The way Bill Parcells and Robert Kraft split was awkward and ugly.
Parcells helped lift the New England Patriots to Super Bowl XXXI, the franchise's second trip to the Super Bowl (there would be many more to come). But Parcells wasn't happy that he didn't have personnel control over the team and it was speculated for many weeks before the Super Bowl that he wanted to join the Jets for the following season. Parcells was reportedly in contact with the Jets the week leading up to the Super Bowl, which was confirmed by hotel phone records.