Why does Parcells keep getting rejected by the Hall of Fame?

[Painter]

Why do we think that Parcells, "... keeps getting rejected..."? This was his first year of eligibility (again). He gave up his original eligibility by unretiring to take Jerrah's pile of dough to coach the Cows. When he left the Cows, the five year clock restarted. 

I think he deserves to be in the HOF, and I'm sure he will be soon enough. However, there can be no doubt that Tuna is viewed by some of the voters as a self-aggrandizing mercenary not a team guy.

A possible answer to the corollory question why was he not a first ballot HOFer is the fact that some voters oppose electing a non-player over a deserving player for one of the very limited number of spot. And this year, there were two non-players: Parcells and DeBortolo who offset each other in that regard.

Cheers!

[babywhales]

Next year Strahan will be a first ballot Hall of Famer and Parcells will go in his second year of eligability making it a trip for the Ages for us Giant Fans.

   

[Moose135]

...unretiring to take Jerrah's pile of dough to coach the Cows.

That appalling lack of judgement can't be working in his favor. 

[bcbud]

If memory serves me Cortez was NFL defensive player of the year at one time