Bill Parcells is the reason the Browns have been terrible for 25 years

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

You made a TON of stretches to blame Parcells dude. What don't you understand? ??

Stretches? Are you serious? Again, to be clear... I am blaming the Parcells tree and the Parcells way, not Parcells himself.

Bill Bellichick is a pure Parcells disciple. He coached in Cleveland.

Regime 1: First coach upon returning to Cleveland was Chris Palmer, a Parcells guy.

Regime 3: Phil Savage and George Kokinos become GMs. They were personnel guys when Bellichick was with the Browns. Savage and Kokinos follow the same dumbass tree incest method and hire two Pats coaches: Romeo and Mangini. This era reeked of the Bellichick Way.

Regime 5: Bill Parcells is brought in as special consultant. He hires Mike Lombardi as GM, who was groomed under Bill Bellichick. Lombardi fires Chudzinski and lobbies for, you guessed it, Josh McDaniels and Greg Schiano (at the urging of Bill Bellichick). Lombardi is fired and replaced with a Pioli guy, Ray Farmer.

Regime 6: DePodesta is brought in. He mentions in an interview that he consulted with Bill Parcells to help transition in.


How is any of this a stretch when for 16 of 22 years, a Bellichick/Parcells guy was in charge. And in most of those years, both the GM AND HC were from the tree? How is it a stretch to say Parcells influenced the modern Browns when the Browns specifically hired him as a special consultant?

The point is so obvious that you're a complete loon for not seeing it.