Why is he The Tuna?

I thought it was a play on words. Like he is the Big Kahuna ie Tuna

 

The phrase "Sorry Charlie" in the commercial, Parcells doesn't like excuses, and doesn't like to be told Sorry.

 

actually, this question was the first one asked in his press conference yesterday. during his assistant coaching days, someone tried to pull the 'free thanksgiving turkey' prank on him that is so common around the league. this involves giving a rookie player or coach a coupon to a local grocery for a free turkey. he knew it was a prank, and responded with 'who do you think i am, charlie the tuna?' and for some reason it has stuck with him since then....kinda taken on a life if his own.

 

Big and fat...
Wanders around aimlessly from one feeding ground to another...
Has a very fishy attitude and is slippery about commitment...
Known to take the bait off the hook and swim away...

 

maybe he likes skanky women?

 

"Parcells got the nickname "Tuna" while he was an assistant coach with the New York Giants in 1979. After being subjected to many practical jokes, Parcells asked if he was "Charlie the Tuna," the mascot of the StarKist tuna brand. At the postseason awards banquet, the team reportedly gave out a "Tuna" award." From a cowpuke sight

 

correct me if I'm wrong...but wasn't he the LB coach for the Patriots then?

 

A group of young women at local bars in NY gave him the name after he repeatedly banged each of them doggie style on the bar, making there vaginas smell fishy. Subsequently, they named him the big tuna and it stuck.

 

Damn I have banged a few doggie style and I wondered where it came from. Damn that Parcells, he got around