Tough Love   It's hard to figure who's in a worse spot--the
rookies Bill Parcells likes, or those he doesn't. The rookies
who aren't his type of guys, you can see them straight away, and
you almost feel bad for them. They're too slow or too lazy. They
don't tackle properly, or they can't get their hands on the
ball. They make too many mistakes or they freeze up entirely and
don't make any decisions at all. They don't have a star on their
practice helmets, and they probably never will.  "We have four
or five rookies who look like they're afraid," the Cowboys head
coach says. He doesn't grumble when he talks about them.
Instead, he says it casually--like he's telling us the facts,
and he can't change the facts, so why get all fired up? It's
cold, and it's calculating, and it's not a good sign at all for
the guys in question. "I guess, maybe that's not the right word.
Maybe stage fright is a better word. Whatever it was, it doesn't
make any difference, you know?"  Yeah, we know. Those players
know, too. Those ar