Parcells "You're a jerk, you don't know what you're talking about."

[Armchair Quarterback]

Just saw the clip. Was it in reference to him out coaching Pete Carroll and was it directed at Jim Donaldson of the Projo who asked the idiotic question. If it was, so true, so very true.

 

[jmt57]

Just saw the clip. Was it in reference to him out coaching Pete Carroll and was it directed at Jim Donaldson of the Projo who asked the idiotic question. If it was, so true, so very true.

That was quite a while ago, but if I recall correctly it was indeed Donaldson.


When Joker logs he would probably be the best person to verify.


All I found was this:


When The Tuna Went Down To Texas

Poor Tuna. In the old days, back on the East Coast, he might have reenacted the moment when, after an unfortunate reporter asked an even more unfortunate question, Parcells had retorted, "Aw, gimme a break with that stupid dumb-ass question. That's a dumb-ass question. That's a dumb-ass question. You gimme a break with that crap. Aw, you don't know what you're talking about. You're a jerk."
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Hartford Courant | December 05, 1994

To Patriots coach Bill Parcells for responding belligerently when asked if he felt he had outcoached the Jets' Pete Carroll. ``That's a dumb question,'' Parcells yelled at a reporter. ``You're a jerk.''
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The Coach | CBS News

But that hasn’t stopped him from raising hell with the press. This was his response after a victory when a reporter asked him if he had out-coached the opposing coach: “Aw, gimme a break with that stu ... dumb ass question. That's a dumb-ass question. You gimme a break with that crap. Aw, you don't know what you're talking about. You're a jerk."

In defense, Parcells says: “Well, he's asking me is to talk in a detrimental way about someone who's in my profession. And I don't want to do that.”
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edit: Found it.

Apparently it was a writer by the name of John Cullen from the Pawtucket Times:

Numbers Game | Seattle Times | Dec 5, 1994

Quotable
Burnt to a crisp: "That's a dumb question. You don't know what you're talking about. You're a jerk. Out-coached? Did everyone in this room out-write you today?" - New England Coach Bill Parcells, upset at a question asked by John Cullen of the Pawtucket (R.I.) Times about whether he thought he outcoached Pete Carroll of the Jets.
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[borg]

Amazing research JMT....that google machine on the interweb is really something

 

[Armchair Quarterback]

That was quite a while ago, but if I recall correctly it was indeed Donaldson.


When Joker logs he would probably be the best person to verify.


All I found was this:


When The Tuna Went Down To Texas

Poor Tuna. In the old days, back on the East Coast, he might have reenacted the moment when, after an unfortunate reporter asked an even more unfortunate question, Parcells had retorted, "Aw, gimme a break with that stupid dumb-ass question. That's a dumb-ass question. That's a dumb-ass question. You gimme a break with that crap. Aw, you don't know what you're talking about. You're a jerk."
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Hartford Courant | December 05, 1994

To Patriots coach Bill Parcells for responding belligerently when asked if he felt he had outcoached the Jets' Pete Carroll. ``That's a dumb question,'' Parcells yelled at a reporter. ``You're a jerk.''
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The Coach | CBS News

But that hasn’t stopped him from raising hell with the press. This was his response after a victory when a reporter asked him if he had out-coached the opposing coach: “Aw, gimme a break with that stu ... dumb ass question. That's a dumb-ass question. You gimme a break with that crap. Aw, you don't know what you're talking about. You're a jerk."

In defense, Parcells says: “Well, he's asking me is to talk in a detrimental way about someone who's in my profession. And I don't want to do that.”
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edit: Found it.

Apparently it was a writer by the name of John Cullen from the Pawtucket Times:

Numbers Game | Seattle Times | Dec 5, 1994

Quotable
Burnt to a crisp: "That's a dumb question. You don't know what you're talking about. You're a jerk. Out-coached? Did everyone in this room out-write you today?" - New England Coach Bill Parcells, upset at a question asked by John Cullen of the Pawtucket (R.I.) Times about whether he thought he outcoached Pete Carroll of the Jets.
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Thanks, You're better at this internet thing than I am because I couldn't find anything. I knew it was some local yokel and since Parcells was calling him a jerk, I assumed it had to be Donaldson.