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Bill Parcells believes fans of the Dallas Cowboys should be grateful to have Jerry Jones as the owner of their team.
“I have a high regard for him,” Parcells said Tuesday of Jones during a conference call conducted by the Pro Football Hall of Fame, which Parcells will enter in August.
“He has a tremendous amount of passion for the franchise and I think the people are lucky to have him, lucky to have him as an owner, because they’re not all the same. I can tell you that. Having a guy like that and what he tries to do on a yearly basis there is great.”
Parcells coached Dallas from 2003-2006, compiling a 34-30 record, which included a pair of losses in the first round of the playoffs.
Jones turned to Parcells after three straight 5-11 seasons. The strange marriage between two men with massive egos was expected to end in divorce, but they managed to work well together and parted on good terms.
“He’s a straightforward, honest guy,” Parcells said of Jones. “He really is. That’s all I look for. He was very supportive of me as a coach. Now were there things going on that occasionally I didn’t like? Yeah, there were, but that didn’t inhibit me from going to him, talking things out. He’s really great about that.”
Parcells retired after the Cowboys’ heat-breaking 21-20 loss at Seattle in 2006, a first-round game best remembered for Tony Romo bobbling the snap on a chip-shot field goal attempt that likely would have handed Dallas the win.
Parcells said he has no regrets about leaving the Cowboys, who went 13-3 the next season under Wade Phillips but lost to the Giants in the second round of the playoffs.
“I was at a different age,” said Parcells, who was 65 when he left Dallas. “To me, I’m trying to win the championship, and when you lose like we lost and I’m down the road coaching-wise and age-wise and quite frankly energy-wise at that time. I think about all the things you’ve got to do just to get back to where you were at that moment and sometimes it’s a little bit overwhelming. I just decided that’s enough and I’m getting off the field, and this time I stayed off the field. I still like football. I still watch it and with interest.”
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“I have a high regard for him,” Parcells said Tuesday of Jones during a conference call conducted by the Pro Football Hall of Fame, which Parcells will enter in August.
“He has a tremendous amount of passion for the franchise and I think the people are lucky to have him, lucky to have him as an owner, because they’re not all the same. I can tell you that. Having a guy like that and what he tries to do on a yearly basis there is great.”
Parcells coached Dallas from 2003-2006, compiling a 34-30 record, which included a pair of losses in the first round of the playoffs.
Jones turned to Parcells after three straight 5-11 seasons. The strange marriage between two men with massive egos was expected to end in divorce, but they managed to work well together and parted on good terms.
“He’s a straightforward, honest guy,” Parcells said of Jones. “He really is. That’s all I look for. He was very supportive of me as a coach. Now were there things going on that occasionally I didn’t like? Yeah, there were, but that didn’t inhibit me from going to him, talking things out. He’s really great about that.”
Parcells retired after the Cowboys’ heat-breaking 21-20 loss at Seattle in 2006, a first-round game best remembered for Tony Romo bobbling the snap on a chip-shot field goal attempt that likely would have handed Dallas the win.
Parcells said he has no regrets about leaving the Cowboys, who went 13-3 the next season under Wade Phillips but lost to the Giants in the second round of the playoffs.
“I was at a different age,” said Parcells, who was 65 when he left Dallas. “To me, I’m trying to win the championship, and when you lose like we lost and I’m down the road coaching-wise and age-wise and quite frankly energy-wise at that time. I think about all the things you’ve got to do just to get back to where you were at that moment and sometimes it’s a little bit overwhelming. I just decided that’s enough and I’m getting off the field, and this time I stayed off the field. I still like football. I still watch it and with interest.”
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