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It is getting tedious to say the least. Maybe Parcells and Owens should stage a dustup just so everyone in the media can they say "I told you so", get it out of their systems and we can get back to football. Then a couple of days later, Parcells and Owens could hold a presser, say they put one over on all of them and we could all have a good laugh.
http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm
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POSTED 5:55 a.m. EDT, August 9, 2006
TUNA PRIVATELY SAYING "I TOLD YOU SO"
As Cowboys coach Bill Parcells publicly proclaims that there is no controversy regarding T.O.'s bad hamstring and/or his decision to bring his own training staff to camp to help get it healed, we're hearing that the Tuna privately is telling folks "I told you so" as to the decision to bring Owens to town.
Owens said during a June 11 interview on ESPN that he didn't talk to Parcells until early May, roughly six weeks after signing a three-year, $25 million contract with the Cowboys. That revelation has fueled the belief that Owens was signed without the input of the veteran head coach.
Part of the current problem, we're told, is that Parcells "hates guys who don't play with pain." Though hamstring injuries can be tricky, they also can be stretched and treated and otherwise managed in a manner that allows the guy to get some reps as the muscle heals.
But Parcells chose his words carefully on Tuesday, conscious of the controversy that would be stirred up if he were to rip Owens or (as he did a decade ago when Terry Glenn was slowed by a training camp hamstring injury) refer to him as "she."
"If the player is telling you that he has something bothering him, then you have to give the player the benefit of the doubt," Parcells told reporters on Tuesday. "At some point in time it's going to be prohibitive. But that's not now. That shouldn't be the story today."
Read that one again and ask yourself, would Bill Parcells give any other player the "benefit of the doubt" regarding a phantom hamstring injury that showed no damage via an MRI scan?
Unlikely. However, Parcells is indeed keenly aware that his characteristic candor would then be used to stir up a response from Owens, sparking a potential escalation. "I'm getting the sense that most of the media is just waiting for something to be controversial in that regard," Parcells said. "And I'm here to tell you, it's not going to happen from me. So you need to get that in your head. OK?"
The real question, as we see it, is how much longer Parcells can continue to give Owens special treatment. Sooner or later, the Tuna will put his foot down (and/or up T.O.'s ***). In a weird way, then, the media's anticipation of a blowup is providing Owens cover.
For now.
Our view? Unless Owens gets his butt back onto the practice field soon, Parcells eventually won't be able to ignore his own nature.
It is getting tedious to say the least. Maybe Parcells and Owens should stage a dustup just so everyone in the media can they say "I told you so", get it out of their systems and we can get back to football. Then a couple of days later, Parcells and Owens could hold a presser, say they put one over on all of them and we could all have a good laugh.
http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm
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POSTED 5:55 a.m. EDT, August 9, 2006
TUNA PRIVATELY SAYING "I TOLD YOU SO"
As Cowboys coach Bill Parcells publicly proclaims that there is no controversy regarding T.O.'s bad hamstring and/or his decision to bring his own training staff to camp to help get it healed, we're hearing that the Tuna privately is telling folks "I told you so" as to the decision to bring Owens to town.
Owens said during a June 11 interview on ESPN that he didn't talk to Parcells until early May, roughly six weeks after signing a three-year, $25 million contract with the Cowboys. That revelation has fueled the belief that Owens was signed without the input of the veteran head coach.
Part of the current problem, we're told, is that Parcells "hates guys who don't play with pain." Though hamstring injuries can be tricky, they also can be stretched and treated and otherwise managed in a manner that allows the guy to get some reps as the muscle heals.
But Parcells chose his words carefully on Tuesday, conscious of the controversy that would be stirred up if he were to rip Owens or (as he did a decade ago when Terry Glenn was slowed by a training camp hamstring injury) refer to him as "she."
"If the player is telling you that he has something bothering him, then you have to give the player the benefit of the doubt," Parcells told reporters on Tuesday. "At some point in time it's going to be prohibitive. But that's not now. That shouldn't be the story today."
Read that one again and ask yourself, would Bill Parcells give any other player the "benefit of the doubt" regarding a phantom hamstring injury that showed no damage via an MRI scan?
Unlikely. However, Parcells is indeed keenly aware that his characteristic candor would then be used to stir up a response from Owens, sparking a potential escalation. "I'm getting the sense that most of the media is just waiting for something to be controversial in that regard," Parcells said. "And I'm here to tell you, it's not going to happen from me. So you need to get that in your head. OK?"
The real question, as we see it, is how much longer Parcells can continue to give Owens special treatment. Sooner or later, the Tuna will put his foot down (and/or up T.O.'s ***). In a weird way, then, the media's anticipation of a blowup is providing Owens cover.
For now.
Our view? Unless Owens gets his butt back onto the practice field soon, Parcells eventually won't be able to ignore his own nature.
