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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Coach A) 48-39, (3-2 Playoffs)What's the argument for Parcells to get in ahead of Raymond Berry?
You should have spelled out the step that didn't occur. Robert Kraft did not1 of your steps didn't happen. Ironically, it's the step involving the subject of this thread.
There were 4 major steps from mediocrity to dynasty
1) Kraft purchasing the team
2) RK hiring Parcells as coach
3) RK hiring Belichick as coach
4) BB drafting Brady and elevating him to starter
All 4 steps are worthy of HOF recognition, despite the bad taste left as Parcells exited stage right.
I listed them chronologically, but it is also in order of increasing importance.
People who should never be in the Patriots HOF: Parcells, Moss, Revis.Joke of a coach who wouldn't have won **** without Belichick. Was on the phone to the Jets before our Super Bowl against Green Bay. Played Hasan Graham instead of Troy Brown.
Other than being fortunate enough to have the greatest coach of all time as his DC his only other claims to fame are being a douche to his quarterbacks and making a lot of acerbic comments in press conferences.
Are we giving Parcells credit for the drafts when his complaint was not being able to select the draftees?I agree, but man looking back at his drafts reminds me what picking high can be like:
1993: Bledsoe, Chris Slade
1994: Willie McGinest
1995: Ty Law, Curtis Martin, Ted Johnson
1996: Lawyer Milloy, Tedy Bruschi, Terry Glenn
Never mind Berry, what about Fairbanks. He did an amazing job. He left under difficult circumstances also but no where near as despicable as Parcells.What's the argument for Parcells to get in ahead of Raymond Berry?
Parcells did not throw the SB.
Anybody watching the game again will see that unless they are blind.
Parcells did not throw 4 INTs and get sacked 5 times holding the ball like a statue. Bledsoe was erratic and played like dog 5hit missing open WRs. Curtis Martin never showed up for a big game in his life 13 carries for 43 yards. Otis Smith got torched. Adam V kicked a line drive to Howard on his KO return. Who the hell told him to do that? Parcells? After NE just scored and was back in the game? Put the crack pipe away.
Bledsoe choked and thats why he never won 5hit.
Parcells belongs in the NEHOF. The 2001 NE SB Championship does not happen without him.
Parcells replaced the double team that was erasing Reggie White in the first half with Max Lane. That alone ought to have been fireable for any coach.
Weird coverage with safety on receivers and Favre took advantage for long TDs on 2 plays. That too.
Yeah why did Adam kick directly to Desmond Howard on a line drive? Why wasn’t he told not to?
Martin had only 11 carries. The team’s best weapon and that’s all he got. That’s not Martin’s fault. Arguably the team’s best or second best player and they decided to go bombs away with Bledsoe for some reason.
Parcells also kept Troy Brown on the sideline. Could have played imo. Also defended kicks and might have made a difference on the Howard return.
Just a terrible coaching job in that game which can happen when he has one foot already out the door.
Parcells replaced the double team that was erasing Reggie White in the first half with Max Lane. That alone ought to have been fireable for any coach.
Weird coverage with safety on receivers and Favre took advantage for long TDs on 2 plays. That too.
Yeah why did Adam kick directly to Desmond Howard on a line drive? Why wasn’t he told not to?
Martin had only 11 carries. The team’s best weapon and that’s all he got. That’s not Martin’s fault. Arguably the team’s best or second best player and they decided to go bombs away with Bledsoe for some reason.
Parcells also kept Troy Brown on the sideline. Could have played imo. Also defended kicks and might have made a difference on the Howard return.
Just a terrible coaching job in that game which can happen when he has one foot already out the door.
Parcells replaced the double team that was erasing Reggie White in the first half with Max Lane. That alone ought to have been fireable for any coach.
Weird coverage with safety on receivers and Favre took advantage for long TDs on 2 plays. That too.
Yeah why did Adam kick directly to Desmond Howard on a line drive? Why wasn’t he told not to?
Martin had only 11 carries. The team’s best weapon and that’s all he got. That’s not Martin’s fault. Arguably the team’s best or second best player and they decided to go bombs away with Bledsoe for some reason.
Parcells also kept Troy Brown on the sideline. Could have played imo. Also defended kicks and might have made a difference on the Howard return.
Just a terrible coaching job in that game which can happen when he has one foot already out the door.
That's where I am too. Parcells did good things here,but the way he left tarnishes his legacy as specifically a Patriots coachParcells is an excellent coach and gm. He should not go in the patriots hall of fame
Martins longest carry was for 4 yards. All the other 12 carries were ZERO gain, Negative yards or 2 yard Sony Michelle power runs.
Curtis Martin always disappeared in big games. With the Pats and the Jets.
Yeah, Bledsoes first INT was a floating duck that looked like the GB players was the intended target.
Thats on Parcells. He should have told Bledsoe dont throw INTs.
4 years as coach..... NEP HOF ?
32-32 record.......NEP HOF ?
Lost his defecto GM job after 2 years to Bobby Grier.......NEP HOF ?
Out of one side of his mouth he takes credit for NE signings but out of the other side he moans about not being able to shop for the groceries.... NEP HOF?
His apologists claim he deserves credit for creating NE’s foundation for later success.
“Later” happens to be defined as 5 years and two coaches later. RUFKM
His apologists argue NE should be grateful he brought BB to the franchise. Using this train of thought, I guess Kraft should enshrine Belichick’s agent as well.
Funny how BB, Parcells’ gift to NE, came with shackle bruises and a price tag of a 1st round pick.
Then there’s Fat Tuna’s traitorous Neville Chamberlain re-enactment during NE’s most significant week in more than a decade.
“Let’s celebrate the traitor who fu*%ed this franchise over” ..... NEP HOF?
I don’t get the loyalty to this guy. Fat Tuna was an opportunist extraordinaire who had a nice run with Bledsoe and then sniffed out a better paying gig with the biggest rival.
Personally, I give Bledsoe the majority of credit for righting the NE ship. Fat Tuna certainly added some gravitas but Drew’s arm lifted the franchise out of plodding mediocrity and into the era of aerial-assault offensive football.... a must see experience.
I will always refer to Gillette Stadium as The House That Drew Built