One of the ultimate class guys in my opinion.
Although the revisionist historians trace the beginning of football time to the year 2001, there was football before then and Parcells was one of the best coaches.
Should Martin have predicted that the incompetent organization (Bobby Grier) who considered him damaged goods and didn't want to pay him would be the place to be in three years, or should he have followed the coach he admired and respected and felt a great deal of loyalty to who was willing to pull out all the stops to get him?
The poison pill? That was up to the league.
If you're going to slam Parcells for doing what he legally could to get his man, don't whine out of the other side of your mouth about Belichick being persecuted for admittedly breaking the rules.