Parcells interview with USA Today

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PALM BEACH, Fla. – Bill Parcells hasn't decided whether to return to the coaching ranks to take over the scandal-ridden New Orleans Saints on a temporary basis because that job has yet to be formally offered.

Shane Bevel, AP
New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton, left, congratulates former Dallas Cowboys head coach BIll Parcells after the Cowboys beat the Saints


Yet the larger-than-life Parcells won't rule out the possibility of guiding the Saints while protege Sean Payton serves a one-year suspension that is set to begin April 1.

"I don't know because I don't know what this consists of," Parcells told USA TODAY on Wednesday, a day after meeting with Payton and Saints general manager Mickey Loomis.

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Payton has until Monday to appeal the suspension. In that case, Commissioner Roger Goodell would likely rule by the end of next week on whether to uphold or modify the length of the banishment, which stemmed from a bounty program administered by former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams.

"I don't know what the end result will be and whether or what in fact (the Saints) want to do," Parcells added during a 17-minute phone conversation. "None of this has been discussed or decided. We're a long way off."

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