LarryCanadian
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I do believe that after any disappointing or semi-disappointing season at his age, you always consider retirement, BUT I highly doubt the organization would have been making the moves over the last 2 years that it has, if he didn't have a long term interest in building this team to winner status.
Some indicators:
Getting rid of long snapper Robinson and players such as Vollers and Walters, and then stating that he is planning for the future and they wouldn't have been here after this year anyway.
Switching to a 3-4:
Glover and Ellis, 2 of our best defensive players do not fit the scheme. Plus, we lacked the depth and experience at LB to do this easily in one season, yet we went ahead and drafted players for it. Parcells knows this isn't a one year process. It is still ongoing.
Adding his old guys like Glenn, Keyshawn, etc:
These guys will not play as spiritedly for another coach, and in fact can be problematic in other circumstances. Not to mention they won't last 5 more years anyway, so I see them sticking with Parcells for a couple more years and then hanging them up as a group.
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Basically speaking, Parcells leaving now would decimate this team in some ways as we would be half way through a rebuild/re-organization. The first 2 years of Parcells' tenure in Dallas were a write off as we were seduced by year one into thinking the team was better than it was (mainly at QB with Carter and on D which ranked first that season) when neither was the case. Year two brought reality. Year 3 was the rebuild/reorganize. If Parcells leaves we have no identity at all, whereas we are halfway to having one now at least.
I don't get feeling Jones is upset with head coach at all (although I think he's skeptical about a few assistants) and I don't think Jones is dumb enough to put this team in such jeopardy in the case Parcells just leaves. In a sense Parcells has the organization by the short hairs since the rebuild is taking slightly longer than hoped, so unless we can make a massive improvement this offseason and win a super bowl, we need another year or two to really be a strong contender in Parcell's image.
I think the whole deal is a negotiation ploy, and that Parcells will end up signing a 2 year extension beyond next season. He likes the team and has gotten his way on just about everything. He has nothing to complain about except the results and some of that is his and his hand picked coaching staff's responsibility. I don't think he would abandon ship despite having done it before, because he has had the authority and hence the responsibility to get the JOB Done in Big D, as well as he seems relatively healthy if a bit drained.
We are close. We are looking decent on D and have weapons on offense, if the oline can do it's job.
Just my thoughts. If Parcells does jump ship, we are set back at least another year though as we would need to rethink whole 3-4 again and start replacing Parcell's players like Key, Glenn, Glenn, Campbell, etc who won't be as psyched/motivated anymore!
Larry
Some indicators:
Getting rid of long snapper Robinson and players such as Vollers and Walters, and then stating that he is planning for the future and they wouldn't have been here after this year anyway.
Switching to a 3-4:
Glover and Ellis, 2 of our best defensive players do not fit the scheme. Plus, we lacked the depth and experience at LB to do this easily in one season, yet we went ahead and drafted players for it. Parcells knows this isn't a one year process. It is still ongoing.
Adding his old guys like Glenn, Keyshawn, etc:
These guys will not play as spiritedly for another coach, and in fact can be problematic in other circumstances. Not to mention they won't last 5 more years anyway, so I see them sticking with Parcells for a couple more years and then hanging them up as a group.
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Basically speaking, Parcells leaving now would decimate this team in some ways as we would be half way through a rebuild/re-organization. The first 2 years of Parcells' tenure in Dallas were a write off as we were seduced by year one into thinking the team was better than it was (mainly at QB with Carter and on D which ranked first that season) when neither was the case. Year two brought reality. Year 3 was the rebuild/reorganize. If Parcells leaves we have no identity at all, whereas we are halfway to having one now at least.
I don't get feeling Jones is upset with head coach at all (although I think he's skeptical about a few assistants) and I don't think Jones is dumb enough to put this team in such jeopardy in the case Parcells just leaves. In a sense Parcells has the organization by the short hairs since the rebuild is taking slightly longer than hoped, so unless we can make a massive improvement this offseason and win a super bowl, we need another year or two to really be a strong contender in Parcell's image.
I think the whole deal is a negotiation ploy, and that Parcells will end up signing a 2 year extension beyond next season. He likes the team and has gotten his way on just about everything. He has nothing to complain about except the results and some of that is his and his hand picked coaching staff's responsibility. I don't think he would abandon ship despite having done it before, because he has had the authority and hence the responsibility to get the JOB Done in Big D, as well as he seems relatively healthy if a bit drained.
We are close. We are looking decent on D and have weapons on offense, if the oline can do it's job.
Just my thoughts. If Parcells does jump ship, we are set back at least another year though as we would need to rethink whole 3-4 again and start replacing Parcell's players like Key, Glenn, Glenn, Campbell, etc who won't be as psyched/motivated anymore!
Larry
