SoFlaJets Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 JETS NOT TUNA FISHING By MARK CANNIZZARO January 24, 2007 -- The Jets have no plans to speak to Bill Parcells about a possible position with the club, an NFL source familiar with Jets business told The Post yesterday. Since Parcells announced Monday that he is retiring from coaching, there have been rumors he might rejoin the Jets in some front-office capacity. The league source did say the Jets "won't rule out" any possibility of Parcells reuniting with the club, but that's only because of the strong relationship Parcells has with Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum and head coach Eric Mangini. Television sources say Parcells already is in high demand and that he could command some $4 million to $5 million a year, if that's the direction he wants to take. Parcells walked away from a $5 million salary in the 2007 season with the Cowboys. Even if the Jets wanted to hire Parcells as a consultant, they wouldn't pay him a fraction of what he could make from television. If Parcells were to take a TV job, there would be a conflict for him to also be employed by the Jets, so doing both would be out of the question. mark.cannizzaro@nypost.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 Jets may seek Tuna return Wednesday, January 24, 2007 By RANDY LANGE STAFF WRITER Bill Parcells and the Jets, happy together again? That may be more than just a slogan or idle speculation. An NFL source Tuesday said the window is open for a return of Parcells, who resigned as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys on Monday, to the Jets, the team whose fortunes he directed as coach and general manager from 1997-2000, in an unspecified front office role. The source said "no conversations have taken place" between the Jets and Parcells, but that such a reunion "is not out of the question." The speculation is natural, considering the relationship among Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum, head coach Eric Mangini and Parcells. Tannenbaum, at the Senior Bowl practices this week, talked regularly with Parcells during his first season in charge of the Jets. When he was promoted from assistant general manager in February, he said, "Bill will give me advice till the day he dies or the day I die." Advice may well be what Parcells has to offer the Jets. Rather than a full-time front office position -- something he didn't relish when he was the Jets' GM in 2000 -- any arrangement the sides may agree upon probably would be in an advisory capacity. It could resemble the duties fulfilled by Bill Walsh, the former San Francisco coach who stepped down as GM after the 2001 season but was a special consultant to coaches Steve Mariucci and Dennis Erickson from 2001-03. Mangini served as a defensive assistant and quality control coach on Parcells' Jets staffs from 1997-99 before joining Bill Belichick's first New England staff in 2000. Tannenbaum and Mangini were not available to address a possible Tuna surprise return, and a Jets' official declined comment. If conversations take place between the sides, they could be weeks or months away as Parcells, 65, decides on his post-'Pokes future. It has been reported that he will stay the rest of this week in Dallas before leaving the Cowboys for good and heading for his home in Saratoga, N.Y. Besides the Jets, his endeavors could include horse racing, one of his passions. Parcells was an NFL television analyst for two seasons after leaving the Giants and before taking over the Patriots' football operations in 1993. E-mail: lange@northjersey.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 Tuna Jet return unlikely, but anything's possible By RICH CIMINI DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER Bill Parcells' decision to leave the Cowboys and retire from "coaching football," as he put it, has fueled speculation that he could resurface with the Jets in a consulting role. The Jets declined to comment yesterday, but they haven't ruled out the possibility of re-hiring Parcells, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. There have been no discussions with Parcells, according to the person, who described the chances of it happening as unlikely. Parcells, 65, who coached the Jets from 1997 to 1999 before shifting into a front-office role for one year, could work well with GM Mike Tannenbaum. Parcells gave Tannenbaum his big break in '97, making him the team's salary-cap expert and contract negotiator, and the two have remained close. Originally published on January 24, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 Parcells as adviser? Team source says he would be welcome as consultant to GM BY TOM ROCK Newsday Staff Writer January 24, 2007 Bill Parcells has been a de facto adviser for the Jets in the past year, supplying answers and guidance to both general manager Mike Tannenbaum and coach Eric Mangini throughout their first season at the helm. Now that Parcells has retired as the coach of the Cowboys, though, his role with the Jets could become more formal. The man who coached the team from 1997-99 and was the general manager in 2000 could soon return as a consultant, a move that would be welcomed by the Jets, according to a team source. "There have been no conversations," the person said, "but you always want to leave the door open." Unlike some of his other coaching stops, Parcells' departure from the Jets was relatively amicable. He has a solid relationship with owner Woody Johnson and has been a mentor for Tannenbaum and Mangini. It was Parcells who originally hired Tannenbaum for the Jets in 1997. Had Parcells accepted the coaching job in Tampa Bay after the 2001 season, he likely would have taken Tannenbaum with him as a general manager there. Both Mangini and Tannenbaum have said they run many of their football ideas past Parcells before moving forward on them. His blessing is believed to have been influential in the Jets' decision to hire Mangini last winter, a move largely orchestrated by Tannenbaum. Parcells has made no indication he wants to return to the Jets, or to the NFL for that matter. He will likely be wooed by television networks that will offer more money than the Jets for his on-air analysis. But if he does rejoin Gang Green, he would likely find the non-demanding role as consultant a semi-retirement that would allow him to maintain a position in the league while avoiding the day-to-day minutiae that he said was a part of his decision to leave the Cowboys. He would also add clout -- and two Super Bowl rings -- to the Jets' front office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 How about these writers huddle up and decide if it is possible or not. Then let us know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 How about these writers huddle up and decide if it is possible or not. Then let us know! yea I noticed as I was posting them one guys says yay the other nay and the other maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewilly Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 yea I noticed as I was posting them one guys says yay the other nay and the other maybe he really mean't to say thanks for showing interest in my site & posting the articles sfj. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Now a smart Jets poster would have started four seperate threads and bumped some of the Patriots stuff off of their first page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 Now a smart Jets poster would have started four seperate threads and bumped some of the Patriots stuff off of their first page. I've never been accused of that Alk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLH222 Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Its amazing the different takes you get when you present it like that... As far as Parcells...tell whomever is interested in a 2-4 yr relationship that will inevitably end once your 'almost' their, they have found their guy...Im not interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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