Parcells retired again

[redsfan]

I just saw the headline on Yahoo. Parcells has retired as the coach of the Cowboys. Do you think it is for good, or does he have a line on another job??

[Dward00]

No way.........................................

[Dward00]

Terrell Owen's comments were kindof ridiculous.

T.O. happy to say goodbye to old school
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

January 23, 2007

I still think he is a great guy After sometimes going a week or two without talking to Bill Parcells during the season, wide receiver Terrell Owens said the coach's retirement, which was announced Monday, was best for him and the Cowboys.

'I am just hoping his retirement brings promise to what the team has to offer,' said Owens, who is in Miami recovering from surgery on his right index finger. 'This past year was a big letdown. Hopefully, the owner will hire a coach to take the team to the next level.'

Owens described the team's locker room environment, fostered by Parcells' old school ways, as difficult.

'Sometimes change is good,' Owens said. ' I think it was needed.'

Owens understands there will be speculation that 'he ran Parcells out of here' -- especially after a season that included injuries, an accidental overdose and complaints about his role.

Owens said that, after everything he had been through in San Francisco and Philadelphia, he initially thought Parcells might be good for him.

The receiver's impression changed when Parcells didn't offer any encouragement after Owens' accidental overdose

'I still think he is a great guy,' Owens said. 'But he is like my grandmother. You love the person, but they are stuck in their old school ways.'

He said Parcells' coaching style 'hurt us.'

'You don't know who is doing what,' Owens said. 'You don't know who is calling plays. That is why our offense was up and down. You saw that at the end of the year. It filtered off. We as a team felt the frustration. I felt the frustration. But Bill is Bill.'

Owens caught 85 passes for 1,180 yards and had a league-high 13 touchdowns. But he was undone by a league-high 18 dropped passes.

He said hand injuries were to blame for some of the drops, but said not being made the focal point of the offense was the biggest problem.

'I was underutilized in the offense,' Owens said. 'A new coach can be good for the Cowboys. It's not just me. But my teammates know I could have done more. I wasn't used as a No. 1 receiver.'

Regarding his surgically repaired finger, Owens said he is well ahead of schedule. A second phase of the surgery is to be performed sometime in the next six weeks.

Owens hasn't been back to Dallas since the end of the season.

He said he will be ready to play in 2007.

The Cowboys must decide if they want him back. Owner Jerry Jones said he wants Owens to return, but the new coach might make the decision.

Owens is due a $3 million roster bonus in June.

[redsfan]

Is TO crazy??? He had 85 catches and over 1100 yards with 13 TDs. How was he underutilized? Does he want to deny his teammates from being able to play also? Maybe they should just throw him screen passes, then use the other 10 players to block for him every play.

Maybe if he didn't have so many dropped passes, Parcells would have had the confidence in him to make him the #1 receiver.

[Mike the Greek]

I thinkmthe game has passes Parcells by. He looked lost and uninterested at times - not the man he once was.

[Durango53]

Maybe if he didn't have so many dropped passes, Parcells would have had the confidence in him to make him the #1 receiver.

That says it all right there. Parcells is a team player guy. The team plays as one then he will be ok. He got the biggest ME guy in the game shoved on him and had to use him.

[Mike the Greek]

Yeah, that is true, but to me Dallas fell apart more on the other side of the ball. Their defense sucked at the end of the year. TO didn't hurt them. Giving up 40 points to the Lions did :)

[Dward00]

I was watching 'The Best Damn Sports Show', and they had Jerry Rice on it. They asked him what he thought about TO's remarks on Parcells, and he just said: 'He should have just kept his mouth shut. All he had to say was Parcells is a great coach, and we'll miss him'.