Posted on 02/08/2007 3:20:28 PM PST by MeekOneGOP
Cowboys going with Phillips
04:16 PM CST on Thursday, February 8, 2007
IRVING – For 14 days, Wade Phillips had to wait patiently by the phone for the Cowboys to make a decision on their new head coach. The call finally came. Phillips, a native Texan, became the seventh coach in franchise history Thursday, agreeing to a three-year deal with a one-year option to replace Bill Parcells. Phillips, 59, arrived in Dallas Thursday afternoon after an early-morning flight from San Diego on a private plane and the talks were concluded at a local hotel. Phillips follows Tom Landry, Jimmy Johnson, Barry Switzer, Chan Gailey, Dave Campo and Parcells as Cowboys head coach .....
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He got a 3 year contract with an option for a 4th....so, unless he does a really bad job, he should be here for at least the first year.
However, I think Jerry Jones would NOT want to go into the new stadium with a team that has gone 8-8 or worse...so I have a feeling unless Wade Phillips does at least as well, if not better than Parcells' record of 1 playoff game, no wins...
He may be replaced by someone that first year...because it is a HUGH stadium with a lot of seats..and a lot of suites, and it will be a lot harder to sell season's tickets and suites for a losing team, with boring coach.
The Cowboys not only WON..but were never boring when Jimmy Johnson was the coach...and then that one year that Barry Switzer took them to the Super Bowl and won...LOL
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