Parcells Appears the Happiest Camper
Posted: July 30, 2005 @ 11:58 am
“I felt like I had to increase my energy level a lot. That’s what I attempted to do physically.” “I want to be able to stay on their ass every day. That’s the best way I can put it.”
– Bill Parcells at Friday’s press conference
When your head coach puts himself through a minicamp to prepare for the season you better not come with any lame excuses about your weight. Are you listening, Marcus Spears?
Bill Parcells greeted the press at Oxnard yesterday in perhaps the best shape of his coaching career, certainly of his time in Dallas. The coach has been running diligently and has lost weight. This should further diminish the talk we heard last January that Parcells was looking for a retirement seat at Saratoga racetrack. Big Bill looked at the disappointment of 2004 and included himself among the failures. He’s rededicated himself to the project at hand, and looks as eager as any rookie.
This is going to be fun, folks.
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i dont think ive been more excited about training camp ever. this year is gonna be fun to watch. go cowboys!!!
It appears that Burnett has signed, Ware and Spears are getting close to signing,stay tuned..
i am just excited to see bp excited.
i seen where he signed too! he has some catching up to do. he needs to be in camp early. my understanding is that he is already there. and spears is in calf. as well. only ware is not in calf. i figure he will sign today. he is looking for the same kind of contract as roethlisberger got.
Anyone with a subscription to the Ranch report?it has an article called “Larry Allen:Breaking news from camp”..I’m not a member so I can’t read it and was wondering what that was about….
i have it but i dont see it
found it, he failed the conditioning test and could possibly end up on the pup list. basically all it says
let me rephase that, there are specualtions that he could end up on the pup list, but they dont know if this is a one day deal or have longterm affects…..
Thanks Mike……Geez if it’s not one thing it’s another…..guess we’ll find out soon….
Anyone know if they are going to play Parcells press conference live?
I read Burnett got a 5 year deal that could void to 4 years, with a signing bonus of 1.8 million. Also I read too that Larry missed the first practice and was the only Cowboy to fail the conditioning test. It said that he may be put on the PUP list, but it doesnt sound serious.
i had heard he was in his best shape ever. man that sux. i still feel the electricity in this team and coach this year. i hope this LA thing isnt a big deal. what did he fail? a physical orwhat? whats the pup list?
physically unable to perform list. he failed a conditioning test. idk exactly what that means but i bet spags will cover it soon or rapheal will hopefully post something, im curious as well..
and it says he was put on it, i dont know what it means i know if hes on it for the start of season he misses 6 weeks but its training camp so i dont know.
during bp second press conference hes saying hes not injured, but failed a physical. so hopefully thats good news, right??
Not really. ESPN.com has an article hinting this could be the end of Allen’s career. I have no idea what really happened, but went to ESPN and the headline said “End of the Line? Cowboy’s Allen put on PUP”. I hope it is nothing this drastic and Larry will be back in a couple of days or a week or something. He is a huge part of our plan this year and I would be devestated if he lost him. I just dont understand how he go from being in the best shape of his life and maybe even moving to Tackle to not being able to pass a physical or conditioning test.
huh, during bp’s pres coference it didnt sound to bad, when your put on the pup list prior to august 30th you can be taking off it in 10 minutes if they want to. ty for the heads up though ill go read it now..
w/e it is doesnt sound good. if espn is writing that then somthing is wrong with him. i dont get it hes not injured, i wonder if hes having troubles with bp again???
sorry for so many post but, spaggs is saying that la looked fine and bp might be setting an example? and that la looked in good shape, and bp made it sound like hes fine and could return in a couple days…
again im sorry but, on dc.com it says la could be back on the field by monday maybe even sunday. hope to God its true…
Mike,
calm down bro, take a breath. LA is fine, he’ll be back on the field soon. Sounds like he got lazy over the last month. If Parcells isn’t concerned then neither am I.
im not hyper about it im just putting what i was reading i shouldve waited and read everything first is all.
The PUP works like this: Anyone can be put on it and removed from it at anytime up to August 30. After that, if they remain on PUP they MUST miss the first 6 weeks of the season. Before August 30, the team can put a guy on PUP and replace his roster spot with another player while still retaining the PUP player’s rights.
I also read the ESPN article. Consider the source. Let it go in one ear and out the other! LA will be fine.
I don’t know why every bodies flipping, It sounds like the boys might hit superbowl this year, you should be gearing up for a booty kicking season. Only one player out with a hundred more. So just love it up, I can’t wait to see us the superbowl!!!!! I’m confident about the roster this year, as long as they have a push forward offense and a wall for defense they will be awesome!!!!
cowboys lover out
James,
You are close on your description of the PUP, but I believe that getting placed on it is somewhat more restrictive. If I remember correctly, a player can only be placed on the PUP (Active) list at the start of training camp. That’s it. He can be removed at any time. If a player is still on PUP at the final cutdown, a decision must be made. If the player is healthy, of course, he can be placed on the final roster or cut. Otherwise, he can either be placed on PUP (Inactive) or IR. If placed on PUP (Inactive) the player must stay out for at least (I believe) 6 weeks. Of course, if he goes to IR, he is lost for the year.
That is what happened to Woodson last year. He was placed on PUP (Active) at the start of training camp. Then, at the final cutdown, he was placed on PUP (Inactive). Since he never got healthy enough to return to the field, he was placed on IR.
If a player could be placed on PUP at any time during training camp, you would see it used a lot more often to avoid losing a player for the entire year. The sole purpose of PUP is to protect teams who have players who were injured before camp started. Players who have already begun camp and become injured either have to remain on the roster until they are healthy or placed on IR. For instance, Sean Ryan is NOT eligible for placement on the PUP list. We are currently keeping his roster slot open. We have a couple of available roster slots, since Allen is on PUP and Campbell is on NFI (Non-Football Injury), which is similar to PUP. We just signed a camp body TE to take up one of those slots.