all the Cowboys haters and outsiders will certainly credit Parcells and give no credit to Phillips which certainly would be unfair, however, Parcells did set the foundation as Eatman points out and certainly does deserve credit for having a substantial part in building this team.

But his magic as a championship coach has been gone since he and Billichump parted ways. He’ll do wonders in Miami in terms of personnel, but it’s a good thing he’s not coaching anymore.

made some good moves and some bad moves, but the whole idea that we owe the Tuna for our success is rediculous. If we went 3-13 last year instead I doubt we would hear “it is all because of Parcells”. Given the talent we need to be thanking him for, that makes him look like an even worse coach. Hiring the Tuna was a great move on Jerry’s part, but so was letting him go.

In that case I’m glad he walked away. Obviously I don’t know what went on behind closed doors, but when you have two people with egos that large, I assume there some mutuality in the separation.

people wanna take all the credit for themselves…..

if we win the super bowl, everybody should get credit. parcells for his drafting skills and changing the culture, jerry for having an open mind, resigning players and getting T.O. when everybody thought it was a bad idea (tank too. maybe pacman will prove him right too). stephen jones. sean payton for nagging us to get romo and helping his maturation. wade phillips for changing the culture once again. jason garrett. larry lacewell. and the list goes on and on…....

I think he left one year too late in fact. He did some good things, but his coaching philosophy was old school and he certainly lost touch with today’s players. His stubbornness to change was his down fall in Dallas. He handled the whole TO situation like a 5 year old which was a big mistake. When that happened I lost some respect for that man. I expected more from a HOF coach.

Wasn’t drafting Ware Jerry’s doing not Parcells? After the draft didn’t several sources say Parcells wanted Spears at 11 and Jerry wanted Ware there.

Bradie James is an average LB and nothing to brag about. The others he deserves some credit, but Jerry had alot to say in those picks. This is Jerry’s team don’t forget.

He made some decent moves, but it’s his name more than anything that’s giving him credit.

Everyone wants to pat his back for drafting Ware and Barber, but for every Demarcus Ware he drafted, there’s a Bobby Carpenter. For every Marion Barber, there’s a Jacob Rogers; for every Jason Witten there’s a Anthony Fasano, and for every Bradie James, there’s a Skyler Green.

It cracked me up to hear that before Parcells, we had 0 Pro-Bowlers, but after him, we have 13. Except for the fact that 2 were on the team before Parcells, 3 joined after Parcells left, and 1 (T.O.) was unwanted by Parcells.

forget about the actual players that were brought in while he was here, Parcell’s biggest contribution to the organization was changing the losing atitude and instilling a work ethic making players responsible for going the extra mile in practice and therefore in games.

Parcells changed the culture within the team by his disipline which was severley needed at the time.

Parcells is such a big name I think he crowds out others when credit is distributed. I think it is well known by most of the online Cowboy community that Parcells did not want Newman and instead wanted that NT, which ended up being a bust for the Jets (can’t remember his name). It is also well known that it was Sean Payton who brought Romo here, and it was David Lee who begged Parcells to keep him. Most importantly if Parcells had his way we would have drafted Spears at 12 instead of Ware, whom is probably the best player on our team and could potentially be the best player in the league.

So lets look at our 13 Pro-Bowlers and determine who we can and can’t give Parcells credit for:

Can:
Flo
Barber (not sure whose idea it was to draft him but I’ll throw him a bone)
Witten

Can’t:
Romo
Gurode
Davis
T.O.
Folk
Ware
Ellis
Newman
Hamlin

So essentially we can give Parcells credit for 3 out of 13 pro-bowlers (2 if you don’t include Barber). Count me unimpressed.

I agree with Terry that Parcells instilled discipline into this team, but there are a lot of authoritarian coaches out there. We could have gotten a lot of coaches to come in and do that. Parcells is nothing special in that regard.

I still say that Bill Parcells was one of the best things to happen to this franchise and that Jerry made one of his smartest moves by hiring him. The Cowboys were in disarray and becoming a mockery before the Tuna came to town. He never won big like I wanted and expected him to but the franchise sure got a lot better during his time.

My thoughts exactly. I thought his talks with JJ were a joke when I first heard the rumblings, but his presence instantly restored the credibility of the franchise. It was pretty rough going during the Campo years, that’s for sure.

pass.

Chan Gailely,Dave Campo,two reasons anybody cant coach the Cowboys,those years were embarrising! Tuna changed the attitudes of the players we had,& got rid of guys that were not gettn it done. The only move I personally did”nt like was not gettn Stephen Jackson, but we”ve recovered. Overall were in a much better position,than we was before he got here. my phrase for Parcells is way to weed out the scrubs!