T.O. admits tuning out Parcells' speech; 'He'll have to redo it'

Randy Orton

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T.O. admits tuning out Parcells' speech; 'He'll have to redo it'
By JAIME ARON, AP Sports Writer
December 6, 2006



IRVING, Texas (AP) -- When Bill Parcells told the Dallas Cowboys what it takes to win a championship, Terrell Owens wasn't listening.
"The championship speech? I must have went to sleep on that one," T.O. said, laughing.

Parcells gave his speech Monday, a day after a pivotal win in New York and hours before Owens flew to Los Angeles for an ostentatious 33rd birthday party he threw himself. All sorts of Hollywood types showed up and the Maloof family, owners of the Sacramento Kings, gave him a diamond-crammed watch worth nearly $50,000.


Back in the locker room Wednesday, Owens insisted he didn't recall Parcells' words of wisdom about the things the Cowboys (8-4) need to do down the stretch as they try to win their division for the first time since 1998.
"I can't remember. I had my mind on the party," he said when asked a second time about Monday's speech. "I have no earthly idea of what you are possibly talking about. I don't remember. I was already in L.A. ... He'll have to redo it."

Things have been pretty quiet on the T.O. front since Parcells changed quarterbacks, dumping Drew Bledsoe for Tony Romo. The Cowboys are 5-1 since, with four straight wins, and Owens' numbers have shot up, too.

Yet Owens always seems to be a story waiting to happen.

Last week, it was criticizing the team's decision to cut kicker Mike Vanderjagt. Now, even if he's only pretending to have tuned out Parcells, Owens comes across as ignoring what could be his coach's most important advice of the season.
At least T.O. shares his coach's sentiment that the Cowboys are a Super Bowl contender.


"I think he has every reason to really kind of speak positively because there are some positive things that have been happening here the last few weeks," he said. "Early in the year, we knew we had a good team, we just weren't playing four quarters. Obviously there were some inconsistencies with our play. Now we're jelling.

"We've put ourselves in a position to really make a push for this thing, get home-field advantage and maybe a first-round bye. We know we have a good team here. We're just looking forward to finishing the season strong, then starting a new season in the playoffs."

Owens flew to Los Angeles on a private jet Monday afternoon, accompanied by three teammates, all defensive players: linebackers Akin Ayodele and Kevin Burnett, and safety Abram Elam. Fellow receiver Sam Hurd was supposed to join them, but made a rookie mistake by being unreachable.

"Just from some of the feedback from my friends and some of the guys who went to the party, they definitely told me they enjoyed themselves," said Owens, whose actual birthday is Thursday. "Overall, it was a good time."

Owens rated this his best party yet. He also called the watch from the Maloofs "definitely, by far, the best gift I've ever received."

"I think it's about 6 1/2 carats. It's definitely an eye-catcher," he said. "I started to wear it today in practice, but, you know, I didn't want to blind anyone."

Parcells, by the way, said he wasn't invited to the bash. "I didn't think he was going to make it," Owens explained. "I gave the invites to the guys I thought maybe might make the trip."

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lol wow. he dont care.

Mr. WikipediaSpamBot

When will teams realize this guy isn't worth having? He's a cancer to any locker room he is in, and the Eagles prooved they could make it to the Super Bowl without him (since he was injured and didn't play in the NFC Championship game). He is a good player, but a terrible teamate and not worth having.

Freak

While I mostly agree with your sentiment toward Owens, I'd say this article is pretty overblown. The same way soft tabloids gush over Hollywood stars, sportswriters will do anything to get their hands on an Owens-bashing story, because they know it'll sell.

This is hardly news.

Jayman

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I'm sure half the team wasn't really listening to the speech. They have short attention spans. Really, I'm not a lover of T.O., but I have to say lately he's been playing really well with Romo, and hasn't been causing much of a stir, at all. If anything, his run in Dallas this year (nevermind the preseason crap) has been mostly positive.

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Blitzkrieg

Administrator

Mr. Kennedy, nobody cares. Owens isn't paid to care about the team, he's paid to go out there and perform, which he does. You'd like to see him more into the team, but it happens everywhere. After the awful loss the Giants endured to the Titans, Plaxico Burress was on the sidelines joking around with people.

Dr. Giganto

Terrell Owens, Plaxico Burress, Randy Moss, etc. SHOULD care more about the team. Just because T.O. isnt the only one, doesn't make it right. It doesn't matter if they "perform" if they rip the team apart, and bring down the rest of the team (as Owens did in SF and Philly).

Also, maybe if T.O. paid a little more attention to his coaches, he wouldn't drop so many passes...

Blitzkrieg

Administrator

I don't know why he's dropping so many passes this year, he never did in SF. I'm not saying it'd be fine for him to act up like he did in Philly, but he's not. It's no secret that a lot of players don't care whether the team wins or not. Maybe Owens does care somewhat, but I'm sure he probably cares more about himself.

Slimdust

I don't think ''paying more attention to his coaches'' would make him not drop a pass. I think maybe not breaking his hand would help that.

This is just the same old stuff. T.O says something, the media turns it into something big when it is nothing. This is not a big deal at all.

Griff0rd

TNA Moderator

TO is like Freddy Kreuger... Just don't believe in him and what he says and hopefully this guy will just go away. I'm tired of him being in headlines.

Slimdust

I think everyone is. The media needs a new player to cover. Leave the man alone.