Mosely's Practice Notes

[dallasfan31]

good stuff thanks.

[EGG]

Originally Posted by Mr Cowboy

A 24-year-old Oxnard man named Ricardo Magana presented Terrell Owens with four car mats with "T.O. No. 81" written on them.

something about that reminds me of Napolean Dynamite,,,

[jman]

Originally Posted by Cajuncowboy

You TO apologists are someething.

Any insignificant thing? The guy doesn't practice, he makes a mockery of him not practicing by wearing the Tour De Oxnard Jersey, he releases a book after he signs his contract and he is the last guy dressed and out of the locker room EVERY SINGLE DAY.

You say any insignificant thing? OK, Pick whichever one you would feel good about.

Look everyone, Randy Galloway has made an appearance on the forum.

[Cajuncowboy]

Originally Posted by jman

Look everyone, Randy Galloway has made an appearance on the forum.

Everything I said was true, Unlike TO apologists like you who think the guy is a saint.

[superpunk]

Originally Posted by Cajuncowboy

Everything I said was true, Unlike TO apologists like you who think the guy is a saint.

Wouldn't it just be easier to acknowledge that you didn't really read what wa written, took something out of context, and made a big deal out of absolutely nothing?

Plenty of people didn't want TO here, but are saving their angst for something that actually matters.

[Cajuncowboy]

Originally Posted by theogt

You just listed, like, 5 insignificant things.

For those that are mathmatically challanged and can't count, i listed 3 things and they are not insignificant. Not practicing does not get you in rhythm with your QB. Not even coming out with the rest of your team or dressing with your team does not promote team chemistry. All of these things are what ruined the last two franchises he was with.

I think TO is gonna be a great WR for us, I just am not giving him the benefit of the doubt anymore because he has done nothing but bring a circus atmosphere to Camp as well as BPs press conferences. (Of course that is the media's problem).

Insignificant? No. Correctible? Yes. Tear the team apart? No.

I just think the guy is a block head and needs someone to straighten him out.

[JackMagist]

Originally Posted by Cajuncowboy

Everything I said was true, Unlike TO apologists like you who think the guy is a saint.

Nope Owens is no Saint...I wish he was. But the fact remains that the Helmet was a complete non-issue...he was asked to wear it by the equipment staff and he did as requested.

[Cajuncowboy]

Originally Posted by superpunk

Wouldn't it just be easier to acknowledge that you didn't really read what wa written, took something out of context, and made a big deal out of absolutely nothing?

Plenty of people didn't want TO here, but are saving their angst for something that actually matters.

What exactlly was taken out of context? Tell me what I said isn't true.

[superpunk]

Originally Posted by Cajuncowboy

What exactlly was taken out of context? Tell me what I said isn't true.

And what's the deal with TO being the only guy out there with a different helmet. COme on man, at least please pretend that you are a team player.

It had nothing to do with being a team player. It was about getting his equipment ready for Monday Night. Just a little overreaction.

[Cajuncowboy]

Originally Posted by superpunk

It had nothing to do with being a team player. It was about getting his equipment ready for Monday Night. Just a little overreaction.

Granted, maybe that was an over reaction but when you add everything else that he has done, it's just another example of not being with the team. It made him stand out yet again. At some point the guy needs to be a team player. And I am not talking just about the helmet, but about things like not coming out with his team. Dressing last. Even knowing full well the spotlight would be on him, he goes out and releases a book that brings more heat on the team in the form of bad press.

[superpunk]

Originally Posted by Cajuncowboy

Granted, maybe that was an over reaction but when you add everything else that he has done, it's just another example of not being with the team. It made him stand out yet again.

Dude, a "My mistake" would have been cool, and painless. It is not an example of not being with the team. It is an example of doing what the team wants him to do - wear the helmet so the equipment guys can adjust it. Maybe you missed that disclaimer, I don't know. Here's another blurb about it from another article

T.O. was the only Cowboys’ player wearing a white helmet with the old Dallas star on his helmet. He stood out until the Cowboys’ Rich Dalrymple told me that Owens missed the practices when his teammates were trying on the throwback helmets that will be used in a couple games this season. “You could see that the chin strap was a little too snug on me,” Owens said.

There is nothing sinister about it. It's a convenient talking point, if looking to bash the guy, but there's nothing special about it.

People looking to bash TO make a big deal out of him missing practice, coming to the practice field last (something Glenn also does, yet no angst....hmmmmm) and wearing a Tour de France outfit - but when they do, nothing is said about all the stuff he has done to endear himself to his teammates. Cookouts. helping the Younger players. Meeting the team at the airport, since he was already in California.

I don't know. Making a big, one-sided deal out of every little thing Owens does just requires too much energy, from my POV. It's not worth it, and there's really nothing to go crazy over yet anyhow.

[ZeroClub]

I don't think Owens is doing much to create a distraction.

Its that people (especially the media) who are looking for a distraction fixate on Owens and comment on (and exaggerate) virtually everything he does.

The Cowboys have a red-headed rookie OT who has a bizarre hair cut (hazing). People think it is sort of funny / bizarre, but don't think much of it.

If Owens were to get a similarly bizarre haircut, it truly would be national news (NFL Network, ESPN television and radio, etc.), and dozens of talking heads would weigh in on "the statement" made by the haircut, how it was a distraction, and so on.

But somewhere along the line, it was decided that Owens "was a story." Anything he does "is a story." A guy gives Owens some personalized floormats and it is "a story." Owens spends some extra time with Hurd, and it is "a story." He sells a house, buys a condo, goes to the grocery store, voices an opinion, wears flip-flps, and it is considered "a story."

[Mansta54]

Originally Posted by ZeroClub

I don't think Owens is doing much to create a distraction.

Its that people (especially the media) who are looking for a distraction fixate on Owens and comment on (and exaggerate) virtually everything he does.

The Cowboys have a red-headed rookie OT who has a bizarre hair cut (hazing). People think it is sort of funny / bizarre, but don't think much of it.

If Owens were to get a similarly bizarre haircut, it truly would be national news (NFL Network, ESPN television and radio, etc.), and dozens of talking heads would weigh in on "the statement" made by the haircut, how it was a distraction, and so on.

[View Full Quote]But somewhere along the line, it was decided that Owens "was a story." Anything he does "is a story." A guy gives Owens some personalized floormats and it is "a story." Owens spends some extra time with Hurd, and it is "a story." He sells a house, buys a condo, goes to the grocery store, voices an opinion, wears flip-flps, and it is considered "a story."

Well said and true!!!! Steve Smith and Hines Ward have missed the same amout of practice time with their hammys BUT we didn't much about it at all.. It's ridiculous!!!

[jazzcat22]

Originally Posted by BigDFan5

Did you even read what it said? TO was not tring to be different or anything sheesh so many ready to jump on any insignifigant thing.

Exactly, that's the type of info that gets blown out of proportion by the media. They'll take that and leave off the part about breaking in the helmet, and then a complete TO bringing down the franchise story will be all over all the stations and papers.

[theogt]

Originally Posted by Cajuncowboy

For those that are mathmatically challanged and can't count, i listed 3 things and they are not insignificant. Not practicing does not get you in rhythm with your QB. Not even coming out with the rest of your team or dressing with your team does not promote team chemistry. All of these things are what ruined the last two franchises he was with.

I think TO is gonna be a great WR for us, I just am not giving him the benefit of the doubt anymore because he has done nothing but bring a circus atmosphere to Camp as well as BPs press conferences. (Of course that is the media's problem).

Insignificant? No. Correctible? Yes. Tear the team apart? No.

I just think the guy is a block head and needs someone to straighten him out.

O RLY? Let us count!

Originally Posted by Cajuncowboy

You TO apologists are someething.

Any insignificant thing? The guy doesn't practice[A ONE!], he makes a mockery of him not practicing by wearing the Tour De Oxnard Jersey[A TWO!], he releases a book after he signs his contract[A THREE!] and he is the last guy dressed and out of the locker room EVERY SINGLE DAY[A FOUR!].

You say any insignificant thing? OK, Pick whichever one you would feel good about.

And you were moaning about him wearing his throwback helmet (which obviously was to break it in) [A FIVE!]

Jenny, I may not be a smart man, but I know how to count.