Bill Parcells 'Done' As NFL Coach ... Tribute Thread

My opinion. Father of Belichick. Took multiple teams with different personnel a long ways. The job he did with depleted Jets team was amazing, the throw in 2 rings with us, the Pats in the title game, built the Cowboys personnel then nearly does the same thing with the Fins he did with the Jets?

Sure, guys like Lombardi and Phil Jackson are great when you have the same group of great players for a period of time. But give me the name of a coach that had as much success as Parcells did over such a wide range of teams and players/personnel…..

1) Loved his candor and handling of the media.
2) Always seemed to be in control.
3) Spawned great coaches.
4) Turn around programs every where he landed.
5) Won Championships.
6) Made men.
7) Helped Jerry Jones to build maybe the greatest Stadium on the planet.

Good luck Bill Parcells.

Fantastic football mind. Sure HOFer. Rebuilt so many cellar dwellers in a hurry. Local NJ guy. Already legendary.

which hadn’t happened since 1956. Time to say thank you.

should, of course, be “two.”

He was a great coach, has the record to prove it. Got the most from his players. Wish we had him or someone like him now.

His personality, nope. Keep it. Nasty, ego mania laden, sarcastic, don’t like him. And left teams with jobs unfinished. Moody.

He’s 70 years old. Enough said.

As far as charts go, can’t we say that Ray Perkins spawned Bill Parcells?

best ever. As far as I can remember during his time, the Giants never had a super star player, yea we had LT and the defense but no big name QB,RB OR WR but every year he would make magic with what he had to work with.

He was the consumate motivator, loved his players..His legacy is more than just being the head coach..it was his personality traits and antics with players and media alike that made him so revered by players and fans..What a pisser…Having said that, I doubt the game of football will ever leave his blood..He was quoted down here that he isn’t planning on sitting on his laurals..He said he’d go crazy…We haven’t seen the last of him yet…maybe not on the sidelines but he’ll still be a part of the game..I’m just very happy I had the chance to talk to him at training camp..a truly nice man..Hey Bill !!! I’ll raise a big ’ol Cream cheese bagel in your honor !!

playing like crap,by the time he left they were always contenders.

Its oversimplifying it a bit, and I realize what Walsh gave the game in terms of the WCO and all that but I ask you this:

Would Bill Walsh be as big a genius as he was with personell that weren’t Montana, Rice, Taylor, Cross et al…..

I will give Phil Jackson credit in that he has done what he does TWICE – taken teams with Superstar players and terrific talent and kept them in control to become champions…

But if you look at Parcells body of work, and the fact that he took teams like like the Kotite Jets and the Fins who were absolutely dreadfull with minimal talent, and turned them into real teams – to me, his overall scope of work is more impressive.

And everyone can say what they want about his “style”, I will take Parcells to coach my team any day over the Tony Dungys of the world.

He has to get dinged for the quitting (less risk building crap than maintaining it)

He never built a dynasty, Giants missed playoffs too many times to even think about calling them a dynasty

He didn’t do as much as Noll, Landry, Shula, Walsh, Gibbs has a third ring

Parcells is closer to Madden, another great coach, but as much about the larger than life image than on field accomplishment.

Great coach, but doesn’t compare favorably with the big 5 (Lombardi, Walsh, Noll, Shula, Landry)