natural tickler said:
Look flocky,
It is obvious you don't like the man, however, I will add that since he arrived, the boys has had a winning record. And I will continue to keep saying, Coaches coach, and players play.
Parcells is a great coach, by the which the teams has underachieved greatly. The demise of the team this year was not his fault. And to correct you, Parcells didn't have full control of the draft picks chosen. Jerry Jones ultimately did. So if you have anyone to blame, blame Jones
Whenver you are debating, try to put personal feelings aside, and banter on facts. Because quite obviously, you are sounding like a bitter fan with your emotions on your sleeve than others who are debating. My two cents
and I am a Cowboys fan, disappointed just like you, but able to separate fact from fiction
and TF4F, that is Cowboys, not Cowpoop 😀
You are certainly entitled to your opinions and they are appreciated.
See thats the deal. I was as excited as anyone to have him as the new coach. And the first year here he did a really good job and thinks looked bright. But things started to sour during his 2nd season . There were many reasons for this and Parcells was just as much to blame as anyone else. What bothers me is that because he was considered a coaching hall-of famer in waiting that he took no blame , like he was above criticism. Whether you like it or not, the NFL IS all about producing results and living in the present, not what you did in the past. That is why so many high-priced players get cut, there is no loyalty; only results. Once the player is deemed not worth the money, then he is out the door. Why should a coach be any different??????
And yes , coaches coach and players play......to a point
The coaches job is to get his players here & put them in a position to have the most success they can achieve. That is what Parcells failed at miserably. He refused to let his assistant coaches do there jobs properly. In a recent interview, Mike Zimmer [ FORMER DEF COORDINATOR] was asked if he was able to make adjustments on his own during the game. He answer sums it up, ''sometimes''
One reason the Saints scored so many points was that Payton knew the flaws in Parcells defensive schemes and he knew that the assistants were unable to make the proper adjustments, that is why the little used FB had a field day in the wide open left flats all day long
If you watched the Seahawks playoff game then you saw the same thing. The Boys` ProBowl Outside pass rushing specialist DeMarcus Ware was taken completely out of the game by the gameplan on the Seahawks. He was turned into a pass defender not a pass rusher. There were 4 different times because of schemes that , at the last second
Ware had to run to the outside receiver at the sidelines to cover a wide open receiver!!! that would be like taking Lawrence Taylor and not letting him rush the passer. That is not a players fault, that falls strictly on coaching!!!!
We all know that Parcells LOVES to establish an early running game. Hey , nothing wrong with it if you have early success with it. But EVERYONE they played KNEW that and provided defensive schemes to stock the run. Most times early in games the opposing teams would '' stack the box'' with 8 and sometimes 9 players. Parcells was still determined to stick with the same game plan.
That would make it 3rd and long, obviously a passing down. When on 3rd and long you know the other team HASS TO PASS you can ''pin your ears back '' and not worry about the run. Mosts teams would blitz to put pressure on a obvious passsing down.
Like I said earlier, It is a coaches job to put players in positions to win!!!! The two examples above were given to show that he didn`t achieve this objective
One more thing....Why is Bill Belechik considered the best coach in the league. He is a brilliant strategist and gameplanner & lets his assistants make changes during the flow of the game. Bottom line...He puts his players in the best positions to succeed.
Isn`t it IRONIC that the coach Belechik learned under didn`t teach him that!!!!!
and take it as fact.
