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Report: Campo to be fired Monday Posted: Sunday December 29, 2002 12:28 PMUpdated: Sunday December 29, 2002 6:14 PM
Campo's firing would clear the way for Bill Parcells' return to the NFL. Campo is 15-32 in two-plus seasons. Sources close to Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Parcells said Saturday night that Jones, Parcells, Stephen Jones and Jimmy Sexton, Parcells' agent, met for six hours Friday night at the Garden City Club in Long Island, N.Y., and made steady progress as they discussed the framework of contract. However, in a move that is seen as exacting a measure of revenge for how the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were treated by a waffling Bill Parcells last offseason, Sports Illustrated's Don Banks reports the Bucs may have a trump card. A Buccaneers source confirmed Sunday that the team sent a letter to Parcells' agent last week claiming that any team seeking to hire the former three-time head coach must seek permission from them.
Tampa Bay contends it has a signed four-year contract with Parcells, executed in January before Parcells changed his mind and opted to stay retired rather than coach the Bucs. That contract, the Bucs team source said, gives Tampa Bay the right to file tampering charges to the league against anybody attempting to hire Parcells. A source said the Cowboys had not yet offered Parcells the job and a third meeting has not been scheduled. The newspaper reported Jones and Parcells have discussed a salary in the $4 million to $4.5 million per year range. Parcells has spurned Atlanta once and Tampa Bay twice, including last season, when it seemed certain he was going to become the Buccaneers' head coach. Parcells won two Super Bowls with the New York Giants, took the New England Patriots to another and led the New York Jets to the AFC Championship Game. While Parcells remains the front-runner to land the job, SI's Banks also reported that former Minnesota Vikings head coach Dennis Green has surfaced as a potential second candidate for the position. Green, who like Parcells works as an NFL analyst for ESPN, declined comment Friday night. But a source said he Jones have been in contact and Green is interested in pursuing the job, as long as he feels he is a serious candidate and not merely window-dressing in Parcells' coronation. Dallas (5-10) wraps up its season Sunday at Washington. This is the Cowboy's third consecutive season with at least 10 losses. A loss to the Redskins would be Campo's third 5-11 season in as many years. |
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