Bill Parcells backed out of a deal he had agreed upon in principle with the Falcons to take a revised contract offer from Miami. This is something he has done several times in the past, according to Michael Rosenberg of FoxSports. A sampling: 1. In 1979, he took a job as the Giants' linebackers' coach. He then backed out, citing "personal reasons." Instead, he stayed as the head coach at Air Force. 2. Two days after winning the Super Bowl in 1987, Parcells was rumored to be a candidate for the Falcons' coaching job. "What is this?" he asked the media. "A witch hunt? I have no comment." Of course, Parcells' agent Robert Fraley had already told the Falcons weeks earlier that Parcells was interested. And he was. The only reason Parcells didn't leave the Giants was that Commissioner Pete Rozelle stepped in and pointed out that he had what lawyers refer to as a "contract." 3. In 1991, after winning the Super Bowl for the second time, Parcells resigned in April after the NFL draft. The Giants were forced to hire a replacement long after the off-season coaching carousel had stopped. 4. Parcells was supposed to come back to the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but he backed out of a deal. Tampa Bay owner Hugh Culverhouse went on a Sunday pre-game show and said he felt "jilted at the altar." 5. After returning to the NFL with the Patriots, he negotiated behind the scenes to go to the Jets ... while his team was making a Super Bowl run. His excuse was that owner Bob Kraft had usurped his designated chores by hiring a personnel guru to make draft picks. Parcells was surprised Kraft would want compensation for him ? a laughable assertion since he was a Super Bowl coach under contract for the next season. He then helped orchestrate one of the sport's most obvious charades: his assistant Bill Belichick was named head coach of the Jets, with Parcells hired as a consultant with the understanding that Parcells would take over as head coach after one year. Eventually, the Jets gave the Pats four draft picks. 6. He publicly flirted with the Bucs again, while the best coach in Tampa history Tony Dungy led his team to yet another playoff berth. Actually, Parcells did more than flirt. The Glazer family, which owns the Bucs, was convinced it had a deal. But what is a deal, really, with Bill Parcells? He backed out. The Glazers were the second owners from Tampa to feel jilted at the altar. 7. Last year, the Newark Star-Ledger reported that Parcells had expressed interest in the Giants' open general manager position, even though Parcells was still under contract to the Cowboys at the time. Parcells played the witch-hunt card again.