fringe Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 http://blog.sfgate.com/49ers/2014/12/02/tuna-talk-parcells-was-baalkes-first-choice-in-2011/ As it turns out, Jim Harbaugh was Trent Baalke’s second choice to be the 49ers head coach in 2011. His first choice: Bill Parcells. Baalke was hired as the 49ers general manager on Jan. 4, 2011, and given the authority by CEO Jed York to hire the head coach. At some point before the 49ers hired Harbaugh on Jan. 7, Baalke approached Parcells about the opening. That revelation is part of Parcells’ recently released authorized biography, “Parcells: A Football Life,” written by Nunyo Demasio. At the time, Parcells was 69 and four years removed from his last head-coaching job with the Cowboys. Baalke began his career as a scout with the Jets in 1998 when Parcells was the head coach. Baalke has termed Parcells one of the biggest influences on his career and he still consults with him on personnel matters. From the book: “After Baalke secured the job, he quietly tried to lure his first choice for head coach: Bill Parcells. York and Baalke emphasized that although the club had missed the playoffs for eight straight seasons, it contained a talented roster. The 49ers saw Parcells, even at sixty-nine and having been away from the sideline since the 2006 season, as someone who would lead the franchise to the playoffs for at least a couple seasons while sharing Baalke’s vision. But citing his age and the team’s distance from his home base (Jupiter, Fla.), Parcells put an end to any serious discussions. The 49ers turned their attention to the Stanford head coach on so many wish lists.” Nearly four years later, Harbaugh could, again, be a on a series of wish lists if the 49ers don’t retain him after the season. If so, Baalke’s first choice likely won’t be Parcells, whose age (73) and Florida locale presumably remain deal-breakers. Parcells, who was inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2013, did receive interest in 2012 to lead a team on a temporary basis, but he declined the offer. Saints coach Sean Payton asked Parcells if he would fill the team’s vacancy before Payton served a one-season suspension. Twitter: @Eric_Branch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastershake Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Good lord. The guy is 70+. He's not coming back to coaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringe Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 The article is talking about 4 years ago, not now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Belichick made Parcells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringe Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 LT, and a host of others contributed to Parcell's success. But, so what? No man is an island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA4M Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Handley was such a terrible time, but I thought Reeves was going to take us places, Fassel, meh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMFP Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Handley was such a terrible time, but I thought Reeves was going to take us places, Fassel, meh! Handley was George Young's guy......talking about riding the success of other people.....Young let 7 Super Bowls stroll out the door between Parcells, Belichick, and Coughlin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Wagon Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Lets be real...not person on this board who wouldn't take Tuna in his Prime right now as coach...he wasn't just good..he was HOF good. C. Waogn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herc Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 seeing him in 49er red would've been weird as fuck but even more interesting than harbaugh's been Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringe Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 seeing him in 49er red would've been weird as fuck but even more interesting than harbaugh's been couldn't be any weirder than Cowboy colors. If Jerry wasn't so crazy, Tuna would've brought him some rings. Instead, he got Terrell Owens shoved down his throat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA4M Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Handley was George Young's guy......talking about riding the success of other people.....Young let 7 Super Bowls stroll out the door between Parcells, Belichick, and Coughlin. Thanks George For me, those are bad days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Belichick without Parcells? Three rings, and two more Super Bowl appearances. Parcells without Belichick? One playoff appearance, zero wins. Pretty easy to see who carried whom in that partnership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringe Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share Posted December 5, 2014 Belicheck wasn't ready to be a HC at that time. See Cleveland. He would've failed miserably at handling LT and Simms- as he did with Kosar. Belicheck couldn't even get the Jets job after Cleveland (well, he had it for 1 day). If anything, Parcells helped him re-establish. If you ask him, he'd tell you Tuna was a mentor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herc Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Belichick without Parcells? Three rings, and two more Super Bowl appearances. Parcells without Belichick? One playoff appearance, zero wins. Pretty easy to see who carried whom in that partnership. this is kind of an oversimplification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA4M Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Belicheck wasn't ready to be a HC at that time. See Cleveland. He would've failed miserably at handling LT and Simms- as he did with Kosar. Belicheck couldn't even get the Jets job after Cleveland (well, he had it for 1 day). If anything, Parcells helped him re-establish. If you ask him, he'd tell you Tuna was a mentor. Yeah and still see Cleveland after all these years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringe Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share Posted December 5, 2014 Yeah and still see Cleveland after all these years. If I recall, they had a few playoff runs with Kosar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Belicheck wasn't ready to be a HC at that time. See Cleveland. He would've failed miserably at handling LT and Simms- as he did with Kosar. Belicheck couldn't even get the Jets job after Cleveland (well, he had it for 1 day). If anything, Parcells helped him re-establish. If you ask him, he'd tell you Tuna was a mentor. this is kind of an oversimplification I stand by my statement. Name one playoff game Parcells won without Belichick as his DC. Parcells' teams weren't bombs away, score 45 points on everyone teams like the Niners were. They were grind the clock and win with defense... BELICHICK's defense. He talks a good game to be sure... he was a really quotable coach... but the dude did shit without Belichick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringe Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share Posted December 5, 2014 Again, history and facts don't support your statement but feel free to stand by it. Also, Parcells has an excellent coaching tree. As opposed to Belli, whose coaching tree fell in the woods and no one heard . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA4M Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Belichick does keep his people playing for him though, I'd take in NY again anytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMFP Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Parcells, Belichick and Coughlin pulled off a virtuoso performance in 1990.....went through the 49ers to beat the Bills....with a fucking backup QB. There is a reason there are 7 SBs between them....3 great coaches plain and simple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Again, history and facts don't support your statement but feel free to stand by it. Also, Parcells has an excellent coaching tree. As opposed to Belli, whose coaching tree fell in the woods and no one heard . Here's the problem: history DOES stand by my statement. Zero playoff wins without Belichick... not an opinion, a fact. We can argue semantics all you want... hell, Jim Fassel had John Fox and Sean Payton in his coaching tree... but for all the quotes and bluster, Parcells didn't have much success without his DC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herc Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 This guy won you two super bowls. Why am I even surprised by this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TaylorBanksCarsonVanPelt Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Submitted for your approval... for your viewing pleasure Giants fans... I saw all of these moments... only a few of us here can say that... and they were all electric moments... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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