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The year was 1997.
The Jets were coming off another terrible season.
They went 1-15. They were in need of not just a new coach, but a reputation-fixer, someone with gravitas that would command respect. Their owner, Leon Hess, needed a coach to save him.
Bill Parcells came aboard and changed everything about the Jets, who won 29 games and reached an AFC title game in three years with Parcells on the sidelines. Hess was no longer a clueless owner, but a revered NFL institution who finally got a chance to taste winning football.