Bill Parcells Is Cut From The Same Cloth As Don Shula

Bill Parcells Is Cut From The Same Cloth As Don Shulaby "Pawfectgent"(The Don Shula video clip below is) showed that a winner (and Don Shula epitomizes the word), is demanding of themselves as well as their players. He demanded perfection and got it. Bill Parcells is cut of the same cloth, and he surrounds himself with others of like mind. Here are a few excerpts from an article in the NY Times from 2006 about BP, his philosophy and a few interesting tidbits.On his famed reluctance to talk to reporters:"We're in the business of collecting information," Parcells likes to say. "We're not in the business of exchanging information." On the extent of his commitment to and passion for the game (after a loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars):He woke up not long after he nodded off, choking on his own bile. "It only happens to me during the football season," he says. "It happens no other time of the year. And it wasn't something I ate." After that, he couldn't sleep at all. He found that his ex-wife, Judy — they divorced in 2002, after 40 years of marriage — had left a message on his answering machine. She saw the game on TV. "Please don't let it affect your health," she said.As to the widespread reports of him being furious with Jason Taylor, as 'obviously' evidenced by his continued silence towards him:"Coach doesn't say too much," Newman says, "unless you do something bad. If he's not saying anything to you, you must be doing something good." On how he organizes strategy, practices and assesses success/failure:His obsession is with space — creating it on offense and filling it on defense. Parcells is interested especially in the first step or two that players take, because that is when almost all of their critical mistakes are made. He's looking for bad angles, missed assignments, confused play. He'll watch the first one-third of a second of a play, stop the video in a fury and holler for an assistant coach.A few of the quotes he puts up in the locker room:"Blame nobody, expect nothing, do something." "Losers assemble in little groups and bitch about the coaches and the system and other players in other little groups. Winners assemble as a team." "Losing may take a little from your credibility, but quitting will destroy it." "There are many exit doors in pro football. Don't take them." "Don't confuse routine with commitment."On how he demands as much from his coaches as he does from his players (no favorites, no caste system):Rich Dalrymple, the Cowboys' director of public relations, walks in and says, "Gibbs is saying Portis isn't playing." "Get out of here!" His defense just spent the week focusing on Clinton Portis, a Redskins running back. "It was on the wire," Dalrymple says. "That means Duckett's playing," says Parcells. That would be T. J. Duckett, acquired just three weeks earlier by Washington from Atlanta. "I don't know," Dalrymple says. "Find out!" "How am I supposed to find out?" Dalrymple asks. Parcells shakes his head: not my problem. "Give a guy a morsel and he wants a fillet," says Dalrymple, and Parcells laughs.On his famed preference for the 3-4 defensive alignment:The defense establishes the virtuous circle that has been the signature of Bill Parcells's defenses since he rejoined the Giants in 1981 and unleashed Lawrence Taylor: Terence Newman covers Santana Moss well, which in turn forces the quarterback, Mark Brunell, to hold on to the ball a fraction of a second longer than he should, giving the Cowboys' fastest pass rushers just enough time to hit him. In response, the Redskins' tackles assigned to block the pass rushers grow twitchy and jump offside.I won't go on, because as many posters know I never usually shut up, and I don't want this to seem tiresome to read. However, these snippets are a glimpse at BP, and should provide comfort to a Dolphins Fan because for the first time in many years we can honestly say we have the right KIND of man for the job in charge.NY TimesDownload the Free Phinfever Browser ToolbarSupport Phinfever by buying what you need from our advertisers. They pretty much pay the bills for us. Thanks!Get the latest Miami Dolphins NFL lines at BetUS - America's online sports betting site for football betting and NFL odds and lines.If you're looking for things to do in Miami FL, check CTC for Miami comedy shows and Miami football schedules. Also buy NFL tickets and college sports tickets, including Miami Dolphins football tickets and cheap Hurricanes football tickets. more...