Parcells Era Memories

[Chocolate Lab]

For me I’m an old fan at 32.

Damn, you're ancient

 

[T-RO]

These days someone would need to pay me to listen to a coach's press conference.

In Parcell's day it was a highlight of the week.

 

[Cowboysheelsreds053]

These days someone would need to pay me to listen to a coach's press conference.

In Parcell's day it was a highlight of the week.

LOL, YES!

 

[Motorola]

Parcells changed the entire culture of the cowboys over the course of 1 season. I remember when he came in and said the practice they had was the worst he has ever seen in his NFL career, and they have alot of work to do. And work they did.

Parcells moved up weekly practices to earlier in the day and cut out activities such as card-playing and dominoes in the locker room.

 

[gjkoeppen]

what the flip does that matter.?.yes dotn feel like spelling out the name more them once as now we know who i am referring to..

get passed it..

So you're just lazy.
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[JoeKing]

Parcells inherited a mess and made it a good, not great team. The best thing that came out of the Parcells era in Dallas was Tony Romo.

 

[stilltheguru]

I am more than twice your age and I am still a young man! LOL

Anyway, sounds like I am in the minority but I thought Parcells was a big disappointment. He was 34-30 in his 4 years in Dallas, going 10-6, 6-10, 9-7, 9-7 and making the playoffs twice. Both playoff appearances were one and done.

Prior to Parcells the Cowboys were plagued by age, retirements, and Jerry taking over the drafts. Parcells started with Quincy Carter as the QB and ended with Tony Romo, but had Vinny Testaverde and Drew Bledsoe in between.

I expected better from Parcells and maybe Jerry's interference was part of the problem. The Parcell's drafts had some winners and maybe the biggest reach/bust, Bobby Carpenter, since Rod Hill was drafted in 1982.

Wade Phillips, son of Bum, replaced Parcells and the Cowboys went 13-3 in 2007. Of course a lot of that had to do with the Cowboys finally getting a decent QB in Tony Romo. Again they lost in the first round of the playoffs, despite being the top seed.

To me, the Parcells years were 4 years of mediocrity.

Only one year did he have a real qb. But I understand the expectations were high for a great coach like bill. Garrett's 9-7 seasons are seen as success. Yea definitely downgraded

 

[tyke1doe]

Of course I loved the hire, but in my opinion Parcells had changed as a coach with us. It’s hard to put a finger on, but with Parcells the team played tight to often. The team took on Parcells personality. The team was to worried about making mistakes, didn’t play loose.

Example: they lost to Seattle in the Wildcard game when Seattle had guys coming off the street to play DB. Parcells and Romo didn’t take advantage of that terrible secondary. Romo fumbled the FG snap at the end of the game.

 

[mmohican29]

If he built a bottom team to becoming a Super Bowl caliber one, that's not overrated lol If anything, you may have overrated it.

Also, he was hella old at that point. It was time. He already said the stress of getting the playoffs and losing was too much for him at that age. Maybe one day when you retire from Burger King, you'll get it.

Wendy, don't be mad I didn't want the job

 

[CowboyRoy]

I listened to a cool Demarcus ware interview on the Ryan russillo podcast that i highly recommended to my fellow cowboys fans. Great stories In There he tells.

anyways, I was curious how old some of you cowboys are and I’m curious what the parcells era meant to you?

For me I’m an old fan at 32. When he came on board we was acting like we had the tonic. We had the secret sauce we had the anecdote. And boy we came damn close without coming damn near close. That’s my recollection anyway. What do you guys remember about that era and the before and aftermath?

One of worst eras for me personally. Terrible. Watching pathetic qb’s like Quincy, testicle, and bledslow was horrifying.

no hope at all. And the fob’s? Pathetic. Watching Eddie George fall down sticks in my mind.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Parcells inherited a mess and made it a good, not great team. The best thing that came out of the Parcells era in Dallas was Tony Romo.

And he rotted on the bench for parcels.

 

[CowboyRoy]

He improved the team, but quit when it needed him most. Found some players, added a few good ones but also brought in over the hill duds he was comfortable with.

Overrated tenure here. Mercenary coach that walked away from a potential Super Bowl team. Screw Parcells.

 

[Chrissyboy]

And he rotted on the bench for parcels.

Entirely wrong.

He brought Romo through. I watched his development in TC in Oxnard. You seem to forget that Jerry invested heavily in Chad Hutchinson & Drew Henson whom both were supposedly high hopes.

 

[Chrissyboy]

One of worst eras for me personally. Terrible. Watching pathetic qb’s like Quincy, testicle, and bledslow was horrifying.

no hope at all. And the fob’s? Pathetic. Watching Eddie George fall down sticks in my mind.

One of the worst eras? You obviously ignore what was there the years preceding Parcells. You may also have forgotten the last years of Landry and earliest years of Johnson. I take it you do not recall the expansion years, quite understandably.

Parcells turned this franchise into a contender again in a very short time. Unquestionably the best HC in franchise history since Jimmy. Maybe, just maybe, ever. Too difficult to argue the case in different generations. Quincy was not a Parcells guy. Vinny and Drew showed Romo how to be a QB in this league. They were legitimate QBs, a little statuesque and imobile, but definitely QBs.

 

[DallasDomination]

The Parcells era brought hope but it never materialized. I hated how conservative Parcells was, but in retrospect at least his defenses played hard. I think he gave up way too soon, seems like he just quit. For a while there I thought maybe he thought he could never win with Romo and that’s why he just called it quits. Obviously it’s hard to deal with Jerry but in those days it felt like Parcells was in charge. I guess he likes to rebuild teams and then leave.

 

[Cmac]

Coach Parcells changed the whole culture to help the Cowboys, he did not need any money, he wanted to do a favor for the Cowboys and that is how Jerry build his castle.

However, he ruined Romo's confidence after Romo fumbled that snap. Coach must have thought...see ya later.

Coach came close...so did Romo...it was a catch.

He ruined Romo's confidence?

 

[Legend]

Skip to 25:30 to see brief summary of the Bill Parcells’ Cowboys era.

Would be nice if Cowboys D was as good as the D during the 2003 season.

 

[Gaede]

Parcells came in, changed the entire organization and not just the players, minimized Jerry (at least for the first two years), and made us into a legitimate team for the first time in years.

Relied on players who he was familiar with, wasn't innovative at all, and the TO thing, in my mind, just wore him out. It's not that TO was even that bad, but the constant manufactured controversies took their toll.

All that is true. It was amazing to have a real coach in charge, but he was obviously over the hill at that point.

 

[Legend]

Parcells came in, changed the entire organization and not just the players, minimized Jerry (at least for the first two years), and made us into a legitimate team for the first time in years.

Relied on players who he was familiar with, wasn't innovative at all, and the TO thing, in my mind, just wore him out. It's not that TO was even that bad, but the constant manufactured controversies took their toll.

All that is true. It was amazing to have a real coach in charge, but he was obviously over the hill at that point.

Parcells’ first season with the Cowboys was impressive; after three straight 5-11 seasons.

At one point they were 7-3 and finished 10-6.

Parcells even had Quincy Carter and the D looking good.

MM is like the anti-Parcells and appears to made the Cowboys worse; especially the D.

 

[Aviano90]