Lol. I literally get 10 'likes' for every one you get, Roy. What makes you think you're the one in a position to be handing out advice about managing a forum reputation?
I've been the lone wolf, or very nearly so, on topics before you were around, dude. I probably will be again after you're gone for good. Terrence Newman. Tony Romo. Mike Zimmer. Patrick Crayton. My batting average turns out to be pretty good in these situations. Regardless, what your'e suggesting is that I say something I don't actually think in order to win friends on the internet. *That's* actually the kind of thing that damages your reputation with people, brother. They see right through that stuff.
And I'll reiterate my stance on Garrett here this season, since it's likely to get washed out by the horde. I thought he made game day mistakes both with not chipping for Green/Bell v. ATL, and for leaving Dak in the second to last drive down by three scores. I think they blew the clock management with the pass play in the red zone v. GB. And more so for snapping that ball with 14 seconds on the clock. I think he makes gameday mistakes fairly regularly, actually, and is only an average gameday head coach in general.
And I think fans overvalue the impact of gameday coaching by a factor of about 10x, because that's all they see and because you have guys like Aikman or Buck who will criticize a coaching decision, so it's an easy trap to fall into.
I do also think they screwed up in putting the roster together this year. Green cannot play swing OT, and we don't have a backup MIKE on the roster. I was vocal about the fact that we blew the chance to address the defense in the draft two years ago, and that's proven to be the case, as well. Yes, we've had some bad luck getting hurt in areas where we're thin, but that's the breaks in the NFL. Yes, the suspension was bull**** and it hurt, but that's no excuse.
So I do blame Garrett for his role--whatever it was--in all of that. I consider him a key player in those decisions, but not the ultimate decision maker. I still think he's one of the best candidates available to the Cowboys who can bring normalcy to the organization, limit Jerry's interference, play nicely with Jerry's ego, keep the players focused, and contribute to drafting well and developing players. That's how I believe teams win in this league, and Jerry is a major hurdle to doing most of that. That isn't going to change anytime soon. So until I see an candidate that I think would be an obvious improvement to Garrett, I'm not changing my tune. No matter what percentage of the forum lines up on the other side.
And honestly, when the people lined up on the other side are primarily you and
@visionary, I just don't take the counter arguments seriously. I know that's condescending, but at least it's the truth. There are posters like
@Sydla and Beast (and several others but I'm forgetting exactly who right now) who I know vehemently disagree with me, and they present good, reasonable arguments for why that is. I like that, and I like responding to those posts. The stupid personal call-out posts, not so much.
