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Old 01-29-2013   #136
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This is parcels 2nd time on the ballot
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Old 01-29-2013   #137
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Maybe because Parcells won 2 SB's and took 3 other teams to the playoffs. He did it for a much longer time than Jimmy or Flores. Heck, Parcells should have been put in last year.
Your right he coached longer so he is better.
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Your right he coached longer so he is better.
No other coach rebuilt 4 franchizes from losers to winners. That would be his main claim to fame.

Fact is Jimmy is hurt by his failure at Miami.

Flores has a good case honestly.
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...one pitch for Allen as 1st ballot candidate.

Despite the stats, honours, rings and trophies everyone can line up to extort the virtues of their candidate how many can say this?

From a man who was notoriously quiet and somewhat camera and media shy an incredible legend grew about his exploits on the field.

These exploits were spoken from viewing film, ex- teammates testimony, opposing players testimony and media annoucers gushing over isolation film on the man.

To me this is what true greatness is. When you don't have to say a word on your behalf because the roar from the masses is overwhelming.

We don't hear about stories of Ogden, Sapp or Strahan, but there are some incredible stories of Larry.

In some ways legend is greatness. That's why we still wax eloquently about the Babe calling his own HR or the famed "Win one for the Gipper" scene.

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Two good examples of how when Larry Allen got his hands on you it was over.
Is there any reward for good other than good?
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Old 01-29-2013   #141
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Just further proof the Hall of Fame voting is bias.
We needed more proof?

This is a team who is battling several major injuries to
key players including Pro Bowl talents like Lee, Austin, Jenkins, Murray,
Carter and Ratliff. Other key starters missing include Costa, Smith, Church and
Coleman. That is 11 key players - that's half the starting lineup. Yet we still went 8-8.
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Default An homage to Larry Allen
I like to think I can step back assess things dispassionately, objectively. And, to me, it's readily apparent- and even clearer upon reflection- that Larry Allen's ample body of work screams 1st ballot HOF honoree. He dominated his opponents in the trenches as few lineman have and helped cleared a path for the league's all time leading rusher. Are not his HOF merits clear to these weasels? The entire institution will debase itself if they fail to recognize the obvious.

And I think the specter of his acceptance speech should tip the balance in his favor for any fencesitters as I have a feeling he'll leave plenty of time for other, more verbose recipients. Here is a man who truly and properly laid out his compelling case on the field of battle. He needs no lofty words of validation.

Free Larry Allen. Let him go.
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No other coach rebuilt 4 franchizes from losers to winners. That would be his main claim to fame.

Fact is Jimmy is hurt by his failure at Miami.

Flores has a good case honestly.
I wouldn't call Jimmy a failure in Miami. He finished 36-28 with 2 playoff wins in Miami.

Flores really doesn't have a good case or at least as good as Jimmy. He was a failure in Seattle after leaving the Raiders. In 4 seasons in Seattle he was 14-34
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I wouldn't call Jimmy a failure in Miami. He finished 36-28 with 2 playoff wins in Miami.

Flores really doesn't have a good case or at least as good as Jimmy. He was a failure in Seattle after leaving the Raiders. In 4 seasons in Seattle he was 14-34
what did Jimmy have in Miami vs what Flores had in Seattle?
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Then that is more media stupidity.

The Cowboys were screwed in the HoF for DECADES. Recently, they put him Rayfield Wright and Bob Hayes who were put in thru the Veterans Committee because they should have been in decades ago.

Then they put in Irvin, Smith and Aikman. And we STILL had mediots criticizing the Irvin and Aikman selections. Drew Pearson is the only position player to make the All-70's team that is not in the HoF. Of course, there was only one other player to not make it...Rayfield Wright....until the recently put him in.

I can live with Strahan getting in since he was a great player with stats that can be legitimately quantified, particularly breaking the single season sack record.

Sapp I think is overstated. He was unbelievable in the 90's, although a lot of that was his collegiate years.

To me, it just comes off like excuse making to find some way to not allow another Cowboy in the HoF.
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The sight of him makes me ill, but I wouldn't argue with Strahan getting in. Although, in my opinion, the single season sack record should never be mentioned as one of the reasons. Favre laying down to give him the record was a disgrace. Not really Strahan's fault but that really bothered me.
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That is BS.

Allen was the best guard I have ever seen. He completely destroyed the man across from him. Journeymen and pro bowlers alike.
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Allen is just on a whole other level from Strahan and Sapp.

Regardless, the HOF is a joke that has become more about rewarding long term stats vs. players who were elite. The HOF is really just a lifetime achievement award for pro bowl types, instead of an enshrinement of the few elite, game changing players who shaped the history of the NFL. IMO, it just isn't what it should be.

IMO, there aren't more than a handful of current players who should eventually be HOFers, yet dozens of them will make it in.
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Your right he coached longer so he is better.
He built 4 teams into contenders. He actually got us into the playoffs with Quincy Carter as QB.
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what did Jimmy have in Miami vs what Flores had in Seattle?
I'm just giving you facts. you said Jimmy was a failure in Miami and I just gave you facts that he wasn't. Flores was a failure in Seattle. I don't care what each had for those teams. That's not the point.
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He built 4 teams into contenders. He actually got us into the playoffs with Quincy Carter as QB.
The Cowboys weren't contenders under Parcells. No division titles, no playoff wins.
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