Hopefully THIS thread will end the insanity of coach-firings

AMERICAS_FAN

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Martz fired from the Rams, Tice fired from the Vikings, this guy fired from that team, etc... PLEASE! These are high-quliaty coaches that desrve better. The NFL, like all sports, is set up so that some teams will win as a result of others losing, which is why it makes no sense to fire good coaches who come out on the short end of the stick. And this brings me to Parcells.

I think it's rediculous to suggest that Parcells has failed. Yes he has made some questionable decisions but he has made more superb ones as well. Let's not lose sight of that. Let's also NOT pay attention to writers like Randy Galloway or Tim Cawlishaw whio are always lookig to be cynical for the sake of being cynical.

For crying out load! Galloway criticized Parcells for not deeming the last game vs. the Rams "meaningless"? This same cynic would have also criticised Parcells had he in fact rendered it "meaningless". Thank Goodness we have a coach who deems all games "meaningfull", but let's not write about that truth!!! :rolleyes:

And what about Callishaw - writing that, on a similar timeline, Parcells was part of other east-coast teams that were a year away from the Super Bowl, in an attempt to suggest thast Parcells has failed here in Dallas? PLEASE!!! Then why won't he write about giving Parcells next year to see if he can actually take us to the Super Bowl? Or, why won't these writers write, and everyone else acknowledge, that in Parcells' first two years in Dallas he was asked to play QC and CHutch to see if they would pan out, which is what really set Paercells back. Even Parcells, back then, said that if those QBs did not pan out we would be set back because we'd have to start over. Isn't that in essence what we did this season? But let's ignore that reality, that this is really Parcellls true first season playing with his players! :rolleyes:

The final reality is that this past season was truly Parcelss first season where he was not handcuffed with players, or a scouting department, held over from the old Campo days. This season was Parcells' first season doing it all his way, and a lot of good has come of it that we ca build on. That'ss the key. And even this offseason Parcelss had acknowledeged that, because of the freee-agency and cap srtructure, he couldn't patch up all the holes in one offseason. We imporved the CB, DE and overall defensibve play ath the expense of leaving the FS and OL positions exposed. We even had a lot of improvements on offense, building the RB depth and WR rotations.

I think that everyone would agree that with a few more tweaks this defense will be set for years to come, meaning we can patch up the OL, and a small handfull of other positions, this offseason. So why not give Parcells and the rest of the staff that chance to buld on a good foundation put in place this season?

For crying out loud, let's be objective and realistic before we suggest replacing a good coach in Prcells with some other good coach who wrongly juast got fired from some other club. If Parcells wants to come bacl, then let's give him the chance to continue building on the foundation he started because it's solid in my eyes.

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I didn't even read your whole post, but to think you have something to say that would end everything eveyone else has to say is a bit.... well :rolleyes:
 

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Yes, I'm sure all NFL owners and GM's will read this thread and reconsider firing their coaches.

All current NFL coaches are now in your debt....
 

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burmafrd said:
Tice was never a good HC. Neither was Martz.

That can be argued. But my real point was to focus on Parcells. I happen to think Parcells is a good coach, and at least deserves more time - if he wants to return - to build on what he's started in 2005. I just don't see how anyone can disagree with that.

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It is a dissapointment that Dallas is not in the playoffs. That is failure no matter how you try to look at it. In today's NFL, a team can have a huge turn around in 1 or 2 seasons and make the playoffs. In some respects, Bill Parcells has failed and because of that we can be critical of him.

This is his 3rd year. I don't like the excuse that he had his hands tied his first year in Dallas. He has made some mistakes and those mistakes are part of the reason Dallas is not in the playoffs. The offensive line is not good. We should expect it to be better at this time. I have heard that you can't fix everything in one off season, but the line was bad before Bill got here and is no better now. He has had more than one off season to fix it. Can he do that this off season?

But in being critical, we also have to be realistic. There are some good things to this team and that is mostly on the defensive side of the ball. There is a good young nucleus on that side of the ball. Bill hasn't failed to the point where he should be fired, but he has to be better as much as the players have to be better for Dallas to win and make the playoffs. There is hope in Dallas with Parcells. Failing for a season doesn't mean failure for the future. There is promise for the future especially if Dallas can get some more quality players in the off season through free agency and the draft.

I don't agree that Martz and Tice are high quality head coaches. Tice was in over his head. He never should have been given the job. He wasn't qualified at the time McCombs promoted him and has had a tough time learning anything. The Vikings aren't clearly headed in an upward direction with Tice at the helm. The Vikes didn't make the playoffs this season and Tice doesn't look capable of taking the team very far in the future. Martz is better suited as a coordinator. He doesn't seem to handle all the duties required for a head coach. Mike Sherman is also a good firing. The Packers are going in the wrong direction.

Kansas City may also be better off without Vermeil. In 5 seasons, they have made the playoffs once. They still have a poor defense and now the offense is a year older, not a year better. Larry Johnson is a young, impressive back, but their o-line is old, Trent Green is older, Tony Gonzales is older and they still don't have wide receivers. I think Vermeil is retiring because he realizes that the Chiefs are going to have to do some re-tooling for the next few seasons.
 

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SupermanXx said:
stop saying "for crying out loud"

I think he only said it once. The other time it was "...crying out load."


P.S. I could use one of those....
 

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AMERICAS_FAN said:
Yes he has made some questionable decisions but he has made more superb ones as well.

Superb? Hmmm. Maybe 'good'. You would have to point out some real evidence for that.
 

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Martz = Great O coordinator

He has done nothing as headcoach in my opinion. His teams are undisciplined and have under achieved. Vermeil was the glue to thier Super Bowl run.
 
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