2006-12-17 13:59:02 · 3 answers · asked by Aaron B 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Parcells earned the nickname "The Big Tuna" when he responded to a statement from a player with the incredulous "Who do you think I am? Charlie the Tuna?"
2006-12-17 14:02:30 · answer #1 · answered by bob K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill Parcels is known as tuna because of how he looks like a fish
2006-12-17 22:14:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill Parcells: I think it goes back to my first time with the Patriots. There was an old commercial from StarKist with Charlie the StarKist tuna. So my players were trying to con me on something one time, and I said, 'You must think I'm Charlie the Tuna,' you know, a sucker, and that's kind of how it started. We started with it that year and [Charlie and the other fish] used to wear those little tuna helmets, you know, tuna pictures on their helmets. That's where it all started.
2006-12-17 22:07:33 · answer #3 · answered by istitch2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋