In his interview with Mike and The Mad Dog, Bill Parcells stated that his reason for stepping down as head coach was not about the losses.
It was more about all of the long hours he no longer could put in, because he is getting older.
Now in a recent comment Parcells made to the Sun Sentinel, he blames Cowboys QB Tony Romo for his leaving Dallas.
“All you got to do is kick a field goal, the most elementary of plays, and then you just don’t do it. And so I don’t want to go through that process again. Too much blood,” Parcells said.
First off Bill, Romo doesn't kick the field goals, the kicker does. Second, having Romo holding snaps was your mistake, not his. You and you alone allowed Drew Bledsoe to sulk like a baby on the sidelines after he lost his starting job to Romo.
You needed to kick Bledsoe in the butt and get him to fulfill his duties and obligations both as a team player and backup.
But the statue couldn't be bothered, and you for all intents and purposes because of name calling, had players who didn't want to play for you.
So how does that make you feel, Bill? Players wouldn't perform their best for you because you insisted on calling them names. You thought they would perform better if they were ridiculed.
Guess it all backfired, huh? Oh well. Good riddance to rotten Tuna.
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29 days ago
I think Parcells is extremely overrated. I still can't believe he made that "Jap play" comment about 60 years after World War II ended.
29 days ago
The point Jeff is that Parcells is not overrated but a terrible liar and excuse maker when he had the power to step in and take control of things but didn't, No matter which way anyone spins it the truth
is Romo was being a team player, Bledsoe was being a baby and Parcells was acting as though he
just didn't care
so who's the blame for the loss? the head coach and nobody else
29 days ago
I am so tired...tired of people acting like Romo's Drop happened with no time left on the clock... You know what caused the Cowboys to lose that game.... Here's some things..
Terry Glenns Drop on the Quick pass... Causing that Safety...
The Bad Call on Witten NOT getting the first down that caused the FG attempt to happen in the first place..
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY....
not holding Seattle to a 3 and out on the possession after the FG misshap... and allowing Shaun Alexander to run for 20 yds... But that on that Parcells 3-4 Defense...
if they go 3 and out... Dallas get the ball and one play gets them in FG range again... Cowboys win...
We could also say Parcells FEAR of thowing on PETE ( BONDSMAN ) HUNTER.. and the rest of the beat up Seattle Secondary.....
Bottomline..... S.T.F.U. Bill Parcells...
29 days ago
I agree with all of you! Parcells is a great coach but does make alot of excuses. It always seems to be someone elses fault when something goes wrong. Time to stand up and take the blame Bill! You can't always have a fall guy.
29 days ago
I agree with both of you Joe you are correct you can't all ways have the fall guy and Jason the botched
snap was not the end of the game, nor was it the sole reason why the Cowboys failed to win against
Seattle that night
but you can't tell the blind that because the blind see what they want and won't take off the rose colored glasses of being a hater
So the truth lies with us and not them
29 days ago
Amen...
Why is the starter holding after half a season? B/C he let his guy Bledsoe cry all over the sidelines and couldnt ask him to hold. If Bledsoe came in you can bet your house he would not have held 1 single FG.
So while the second half of the season the guy he brought in was a terrible teammate, he was too busy shitting on Romo in the press because he had success. How many times did he get angry that people wanted to give Romo credit?
He left because he was the wrong guy for the job, as evidence of 13-3 under Wade Phillips.
29 days ago
Romo's job was to hold the kick... he couldn't do it... nobody's fault but his own...
29 days ago
Tony Romo was compared to Bret Farve all season and under wade had the cowboys 13-3 thats cause Wade let Romo throw the ball and the use of T.O. was the helped a lot. So with that said Romo held his own with a coach that belived in him all season and let him do what a QB should do and thats lead his team......
29 days ago
Thank you exactly my point Romo wasn't supposed to be the holder that job is solely for either the punter or back up QB, in this case Drew Bledsoe but Bleedslow was being a baby just passing the
time away on the sidelines till he could get off the Cowboys roster and had 0 interest in lifting a
finger to help the team
however Parcells is all so to blame for this because the so called tough coach was acting more like the I don't care cream puff who was all so, IMO just passing the time away until the year ended and then he could announce his retirement for a 4th time
29 days ago
Who he is compared to has nothing to do with this Jose the point is as Wes pointed out Bledso was on the sidelines sulking like a baby, not acting like a team player or a responsible veteran who should be
doing all that he can for the team, and Parcells certainly was not acting like the Tuna of old by allowing
Bledsoe to do this
which makes fans question was Parcells at that point fed up and just didn't care any more? and if he was at that point then why not step down as head coach the year before? but before we go that far in to this let me say this
Parcells did do great things for us he gave us talent for years to come but Parcells can not IMO just lay down the blame sqaurely on the shoulders of Tony Romo and say I wasn't me.
My coaching wasn't the blame for the loss in that game, I didn't make Romo hold that snap and while
all those things are in fact true
what Parcells can not say is that he is still not the blame for it happening, because in truth he is the blame and even he knows it
28 days ago
everybody makes mistakes no ones perfect romo is a good quaterback
28 days ago
again this is not about Romo this is about Bill Parcells who needs to step up and take his responsibility
in the debacle of that game
28 days ago
everybody makes mistakes no ones perfect romo is a good quaterback
28 days ago
I agree he is a good QB however nobody is debating whether or not he is a good qb what we are debating is Parcells comments, where he blames Romo for the loss against Seattle and that is what made Parcells quit as head coach
28 days ago
yea when in fact it was parcells fault
28 days ago
yes it was Parcells fault thanks for agreeing
28 days ago
thats right it is all bledsoes fault! unbelievable--the kicker was comfortable with romo and thats why he kept holding--so face facts romo blew it and he blew it this year too under a different coach
from 28 days ago
Find one example of a playoff team where a starting QB held for FGs. The kickers sucked all season, all 3 of them, so I doubt very highly that Martin was making the choice of holder...
Bledsoe was brought in by Parcells and when he lost the starting job all you had to do was watch the games. He didn't even stand by the coaches or wear a headset for most of the stretch run. Parcells did not want to ask him to hold b/c he was already letting him sulk all over the sideline. Fact is, every other NFL team has a guy who practices holding all week/season long, do you really think the starting QB holds for kicks at practice??
28 days ago
Bill spins a lot but you guys should be kissing his fat behind for building the foundation that Dallass rests on today. Without him at the helm for those years the Boys are probably still a mediocre team, and WITH him at the helm last year they just might have won a playoff game or two.
from 28 days ago
He did have a big part in building the team but he has lost his touch with todays type of player. When the players make more than the coach fear is not always an option. If Bill was the coach last year we maybe win 10 games. He refused to let the offense grow, and as we saw last year the O under Garrett was as explosive as there is in the NFL.
He did have a few misses though, he never found a QB and drafted J.Jones over Steven Jackson.
The only reason he gave Romo a serious look was b/c Sean Payton tried to trade for him after he left for NO before they got Brees. Parcells left b/c he realizes he cant caoch anymore, thats why he went out and lobbied for a GM job.
from 27 days ago
I don't know if I agree with you. Fact is, Romo is the QB because of Parcells. And his stated reason for not coaching any more is different from yours (that's he's approaching 70 and just can't take the stress any longer, hard to blame him there). He may have drafted Jones over Jackson, but look at all the guys he drafted who turned out to be great players.
I obviously have a soft spot for Bill and can even forgive him for building the strong team that Dallass enjoys now. But you should acknowledge that you're not in this spot without him. Jerry Jones certainly wasn't building a winner all by himself.
28 days ago
Yes Bledsoefan Bledsoe is partly to blame for this because it didn't matter if the kicker was comfortable
with Bozo the clown holding, the point is Bledsoe when demoted takes on the roll of back up QB if he likes it or not, which means that he is out there holding kicks for field goals and taking next reps in
practice after the starter is done
but Bledsoe had a problem with that and decided he'd just rather sit on the sidelines and sulk like a baby passing the time away until it was time for the team to cut him loose..which is exactly what he did and Parcells who was supposed to be OH so tough on his players allowed Bledsoe to do this so he is all so in the wrong
28 days ago
Look we all know that he was brought in by Parcells and that is what Parcells decision to bench him and go with Romo as the starter after Bledsoe failed, to get it done, but the fact remains that when demoted you take on the responsibilites of the position you take on
which means that you don't get as many reps and you don't get to work with the first team offense or defense, so your job is primarly being ready in case they need you..However the back up does have
one job that he is supposed to do which is hold for kicks
while the head coach has his responsibilities which is to enforce and make examples out of players who refuse to abide by the rules he sets fourth.
So Parcells is just as much to blame as Bledsoe in this case
27 days ago
Yes Osi Dallas is the team they are today because of Bill Parcells yanking away the controls from the hands of the crypt keeper Jerry Jones, and building it his way including replacing Bledsoe with Romo
and never looking back on his decision to make that switch
still doesn't mean that Parcells wasn't wrong for not putting his foot down with Bledsoe and Bledsoe acting like a baby
from 26 days ago
Regardless of the Bledsoe situation (which I really don't care about, but did he specifically blame Romo for anything or was he just lamenting how difficult it is mentally to put so much effort into coaching and then have it all be lost on one stupid thing like that?), how can you say "good riddance to rotten Tuna" and still believe what you just said above???
26 days ago
Did you not read the blog I wrote? he blamed Romo for the loss against Seattle by making this quote
“All you got to do is kick a field goal, the most elementary of plays, and then you just don’t do it. And so I don’t want to go through that process again. Too much blood,” Parcells said.
We know that the kicker wasn't able to kick the field goal because Romo bobbled the snap and was forced to run with it to try and make a touchdown, but was stopped short of the goaline and that is where the Seahawks took over
so whether he points directly or indirectly to Romo that is what he is saying was to much blood and thus making him leave as head coach of the Cowboys
And so when I say good riddance to rotten Tuna I am talking about the excuses he is making for him self babying Bledsoe and acting tough but really just didn't seem to care
from 25 days ago
I'll just say this one more time and then so be it -- to me, unless he was specifically talking about Romo, what he said doesn't sound like it's directed at Romo so much as at the frustration of being a coach and having some routine thing go wrong and ruin your whole season. I don't know the whole context of the discussion, and if he was talking about a particular person such as Romo then I guess I'm wrong, but that's just a general quote about frustration, not about Romo himself.
And no, I don't read blogs about the Cowboys.
25 days ago
Then that is your problem because the comment he made was directly aimed at Romo for that last playoff game back in 2006
23 days ago
it still doesn't matter--you keep blaming bledsoe--for some unknown reason--romo was the holder and he was the holder the entire season so he wasn't new at it--he still blew it! it was his responsibility to do the job--also did you read the article about romo written by a dallas sports writer is that romo has never won a playoff game in his entire football life! maybe he has a history of choking! I can't tell you how many playoff games bledsoe has won--alot more than romo--you know your guy isn't getting any younger--and another thing--you have no idea how much bledsoe has contributed to the nfl--much more than romo ever will
17 days ago
I have all ready explained how Bledsoe was all so partly at fault he wanted no part of the team after he was demoted which is being childish..he could have sucked it up and just accepted his demotion like a man and took one for the team, but instead he wanted to sulk like a baby and Parcells allowed
him to sulk like a baby instead of being the tough task master and making him do it like he should
have
so both are partly to blame whether you agree with that or not
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