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Titolo: All I want for Christmas is some TUNA!!!

Jerry Jones has spoken to an old Giant as speculation about Dave
Campo's job security with the Cowboys grows.
As reported on CBS' pregame show The NFL Today and confirmed by
SportsLine.com, the Cowboys owner on Wednesday held a five-hour
meeting with Bill Parcells, the former Giants, Patriots and Jets
coach. Jones, along with a few of his associates, met with Parcells at
New Jersey's Teterboro airport. The two sides met for three hours in a
private boardroom then another two on Jones' private plane.
It is unclear if the meeting was an interview or if Jones was
enlisting Parcells' help as a consultant, but the secret meeting is
certainly not a vote of confidence for Campo and the current regime.
Sources close to Jones said that Parcells pulled up to the meeting on
Wednesday dressed in a black leather coat and sunglasses, looking
quite incognito.
Parcells was heavily rumored last year to be the next head coach of
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After turning down the team's offer, the
thrice-retired coach again insisted that his coaching career was over.
Parcells is eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction and
it's believed that he has not yet been honored because the general
consensus thinks he will coach again.
After shunning the Bucs in the third week of January, Parcells said he
was unable to make the proper long-term commitment necessary to win.
Rumors are flying again that Bill Parcells will rejoin the coaching
ranks.(Getty Images)
"I didn't want to go down there for one or two years and then not be
able to follow through with what I know to be the type of effort that
has to be in place in order to succeed in this competitive industry,"
Parcells said on his weekly radio show at the time.
"I'm finished coaching. There aren't going to be any more rumors about
me coaching."
Wrong!
Two weeks ago it was reported that someone close to Parcells sent word
to the University of Alabama that he would be interested in the
Crimson Tide head coaching post. The university said that the school
had no interest in the coach and Parcells' side has denied such
contact.
Now, the Parcells Rumor Machine is running on full power again. A
meeting with the owner of a 5-9 team can have that effect.
Jones has been clearly frustrated by the Cowboys' ineptitude this
year. Aside from Emmitt Smith's record-breaking run, the Big D has
been mired in negatives.
How bad has it been? Some of the low points: They benched quarterback
Quincy Carter earlier in the season; Smith punched a young player in
practice a month ago; Jones admitted two weeks ago that the team made
some questionable calls; they were wiped out by their archrival New
York Giants last week 37-7.
As for Parcells, at this point last year, there were strong rumors
that the coach had been quietly, behind-the-scenes, contacting his
former assistants about re-joining a new staff. This year, no such
rumors have been circulating.
Parcells-to-Dallas would be an interesting move. Jones told
SportsLine.com on several occasions that he would not hire a general
manager and surrender personnel decisions. It would be hard to imagine
Parcells taking a head-coaching job without having full personnel
power.
In fact, his divorce from the Patriots was due to the fact that
Parcells could not "buy his own groceries" -- a reference to his
failure to have final say.
The Cowboys have had several names attached to them in the last few
weeks. Seattle head coach Mike Holmgren, Miami offensive coordinator
Norv Turner and Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops, among others, have
been linked to possibly replace Campo.
The likeable Cowboys coach addressed his situation with his players
this week, admitting that he is unsure of his status.
Just because Parcells met with Jones does not mean there will be a
change in the coach's office. But Campo's future has certainly been
made cloudier by the fact that such a meeting took place.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/news/2002/1221/1480752.html
Datemi un pannolino....
Aik

Coaggio Aik lungo ma leggiti questo in sintesi vedi la fine danno
quasi certo Nov Turner come HC per il 2003
fonte The Dallas Morning News.
IRVING  Bill Parcells had it all dangling in front of him a year ago.
Money, authority, a solid veteran roster in Tampa Bay. 
He walked away because he couldn't assemble a decent coaching staff. 
Parcells is dancing again, this time with Jerry Jones, of all people.
Money, authority and a good roster are not going to be found in these
parts, however, which is why Norv Turner is in line to be the next
coach of the Cowboys, not Parcells. 
We learned Saturday that Parcells and Jones met for five hours in New
Jersey on Wednesday. We have to believe Jones is the one who leaked
this because if Parcells did, and he gave the information to CBS
instead of his ESPN employer, his frequently questioned loyalty is
even worse than we thought. 
But Parcells, the power-hungry coach who often tussled with the late
Giants GM George Young, who couldn't stick with Patriots owner Bob
Kraft, who lasted a brief two seasons with the Jets? Can you seriously
imagine this man hooking up with Jones? 
The Cowboys owner-president-general manager-towel man remains firm in
his insistence that no major authority changes are coming to this
organization, which means decisions on assistants, personnel and other
matters come to Jones' desk. 
Prior to Saturday's game with Philadelphia, Jones downplayed his
meeting with Parcells, saying that he frequently talks with current
and former NFL coaches. He said that head coach Dave Campo will be
evaluated at the end of the season, which must be quite comforting for
Campo after all this. 
But unless last Sunday's 37-7 whipping by the Giants was an epiphany
for the Cowboys owner, we know that Parcells is being used only as a
smoke screen. Jones reaps the benefits of having his team linked with
a once great coach. 
In the end, when Jones settles for less, there will be those who
believe that Jones at least tried to hire the very best. 
Parcells doesn't mind this development, either. This is a man who
likes to keep his name out there. 
But unless his financial situation following a divorce is even worse
than believed, you can probably expect Parcells to bail out at the end
as he did when Tampa Bay thought it had hired him a year ago. 
When Parcells finally rejected the Bucs, he made a Nixonian
announcement regarding his exit from football. "I'm finished
coaching," he said last January. "There aren't going to be any more
rumors about me coaching." 
Yet there was Parcells on ESPN Saturday afternoon, acknowledging a
possible interest in the Cowboys head coaching position, one that is
not as yet officially vacant. 
Parcells said he and Jones talked about all sorts of NFL matters,
including the Cowboys' situation specifically, but that he was never
offered the job. 
"I know one thing about [Jones]. He wants to win," Parcells said. "I
wouldn't consider going to an organization that doesn't have that kind
of attitude. A lot of people pay lip service to that in the NFL. I
think the effort to win is in Dallas." 
But the effort to win at all costs has not been here. While Jones has
spent freely on players, he hasn't had one of the top-paid coaches in
the league since Jimmy Johnson left. Campo is believed to be paid less
than $1 million per year and is in the bottom handful of head coaches
in the league. 
That's why it won't be surprising to see Jones linked to Parcells and
perhaps 49ers coach Steve Mariucci or Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren in
the next few days. But in the end, Turner is a far more palatable
choice for Jones, one that doesn't require a major restructuring of
the organizational power chart. 
Jones wanted to hire Turner, the former Cowboys offensive coordinator,
when Johnson left town, when Barry Switzer was dismissed, when Chan
Gailey was sent packing, but Turner was under contract in Washington
that entire time. 
Now Turner's an offensive coordinator and not exactly a hot property
after Saturday's loss in Minnesota dropped the Dolphins to 9-6. But
Jones can sell the fans on Turner more than he can on Campo or Bruce
Coslet, so Turner is the most likely coach for this team in 2003. 
Unless you are willing to believe that Jones and Parcells have
simultaneously changed their stripes, Parcells is the longest of long
shots. 

 quasi certo Nov Turner come HC per il 2003
Sarebbe anche questo un grande passo avanti, dato lo stato "cadaverico"
dell'attacco di Dallas. Comunque il Tonno in TV ha dato l'impressione, a me
e a molti tifosi americani, di essere interessato. Poi sara' una finta, non
lo so, staremo a vedere.
Aik

Non so se hai visto ma nei vari rumors draft non ci danno un QB come
prima scelta ne un RB, e ha mio parere del primo ne abbiamo vitale
bisogno, come salary cap come siamo messi?
Ciao
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 bisogno, come salary cap come siamo messi?
Avremo una scelta intorno alla settima-ottava. Non so cosa ci rimanga a quel
livello come talento. QB e RB forti vanno via come il pane... io vedrei bene
un CB... e' dai tempi di Deion che siamo nei guai in quella posizione.
Il cap non e' malaccio. Emmitt se ne va (a meno di improbabili pay-cut) e in
difesa penso che Glover e Hardy non verranno rifirmati.
Aik