Parcells'...um, cryptic comment

[JAG]

I like Parcells. But his answer to the below question made me wonder if he'd been in the Texas sun a little too long.

"The national media was critical of your choice to pick Julius Jones so early in the draft - what do you think about that?"

PARCELLS:"They don't know what I thought about the other guys, but it's irrelevant now. It's nothing negative about anybody. Let me ask you a question. When you go down there to buy a car, let's make it harder than that. You might be set in your ways on a car. Let's say we're gonna go buy a washing machine. Do you know a lot about washing machines? No? Me neither. Okay, so you would care whether it was a Maytag or a Whirlpool? Would you? Maytag? Okay, that's the way I am on running backs. I'm looking for an all-purpose guy. I want a guy who can run and a guy who can catch."



If you take out all the washing machine comments, his answer makes better sense. :)

[JonInMiddleGA]

I just figured you were talking about this:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1817592

[RPI-Fan]

Hahaha...

Who's more incomprehensible? Cowher or Parcells?

[Dutch]

IRVING, Texas -- Bill Parcells caused a a stir during his news conference after Dallas Cowboys minicamp Monday with offensive remarks. He called surprise plays used in practice "Jap plays," referring to Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.



"You've got to keep an eye on those two, because they're going to try to get the upper hand," Parcells said about quarterbacks coach Sean Payton and defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer. "Mike wants the defense to do well, and Sean, he's going to have a few ... no disrespect for the Orientals, but what we call Jap plays. OK. Surprise things."



After a murmur in the room of reporters, which included a Japanese journalist, Parcells repeated, "No disrespect to anyone."

Bill Parcells is a brilliant coach," John Tateishi of the Japanese-American Citizen's League, a national civil rights group told DallasNews.com. "Unfortunately, he is ignorant about racial slurs. I take great offense by what he said. Parcells ought to know better. He sorely needs more education on what is offensive and non-offensive to Japanese-Americans. I am shocked that he would say this."

John Tateshi is listed in stable, but serious condition in the Dallas International Hospital of Hurt Feelings and should be released to his newspaper later this week.

That Parcells, let's get our pitchforks and torches and burn down Texas Stadium! We'll smoke him out!!!!

[RPI-Fan]

http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?t=25015&highlight=cowher

[stevew]

I dont find that Cowher quote all that hard to understand.