Bill Parcells unlikely to coach Saints

[Dr. Phreeze]

As Sean Payton's suspension takes effect next Monday, it is now a virtual certainty that Bill Parcells will not become the interim coach for the New Orleans Saints in 2012, according to team sources.

While there has been minimal communication between the Saints and Parcells in the past week, a source said that Parcells indicated to Payton in a recent conversation that he preferred to remain retired. Parcells, a Hall of Fame finalist who turns 71 in August, has not coached since 2006 when he finished a four-year stint with the Dallas Cowboys.

There are growing indications that the Saints will turn to Joe Vitt, the assistant head coach/linebackers, as the interim coach when the Saints begin their offseason program on Monday, the day that Payton begins serving his one-year suspension.

Vitt will serve a six-game suspension but will be available to oversee the team's offseason program. If he is asked to become the interim head coach, other assistants will manage the team when the season opens until Vitt returns after the sixth game. The Saints still could ask other candidates on staff to fill the position but Vitt is the strongest candidate.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7795099/bill-parcells-unlikely-coach-new-orleans-saints-sources-say

 

[jstate83]

Not even Parcells is going to get on that bayou Titanic. :lol:

Face it.............The Sain't are toast for 2012. :lecture:

 

[Blacknbengal]

 

[kellis]

Parcells is trying to get in the HOF. He doesn't want to have to another grace period if he coaches again.

 

[Dr. Phreeze]

Bill Parcells staying retired

Bill Parcells said Wednesday that he talked to Sean Payton and general manager Mickey Loomis about the New Orleans Saints' interim opening for 2012, but he's enjoying his life away from the sidelines and "it's time" to stay retired.

"I've been out quite a while now. I have another life. I'm very happy with that," Parcells told ESPN's Mike Tirico on "SportsCenter."

Parcells, a Hall of Fame finalist who turns 71 in August, has not coached since 2006. He will remain an ESPN analyst.

The former New York Giants, New England Patriots, New York Jets and Dallas Cowboys coach said he talked to Payton after the NFL's announcement of penalties for the Saints for its pay-for-pain bounty program it employed from the 2009-11 seasons.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7801497/bill-parcells-staying-retired-explains-new-orleans-saints-talks

 

[Dr. Phreeze]

Parcells is trying to get in the HOF. He doesn't want to have to another grace period if he coaches again.

Yep.