New Dolphins head honcho Bill Parcells had his introductory news conference today, and it was an event in which he appeared calmer and more thoughtful than he ever had in media events when he was a coach. Eschewing his usual coaching sweatshirt for a sport coat and button-up shirt with no tie, Parcells dressed the part of the team executive and offered a few thoughts on what kind of team he plans to build in Miami.
"I don't want thugs and hoodlums on the team," Parcells said of the types of players he'll try to acquire. "I really don't. I don't want bad-character guys. I don't want problem children."
When asked why he has, again, come out of retirement and gone back into competition, Parcells said, "I've quit being ashamed of what I am. I'm a guy who loves football. ... You call it, mabye, a male menopause, when you realize you're no longer ashamed of what you are. ... I can't get the game out of my system. I do love the game very much."
Parcells offered no insight into whether he'll retain coach Cam Cameron, saying only that after the season, he and Cameron "will have a good long discussion."
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 20)
12-27-2007 @ 6:32PM
r bearfield said...
MAN, I'M HAPPY FOR THE DOLPHINS. NO RICKY.
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12-27-2007 @ 6:50PM
terpsez11 said...
Parcells wants no thugs..I wonder who will want to play for him?..no Quincy Carter this time?
Dallas was glad he left..so glad they opened things up and have won a bunch of games..
this guy gets way more press than he deserves..Phil Sims cannot play QB anymore so how is he ever going to the Show again?
Gibbs does it with 3 different qbs..Parcells hasn't done it in over 20 years..or with anyone else..and he is a headliner and according to the same pundits Gibbs is suffering from dementia because he mistakenly... exhausted.. spent two consecutive time-outs making a FG easier for the Bills Kicker
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12-27-2007 @ 7:37PM
RustyShackleford said...
So- Coach Parcells doesn't want thugs or hoodlums on his team. Well Coach- good luck with that ambition. (after all, this is the NFL).
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12-27-2007 @ 8:10PM
Desides said...
"Dallas was glad he left..so glad they opened things up and have won a bunch of games.."
They weren't exactly winning a lot of games before Parcells got there.
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12-27-2007 @ 9:09PM
DaRooster said...
Stangfloss>>> you smoking Crack??
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12-27-2007 @ 9:22PM
Beverly said...
You said:
"You call it, mabye, a male menopause, when you realize you're no longer ashamed of what you are."
As a woman going through menopause, I'm not quite sure what to make of that statement because I was never ashamed of who I am. As a journalist I can tell you, you should check your "selling"---no I mean SPELLING.
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12-27-2007 @ 9:57PM
Clank Mulligan said...
stangfloss....????? do you have a brain? or are
you eating a banana?? Vick????? you need to seek
professional help..........
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12-27-2007 @ 9:59PM
Clank Mulligan said...
Beverly....you need to find a man
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12-27-2007 @ 11:13PM
aaorn W said...
5. he should have gone to the atlanta falcons because when mike vick get back they will go to the superbowl 4 years in a row http://www.howtomakemoneyoncraigslist.com
LAY DOWN THE CRACK PIPE YOU F'ED UP LOSER!!
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12-28-2007 @ 7:27AM
Grabowski said...
No thugs or hoodlums?? What do you think the NFL is full of?? Over 30% of the players are convicted felons. Why do you think NFL stands for National Felons League??? The problem is color!
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12-28-2007 @ 7:34AM
Pete said...
No Ricky, No Dog Killer, No TO, I like that, there are plenty of good guys out there.
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12-28-2007 @ 7:38AM
Realist said...
What about home supposed home wreckers (Bellichik) and impregnators (Brady)?
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12-28-2007 @ 7:41AM
zman said...
bill won 2 superbowls,hmmm let me see,,, has he ever won one without belicheck. ahhh no he has not.
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12-28-2007 @ 7:42AM
Jack said...
I don't know if he can find enough players to make a team. Maybe oprah can give him some names of good players.
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12-28-2007 @ 7:45AM
dmaziz said...
lets face it parcells has done absolutely nithung since he lost his brains .... can you say belechik
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12-28-2007 @ 7:47AM
zman said...
only reason bill won 2 superbowls is he had belicheck on his staff,,he has done nothing without him.
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12-28-2007 @ 7:48AM
Joe said...
Well Parcells, I guess you don't want black players because they seem to be the ones that are called hoodlums and thugs when they are in trouble. Well what would you call your President. Oh, I forget he's a good guy. yea right. Getting all of our kids killed and thats right. He's a hoodlum don't you support him. Oh, forgot again you never made a mistake in your life. So that don't count. Parcells you're a thug yourself for even saying what you said.
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12-28-2007 @ 7:49AM
bob kay said...
Makes me wonder if we will see more white and yellow guys in the Nat'l felones League
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12-28-2007 @ 7:53AM
JohnnTarwater said...
Dallas is the only team that recruits nothing but THUGS and Drug ADDICTS!!!!
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12-28-2007 @ 7:53AM
Pete Mobley said...
Keep Cameron, he done a good job, and he could not go out on the field and play for them, all the games were close and some even went into OT
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