Do you want Bill back

[UVAwahoos]

Yes.

He is the best option in the pool right now and he knows football.

My question to the the naysayers:

Assuming he returns, what happens to him if we get to the NFC Championship or Super Bowl next year? It's definitely a possibility for any NFC team, including us, so what do you want BP to do if he's really successful next year?

Obviously we have some very fair weather fans here, so most will crown him and say he's great like they thought he was...but I'm just interested in what people think about replacing a successful Parcells next year. That sure would complicate things.

 

[Haley94]

Yes.

He is the best option in the pool right now and he knows football.

My question to the the naysayers:

Assuming he returns, what happens to him if we get to the NFC Championship or Super Bowl next year? It's definitely a possibility for any NFC team, including us, so what do you want BP to do if he's really successful next year?

Obviously we have some very fair weather fans here, so most will crown him and say he's great like they thought he was...but I'm just interested in what people think about replacing a successful Parcells next year. That sure would complicate things.

I'm sick of that fair weather fan BS people throw out there. I'm a Cowboys fan, not a Parcells mafia member.

If he gets the Cowboys to the Superbowl, I will be a Parcells fan once again. But I'm no bullet sponge. You can go rush the beach with Parcells.

It's been 4 years and we keep collapsing at the end of the season. This December was one of the worst, EVER!

Parcells hasn't done anything without Belichick. He's like a boss, that took all the credit and moved up the latter, while smarter people were making it work. He's an ego gone crazy.

 

[UVAwahoos]

I'm sick of that fair weather fan BS people throw out there. I'm a Cowboys fan, not a Parcells mafia member.

If he gets the Cowboys to the Superbowl, I will be a Parcells fan once again. But I'm no bullet sponge. You can go rush the beach with Parcells.

It's been 4 years and we keep collapsing at the end of the season. This December was one of the worst, EVER!

Parcells hasn't done anything without Belichick. He's like a boss, that took all the credit and moved up the latter, while smarter people were making it work. He's an ego gone crazy.

It's totally not BS...just think about the change in this forum from a winning week and a losing week. The transition isn't positive. A lot of the threads are great which talk about mistakes and corrections that need to be made...but you also get the "New HC" threads and the "Clean House starting with Romo...it's over" threads. I'm not complaining...I love Cowboyszone more than almost anything on the net...but facts are facts. People are always looking for quick fixes, and that's essentially what Parcells did. He turned a 5-11 team into a 10-6 playoff team led by QUINCY CARTER in just one year.

That was only 3 years ago...there's no way you're telling me the guy has changed so dramatically in 3 years. There has to be more to the story. For instance: instability at the QB position, big injuries like the ones to Ware and Thompson this year, the loss of Payton, and the fact that 30 other NFL teams are trying to do the same thing we are.

All I am essentially saying is that Bill Cowher is this beautiful coach that everyone in this forum wants right now...but is he really that much different than Parcells or Fisher or any of the other elite NFL coaches? Fisher has had some terrible seasons ever since his Super Bowl run against the Rams. Cowher won last year after 14 YEARS OF COACHING the Steelers. Imagine what people would be saying in this forum if that occurred with an HC in Dallas. None of the candidates seem anymore qualified to run a team that Parcells built than Parcells himself.

I understand it's not good to have the instability of a coach deciding whether or not to return after each season...but the guy built this team on his own practically, so let him do what he wants and work it out another year. We're all hoping things will work out either way...I just think he's the best option for success at the moment.

 

[Haley94]

I'm sorry, but four years is a long time in relation to being a NFL coach. Many of the great ones get fired (Landry, Shula). We have an owner willing and able to spend the money. A lot of the franchise don't have that. When Parcells came here we just left cap jail and we had the number five overall pick. I agree that Parcells fixed a lot of the mess that Jerry made. He has laid a good foundation in some areas of the club. I think he has taken this club as far as he can, unless he brings in some young, innovated assistant coaches and gives them some control.

A few points you might consider in regards to Parcells.

- As you know there has been a pattern here with Parcells collapsing in December. This last year was the worst. The old man doesn't have the energy to be the fire snorting taskmaster he once was. He is now a folksy old guy who Roy Williams says "is all bark and no bite". This is not the Parcells that won those superbowls.

-Our offensive line is not any better than it was when he got here. If Troy Aikman was our QB, we would be no better. It all starts up front. Parcells has been a total failure in talent acquisition in that regard (with the exception of Colombo, I think he is a keeper).

-The swtich to the 3-4 was suppose to give us an advantage by confusing the opponents QBs and oline. What happened? Lately, I saw our opponents light us up. I saw no advantage to the 3-4. I believe the 4-3 can be just as confusing with zone blitz packages. Look at the eagles, our Oline still hasn't figured them out. At the very least, bring in a guy who know the ins and outs of the 3-4 and can get creative.

- The Cowboys I fell in love with were all about innovation and creativity; Landrys multiple sets and trick plays, the flex defense. Remember Jimmy coming in with his small, fast linebackers and creative zone blitz packages. Jimmy was also about positive attitude and setting an environment that rewarded risk taking play-makers. Parcells is anti-creativity and innovation. He plays it straight and he use to play it mean. He is a bully that has lost his bite. He is the Bully who can be out-boxed. Payton proved that this year.

Parcells and his style don't seem to work in Dallas. He hasn't won a playoff game without Belichick and that is a fact. Meanwhile Belichick has won 3 Superbowls. Who would you rather have? Parcells or Belichick.

If he comes back I will cheer for the Cowboys as always. Maybe he will have one last magical year. It's just that bullys usually die hard.

 

[UVAwahoos]

Those are all really good points. I agree that we need young coordinators to help out.

But some things to consider about changing head coaches frequently:

This only really occurs for mediocre coaches. The best coaches stay for seemingly as long as they want. This really does equate to winning. Dallas and Pittsburgh both won 5 Super Bowls (the most of any teams in the league) with only two head coaches (Switzer doesn't count of course since it was Jimmy's team). We brought Parcells in to bring stability to the head coaching position so that we wouldn't have to fire and hire mediocre guys like Campo and Gailey. I just think we should keep him around and try to fix stuff around him. Just like nobody cared about Cowher and Fisher sucking for a few years in a row...I think Parcells deserves the same love. He's proven himself as much as any of the "great candidates".

We really just need some young guns around him to let loose on the play calls. I think Parcells still has the respect from all the players. That's key. The rest can be worked on.

 

[Haley94]

The difference between Parcells and Cower/Fisher is that Parcells is 65 years old. Simple biology implies that his testosterone levels are dwindling. If there was a viagra for head coaches, i would say yes keep him around.

The one point I agree with you on is that there may be no viable replacement. Then again, there might be a future super bowl coach in the mix right now.

 

[SkinsandTerps]

If Parcells waits until Feb to quit, it will be a problem.
If Parcells waits until Feb to stay, it will require an interesting twist.