Public opinion views Bill Parcells as one of the better coaches of his generation. As a lifelong Giant fan I will always be exceptionally appreciative of what he did when he ran the show for the team. I also will gladly state that there are things he did that (as someone in his mid 20's at the time) I initially did not like but in retrospect (and looking at it as someone now in his mid 50's) realize was the better approach.
All too often he was willing to be overly conservative on offense, believing that a field position/defensive struggle was the better approach with how that team was built. Adding to this, he had steady but unspectacular Phil McConkey returning punts as a) McConkey did not turn the ball over and b) he seldom let the ball hit the turf, preventing the possibility of a punt adding five, ten, fifteen yards to the punt (and therefore sacrificing field position).
At the moment (although we have let too many punts hit the ground) I have no problem with being overly conservative on our punt return game.
