Bill Parcells and his former assistant, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, are good football coaches. But, man, can’t they just take themselves a bit less seriously?
Parcells quit the other day as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys after four mostly mediocre seasons. As this earlier post noted, Parcells is reasonably good at what he does, but is miserable doing it. This clever Onion piece from a couple of weeks ago picked up on that in predicting Parcells’ resignation.
Meanwhile, Belichick showed his sunny side after the Patriots’ loss to the Colts in the NFC Championship game this past Sunday, as this YouTube clip reflects:

By the way, aren’t Parcells and Belichick an interesting contrast to the two Super Bowl coaches this year, Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith? Michael Smith of ESPN.com describes the latter two:

Dungy and Smith are role models, not just for coaches who look like them or men who look like them, but for all coaches and all men. They live their lives the right way, and as a result they do their jobs the same way. Their priorities are, in order: faith, their families and football. The outcome of the Super Bowl or any game does not define them. They personify words such as class, grace, dignity, honor and integrity.