Bill Parcells
Bill Parcells
Duane Charles "Bill" Parcells is a former American football head coach, both in college with the Air Force Falcons, and the National Football League with the New York Giants, New England Patriots, New York Jets, and Dallas Cowboys and is currently a "Courtesy Consultant" for the Cleveland Browns. He is known as "The Big Tuna", a nickname about the shape of his physique derived from a team joke during his tenure as linebackers coach of the New England Patriots...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth22 August 1941
CityEnglewood, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.
If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
When I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, 'Do you think I'm Charlie the Tuna, like a sucker?' After that, they called me Tuna.
Usually older players, late in the season, start to get cold.
There's a line, players usually don't cross it and coaches usually don't cross it. Every once in a while you get a little temper tantrum on both sides, I certainly have had 'em. I'm not proud of those.
All you have to do is play better than the other guy and things go well. If you don't play better than the other players then somebody takes your place. Now a lot of guys, in this day and time with the transient nature of the sport, as soon as the competition gets too good, they want out.
Something goes wrong, I yell at them -'Fix it'- whether it's their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust.
I don't have to make examples out of players to establish my own place. I don't feel like I have to.
I've been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.
Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked
You can only really yell at the players you trust.
Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.
So if the players trust the coach, it's not a problem. If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
You as an individual coach have a responsibility to try to give those players who put themselves at risk and in harm's way a chance to achieve success, and that goes for universities and professional teams, as well.