Let the speculation begin; Parcells vague about future plans

Bill Parcells might not be long for Miami.

Five days before the season, Parcells stepped down as the Dolphins' director of football operations to become a consultant. He wouldn't directly address his future plans on a conference call today, but it didn't take much to read the tea leaves that he is likely to be on to his next challenge after the season.

"I'm not a sit-around-the-fireplace guy," said Parcells, who will be inducted into the Giants' Ring of Honor on Sunday night. He will not attend the ceremonies. "I don’t know. I’m not certain about it, and we’ll see what happens when the time comes.

"But I know I want to do something, even if it’s not day-to-day or something like that," he said. "I know I want to do something. I don’t like sitting around. I like to get up and get out and go do something. We’ll figure it out when the time comes.”

Parcells can leave the Dolphins at any time and still be paid for the final two years of his four-year, $12 million contract he signed in 2007. Parcells, 69, said his health is good.

"I am doing pretty good,” Parcells said. “I got my weight way down. I am feel pretty good, I work out good. I have been pretty fortunate. You have little things here and there but when you are my age, that is what happens. You keep the truck moving if you can.”