Should I stay or should I go?

by Dave Halprin on Jan 3, 2006 7:41 AM CST in Dallas Cowboys News

Bill Parcells likely will employ the "Cones of Silence" over the next few days to weeks. Speculation will run rampant concerning his possible retirement, until the day he decides to end it. So let's get in early and start speculating while it's still fashionable. From an MSNBC article:

On Monday, the three-year anniversary of the day he took the Cowboys' job, Parcells didn't talk to the media -- or to his team as a group. Players leaving the team's Valley Ranch complex said Parcells said nothing about what he planned to do.

"Cones of Silence" in place and working. But the article gives us this tantalizing (not really) clue:

Parcells said he had "to get away from it for awhile" before deciding if he'd return.

That's it? Give us some context please. What exactly was the question that was asked causing him to say he had "to get away from it for awhile"? What tone did he say it in? Come on, give us a clue. What was the "it" he had to get away from? Football? Dallas? Jerry Jones?

Anyway, here's what some players said:

"I'd be very surprised if he's not back next year," said Bledsoe.

"His body language is always the same way," cornerback Aaron Glenn said. "I think he'll be back. I don't think he'll want to go out on a note like this."

And what did the Tuna say?

"I would certainly liked to have finished on a good note," [Parcells] said. "I think we're a better team by far than what we were last year, but I'm not overly proud of 9-7. I'm really not."

Stay tuned, but my prediction is that he's coming back. He's built the team to this point; he wants the glory if they win.

Meanwhile, NFL coaches are an endangered species. Read about the massacre yesterday, here.

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Parcells will be back

I don't think Parcells has ever really thought about retiring. This whole issue is a way for him to posture Jones for an extention and more money, thats all. He knows Jones will pay him what he wants. Parcells took the job in the first place to rebuild the franchise back to championship status and secure his legacy as the greatest coach of all time. His ego is too big to allow him to quit before the job is done. He'll retire only he gets the Cowboys back on top.

by Terry on Jan 3, 2006 7:57 AM CST reply actions

Cowboys contacted

Jerry Jones was on the Ticket, a radio station in Dallas this morning and stated the Cowboys were contacted by other teams about the availablilty of both Coordinators for head coaching jobs.

by Deke on Jan 3, 2006 8:32 AM CST reply actions

That's interesting

Are they looking at our coordinators for Head Coaching jobs?

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by Dave Halprin on Jan 3, 2006 10:20 AM CST up reply actions

Doesn't surprise me

With all the coaches that were fired during and or after the season and the retirements of head coaches and position coaches, it really doesn't surprise me that some teams would be calling for permission to talk to our coordinators Zimmer and Payton. From listening to Jerry on Sunday when talking to Suzy Kolber and Goerge Dunham on the ticket this morning, I'm getting the impression that Bill might walk away from football. Its been a hard year for Bill with the loss of his brother and the Giants owners, Merra and Tisch.A couple weeks off to rethink things and get away from foootball to recharge his batteries for awhile might change his mind, but when you look at Bill, he's an unhappy person by nature and comes accross since his brothers death, who he was really close to and really one of only a very few true friends Bill has, seems more Down and unhappy than usual.

by Deke on Jan 3, 2006 10:39 AM CST up reply actions

remember last year

If you can recall Parcells looked and acted the same way last year. I think at his age and with his personality, he's always going to act like he's done at the end of each year, but in reality he's not. He's just tired from a long season and he'll be back for more.

by Terry on Jan 3, 2006 3:50 PM CST up reply actions

Crazy Speculation

Parcells retires, Zimmer is promoted to Head Coach, Dom Capers is brought in as DC.

by LRogue on Jan 3, 2006 9:10 AM CST reply actions

if he does retire...

Any thoughts of the possibility of Williams from Washington being picked up as head coach?

But I would rather see BP here another year or two. He is a couple of lineman and a couple of LB away from being where he wants to be. FA and the draft could take care of that and he knows it.

Cowboy fan since I was conceived!

by airtyme on Jan 3, 2006 9:28 AM CST reply actions

Can't get Williams now

His new contract says no head coaching interviews this year.

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by Dave Halprin on Jan 3, 2006 7:50 PM CST up reply actions

Parcells

He'll be back, what else is the guy gonna do. As miserable as he feels now, he'd feel twice as bad if he didn't come back and someone else came in and screwed up what he started here. This is all meaningless speculation built up by the media.

by APerfectStar on Jan 3, 2006 6:59 PM CST reply actions