.
"I am retiring from coaching football. I want to thank Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones for their tremendous support over the last four years," Parcells said in a statement. "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."
Parcells, 65, compiled a 34-30 record with the Cowboys in the last four years, which included two first-round playoff losses.
"I am in good health and feel lucky to have been able to coach in the NFL for an extended period of time," Parcells said. "I leave the game and the NFL with nothing but good feelings and gratitude to all the players, coaches and other people that have assisted me in that regard."
The Cowboys' season, and consequently Parcells' career, ended in disappointing fashion. The Cowboys' 21-20 playoff loss to the Seahawks included a fumbled snap by quarterback and holder Tony Romo on a potential go-ahead field goal attempt late in the fourth quarter.
Had Parcells returned to the sidelines next season, it would've been his second-longest stint among his four NFL teams. He spent his eight years as a head coach with the New York Giants, leading them to a pair of Super Bowl titles in the 1986 and 1990 seasons. After taking three years off from coaching, Parcells returned to the sideline, spending the next four years in New England before a three-year stint with the New York Jets.
After leaving at the end of the 1999 season, Parcells was out of football for three years before coming to Dallas.
Since taking over, Parcells has led the Cowboys to two playoff appearances, despite losing in the first round in both 2003 and this past season. Parcells' teams were just 34-30 in his four years, but that was still quite an improvement from the 15-33 record his predecessor, Dave Campo, compiled in the three years prior to Parcells' arrival.
Parcells becomes the fourth different, but obviously the most prominent, coach to leave the Cowboys' staff this off-season. Defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer and special teams coach Bruce DeHaven both took similar positions with Atlanta and Seattle, respectively. Offensive quality control coach David Lee is now the offensive coordinator at Arkansas.
:o :o :o :o
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you surprised or something? :laugh:
T.O. for coach! ;)
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Im actually surprised, I thought he would come back for another year.
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Good. Fuck the Cowboys.
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Good. Fuck the Cowboys.
:psych:
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(http://nflthrowbacks.com/team-of-the-decade/the-catch-200.jpg)
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that is one fine ass bitch in your sig and avatar! DAMN!
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Another team ruined by T.O.
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actually parcells was talking about this before to came into the picture. on another note however, hopefully we can get someone in there that can corral this team back into playoff shape, we got the talent we've got the potential now all we need is a stable coach
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so does this mean T O is staying?
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(http://nflthrowbacks.com/team-of-the-decade/the-catch-200.jpg)
(http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9060/dcjohnson20925053607to.jpg)
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(http://nflthrowbacks.com/team-of-the-decade/the-catch-200.jpg)
(http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9060/dcjohnson20925053607to.jpg)
eye for an eye ,lol, how sweet it is
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im not really surprised about his retirement but i thought he would give at least 1 more with Romo as his starter.
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Good, hes not the coach he was and i hate seeing coaches or players that dont know when to quit..I dont think he relates well enuff to his players anymore
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Someone need's to take T.O. out back & talk to him about the rabbit's.... (Of Mice & Men style)
Take his "Gay" ass out, he's over rated.
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terrell ownes is a bitch
parcells is a hall of famer
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Lol @ everyone blaming TO. Dudes 65 is he not allowed to retire?
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Lol @ everyone blaming TO. Dudes 65 is he not allowed to retire?
exactly
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(http://nflthrowbacks.com/team-of-the-decade/the-catch-200.jpg)
(http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9060/dcjohnson20925053607to.jpg)
eye for an eye ,lol, how sweet it is
too bad when we won, it was for a trip to the super bowl. :nahnah2:
8)
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damnnnn that old ass maufucka use to coach b4 i was even born
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I liked Parcells. I don't know how anyone can knock what he did in Dallas. He took them back to the playoff's twice after a bit of a drought. He never had a real QB to work with until Romo. The team is absolutely in a better position than it was before he got there. He's a hall of famer. Won 2 super bowls, and took 4 different teams into the playoffs (first coach to do that). Plus he was a no nonsense type of guy. He held TO in check nicely. Of course TO is relieved that he's gone.
And regardless what is said, I believe that the fact that Jerry Jones wanted TO back was a major factor in Parcells walking away. Parcells just pulled the trigger on Romo, and the Cowboys had some really impressive moments when he took over. And it's also well known that Parcells got heavily fucked in his divorce which pretty much lead him back into coaching in the first place. Dallas was obviously on the right track, the money was there, he had the option to do 1 more year or 3 more years. All the reports say that he had been coming into work every day since they were beaten in the playoffs, going about business as usual. No indications that he was leaving.
Jones better get another coach with a strong personality or TO will run all over him and completely fuck that team up.
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(http://nflthrowbacks.com/team-of-the-decade/the-catch-200.jpg)
(http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9060/dcjohnson20925053607to.jpg)
eye for an eye ,lol, how sweet it is
too bad when we won, it was for a trip to the super bowl. :nahnah2:
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yeah then the next year we stole Primetime and went back for our fifth superbowl win
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(http://nflthrowbacks.com/team-of-the-decade/the-catch-200.jpg)
(http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9060/dcjohnson20925053607to.jpg)
eye for an eye ,lol, how sweet it is
too bad when we won, it was for a trip to the super bowl. :nahnah2:
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yeah then the next year we stole Primetime and went back for our fifth superbowl win
got lucky the pack knocked out the niners that year, the Niners were rolling going into the playoffs winning 6 of 7 which had started in Dallas when the Niners losers of 3 in a row went into Dallas and SMACKED the Boys 38-20, That gave the Niners there 3rd straight win over Dallas and PRIMETIME got smoked that game by Rice ALL DAY LONG...The Niners got outcoached by the Packers that Divisinoal playoff game as Favre killed us with Chmura and Keith Jackson, Freeman, Brooks, etc over the middle KILLED US, and we lost 27-17 after getting down 21-0, if not losing that game the Niners go to Dallas and IMO beat the BOYS going onto SB 30 and win there 6th, but shoulda coulda woulda right ???
its all about matchups and the Packers had the niners number from 95-97
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fuck TO
i dont wanna see parcells go :-\
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fuck TO
i dont wanna see parcells go :-\
a new coach would be perfect, i think Dallas is right on the verge of greatness, but Parcells wasnt bringing it out of the players. The Dallas job IMO would be a great one to land...
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fuck TO
i dont wanna see parcells go :-\
a new coach would be perfect, i think Dallas is right on the verge of greatness, but Parcells wasnt bringing it out of the players. The Dallas job IMO would be a great one to land...
yeah i kinda agree...
parcells would piss me the fuck off one moment then he would be the best coach the next...
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(http://nflthrowbacks.com/team-of-the-decade/the-catch-200.jpg)
(http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9060/dcjohnson20925053607to.jpg)
eye for an eye ,lol, how sweet it is
too bad when we won, it was for a trip to the super bowl. :nahnah2:
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yeah then the next year we stole Primetime and went back for our fifth superbowl win
got lucky the pack knocked out the niners that year, the Niners were rolling going into the playoffs winning 6 of 7 which had started in Dallas when the Niners losers of 3 in a row went into Dallas and SMACKED the Boys 38-20, That gave the Niners there 3rd straight win over Dallas and PRIMETIME got smoked that game by Rice ALL DAY LONG...The Niners got outcoached by the Packers that Divisinoal playoff game as Favre killed us with Chmura and Keith Jackson, Freeman, Brooks, etc over the middle KILLED US, and we lost 27-17 after getting down 21-0, if not losing that game the Niners go to Dallas and IMO beat the BOYS going onto SB 30 and win there 6th, but shoulda coulda woulda right ???
its all about matchups and the Packers had the niners number from 95-97
that's the beauty of playoff positions
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fuck TO
i dont wanna see parcells go :-\
a new coach would be perfect, i think Dallas is right on the verge of greatness, but Parcells wasnt bringing it out of the players. The Dallas job IMO would be a great one to land...
yeah i kinda agree...
parcells would piss me the fuck off one moment then he would be the best coach the next...
parcellshas always been a blessing to every team he's been apart of ....if he doesn't get you a superbowl he puts your team in a greeaaaat position to win one.....new england anyone??!!?? i'm not going to say we're going to win the superbowl anytime soon but depending on who we land as coach we'll be in a good position to be there
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bull for president
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bull for president
bil
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(http://nflthrowbacks.com/team-of-the-decade/the-catch-200.jpg)
(http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9060/dcjohnson20925053607to.jpg)
eye for an eye ,lol, how sweet it is
too bad when we won, it was for a trip to the super bowl. :nahnah2:
8)
yeah then the next year we stole Primetime and went back for our fifth superbowl win
got lucky the pack knocked out the niners that year, the Niners were rolling going into the playoffs winning 6 of 7 which had started in Dallas when the Niners losers of 3 in a row went into Dallas and SMACKED the Boys 38-20, That gave the Niners there 3rd straight win over Dallas and PRIMETIME got smoked that game by Rice ALL DAY LONG...The Niners got outcoached by the Packers that Divisinoal playoff game as Favre killed us with Chmura and Keith Jackson, Freeman, Brooks, etc over the middle KILLED US, and we lost 27-17 after getting down 21-0, if not losing that game the Niners go to Dallas and IMO beat the BOYS going onto SB 30 and win there 6th, but shoulda coulda woulda right ???
its all about matchups and the Packers had the niners number from 95-97
that's the beauty of playoff positions
Yup, its all about matchups