Sorry guys (and gals), but with a disappointing 6-10, I have to start looking at next year. Parcells has some major plans for change this offseason. Although he hasn?t indicated what those changes are, I will assume I know and make some recommendations in the coming weeks. (I always wanted to be the GM or player personnel guy). Below is an article outlining the urgency. IRVING - Changes are coming for the Cowboys, possibly big, sweeping changes. Coach Bill Parcells laid down the edict during a 30-minute meeting with Cowboys players and assistant coaches Monday morning at Valley Ranch. His message was, not surprisingly, strong and emotional, coming on the heels of a last-second, 28-24 loss to the New York Giants on Sunday that slapped an ugly bow on an uglier 6-10 season. "Things are going to be different," he told his players. "Changes will be made." He wasn't simply talking about signing a few free agents in the off-season. In "changes," Parcells included cutting Cowboys players who were not earning their fat paychecks. He told his players the team had the salary cap room necessary to trim the unnecessary pork. He also hinted changes are likely to his coaching staff and elsewhere in the organization. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones did not attend the meeting, but Jones and Parcells are expected to sit down later in the week to begin formulating an off-season plan. Parcells, like Jones, was practically dripping with disappointment after Sunday's game. "He couldn't even really speak to us last night after the game he was so emotional," cornerback Lance Frazier said. "He was really disappointed. He just saved all the talking for this [Monday] morning. He just really let the team as a whole know where we all stood. "He didn't single anybody out, and he wasn't disrespectful in any way. He spoke to a lot of different classes of people on the team. He just went down the line and put it out there and let everybody know as a team where they stand." Parcells did not speak to the media Monday nor is he expected to in the near future. He said plenty Sunday, though, when he eviscerated some of his players for lacking mental and physical toughness, smarts, heart and just about everything else necessary to be a successful football team. "I'll tell you what I told the players," Parcells said. "The team hasn't changed since the preseason. They are pretty much the same all year long. Inconsistent, a pretty good percentage of the guys fighting to do well and then another percentage that is more than you can tolerate." The intolerable elements are as good as gone, which likely means there is a greater-than-zero chance defensive end Marcellus Wiley will not return. If his lackluster season did not guarantee his release, his remark "if everyone would have told me all this would have occurred, I would not have stepped foot in Texas" did. Neither right guard Andre Gurode nor left tackle Flozell Adams took a verbal flamethrower to Parcells, but they could be on shaky ground. Adams added another uninspired performance to his collection Sunday. Gurode did not start the season finale and has yet to show coaches he can do the job. Another player who might have played his final game with the Cowboys is linebacker Dexter Coakley. Not only does his salary cap figure leave him vulnerable, but the Cowboys have been trying to replace him with Bradie James all season. He is likely gone if the Cowboys decide to abandon the 4-3 defensive scheme in favor of the 3-4. "Ever since I got here, somebody has been always challenging me for my position," Coakley said. " ... I would have liked to make more plays, but you know, circumstances maybe didn't allow me to, but that's just football." Coakley, like most of his teammates, realize that when you have a season like the Cowboys had, changes are coming. Parcells simply reinforced that idea with his speech Monday. Everybody who left the meeting, players and coaches alike, realize Parcells will not tolerate a repeat of 2004. He is going to rebuild this team in his image with physically and mentally tough playmakers on both sides of the ball. "There will be changes," receiver Keyshawn Johnson said. "Everybody is going to be held accountable for their actions -- players and coaches included.
The biggest change that the Cowboys need, is getting rid of Parcells. Starting Testies for all those weeks at the end, instead of taking a good look at Drew is a crime. I am sorry, but it looks like Parcells has gone a bit senile.
Parcells needs to look in a mirror first & foremost. Bringing all these veterans (Vinny, meshawn, & Eddie G) failed miserably. Unlike Ditka, BP will never admit he was wrong. Heaven forbid, he own up to the fact he's not perfect. Inflexibility will be his downfall like it was Wannstedt's.
Cowboys will have a solid off season and will contend next year in the NFC. Parcells and Jones will get it done.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Eagles4Life)</div><div class='quotemain'>The biggest change that the Cowboys need, is getting rid of Parcells. Starting Testies for all those weeks at the end, instead of taking a good look at Drew is a crime. I am sorry, but it looks like Parcells has gone a bit senile.</div> You might be right E4L, but as a Cowboys fan, I am scared you aren't. Assume Parcells has seen enough in practices to know he doesn't need to see him perform horribly in games. Maybe Parcells second guessed himself and started him in the Bears game and got confirmation. I have hope for Henson, but suppose he is just a guy who has started only 7 or 9 games since he graduated from high school. He certainly isn't the same type of rooking that Eli Manning is ...living and breathing football solid for the past 4 years. You can throw Eli to the wolves and call it a learning experience because he has some talent. Does Henson? I don't know. Parcells may be getting senile, but he has seen him play a lot more than any of us. A scary thought...
