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IRVING, Texas (May 2, 2003) -- Bill Parcells finally took the field as the Dallas Cowboys' coach, and he didn't take long to set a tone for how he plans to do things.
When one player wasn't paying attention, the entire offensive unit had to run across two football fields and touch a distant tree before returning to try the play again.
"That's the way I do things. It's nothing new," Parcells said. "The point of it is they need to pay attention. That was just for emphasis. There are a lot of reasons they can run to the fence. Get used to it, you will see quite a bit of that."
Missing from the helmets of the 19 rookies was the Cowboys' famed star logo, a decal Parcells said they will have to earn.
"It's the rookies, they're just numbers right now," Parcells said.
When one player wasn't paying attention, the entire offensive unit had to run across two football fields and touch a distant tree before returning to try the play again.
"That's the way I do things. It's nothing new," Parcells said. "The point of it is they need to pay attention. That was just for emphasis. There are a lot of reasons they can run to the fence. Get used to it, you will see quite a bit of that."
Missing from the helmets of the 19 rookies was the Cowboys' famed star logo, a decal Parcells said they will have to earn.
"It's the rookies, they're just numbers right now," Parcells said.
