Bill Parcells Is Not A Hall Of Famer?
Anger is not becoming this morning. After all, the New York Giants are playing in the 2012 Super Bowl later today, facing the New England Patriots. Yet, how can you not be angry that Bill Parcells was somehow not deemed worthy on Saturday of being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
No offense to Curtis Martin, Jack Butler, Cortez Kennedy, Willie Roaf, Chris Doleman and Dermontti Dawson, who were voted in, but not one of that gang of six deserved to go into the Hall of Fame before Parcells.
I thought it was a no-brainer that Parcells would be elected. I was stunned Saturday night when the legendary Giants coach was left off the list of finalists.
None of the six players elected holds the status in the game that Parcells does. None has accomplished more, or affected the entire NFL in such a positive way. Two titles with the Giants, a Super Bowl appearance with the Patriots, playoff appearances with the New York Jets and Dallas Cowboys. A coaching tree that includes the guys facing off today -- Tom Coughlin of the Giants and Bill Belichick of the Patriots.
Jim Trotter of SI.com, one of the 44 Hall of Fame voters, tried to explain how Parcells didn't make it. Among his comments:
- "There are more deserving candidates than there are available spots."
- "... some voters believe a coach or contributor should never take a spot from a player. That meant the odds were against Parcells and DeBartolo before the discussions even began."
I'm not really buying any of it. I am not buying Trotter's talk of "housecleaning," where voters felt certain positions had to be addressed because of logjams on future ballots or any of that malarkey.
The Hall of Fame should be about greatness -- not housecleaning, or balance, or whether you are a player, owner or coach. There was no one -- not one single person -- on the list of 2012 finalists who had a greater career or more long-lasting, positive impact on the NFL than Parcells.
Whatever the reason he did not make it this was a mistake. Period.
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Agree with you Ed
He deserves it. Luckily, we have bigger fish to fry today. I think his ornery nature might have had something to do with this “snub”.
Go Giants!
Curtis Martin
Tuna will be introducing him. I think Big Bill might enjoy that moment more than getting in. He loves Curtis like a son.
Go Giants!
They do not have to have a limited number of player. They should do at least 7 to 10 per year. They do not have to do only 5 per year. This is ridiculous.
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
Totally agree
None of those six should have gotten in ahead of Bill Parcells.
Fret not, however. He’ll get in someday – next year, probably. After they clear up that “logjam”.
They should have one or two spots for just for coaches , front office, owner etc so that they can go on a different ballot than the 5 players.
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
Willie Roaf
is very deserving. The guy was a beast. Other than him BP should have been elected.
Jacobs to Eli: You're a beast, man. I can't say that enough!
BP will go next year
IMO what hurt Bill was his Brett Favre impersonation .
Jacobs to Eli: You're a beast, man. I can't say that enough!
Got to get this off my chest
I don’t get how the writers determine who is a hall of famer and who is not or who has to wait for their turn to become a hall of famer. I got a big time problem with guys like Doleman and Cortez Kennedy getting in and guys like Charles Haley, Chris Carter and Coach Parcells being told they have to wait.
Doleman and Kennedy were both excellent players but I don’t remember either as the most dominante at their position during their playing days, Not like Chris Carter dominated as a WR. The writers puts in guys like Troy Aikman and for that matter Michael Irvin not becuase they statistically belonged but becuase of the championships they won, yet leave off Charles Haley who won 5 Super Bowls, and everyone knows was the leader on D of the Cowboys Dynasty. And finnally how the heck can Bill Parcells not get in for crying out loud. Forget he rebuilt the Giants from nothing and turned around our organization, The Patriots might not exist if it was not for Parcells, everyone forgets the Patriots couldn’t even get someone to buy the team back than, the franchise was a joke and a total mess, and Parcells turned it around stabalized everything so that a guy like Kraft could come in and look at the Pat’s as a good investment. Jet’s same deal, Old Man Hess had run that franchise into the ground, he breathed new life into it. Cowboys same thing Jones ran them into the ground he rebuilt them. Not to mention Parcells’ coaching tree is almost the rivial of Bill Walsh’s tree how can this guy not be a hall of famer?
by Late for Dinner on Feb 5, 2012 10:40 AM EST reply actions
Agree
especially with Kennedy. When the were mentioning the candidates I said “No Way” to Kennedy.
Jacobs to Eli: You're a beast, man. I can't say that enough!
he rebuit the giants bu
remember parcels gave us ray handley.i cannot forgive him for the way he left the giants.he quit i believe just about 1 or 2 weeks before the 1991 draft.by that time we could not hire anyone from outside so we got stuck with handley.bill b.was already gone to the browns and tom c.i think left for boston college.we all know how bad it was under handley.parcels deserves to make the hall of fame but im glad they let him wait.i cannot forgive him for what he did in 1991 and i dont even want to get into the hated jets and cowboys.
hustle and hustle with muscle
by bins12 on Feb 5, 2012 11:12 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Exactly.
I couldn’t care less when or if he ever makes it to the HOF. Also remember that he still had a year in his contract when he retired, due to what he says was a heart condition. Then a year later he was coach of the Pats. We were left ruined, all because he apparently got bored and wanted to move on to something new. If he just honored the last year of his contract, the Giants could’ve had an orderly transition. I still don’t kniw why they even allowed him to join the Pats. They should have forced him to honor his contract that they let im walk away from because of his supposed medical condition.
Disclaimer: yes as my screenname suggests, My fav sport is hockey, but i follow football just as much as you guys do. Parcells screwed us and as Bins the 12th said, he went on to work for the Cowboys. He’s dead to me.
Contributor for Lighthouse Hockey. Definitely neither the Sniper nor the Enforcer.
by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Feb 5, 2012 11:32 AM EST up reply actions
No doubt Parcells was a SOB
He was loyal only to himself, prickly guy, but that does not deny the fact that he is a hall of fame coach and although you might not be able to forgive him, this is about career accomplishments not how you felt about the guy…
By the way I understand how you guys feel becuase I believe he screwd us royally when he left..
by Late for Dinner on Feb 5, 2012 1:48 PM EST up reply actions
But what if you were a writer who he routinely screwed over or verbally abused a bit
Then think it could be NYC, Boston, Dallas or Miami
You make enemies you pay the price. They’ll let him in, but he’ll have to wait. And Cortez Kennedy was deserving, he wasn’t a pass rusher, but he dominated at the point of attack for close to 10 years.
Eli is our King!
With the exception of Ed
These writers are a bunch of self-important tools. Maybe Haley and Parcells didn’t kiss their stupid, second-guessing pencil-neck asses enough. I called my boy the Cowboys fan and asked him: “Parcells or Haley — who is the greater HoF snub?” and he was SHOCKED. “Wait, they BOTH DIDN’T make it???”
You PLAY to WIN the GAME.
Dear Tebow, please let the Giants beat the Patriots.
I was completely shocked that Parcells didn't get voted in...
At least he will present on of his favorite players, Curtis Martin at the ceremony..But I think it totally bites that he didn’t make it in…Really roasts my chestnuts…
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
The Tuna deserved it! It shows that coaches who are less than diplomatic, upset some people and some of those people are voters. They can carry a grudge a long time.
Besides he coached in NY and Boston and “failed” in Dallas. That is enough to keep him out.
on Nfl network before
they were debating who who was snubbed this year and they mentioned something that there are 7 spots open but they only filled 6 (not 100% sure but i think thats what they said). And they have the nerve to say
“There are more deserving candidates than there are available spots.”
i don’t usually follow this very closely from year to year and I don’t know the details but that just doesn’t make sense.
Guys Parcells was left off because he wasn't very nice to the guys that do the voting
It was useful in his career to make the press a villain, but these are the guys that vote on HOF entry.
Eli is our King!
According to people in the room during the selection meeting, the biggest factor in Parcells not making it, was the job hopping
I think it that is an awful reason and the NFL HOF looks like it may need some retooling. LIneman deserve the due they never seem to get when they are playing but there are quite a few guys that belong that arent in there.
Should you choose to test my resolve in this matter, you will be facing a finality beyond your comprehension, and you will not be counting days, or months, or years, but milleniums in a place with no doors.

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