by Michael Severance

Created on: March 19, 2007   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

I concur with one article writer that said "neither."

Let me tell you Bill Parcells M.O. Parcells road the coat-tails of a lot of other great football people such as Phil Simms, Lawrence Taylor, and Bill Belichick for example. It was here with the Giants that the "legend" of Bill Parcells began.

Next stop Patriots. Bill Parcells takes a basement team with high draft picks and no place to go but up. He inherits Ben Coates, drafts Drew Bledsoe, is forced to pick Terry Glenn (he wanted Keyshawn Johnson), drafts Willie McGinest, drafts Ty Law, brings David Meggett from New York. He gets them to the Super Bowl where just before the Super Bowl begins he says publicly that he's leaving over a dispute with Bob Kraft (still boiled over Terry Glenn, is what I think).

Next stop Jets. A team with draft picks with nowhere to go but up. Same M.O. Took a favorite from his prior team in Curtis Martin. Same M.O. Got Keyshawn Johnson who he wanted in the first place instead of Terry Glenn. I'm a Pats fan so it's tough to remember all the names, but I remember Aaron Glenn, and Ray Mickens from those teams. Point is though, he peaks this Jets team out without ever making the playoffs.

Last stop Dallas. Another team with no place to go but up. Hmmm. He brings in some old pals again in the likes of Drew Bledoe, Vinny Testaverde, and Keyshawn Johnson. He drafts some good players again with Roy Williams, Anthony Henry, Terrance Newman,.... actually, he did Dallas pretty darn good in terms of drafts picks now that I think about it (or is my history wrong, how many years did he stay there?). Lots of great draft picks by Parcells here, even if a lot of them are wrong in my head. Thats why he's ready to step up as a GM probably. I don't want him as my coach though.

As for T.O., .... thats a tough subject. I wouldn't get into bed with T.O. in the first place, but the morning-after pill seems harsh here. There are consequences in the form of great monetary loss whether you play or do not play a great player. I'd doubt if Dallas can unload this guy to anyone. T.O. obviously doesn't cross boundaries clearly written in his contract, but I'd bet there are 3 teams now that wished he had. Why people think he will change is beyond my understanding. He's probably at the age where he is the person he will always be.

So I say if you can unload T.O. without large monetary loss, do it. But if you can't, you have to play him. He's too good of a football player not to.

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