Gunzlingr
09-17-2003, 06:43 AM
IRVING - The town was giddy Tuesday. The coach was not.
Oh, Bill Parcells was hardly grim, particularly when he talked about the salty voice-mail messages that were waiting for him after Monday's big win in the Meadowlands.
But as Parcells playfully cautioned defensive end Greg Ellis, who had a career night, "Don't swallow too much of that cheese."
Parcells meant us -- us jurists in the media. When suitably impressed, we lay on the "cheese," the head coach contends.
"I told them, 'Don't get full of yourself very quick, because there'll be people who try to feed it to you,' " Parcells said.
He's right. Extra helpings of cheese were still coming in Tuesday for quarterback Quincy Carter, for kicker Billy Cundiff, for Ellis and for all three Cowboys starting wide receivers.
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Oh, Bill Parcells was hardly grim, particularly when he talked about the salty voice-mail messages that were waiting for him after Monday's big win in the Meadowlands.
But as Parcells playfully cautioned defensive end Greg Ellis, who had a career night, "Don't swallow too much of that cheese."
Parcells meant us -- us jurists in the media. When suitably impressed, we lay on the "cheese," the head coach contends.
"I told them, 'Don't get full of yourself very quick, because there'll be people who try to feed it to you,' " Parcells said.
He's right. Extra helpings of cheese were still coming in Tuesday for quarterback Quincy Carter, for kicker Billy Cundiff, for Ellis and for all three Cowboys starting wide receivers.
MORE (http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/football/6791885.htm)