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Risen Star
02-04-2012, 10:49 PM
INDIANAPOLIS -- When Bill Parcells came up for discussion Saturday during the Hall of Fame selection meeting, the 44-member committee spent nearly an hour debating the pros and cons of his candidacy, according to people in the room.

Parcells should've been a slam dunk, should've been sent to Canton on roller skates (to use one of his favorite expressions), but dissenters on the committee were bothered by his itinerant career path, one person said.

In other words, his job hopping; he was the head coach of four teams.

That was a ridiculous reason to keep Parcells out of the Hall of Fame.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/7541521/pro-football-hall-fame-messed-not-inducting-new-york-giants-coach-bill-parcells (http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/7541521/pro-football-hall-fame-messed-not-inducting-new-york-giants-coach-bill-parcells)
InmanRoshi
02-04-2012, 11:03 PM
I'm a huge Parcells fan, but I'm pretty "Meh" about it. Seems like not a whole lot of non-players get first ballot nominations. Nothing should be suprising when it comes to HOF voting. When you limit the voting to people who majored in journalism, you get what you get.
burmafrd
02-05-2012, 07:19 AM
It is kind of ridiculous - you should have three categories: players, senior players, and everyone else. And this bs about you can only have 7 at most is just that.

BP will go in one day; that is clear. No other coach took four losing teams and got them into the playoffs. And won 2 SBs while appearing in a third.

I just think it is total garbage having POS sportswriters deciding it.
Risen Star
02-05-2012, 07:52 AM
It is kind of ridiculous - you should have three categories: players, senior players, and everyone else. And this bs about you can only have 7 at most is just that.

BP will go in one day; that is clear. No other coach took four losing teams and got them into the playoffs. And won 2 SBs while appearing in a third.

I just think it is total garbage having POS sportswriters deciding it.

My issue is playing around with your vote to send a message. Which is clearly what has happened with Parcells and Haley.

Both those guys are first ballot hall of famers to me. There isn't a single inductee this year that deserves it more.
burmafrd
02-05-2012, 09:34 AM
My issue is playing around with your vote to send a message. Which is clearly what has happened with Parcells and Haley.

Both those guys are first ballot hall of famers to me. There isn't a single inductee this year that deserves it more.

that is what you get for having mediots involved
viman96
02-05-2012, 12:25 PM
BP and Haley did not make the HOF?!