lewpac;2526069 said:
But, that still doesn't get Parcells off the hook. Why doesn't anyone remember all the hoopla about a guy during the hiring-honeymoon, and make excuses for him when he fails to deliver?
This guy, hands down and barring NONE, was brought aboard to be the next Lombardi (at least that's how he see's himself). Anyone who was able to snag Parcells up out of his umpteenth retirement was sure to get a SB appearance at least, and an expected SB trophy.
The hoopla was because we were coming off of three consecutive 5 and 11 seasons with no end in sight. He didn't deliver what we all hoped he would but you can't argue that he laid the foundation to make us a far better team than many "experts" considered SB favorites; that's a far cry from where we were when he got here.
Personnaly, I wasn't concerned so much that he left, but rather that we appear to be systematically tearing down the foundation of what was built. Hard working blue color guys that compete for a constanly churning roster. People were accountable, from the players, to the coaches to the front office.
But what I find truly ironic is that we held BP to such a high standard that some people label his time here a failure, yet we let Wade and Jerry off the hook so easily, especially after years of mediocrity (in Jerry's case), and the excuses continue to this very day. There's been a thousand times more excuses for Jerry around here than any coach, bar none.
The reality for Wade is two fold; he's never won squat no matter where he's been regardless of the fact that he's had a HOF QB (in Denver) and, second, he inherited a team that had talent and continued to add talent and yet, we've gone from SB favorites to complete underachievers fighting just to make the playoffs.
lewpac;2526069 said:
And his "stand-offish" posturing and alienation of important players around him didn't help his cause. I like tough-minded, all-business coaches fine. But this guy was stuck in the Meadowlands ala 1988. Free agency changed all that, and he never "got it". Players don't need to be put-down, humiliated, and "spanked" on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper to get them in line. They don't take that crap anymore, because they don't have to. At least the pro-bowlers and the good ones. They'll just move on..............
If you think the guy is stuck in 1988, I disagree. Like the guy or not, BP has a history of turning around franchises. He's currently on his fourth in Miami.
I find all the talk about him being tough on players and coaches hogwash since so many seem to follow him wherever he goes. He gutted our coaching staff and raided our front office. Given a chance, he'd raid our roster as well and something tells me the players would go as well. All these people went willingly to work for such an out of touch and humiliating bully.
The only people that whined were those that were and still are the classic underachievers and individual players who were more about loving themselves and putting the team second. Those same players that were whining and making excuses then are still underachieving today. I'm a fan of our team, not one individual player. I could care less how many times a player gets the ball as long as we're winning.
