after Cleveland, Parcells was Belichick’s lifeline. Parcells is the person who put that Giants defense together first as defensive coordinator and continued it as head coach. Once he became head coach, he delegated the defensive game plan to his d coordinator for sure, but the foundation of what the Giants defense was for the 80′s was created by Parcells, revisionist history aside.

Lazy. If you’re giving credit it’s due, then you’re short-changing Chuck Fairbanks and Hank Bullough:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Patriots_strategy#Fairbanks-Bullough_3-4_defensive_system

If Eric Mangini gets a 3rd head coaching job, then there’s still hope for Bruce Coslet

Which would in turn leave Rich Kotite chomping at the bit for a return as well.

I think hoodie did more for Tuna than vice versa.

after Cleveland, Parcells was Belichick’s lifeline. Parcells is the person who put that Giants defense together first as defensive coordinator and continued it as head coach. Once he became head coach, he delegated the defensive game plan to his d coordinator for sure, but the foundation of what the Giants defense was for the 80′s was created by Parcells, revisionist history aside.

/completely off topic

The only one better is Bill Walsh, if only because it covers like half the league the past 20 years

Cool coaching tree from Wikipedia, with Sid Gillman at the top.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/46/Gillman_Coaching_Tree.gif

The Bill Parcells coaching tree on the other hand is tremendous

The only one better is Bill Walsh, if only because it covers like half the league the past 20 years

Brady Quinn
Derek Anderson
Colt McCoy
Jake DelHomme
Seneca Wallace

Pretty hard to fashion a winning record with that cast of characters.

Of course, some of my Longhorn brethren are hoping Chip Kelly comes in next year and makes Colt a star…

The “Legacy” section on his Wikipedia page is 5 paragraphs!

Had no idea he was from Canton…only makes sense though that one of the great football minds of our time would have been raised in the cradle of the sport

The Wayne Fontes coaching tree makes a cameo every December in A Charlie Brown Christmas.

The “Legacy” section on his Wikipedia page is 5 paragraphs!

Wait. In Cleveland, he was given total control per his request. He advised the GM hire who he had fired shortly into their tenure. He then used 3 2nd round picks on Veikune, Robiskie and MoMass. He then loaded up a terrible team with aging guys. He took Colt McCoy and then had him mocked by his OC (Daboll) and then wouldnt give him reps until way after his first two QBs got hurt so he had a completely unprepared for playing time. He also spent tons of practice time on making players run penalty laps instead of getting extra reps. His teams had so little installed at the start of the season they weren’t prepaed.

Sorry, the CLE debacle was a great deal his fault. He took a bad state and made it even worse. And I like some of his merits as a game coach and overall tactician. His strengths and minuss were bizarrely the opposite of Shurmur.

Not buying the Mangenius rejuvenation stuff.

Mike Lombardi – personnel guru.
/looks for cyanide

I see the logic of this. But I dont think an old dog is learning new tricks at this point in his coaching career.

Eric Mangini is 41 years old. He got his first head coaching job when he was 35. I think there’s room for growth, especially after the two horrendous environments he was placed in.

Yeah, but it’s fun to point out. The lesser known names have done better (O’Brien, Dimitroff).