Bill Parcells says the Big Tuna will get away!
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Bill ruminating on a fumbled snap and what could have been
It was just time to go. Bill Parcells was bounced out of the playoffs by a fumbled snap of a sure thing field goal. After it was over, Bill spent some time thinking it over and finally came to a decision.
At age 65, the Big Tuna, Coach Bill Parcells, of the Dallas Cowboys, is announcing his retirement.
Big Tuna had come to be recognized in the industry as a turn around expert. Coach Parcells managed to get hired by the New York Giants, New England Patriots, New York Jets, and the Dallas Cowboys and take them from losing records to the playoffs by his second year of coaching.
NFL Football Big Tuna factoid How did Bill Parcells get the nickname Big Tuna?
I think it goes back to my first time with the Patriots. There was an old commercial from StarKist with Charlie the StarKist tuna. So my players were trying to con me on something one time, and I said, ‘You must think I’m Charlie the Tuna,’ you know, a sucker, and that’s kind of how it started. source
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He leaves a massive coaching tree.
Parcells has had extraordinary success in grooming his assistant coaches for eventual head coaching positions of their own. As of 2006, former Parcells assistants who are currently head coaches in either the NFL or the college ranks include:
Bill Belichick, New England Patriots
Tom Coughlin, New York Giants
Sean Payton, New Orleans Saints
Romeo Crennel, Cleveland Browns
Eric Mangini, New York Jets
Al Groh, University of Virginia
Charlie Weis, University of Notre Dame
In addition, Parcells disciples Ray Handley and Jim Fassel served as head coaches for the New York Giants, and Al Groh and Chris Palmer were head coaches with the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns, respectively, at one time.Parcells, Belichick, Coughlin, Payton, and Mangini all were able to guide their respective teams into the 2006 playoffs, accounting for nearly half of the post-season field. source
Parcells record was 172 - 130 - 1 in the regular season and 11 - 8 in the playoffs. His teams won 3 conference championships and two Super Bowls, both with the Giants.
Now if only your intrepid author can convince Big Tuna to be he Detroit Lions next coach! You are right, it would only destroy his legacy.
It will be sad to see Bill Parcells go. He almost made me like the Cowboys.
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7 opinions for Bill Parcells says the Big Tuna will get away!
Ron B Free
Jan 24, 2007 at 6:38 am
If Parcell came to Detroit the Tuna would become just another slab of rotting fish baking in the sun on the beaches of the lovely Detroit River.
James
Jan 25, 2007 at 9:18 am
Old Tuna is not delicious or healthy.
Rockwell
Jan 25, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Now, there’s a visual you can smell!
Hey, James… thanks so much for the unsolicited plug. We appreciate it. (And believe it or not, most of the writing at my spot this week is from the whole gang.)
Everybody has old Tuna this week. I’ve even got some in my blog that I brought out from the fridge for the last time.
Nice story, by the way, on the origins of the Tuna handle.
James
Jan 25, 2007 at 11:17 pm
Oddly enough had some tuna tonight. Put some apple in it.
Do you think that means the Big Tuna will be moving back towards the Big Apple?
That makes me the psychic Tuna!
Ron B Free
Jan 26, 2007 at 6:40 am
The Tuna…..best thing you can say about him is…..he’s no Nick (Saban) Satan.
Rockwell
Jan 26, 2007 at 10:43 am
James…
You probably are the Psychic Tuna. If the rumors are correct… but these rumors seem plausible… Parcells will end up as a consultant to the Jets. Apparently, Mangini and others there were running lots of ideas past Parcells all year. Now, the Mangini-Belichick feud makes even more sense… it is just an extension of the Parcells-Belichick feud.
Which brings us to… how many photographers will Belichick mow down at the Pro Bowl and will he even speak to his quarterbacks when none of them is named Brady?
James
Jan 26, 2007 at 9:56 pm
Loved the way the Jets constantly blitzed Brady in the first matchup and beat them in the rain, then Belichick came back with the no huddle offense in the second matchup, so the Jets could not get the right players for each blitz on the field.
Mangini is for real, but the Jets played a easy schedule.
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