Parcells on Real Sports Tonight

[CowboysFan73]

Not sure if this has been posted, but read this in today's USA Today...

"Parcells blames Romo miscue on retirement"

Bill Parcells will tell Andrea Kremer of HBO on Real Sports tonight (10 p.m.) that Tony Romo's inability to catch a snap for a field goal in the playoffs forced him into retirement (http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_football_dolphins/2008/07/parcells-quit-c.html).
According to a transcript sent out by HBO, Parcells had enough.
"We’d just lost to Seattle and I’m flying back,'' Parcells told Kremer. "I'm sitting up with the pilots, you know, I have a little fear of flying so I ride up in the cockpit. And I said, ‘This is probably going to be my last trip.’ And you just know. You don’t want to go through the whole process again, to get to right where we were. You know? And all you got to do is kick a field goal, the most elementary of plays, and then you just don’t do it. And so I don’t want to go through that process again. Too much blood.”
It was the third time that Parcells retired.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/gameon/2008/07/parcells-blames.html

[HoleInTheRoof]

If Romo is responsible for Parcells retiring, then we all owe Romo our sincerest gratitude.

That fumbled snap was the best thing that could've happened to this organization if thats the case.

[Chocolate Lab]

USA Today needs an editor and an English teacher.

Maybe he blamed the bobble for his retirement, but not on it.

(And for the record, I don't think Parcells was really saying the bobble alone made him retire.)

[bbailey423]

If Romo is responsible for Parcells retiring, then we all owe Romo our sincerest gratitude.

That fumbled snap was the best thing that could've happened to this organization if thats the case.
Amen!

[theogt]

If Romo is responsible for Parcells retiring, then we all owe Romo our sincerest gratitude.

That fumbled snap was the best thing that could've happened to this organization if thats the case.Agreed.

[dmq]

Yeah and a missed field goal from the other team made him a legend. You've got to take the good w/ the bad.

[CrazyCowboy]

thank you Moxie!

[Hostile]

Oh joy, oh rapture.

[MetalHead]

Duane's at it again.
What a miserable little being.

[superpunk]

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122147

Good thread.

[CowboysFan73]

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122147

Good thread.

Thanks SP. I figured it had been posted but I guess I didn't search far enough back...

[superpunk]

Thanks SP. I figured it had been posted but I guess I didn't search far enough back...

No problem.

The more threads that get started on this iconic figure in Dallas Cowboys history, the better, I always say. You can never have enough threads reminding you how amazing Bill Parcells is.

[theogt]

No problem.

The more threads that get started on this iconic figure in Dallas Cowboys history, the better, I always say. You can never have enough threads reminding you how amazing Bill Parcells is.Dude.

4 wide receivers. Base defensive package.

Glad he came. Glad he left.

I wouldn't call him great or amazing. He was a good short-term motivator with a penchant for making safe draft choices.

[superpunk]

Dude.

4 wide receivers. Base defensive package.

Glad he came. Glad he left.

I wouldn't call him great or amazing. He was a good short-term motivator with a penchant for making safe draft choices.
I too loved the way he reworked our roster from barely NFL-caliber to immensely talented. It's alot more fun being contenders in the NFC. We can only hope we get a little more production from the 2008 draft class than just a kicker. :eek:

[dcfanatic]

What a crock of ****.

Find me the quote where he says 'tony romo dropping that snap is the reason I retired'.

I recorded the interview.

To paraphrase. Putting in all that work and then going home after an event like that where 'all you have to do is make a FG and we win' was hard to take.

He didn't think he had it in him to go thru all that work once again.

[mbanx]

Thats exactly why he chose to retire :laugh2: He was the Alpha and Omega here but for some reason (which from this article was all Romo's fault). Starting Bledsoe the first six games had nothing to do with it like running a very "hold back" defense. Oh well he is Parcells he never makes bad decsions just bad choices. I love what Parcells did for this team but what a complete narcissict.

[theogt]

I too loved the way he reworked our roster from barely NFL-caliber to immensely talented. It's alot more fun being contenders in the NFC. We can only hope we get a little more production from the 2008 draft class than just a kicker. :eek:Are you saying it took a lot of work to improve one of the worst teams in the NFL? I agree that he's not incompetent, but that's pretty much all you're saying when you say he improved the team from what it was. He essentially got us 4 more wins per season over a 5-11 team.

Yes, Bill Parcells was not incompetent. Was what he did here great? Impressive? No.

The single biggest reason this team was 13-3 and we're Super Bowl contenders is that Tony Romo is ridiculously good. And that was a complete fluke.

[superpunk]

Are you saying it took a lot of work to improve one of the worst teams in the NFL?
Sure it did. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it - and there's plenty of evidence of that not happening.

The single biggest reason this team was 13-3 and we're Super Bowl contenders is that Tony Romo is ridiculously good. That's probably the thing I'm most thankful to Bill about. Taking a chance on an undrafted QB, developing him while the owner had already nominated a Michigan boy the heir apparent. I mean, if strong-willed Bill hadn't been there, who knows what direction Jerry would have went at QB? :eek: We might be in year 4 of the Drew Henson experiment by now.

It took some balls, but Bill did the right thing there, for sure. Phenomenal.

[theogt]

Sure it did. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it - and there's plenty of evidence of that not happening.I agree that there are a lot of incompetent GMs in the NFL. Simply not being incompetent doesn't strike me as impressive, though.

That's probably the thing I'm most thankful to Bill about. Taking a chance on an undrafted QB, developing him while the owner had already nominated a Michigan boy the heir apparent. I mean, if strong-willed Bill hadn't been there, who knows what direction Jerry would have went at QB? :eek: We might be in year 4 of the Drew Henson experiment by now.

It took some balls, but Bill did the right thing there, for sure. Phenomenal.What were his first words about Romo? If he ever saw game time he'd have every ball batted down? If he didn't think much of Henson, I can't say anything other than, well any competent person shouldn't have been impressed by anything he was doing either. I never understood what anyone saw in the guy. He was terrible.

It was pure dumb luck that Romo stuck around as long as he did. Thank goodness for drug habits, huh?

I can't believe Parcells was dumb enough to keep Bledsoe as the starter as long as he was. It was pretty disappointing those first 6 games.

[superpunk]

I agree that there are a lot of incompetent GMs in the NFL. Simply not being incompetent doesn't strike me as impressive, though.

Then I'm sure you're plenty impressed with what he was able to accomplish here.

What were his first words about Romo? If he ever saw game time he'd have every ball batted down?
Romo acknowledged something similar. Surely you can separate feelings then from feelings as Romo gained experience and allowed himself to be taught?

But that's getting off topic. Bill in a radio interview with Seattle media way back in 2004 said (when the Seattle personalities kept asking about Henson) "I've got another one down there you guys don't know about yet." Romo was identified, and was extended for a gigantic contract for an unproven backup.

Truly some amazing planning and foresight by Bill. Always good to reminisce.

[theogt]

Then I'm sure you're plenty impressed with what he was able to accomplish here.I'm not impressed by simply not being incompetent.

Romo acknowledged something similar. Surely you can separate feelings then from feelings as Romo gained experience and allowed himself to be taught?

But that's getting off topic. Bill in a radio interview with Seattle media way back in 2004 said (when the Seattle personalities kept asking about Henson) "I've got another one down there you guys don't know about yet." Romo was identified, and was extended for a gigantic contract for an unproven backup.

Truly some amazing planning and foresight by Bill. Always good to reminisce.I guess you're right, not cutting Tony Romo is certainly an impressive accomplishment.

[theebs]

We need some more threads on why parcells sucks and How he held us back.

Its going to be interesting when the dolphins are contenders in the east and a solid franchise with the arrow pointing up by next year at this time.

It will be very interesting for me to read about because everyone hear keeps saying ireland and gaine have nothing to do with it cause parcells calls the shots, however in Dallas we had good drafts in spite of Parcells.

So when miami is winning I cant wait to hear how ireland is the main reason, I suppose all the people who keep saying he is parcells puppet will then switch their tune and credit ireland saying parcells is not around much.

Anyway carry on.

This site needs a special section. The why parcells sucks and it was just by chance Dallas became a powerhouse when he showed up. It would be the best.

[theogt]

We need some more threads on why parcells sucks and How he held us back.

Its going to be interesting when the dolphins are contenders in the east and a solid franchise with the arrow pointing up by next year at this time.

It will be very interesting for me to read about because everyone hear keeps saying ireland and gaine have nothing to do with it cause parcells calls the shots, however in Dallas we had good drafts in spite of Parcells.

So when miami is winning I cant wait to hear how ireland is the main reason, I suppose all the people who keep saying he is parcells puppet will then switch their tune and credit ireland saying parcells is not around much.

Anyway carry on.

This site needs a special section. The why parcells sucks and it was just by chance Dallas became a powerhouse when he showed up. It would be the best.Yes, improving a 1-15 team will be another great accomplishment.

PS - Nobody said he sucks. Carry on.

[superpunk]

I guess you're right, extending an unproven Tony Romo with Jerry's Kid waiting in the wings is certainly an impressive accomplishment.
I am right. There's no need to guess, crazy guy.

[sago1]

I indeed remember Parcells comments re the QB situation and Romo. I think that was the first time that I, maybe a lot of other Cowboy fans as well, had an inking that the Cowboys future might be in the hands of Romo and not Henson. Count me as one Cowboy fan who will always be grateful to Parcells. He made some mistakes both in the draft, his conservative game plan on both sides of the ball & bringing in some of his FOB players. But he also drafted a lot of good players. And IMHO he left the Cowboys with the most important player of all, our future franchise QB in Tony Romo. That more then makes up for any of his other mistakes.

[theogt]

I am right. There's no need to guess, crazy guy.Most teams keep 3 QBs. We didn't have a long-term starter on the roster, so it's not as if it was an either/or situation between Romo and Henson.

It's not as if he found the guy and mentored him to superstardom. Someone else found him. Someone else mentored him. And he only stuck around the roster because another QB was cut for his drug habit.

[superpunk]

I indeed remember Parcells comments re the QB situation and Romo. I think that was the first time that I, maybe a lot of other Cowboy fans as well, had an inking that the Cowboys future might be in the hands of Romo and not Henson. Count me as one Cowboy fan who will always be grateful to Parcells. He made some mistakes both in the draft, his conservative game plan on both sides of the ball & bringing in some of his FOB players. But he also drafted a lot of good players. And IMHO he left the Cowboys with the most important player of all, our future franchise QB in Tony Romo. That more then makes up for any of his other mistakes.

Good recall. Sure, mistakes were made. They always will be. The good far outweighs the bad - and looking at the situation the Cowboys are in today and thinking about the hand Bill Parcells had in it, how can anyone help but praise that great Cowboy? I know I can't. :) it's just too bad he didn't have it in him to stick around longer.

[theebs]

Yes, improving a 1-15 team will be another great accomplishment.

PS - Nobody said he sucks. Carry on.


Not in this thread I dont think they did, but umm it happens all the time.

Improving the Dolphins franchise is what I am talking about. Throw the record out the window. The dolphins have been as sorry an organization as there is in the past 8 years.

Horrible decision after horrible decision, really poor drafts, unstable front office, coaches constantly in flux and then very bad results on the field.


that is all over now. They will be a model franchise in two years. Just watch. Soon the dolphins will be an attraction again. The qb issue is going to slow the progress but everywhere else they will be above average soon.

The dolphins and Bills will be back to playing each other on sunday or monday night come next year and the kicker will be the game will matter.

Anyone who can win with quincy carter, glenn foley and Jeff hostetler has a system that works.

Say what you want, 1-15 and only one place to go but up, but it hasnt happened in miami in years. There 1-15 season wasnt much worse than some of wannstedt's bad years followed up by sabans miserable last year. Everyone has talked a big game down there and not one coach, front office or scout has been able to make a difference there yet.

Until now. The dolphins will be back in the spotlight in the blink of an eye and there is a reason, parcells way works and the guys he brought there to help him believe in it and will teach it and it will bring results. Plain and simple.

[theogt]

Not in this thread I dont think they did, but umm it happens all the time.

Improving the Dolphins franchise is what I am talking about. Throw the record out the window. The dolphins have been as sorry an organization as there is in the past 8 years.

Horrible decision after horrible decision, really poor drafts, unstable front office, coaches constantly in flux and then very bad results on the field.


that is all over now. They will be a model franchise in two years. Just watch. Soon the dolphins will be an attraction again. The qb issue is going to slow the progress but everywhere else they will be above average soon.

The dolphins and Bills will be back to playing each other on sunday or monday night come next year and the kicker will be the game will matter.

Anyone who can win with quincy carter, glenn foley and Jeff hostetler has a system that works.

Say what you want, 1-15 and only one place to go but up, but it hasnt happened in miami in years. There 1-15 season wasnt much worse than some of wannstedt's bad years followed up by sabans miserable last year. Everyone has talked a big game down there and not one coach, front office or scout has been able to make a difference there yet.

Until now. The dolphins will be back in the spotlight in the blink of an eye and there is a reason, parcells way works and the guys he brought there to help him believe in it and will teach it and it will bring results. Plain and simple.His system is to be safe. Be conservative. Make safe draft picks, make safe acquisitions, and play safe football. As long as you're competent to know what's safe, it works. Well, it works in that it gets you 9-7, but not much more.

[theebs]

His system is to be safe. Be conservative. Make safe draft picks, make safe acquisitions, and play safe football. As long as you're competent to know what's safe, it works. Well, it works in that it gets you 9-7, but not much more.


oh really?

ok. I dont have the energy for this tonight so to each his own.

[iceberg]

Not sure if this has been posted, but read this in today's USA Today...

"Parcells blames Romo miscue on retirement"

Bill Parcells will tell Andrea Kremer of HBO on Real Sports tonight (10 p.m.) that Tony Romo's inability to catch a snap for a field goal in the playoffs forced him into retirement (http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_football_dolphins/2008/07/parcells-quit-c.html).
According to a transcript sent out by HBO, Parcells had enough.
"We’d just lost to Seattle and I’m flying back,'' Parcells told Kremer. "I'm sitting up with the pilots, you know, I have a little fear of flying so I ride up in the cockpit. And I said, ‘This is probably going to be my last trip.’ And you just know. You don’t want to go through the whole process again, to get to right where we were. You know? And all you got to do is kick a field goal, the most elementary of plays, and then you just don’t do it. And so I don’t want to go through that process again. Too much blood.”
It was the third time that Parcells retired.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/gameon/2008/07/parcells-blames.html

if all this is true then he's a lying sack of monkey nuggets for doing the "i just don't know if i can go on!!!!" melo-drama for so long.

[Nors]

5-11,5-11,5-11
Parcells turned this franchise around - PERIOD

Miami - he is on his way to doing the same.

[mperfection]

If Romo is responsible for Parcells retiring, then we all owe Romo our sincerest gratitude.

That fumbled snap was the best thing that could've happened to this organization if thats the case.

Could NOT have said it better!

[jobberone]

Are you saying it took a lot of work to improve one of the worst teams in the NFL? I agree that he's not incompetent, but that's pretty much all you're saying when you say he improved the team from what it was. He essentially got us 4 more wins per season over a 5-11 team.

Yes, Bill Parcells was not incompetent. Was what he did here great? Impressive? No.

The single biggest reason this team was 13-3 and we're Super Bowl contenders is that Tony Romo is ridiculously good. And that was a complete fluke.


Do you say things just to be contrary or to be melodraumatic yourself? Because you can come up with some frakin dillies.

This team went downhill from 95 and was just a notch above Cardinal time before Parcells got here. Now look at us. What does it take for you? Do you think all of a sudden the entire organization turned around by chance? Or that JJ got an epiphany from God?

Parcells is a HOF coach. That's all. But that's a lot. He's not perfect. He makes mistakes and perhaps his coaching style is too conservative for the league now with all the changes on offense. He did a lot better than Gibbs who is a HOF coach, too. Yeah, Gibbs won a couple of playoff games. Look at his organization after he left. Look at ours.

My hat's off to Parcells for revamping the organization and allowing it along with him to get back into the stratosphere.

Leave your ridiculous remarks for some other agenda. It's lost on this one.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Unless Parcells gets a QB that team is going nowhere. Its certainly going to be awful this year.

[theogt]

Do you say things just to be contrary or to be melodraumatic yourself? Because you can come up with some frakin dillies.

This team went downhill from 95 and was just a notch above Cardinal time before Parcells got here. Now look at us. What does it take for you? Do you think all of a sudden the entire organization turned around by chance? Or that JJ got an epiphany from God?

Parcells is a HOF coach. That's all. But that's a lot. He's not perfect. He makes mistakes and perhaps his coaching style is too conservative for the league now with all the changes on offense. He did a lot better than Gibbs who is a HOF coach, too. Yeah, Gibbs won a couple of playoff games. Look at his organization after he left. Look at ours.

My hat's off to Parcells for revamping the organization and allowing it along with him to get back into the stratosphere.

Leave your ridiculous remarks for some other agenda. It's lost on this one.Some people have a terrible problem with reading. You're one of them tonight.

Let's do a little exercise.

If someone says "He wasn't great here," does that mean they think he was terrible? Of course not. So don't imply that I said anything like that.

Do I give him credit? Of course I do. I said in this very thread I'm glad he came here. But I'm also glad he left, because AS A FOOTBALL COACH he did suck. He sucked bad.

Please. Do me a favor. Recognize that simply not praising a person as "great" does not mean I don't think highly of them.

[NextGenBoys]

Dude.

4 wide receivers. Base defensive package.

Glad he came. Glad he left.

I wouldn't call him great or amazing. He was a good short-term motivator with a penchant for making safe draft choices.

Yeah but it aint Madden. You dont get to wait for the offense to pick their plays and go off their formation.

The defense has to call a play by down a distance. If its 1st and 10, why wouldnt we come out in our base defense.

That being said, I get what you're saying. He doesnt adjust. It killed us.

[ghosttown cowboy]

Yeah and a missed field goal from the other team made him a legend. You've got to take the good w/ the bad.

Absolutely

[theebs]

Absolutely

Except the more impressive win that season was over the two time defending champ 49ers in there stadium, with a backup quarterback.

[theogt]

Yeah but it aint Madden. You dont get to wait for the offense to pick their plays and go off their formation.

The defense has to call a play by down a distance. If its 1st and 10, why wouldnt we come out in our base defense.

That being said, I get what you're saying. He doesnt adjust. It killed us.Actually, you do get to watch the personnel package on the field and adjust your personnel accordingly.

When Zimmer was asked about us not changing that year he said something like, "I couldn't really tell you why we didn't."

[Alexander]

Please. Do me a favor. Recognize that simply not praising a person as "great" does not mean I don't think highly of them.

Excellent explanation.

Saying he "sucked bad AS A FOOTBALL COACH" you meant it in the best possible way and it truly conveys your sense of gratitude and high regard.

[theogt]

Excellent explanation.

Saying he "sucked bad AS A FOOTBALL COACH" you meant it in the best possible way and it truly conveys your sense of gratitude and high regard.He was much more than just a football coach here. I appreciate what he did outside of Xs and Os. But in that regard, he's really just not good.

Sorry if by "football coach" it wasn't clear that I meant the Xs and Os, on the sidelines role.

[tyke1doe]

USA Today needs an editor and an English teacher.

Maybe he blamed the bobble for his retirement, but not on it.

(And for the record, I don't think Parcells was really saying the bobble alone made him retire.)

I don't either. I think it's just the last thing he remembers, and remembers how draining a season can be and then decides to quit.

Of course, if he has to blame anyone, he should blame himself for not attacking the Seahawks' beleaguered secondary. :(

[Beast_from_East]

Not sure if this has been posted, but read this in today's USA Today...

"Parcells blames Romo miscue on retirement"

Bill Parcells will tell Andrea Kremer of HBO on Real Sports tonight (10 p.m.) that Tony Romo's inability to catch a snap for a field goal in the playoffs forced him into retirement (http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_football_dolphins/2008/07/parcells-quit-c.html).
According to a transcript sent out by HBO, Parcells had enough.
"We’d just lost to Seattle and I’m flying back,'' Parcells told Kremer. "I'm sitting up with the pilots, you know, I have a little fear of flying so I ride up in the cockpit. And I said, ‘This is probably going to be my last trip.’ And you just know. You don’t want to go through the whole process again, to get to right where we were. You know? And all you got to do is kick a field goal, the most elementary of plays, and then you just don’t do it. And so I don’t want to go through that process again. Too much blood.”
It was the third time that Parcells retired.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/gameon/2008/07/parcells-blames.html

Tuna convienently forgot that his boy Glenn is the one that fumbled the ball on his own 2 yard line for a safety.

Lets see, Glenn hands the Seahawks 2 pts on a silver platter and we lose the game by 1 point.

Glenn has just as much blame (more in my opinion) than Romo does for that loss.

Besides, it was Tuna and his genius game plan to not attack a secondary that signed guys off the street for that game. A freaking 5 yr old could have came up with a better game plan than that.:(

I also hated playing not to lose every week. The bottome line is that Tuna could not get it done, period.

[Beast_from_East]

What a crock of ****.

Find me the quote where he says 'tony romo dropping that snap is the reason I retired'.

I recorded the interview.

To paraphrase. Putting in all that work and then going home after an event like that where 'all you have to do is make a FG and we win' was hard to take.

He didn't think he had it in him to go thru all that work once again.

I also love how everybody says that kick was a game winner, revisionist history there. If I remember correctly, if we made the kick the Hawks still had over 1:00 on the clock and timeouts and all they needed was a FG.

Lets review the ending again, after Glenn fumbles the ball at his own 2 the refs call it a TD, but review shows the guy stepped out for a safety. We then free kick and the Hawks isolate Roy on their TE for an easy 7 from like 40 yards out.

Does anybody really think we could have kept the Hawks out of FG range with over a 1:00 left and they had timeouts also. Remember, our secondary totally sucked back then, thats kinda why we burned a 1st rounder and traded for Pac this offseason.

I am not saying we could not have stopped them, I am just saying that alot of people say that was a game winning FG, as if there was like 2 seconds left in the game. THAT WAS A GO-AHEAD FG, NOT A GAME WINNER.

[Beast_from_East]

Then I'm sure you're plenty impressed with what he was able to accomplish here.


Romo acknowledged something similar. Surely you can separate feelings then from feelings as Romo gained experience and allowed himself to be taught?

But that's getting off topic. Bill in a radio interview with Seattle media way back in 2004 said (when the Seattle personalities kept asking about Henson) "I've got another one down there you guys don't know about yet." Romo was identified, and was extended for a gigantic contract for an unproven backup.

Truly some amazing planning and foresight by Bill. Always good to reminisce.

If we are going to give credit our for "finding Romo", the person who should get the thank you cards is Sean Payton, not Tuna.

Payton is the guy that liked Romo and convinced him to sign here in Dallas over Denver.

Giving Tuna credit for finding Romo is revisionist history at its finest;)

[Beast_from_East]

We need some more threads on why parcells sucks and How he held us back.

Its going to be interesting when the dolphins are contenders in the east and a solid franchise with the arrow pointing up by next year at this time.

It will be very interesting for me to read about because everyone hear keeps saying ireland and gaine have nothing to do with it cause parcells calls the shots, however in Dallas we had good drafts in spite of Parcells.

So when miami is winning I cant wait to hear how ireland is the main reason, I suppose all the people who keep saying he is parcells puppet will then switch their tune and credit ireland saying parcells is not around much.

Anyway carry on.

This site needs a special section. The why parcells sucks and it was just by chance Dallas became a powerhouse when he showed up. It would be the best.

Sorry Theebs, the Dolphins are going to suck like a Hoover next year. With Jason Taylor and Zach Thomas gone, I really dont see much talent on their roster. They will be lucky to win 5 games next year.

Also, they are in the same division as the Pats. They will not win the division until Brady retires and the chances of getting a wildcard in the packed AFC is slim and none for a long time for the Fish.

As far as if Tuna was good for the Boyz or not, I will leave everybody with one thought.

Wade Phillups basically took the same roster Tuna had and got 13 wins out of it. Yes we were one and done, just like in 2 of the 4 seasons Tuna was here, but I am just saying.

[McCordsville Cowboy]

If Romo is responsible for Parcells retiring, then we all owe Romo our sincerest gratitude.

That fumbled snap was the best thing that could've happened to this organization if thats the case.

The best that could have happened for this team was Patrick Crayton being cut in the offseason, not Parcells leaving

[sago1]

Heck if it hadn't been for Romo we'd never have made the 2006 playoffs. After all, it was Parcells decision to stay with Bledsoe for 5 1/2 games before finally bringing Romo in.

[InmanRoshi]

I wonder what the correlation is between the fans who don't give Parcells credit and the ones that wanted to just ruin Romo by just "throwing him out there to see what he's got" when he wasn't ready? Of course, those same fans would have been the first ones trying to run him out of town when he predictably looked clueless out there. I wonder how many of those same fans are the ones who said "Why are we wasting our time with this spare undrafted free agent?" I wonder if these are the same stupid fans that were hollering and yelling when we passed on Aaron Rogers, because "We don't have a franchise QB on the roster!!!"

Not exactly a group of rocket scientists who really grasp the big picture, these guys.

[superpunk]

If we are going to give credit our for "finding Romo", the person who should get the thank you cards is Sean Payton, not Tuna.

Payton is the guy that liked Romo and convinced him to sign here in Dallas over Denver.

Giving Tuna credit for finding Romo is revisionist history at its finest;)
I almost forgot about how thankful I was that he brought Sean Payton aboard. I'm sure Payton is thankful, too. Thanks for the reminder!

[cowboys2233]

I almost forgot about how thankful I was that he brought Sean Payton aboard. I'm sure Payton is thankful, too. Thanks for the reminder!


Well, we might be able to split hairs about who found who, but anyone who can't see just how much better this team became under Parcell's watch is completely delusional.

If it's so easy, and Parcells just happened to fall into good fortune, how come this team continued to decline after Jimmy left...until Parcells got here? How does Parcells manage to build rock-solid teams everywhere he goes?

C'mon guys, you're not Philly fans -- you're supposed to be smarter than this.