Bill Parcells, a consultant to the Miami Dolphins, is taking his Team Rehab show on the road once again. The well-traveled NFL head coach, general manager, consultant and talent evaluator's next gig will be under the studio lights at ESPN.
Parcells, who was with the Dolphins organization since 2007, will be joining ESPN for a third time as host of a program about the NFL draft.
The taped hour-and-a-half special titled "Bill Parcells Draft Confidential" will give viewers inside look at the NFL draft process. Parcells' thirty years of NFL experience will give fans an insider's perspective as how the draft works.
The 69 year-old team fixer-upper will break down how football teams evaluate players and "how difficult it is to draft successfully."
Parcells may want to explain to Dolphin fans how he let quarterback Matt Ryan slip through his hands a few years ago. Instead, he drafted a great offensive tackle in Jake Long, but the bane of the Miami teams during his tenure was the lack of a good or injury-free signal-caller.
The Big Tuna, named for his once-rotund body and penchant for the sandwich, had a reputation as a great coach and team flipper. He twice turned the three-win 1983 New York Giants into Super Bowl Champions during seven years, and took the New England Patriots to another in 1996.
Parcells' magic touch started to fade after coaching the New York Jets and the Dallas Cowboys. He left both teams in flux before moving to Miami as the V.P. of Football Operations.
The Dolphins were 11-5 his first year and won the AFC East title, but the team never met expectations the next two years. He passed the V.P. job to Jeff Ireland before last season and stayed on as consultant.
Where Parcells lands after this is any one's guess. He has "retired" before due to health reasons or refusing to cow-tow to a flamboyant owner, but his football I.Q. is still in high demand. Even the label 'egomaniac' won't scare away prospective suitors.
ESPN could keep Parcells on it's analyst roster. He has broadcast experience and done it many times before. Parcells worked with NBC for two years and co-hosted a weekly show with Mike Francesa in New York, where he is still idolized by Giants fans.
It's a good bet Parcells will be netted by a struggling team needing a quick-fix and turnaround. The lure of the game is too strong for the coach.
It'll be interesting to hear Parcells' calculations on the Carolina Panthers first draft pick--quarterback or lineman? The former linebackers-coach has a soft-spot for lineman. Look how hard he rode Phil Simms and threw roses at L.T.'s feet during the Giants championship years.
I just wonder if Parcells regrets not taking Ryan and if he had taken the quarterback instead of Long, would he still be Miami?
The show airs Tuesday, April 26 at 9:30 ET.
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