Parcells helped Rex Ryan become a Jet

[Spider-Dan]

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/columns/story?columnist=oconnor_ian&id=6036077

Excerpt:

Once upon a time, Bill Parcells was the larger-than-life figure who saved the New York Jets from themselves, driving a hoax of a franchise to the brink of the Super Bowl. So maybe it was fitting that Parcells gave the Jets one last gift.

Maybe it was fitting that he notarized a candidate named Rex Ryan.

"I was very impressed with Rex when I met with him," Parcells said Tuesday night by phone. "I could just sense that, 'Hey, this guy's going to have a chance.'"

This was three years ago, when Parcells was the executive vice president of football operations for the Miami Dolphins and a man in dire need of a head coach. He sat down with Ryan and discovered a kindred spirit, a football lifer born in Oklahoma but one projecting that Parcellsian Jersey Guy vibe.

If Parcells hadn't shared a strong working relationship with his former aide in Dallas, Tony Sparano, he likely would have hired Ryan on the spot.

"Yes, that's correct," Parcells said.

He went with Sparano, breaking Ryan's heart if not his resolve. A year later, after Eric Mangini went poof in the night, Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum solicited his mentor's official scouting report on the Baltimore defensive coordinator with a big plan and a bigger mouth.

Parcells told his protégé he liked Rex and his pedigree, as in a lot, and Tannenbaum took it to the bank. On Jan. 21, 2009, the Jets made Ryan one of the franchise's Mount Rushmore hires, right there with Weeb Ewbank, Joe Namath and Bill Parcells.

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More disgusting details in the article.  I'm not sure what's more revolting:

- Parcells is giving advice to the enemy (not just any enemy, but THE ENEMY) for free, while drawing a paycheck from the Dolphins
- Parcells is somehow squirming his way in to take credit for someone else's success (while still dodging his own failure in Miami)
- Without Parcells' advice, that blowhard Ryan would probably be annoying division rivals in the NFC West (with STL) or North (with DET)

[tepop84]

Parcells is the best of the best when it comes to taking credit for good stuff and avoiding blame on the bad.

[CF DolFan]

Funny thing is Parcells could end up in our Hall of Shame one day!!

[Frimp]

Funny thing is Parcells could end up in our Hall of Shame one day!!

I agree with that so much, I might have to edit my sig.

[MikeO]

No wonder Parcells wife left him, there wasn't enough room in their house for him, her, and his ego!

[hordman]

Parcells is a blow-hard jackass.  there's nothing there to dispute.

from the NY Post article:
Long before Rex Ryan was a glimmer in anyone's eye, Parcells had dramatically altered the Jets' culture. He allowed their weary fan base to believe that Super Bowl III didn't have to be their one-and-done day in the sun.


glad to see he changed the culture somewhere else!!!!

like I've said before in other posts, he has not won a championship (SB) since the beginning of the 1st Gulf War (19 yrs ago) when poor Scott Norwood pushed wide right and into Bills purgatory.

How do you expect to get loyalty from a guy who is basically a "gun for hire" or a svengali?