tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post116951000107346679..comments2024-03-07T05:17:49.252-05:00Comments on Boiled Sports: This Just In: Most Overrated Coach's "Retirement" Being Covered in Overrated FashionJ Moneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925161304409415806noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-1169821766693038032007-01-26T09:29:00.000-05:002007-01-26T09:29:00.000-05:00"...if I were forced to work with a fat, pontifica..."...if I were forced to work with a fat, pontificating, bloviating, slovenly, annoying, obnoxious, arrogant douchwad..."<BR/><BR/>Dude, you lived with one for years; how would working with one of those types be any worse?boilerdowdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08356708955038289503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-1169597155548629292007-01-23T19:05:00.000-05:002007-01-23T19:05:00.000-05:00Parcells is very overrated, I totally agree.You kn...Parcells is very overrated, I totally agree.<BR/><BR/>You know who's underrated? Chuck Noll.<BR/><BR/>The guy won FOUR FUCKING SUPER BOWLS (no one else has ever done that FYI.. not Bellichick, not Parcells, not Walsh, no one) and is never mentioned as one of the top 5 coaches in NFL history.<BR/><BR/>The only time he really struggled was the last five or so years of his career when NFL salaries skyrocketed out of the Steelers price rants and there was no salary cap yet, so he was constantly out-manned.<BR/><BR/>I am making it a small mission of mine to downplay Bill Parcells, and give more credit to Chuck Noll damnit!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-1169582872259629902007-01-23T15:07:00.000-05:002007-01-23T15:07:00.000-05:00He got divorced in 2002 or 2003 and his wife took ...He got divorced in 2002 or 2003 and his wife took over half of his assets and then some; he needed the money only reason he went to Dallas and it showed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-1169579761232031732007-01-23T14:16:00.000-05:002007-01-23T14:16:00.000-05:00Someone mentioned how great Bill Walsh was. Yes, h...Someone mentioned how great Bill Walsh was. Yes, he developed Joe Montana and used Don Coryell's West Coast offense, and won 3 SBs, but consider:<BR/><BR/>Walsh turned around only 1 franchise while The Tuna turned around 4 MORBID franchises. <BR/><BR/>Ask any Jet fan if they would have taken 9-7 and a shot at the playoffs after years of debacle under Bruce Coslet, Pete Caroll and Richie Kotite. Ask any football fan if they could find anyone to take the Pats seriously for several years after their SB appearance versus the Bears. Ask Cowboy fans how the hell the team won 10 games with Quincy Carter at QB. Ask Giants fans how they consistently were a contender for the Lombardi trophy despite lacking a gamebreaker on offense and an average secondary, at best. Finally, ask any Niner fan or Bill Walsh, himself who game him his worst playoff defeats - 17-3 and 49-3. Oh, yeah. It was Bill.<BR/><BR/>One last thing - the guy might know a few things about football if his coaching staff included Belichik, Crennel, Mangini, Groh, Weis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-1169578301309143302007-01-23T13:51:00.000-05:002007-01-23T13:51:00.000-05:00The factor that doesn't show in your "9-7 average"...The factor that doesn't show in your "9-7 average" and "172-130-1 career record" is the fact that when he took over the giants they were awful and he had a 3-12 record the first season. In the next 7 seasons he only dropped below 9-7 once, with a 6-9 record. Then with the Pats he took over a terrible franchise and started with a 5-11 record to go 10-6, 6-10, and 11-5 the next three seasons. His worst record with the Jets was 8-8. I will admit that he was not impressive in his time with the Cowboys, but the only losing season he had was the 6-10 season in 2004. He took over that trainwreck of a team and went 10-6 in his first season. I would argue that he made some excellent drafting decisions for the future of the franchise and left the team better than when he arrived. I think he would have had more success if he could have had more control. <BR/><BR/>A better stat to look at would be the fact that in his 19 years he only had 5 seasons with less than 8 wins (2 of them in the first year with the team) and had 9 years with over 10 wins, also making the playoffs in 10 season. You can't argue with rings, and the man's got a few of 'em.<BR/><BR/>P.S. That being said, I will agree that the game has passed him by and he's not the coach he used to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-1169578150311733762007-01-23T13:49:00.000-05:002007-01-23T13:49:00.000-05:00ed,I won't argue with you that Parcells is one of ...ed,<BR/><BR/>I won't argue with you that Parcells is one of the best coaches of the last 25 years, but in terms of influence and success, I'd say Bill Walsh has him beat by a country mile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-1169578006419720862007-01-23T13:46:00.000-05:002007-01-23T13:46:00.000-05:00Yes, if you told me that a coach would AVERAGE 9-7...<I>Yes, if you told me that a coach would AVERAGE 9-7 over the next 19 seasons, I would tell you that coach was destined to be in the HOF.</I><BR/><BR/>Herm Edwards just became very excited by that news.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-1169577598624108712007-01-23T13:39:00.000-05:002007-01-23T13:39:00.000-05:00If you can't recognize that Bill Parcells is one o...If you can't recognize that Bill Parcells is one of the best coaches of the last 25 years, then someone has boiled your brain. http://valentinesviews.blogspot.com/2007/01/nfl-parcells-influence-on-nfl-has-been.htmlETValhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12090130209467012897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-1169577488206070822007-01-23T13:38:00.000-05:002007-01-23T13:38:00.000-05:00No offense, but claiming that AVERAGING 9-7 over 1...No offense, but claiming that <B>AVERAGING</B> 9-7 over 19 seasons isn't incredible is stupid. I also think Parcells is overrated, but that career mark, especially given that he did it with a number of different teams, and considering that a considerable portion of that mark was done in the salary cap era, is remarkable.<BR/><BR/>Yes, if you told me that a coach would AVERAGE 9-7 over the next 19 seasons, I would tell you that coach was destined to be in the HOF.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-1169577471121840502007-01-23T13:37:00.000-05:002007-01-23T13:37:00.000-05:00The Jets lost to the Broncos in the '98 playoffs, ...The Jets lost to the Broncos in the '98 playoffs, not Oakland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-1169577367485764882007-01-23T13:36:00.000-05:002007-01-23T13:36:00.000-05:00On my post I compared Parcells to Larry Brown: bot...On my post I compared Parcells to Larry Brown: both are brought in to rehabilitate struggling franchises, get them back on track for title contention, then split before the bottom falls out.<BR/><BR/>The main difference between these two coaches is that Brown didn't win a title until the end of his career, whereas Parcells peaked in 1991 and declined steadily since then (SB loss with Patriots, AFC Champ loss with Jets, playoffs but no wins with Cowboys).<BR/><BR/>The man's lost his fastball. Now he seems like less of a genius and more of an ornery old coot who can't understand while these twenty-something multi-millionaires aren't afraid of him anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-1169565241167591032007-01-23T10:14:00.000-05:002007-01-23T10:14:00.000-05:00It was great how ESPN covered this on their "Botto...It was great how ESPN covered this on their "Bottom Line." They gave his overall record with each team he coached, followed by the next year's coach and record for that team. It was like he was Michael Jordan or something, except they had to remind us that he was great.Pacifist Vikinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630996018868040440noreply@blogger.com