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Parcells' Hall of Fame Snub Ironic

Boston Herald

On a weekend two of his proteges will vie for the Super Bowl title, Bill Parcells did not make the final cut and will not be inducted into the Hall of Fame with the 2012 class.

The New York Giants defined pro football in the 1980s.

The Giants burst onto the scene in the middle part of the decade, a franchise rejuvenated after decades of searching. It matched the whole Morning In America nonsense that had seeped into movie theaters in those years. Lawrence Taylor approached quarterbacks like Rambo, shooting from the hip and leaving a pile of bodies and consequences for someone else.

Masterminding the whole thing was a sloppy looking,...

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