'What if?' hangs over Parcells' legacy with Jets

Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterAug 1, 2013, 06:13 PM ETCloseRich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for the New York Daily News and is a graduate of Syracuse University. You can follow him via Twitter @RichCimini.Follow on XCORTLAND, N.Y. -- Before Bill Parcells arrived in 1997, the New York Jets provided plenty of fodder for David Letterman's Top Ten list. They were hilariously inept. Parcells changed that the minute he walked in the building. For that, the franchise's long-suffering fans should be eternally grateful.Now, as we reflect on his career as he laces up his roller skates for a trip to Canton (Parcells-ologists understand the roller-skates reference), it's impossible not to include the most haunting question in sports as part of his complicated Jets legacy:What if?There are two what-ifs attached to...