Who are your most trusted voices about the Cowboys?

Bobhaze said:

My question to my fellow fans is- who do you trust THE MOST to give the most accurate, unbiased information about the Cowboys? And WHY?

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DTA

Stone Cold Steve Austin said it best. Don't Trust Anyone.

Bobhaze said:

There are a multitude of people giving us information about the Cowboys at all times. From the Jones boys to Coach Mac, the beat writers that cover the team, the local radio and TV media, and the national writers and broadcasters (who are the least knowledgeable)- there are are lots of people telling us about the Cowboys almost around the clock.

My question to my fellow fans is- who do you trust THE MOST to give the most accurate, unbiased information about the Cowboys? And WHY?

I’m going to divide these people into 3 groups: Most Trusted, Sometimes Trust and Never Trust.

MOST TRUSTED (in no particular order)

• Bob Sturm, Jean-Jaques Taylor, David Moore- I trust all 3 of these guys because they are fair, local and very knowledgeable. JJT and Moore have access to the locker room and know many of the players well. Sturm writes some great and insightful analysis each week of both offense and defense. They praise players and the team when earned, but they also don’t wear homer fan glasses or buy the Jones sales job. Good, fair and reliable information. I went to college with David Moore and I know him to be a really good dude. When these guys talk about the Cowboys, I’m listening.

SOMETIMES TRUST

• Mike McCarthy, Norm Hitzges, Dale Hanson, Will McClay- It’s not that I don’t trust these guys. It’s just with Coach Mac, like any NFL head coach, you’re probably not going to get the whole story, which isn’t his job to tell anyway. I trust him a lot more than the platitude BS robot who preceded him. Norm is very factual, but sometimes his emotions can get in the way. Dale is very honest but he as a former employee of the Cowboys, he sometimes has an ax to grind. McClay is great and reliable, but sometimes he has to tow the company line. I listen though when these guys speak, just have to be aware of their filter.

NEVER TRUST

• Jerry Jones, Stephen Jones, Mickey Spagnola, Skip Useless, Adam Schefter, others- The Jones boys are salesman. Jerry could sell sand in the desert but it’s not often reliable- hell sometimes what he says isn’t even understandable. Stephen is better than Jerry but he throws out some BS too though. Spagnola is an absolute joke. Skip Useless has one purpose- stir the pot. He once called Tom Landry a hypocrite and Troy Aikman gay- he’s despicable in my opinion. Adam Schefter is the “National Enquirer” of NFL reporters. He’s all about getting a “scoop”, regardless of how accurate.

There are several voices I know I’m either forgetting or left out to not make this any longer.
So who do you trust? And not trust? And why?

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Hitzges was on the radio in 1994 when the Rockets won a championship. I was listening the next morning when the lead story for Hitzges was the impending union strike for the 1995 NBA basketball season. Caller after caller brought up the Championship the night before, but Norm steadfastly stated the "possible" strike was the top story.

He finally got irritated with a caller and told him off explaining the story about the strike was on the back page of the sports section of the DMN.

He brought on the editor of the sports page at the time and immediately went to the strike possibility. Norm set the stage by waxing on about this being impending doom, then ended with the back page is the second front page and just as important.

"Don't you agree?" he asked the editor.

"Well, I've never really thought of it that way. I mean we did put the Championship on the front page and had a two page spread in the center of the sports section. Which is usually where the most important stories end up," the editor said.

I appreciate Hitzges, but his ego, like so many of the radio guys who, after years, think of themselves as all important.

I actually heard Randy Galloway on the radio tell a player that pissed him off that he (Galloway) was here before the player and would be here long after the player was gone.

Dale Hansen hated Switzer, and Switzer knew it. Switzer punched Dale in the arm on a Sunday Cowboys show portion of the Dale Hansen Show. it was good-natured, but Switzer did put a little extra behind the punch. After that Hansen made a point of ridiculing Switzer, and got drug into the imbroglio when Brad Sham called Jerry Jones a liar on air during a p[re-season game. Sham got fired, which sent Hansen into a tizzy. it didn't take long before Hansen was fired. Sham was brought back, but Hansen has never again been in the booth for the Cowboys. I find Dale's soapbox about society dovetails with his personal belief and he can become a huge bore as he elevates himself as the arbiter or what should be about all things. The term blowhard comes to mind when i think of Dale.

He holds more grudges than Rosie O'Donnell.

I believe this factors in.

Bobhaze said:

There are a multitude of people giving us information about the Cowboys at all times. From the Jones boys to Coach Mac, the beat writers that cover the team, the local radio and TV media, and the national writers and broadcasters (who are the least knowledgeable)- there are are lots of people telling us about the Cowboys almost around the clock.

My question to my fellow fans is- who do you trust THE MOST to give the most accurate, unbiased information about the Cowboys? And WHY?

I’m going to divide these people into 3 groups: Most Trusted, Sometimes Trust and Never Trust.

MOST TRUSTED (in no particular order)

• Bob Sturm, Jean-Jaques Taylor, David Moore- I trust all 3 of these guys because they are fair, local and very knowledgeable. JJT and Moore have access to the locker room and know many of the players well. Sturm writes some great and insightful analysis each week of both offense and defense. They praise players and the team when earned, but they also don’t wear homer fan glasses or buy the Jones sales job. Good, fair and reliable information. I went to college with David Moore and I know him to be a really good dude. When these guys talk about the Cowboys, I’m listening.

SOMETIMES TRUST

• Mike McCarthy, Norm Hitzges, Dale Hanson, Will McClay- It’s not that I don’t trust these guys. It’s just with Coach Mac, like any NFL head coach, you’re probably not going to get the whole story, which isn’t his job to tell anyway. I trust him a lot more than the platitude BS robot who preceded him. Norm is very factual, but sometimes his emotions can get in the way. Dale is very honest but he as a former employee of the Cowboys, he sometimes has an ax to grind. McClay is great and reliable, but sometimes he has to tow the company line. I listen though when these guys speak, just have to be aware of their filter.

NEVER TRUST

• Jerry Jones, Stephen Jones, Mickey Spagnola, Skip Useless, Adam Schefter, others- The Jones boys are salesman. Jerry could sell sand in the desert but it’s not often reliable- hell sometimes what he says isn’t even understandable. Stephen is better than Jerry but he throws out some BS too though. Spagnola is an absolute joke. Skip Useless has one purpose- stir the pot. He once called Tom Landry a hypocrite and Troy Aikman gay- he’s despicable in my opinion. Adam Schefter is the “National Enquirer” of NFL reporters. He’s all about getting a “scoop”, regardless of how accurate.

There are several voices I know I’m either forgetting or left out to not make this any longer.
So who do you trust? And not trust? And why?

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I have to go with Risen Star and Gimme the Ball over anyone on that list. Those two have never steered me wrong...

Jake said:

i trust Brad Sham and @Bobhaze

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Good list. I think Strum is the best. Norm back in the day. Derek and his team have devolved to unlistenable status.

One more...Randy Galloway in the day also.

America's Cowboy, Pappydog and Risen Star. Something there for everyone.

I would trust all the conspiracy theorists on our site; they sound utterly convinced.

Redball Express said:

I will add I also trust Bryan Broaddus.

He, Helman and Kristy Scales as mentioned.

Bryan had his protractors but he spoke honestly about what he saw.

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I trust Brian Broaddus too. I do not always agree with him, and he is not always right, but I do believe he says what he really believes and I am not getting a homer snowjob.

I really don't listen to anyone in the media because I don't think they know any more about it than I do. I've watched the game long enough to form a pretty good opinion of what I see unfolding during a game and I don't care about anything but what happens in the games.

All of these player rankings and power rankings are ridiculous and meant for no other reason than to get the fans to react to them.

Everything, EVERYTHING, they do is for ratings and clicks and attempt to evoke emotion out of the listeners and viewers. Look at how much the crap from Bayless, Sharpe, Cowerd and Smith are posted here.

I will say that in his day, there was none better at pleasing both sides of the aisle like Randy Galloway. The man is in the hotbed of football and calls the fans Cowsheep, Whiney Orange and Zero U and the annual game between Baylor-TCU is the new Jihad. I trusted Galloway because I knew exactly what he was doing and he did it well. He was entertaining.

Let me ask y'all a question. Any, ANY, of these people help you form an opinion or do they support one already formed? Do any of them actually get you to reverse your opinion with a surprised "gee, I never thought of that". If you didn't think of that, you're letting some talking head do your thinking for you.

MikeB80 said:

Brad Sham, Babe Laufenberg, Kristi Scales and Todd Archer.

I think Clarence Hill is right outside this group but he falls victim to the who guys are dating level stuff sometimes and keeps me from really taking him seriously most of the time.

Don't pay attention to the rest anymore.

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Nick Eatman

CouchCoach said:

I really don't listen to anyone in the media because I don't think they know any more about it than I do. I've watched the game long enough to form a pretty good opinion of what I see unfolding during a game and I don't care about anything but what happens in the games.

All of these player rankings and power rankings are ridiculous and meant for no other reason than to get the fans to react to them.

Everything, EVERYTHING, they do is for ratings and clicks and attempt to evoke emotion out of the listeners and viewers. Look at how much the crap from Bayless, Sharpe, Cowerd and Smith are posted here.

I will say that in his day, there was none better at pleasing both sides of the aisle like Randy Galloway. The man is in the hotbed of football and calls the fans Cowsheep, Whiney Orange and Zero U and the annual game between Baylor-TCU is the new Jihad. I trusted Galloway because I knew exactly what he was doing and he did it well. He was entertaining.

Let me ask y'all a question. Any, ANY, of these people help you form an opinion or do they support one already formed? Do any of them actually get you to reverse your opinion with a surprised "gee, I never thought of that". If you didn't think of that, you're letting some talking head do your thinking for you.

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Miss me some Galloway. He was hilarious.

Aven8 said:

Miss me some Galloway. He was hilarious.

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I didn't appreciate him until he got off airwaves.

Aven8 said:

Miss me some Galloway. He was hilarious.

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He was a throwback to the sports reporters of yesteryear. He rather be drinking Miller Lite at the racetrack than be anywhere else. He figured it out early on, when on WBAP, how to strike nerves with his audience because no one took it more personally than Cowboys fans, unless it was OU and UT fans.

The funniest show I ever heard of his was when he got all butthurt on the train from LA to SD for that annual preseason trip and they kicked him out of the Party Car because he'd pissed off Booger with something he'd either said or written. The guys back at the station were really having a hard time keeping their composure because it sounded like Galloway was really going to cry. He was crushed being locked out of all the fun.

I think that's why he got Broaddus to come on his show in hopes of getting some dirt on Valley Ranch and I know that's why he devoted that show to Dale Hansen's interview with Booger.

BTW, if y'all can find that show with that replay of the interview, it is hilarious listening to Galloway and Hansen discussing Booger's aversion to answering any questions directly. The entire interview was Booger with a preplanned agenda figuring out when to place the things he wanted to say, regardless of the question posed. It was pure Booger at his best or worst, depending on your mindset.

Booger learned all about the dangers of answering straightforward questions on that SNF pregame with Costas when he asked him if he should have fired himself. Pretty much popped that "Booger wants to win more than any other owner" balloon.