http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/16524901.htm

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"T.O. happy to say goodbye to old school By CLARENCE E. HILL JR. STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER IRVING - After sometimes going a week or two without talking to Bill Parcells during the season, wide receiver Terrell Owens said the coach's retirement, which was announced Monday, was best for him and the Cowboys. "I am just hoping his retirement brings promise to what the team has to offer," said Owens, who is in Miami recovering from surgery on his right index finger. "This past year was a big letdown. Hopefully, the owner will hire a coach to take the team to the next level." Owens described the team's locker room environment, fostered by Parcells' old school ways, as difficult. "Sometimes change is good," Owens said. " I think it was needed." Owens understands there will be speculation that "he ran Parcells out of here" -- especially after a season that included injuries, an accidental overdose and complaints about his role. Owens said that, after everything he had been through in San Francisco and Philadelphia, he initially thought Parcells might be good for him. The receiver's impression changed when Parcells didn't offer any encouragement after Owens' accidental overdose. "I still think he is a great guy," Owens said. "But he is like my grandmother. You love the person, but they are stuck in their old school ways." He said Parcells' coaching style "hurt us." "You don't know who is doing what," Owens said. "You don't know who is calling plays. That is why our offense was up and down. You saw that at the end of the year. It filtered off. We as a team felt the frustration. I felt the frustration. But Bill is Bill." Owens caught 85 passes for 1,180 yards and had a league-high 13 touchdowns. But he was undone by a league-high 18 dropped passes. He said hand injuries were to blame for some of the drops, but said not being made the focal point of the offense was the biggest problem. "I was underutilized in the offense," Owens said. "A new coach can be good for the Cowboys. It's not just me. But my teammates know I could have done more. I wasn't used as a No. 1 receiver." Regarding his surgically repaired finger, Owens said he is well ahead of schedule. A second phase of the surgery is to be performed sometime in the next six weeks. Owens hasn't been back to Dallas since the end of the season. He said he will be ready to play in 2007. The Cowboys must decide if they want him back. Owner Jerry Jones said he wants Owens to return, but the new coach might make the decision. Owens is due a $3 million roster bonus in June."

1/23/2007 3:21:16 PM

I wish there was a thread about Bill Parcells leaving.






oh wait...

1/23/2007 3:24:29 PM

He had the most passes thrown to him of any reciever/player in the NFL and yet he thinks he was underutilized?

Why did Jerry Jones get this guy?

1/23/2007 3:29:42 PM

more importantly, why does he want him to stay???

At least maybe whoever the new head coach is will have enough sense to send him packing

[Edited on January 23, 2007 at 3:45 PM. Reason : asdf]

1/23/2007 3:34:48 PM

ya I saw that as well.. can't say im surprised.


as darren woodson said, by the nature of bill parcels a lot of players aren't terribly unhappy to see him leave

1/23/2007 3:36:33 PM

^^Since you don't have any sense, no wonder you can't spell.

1/23/2007 3:37:30 PM

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"At least maybe whoever the new head coach is will have enough since to send him packing"

LOL.

Wow....just wow.

1/23/2007 3:38:55 PM

OMG, I made a mistake, suspend me immediately!

[Edited on January 23, 2007 at 3:53 PM. Reason : ]

1/23/2007 3:44:57 PM

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"Owens caught 85 passes for 1,180 yards and had a league-high 13 touchdowns. But he was undone by a league-high 18 dropped passes. "

I still say i'd trade 18 drops for 85 catches and 13 td's.

1/23/2007 3:46:57 PM

Q W E R T Y U I O P


not even close dude....What are you from West Virginia or something?

[Edited on January 23, 2007 at 3:49 PM. Reason : .]

1/23/2007 3:48:30 PM

As a matter of fact, I am. What's your point?

1/23/2007 3:56:10 PM

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"Hometown : Charleston, WV"

it's less funny when he acctually is.

1/23/2007 4:01:57 PM

got banjo?

1/23/2007 4:10:52 PM

TO will always be jealous of Terry Glenn

he will never get out of his shadow in Dallas

1/23/2007 5:14:47 PM

He WAS underutilized...maybe if Romo could throw it a few inches left or right TO wouldnt drop so many of those horrible passes

1/23/2007 5:32:13 PM

t.o. is a fucking piece of shit. he is the type of sac of shit that makes people racist. what a fuckin clown.

1/23/2007 5:34:38 PM

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"he is the type of sac of shit that makes people racist brings out latent racism"

Fixed it for you

1/23/2007 7:09:03 PM

I missed the racism part. Indulge me.

1/23/2007 7:14:03 PM

^^ Well put.

1/23/2007 7:59:14 PM

TO is a piece of fucking shit

put him in the woodchipper

1/23/2007 10:31:44 PM

I'm racist against T.O.

1/23/2007 10:39:46 PM