Down graded expectations

morat1959 said:
Does the truth hurt the koolaid drinkers?
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The truth is the Giants were able to control the game. Even though the Cowboys were outplayed they did force 4 fumbles and if they would have gotten 1 more of the loose balls the outcome could have been different.
 
Kwyn said:
That’s a false dilemma fallacy.

We get that your schtick is to say outrageous stuff about the team couched in doom and conspiracy.
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Bobhaze said:
One of the biggest challenges of being a fan is jumping to conclusions about an entire season based on 6% of the season happening so far.

And that goes both ways. If we had won Sunday night, the calls for a SB or deep playoff runs, etc would be rampant.

That’s just what fan(atics) do. Speculate to the extreme on both sides of the discussion.

Here’s what we know:
  • We have played 6% of the season. No one - I mean nobody - knows what will happen the rest of the way.
  • The team is 0-1 and looked bad getting there.
  • Many fans here and even local and national sports media predicted instant turn around.
  • We have a rookie DC. There will be a learning curve.
  • Some of our fans around here were hard on anyone who wasn’t “positive enough” or sipping the blue off-season juice. Others predicted total doom. (Again, neither side knows what’s going to happen. Let fans fan however they choose)
  • There are 16 more games.
  • There WILL be surprises.
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Real question. Why are we hiring a rookie defensive coordinator when we have not won **** in 30 years.
 
Davidlee1973 said:
Before Sunday, everyone was buying the cheese, thinking superbowl. Now since the game. People realizing. It’s new players, new coaches and they are willing except this season will not even end in the playoffs. Even Jerry said yesterday that , he is not expecting much from this team. So my question is.
Where did your high expectations come from? What happened to them? Don’t blame Jerry he did not hype this team this year. Discussions?
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Maybe I am wrong...but are you saying Jerry did not utter the words "Super Bowl" this offseason...in fact I thought he uttered them today when he talked about how Seattle and New England started the seasons last year and how that did not stop them from reaching the Super Bowl
 
It's been said this years offense is The Greatest Offense There Is "GOTI" ..I expect Dak attack and the $30 mil receivers to break some records lol
 
Davidlee1973 said:
Real question. Why are we hiring a rookie defensive coordinator when we have not won **** in 30 years.
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Because we’ve hired former head coaches and mult-stop DCs to do it and they sucked

Zimmer, Nolan’s Eberflus, Marinelli.

Those guys all had bottom third defenses.

How’d that work out for us?
 
OGSixshooter said:
Thank you for giving me this soapbox!!!

The ole shoe salesman got you again? He got you to buy another pair of shoes you don't need that won't last? He promised he was going to build the "best culture in pro sports" and you believed No Schott? As a life-long shoe buyer and victim of this con man, let me share some advice - which came from a former Cowboys coach - that will save your job, family and peace of mind as a Cowboys fan:

  • "Don't eat the cheese": Every offseason, Jerry sells Super Bowl. I can remember when he was selling 10 wins in Quincy Carter's first year with Campo...and I bought into it! Troy Hambrick anyone? Alundis Bryce? His momma was told by Jerry that there was NEVER A COWBOYS PLAYER MORE LOVED than him...and this was a decade after the 3 SBs!

  • "Put away the anointing oil": Remember when CeeDee wanted to wear #10 in honor of D. Hopkins and Jerry sold him on 88? Who didn't love that move? But it was all done to bamboozle you! CeeDee is NOT Michael in any way shape or form. Do not believe that all these young players that they overhype EVERY YEAR are a "the next version of" any former Cowboys great.

  • Watch other teams: The NY Knicks just won. Giants have a new coach. 25th anniversary of 9/11. New football season. Cowboys have dominated the Giants for a decade. NOT THE TIME TO BE COCKY AND OVERCONFIDENT. Parcells would often tell his better teams "Don't eat the cheese" and then warn them about bad teams being a buzzsaw. Only listening to and watching local media makes you think other teams didn't also get better.

  • "You are what your record says you are": George Steinbrenner was all about winning. Almost irrationally. Hal...not so much. 12 baseball teams make the wildcard so...as long as we get some postseason revenue...we're good. Jerry is the same but you guys buy his lies! Winning organizations like SF, Baltimore, New England and yes Philadelphia...they get the VERY BEST COACHES and then center all decisions around WINNING. And if the standard isn't met they don't give McCarthy 3 years to collapse late in the season and then another just because! They fire Andy Reid and dump McNabb to get the best guy! McNabb had been to 4 NFC Championship games and 1 SB...and yet...we are stuck with a bloated salary and mediocre results - and the Jones's couldn't be happier.
In short, wake me up when a Parcells is hired - a man who can't be bought or silenced by the sweaty-browed con man. I hated that ole carpetbagger Parcells when he got here ...but on reflection...he was giving us the antidote to Jerry's BS. He had to UNDO THE CULTURE that Jerry instilled after Jimmy left...and the only way to do that was to remove the SELF DELUSION.
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Agree. Yeah...Bill Parcells. I remember us old timers kinda loathed Bill back in the day when he became the Cowboys HC because mostly we thought he was past his prime and didn't really value the QB (Quincy??) but dang, I'd long for someone of his ilk back in charge of the football players...
 
Amarth said:
You really do suck but at least it seems like you have a sense of humor. Lighten up on the homersim and you may be an alright dude.
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LOL. If someone were in that dude's funeral viewing talking about the Cowboys winning a ho-hum Sunday 1pm game, he'd sit up in the coffin and declare "we're going to the Super Bowl!!"....
 
rambo2 said:
Have you ever been to Brazil?
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Twice last year.
 
Kwyn said:
Its overreaction week

people coming out of the woodwork to gloat about the loss.
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I'm not gloating. I want a win. I predicted a win. But I'm still detached from being sucked in and I just follow passively..

Cowboys football just isn't that big a deal, even tho I still like it.
 
rambo2 said:
Tells us why you don't think so. Show us your intelligence.
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Lol. You made the statement about how he’s “impressive”. You’re the one that has to back it up with proof.

Do you want me to disprove that he’s “impressive”? Look at the defense in game 1 and how unprepared that they were.

If you don’t have proof for “why he’s an impressive defensive coordinator“, you’re just talking out of your ***.
 
cowboyfan44 said:
I feel that many Cowboy fans are actually happy that they lost.

It reaffirms their victim mentality, PTSD of the franchise and hatred of Jerry.
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You guys are the ones that are happiest when the Cowboys lose because you can then apply your purity tests, point fingers at other fans, and demand they "find a new team".
 
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