It's not my team anymore

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CouchCoach said:
Before you go saying adios, seeya wouldn't want to beya or something else along those lines, hear me out.

I have been wondering if my loss of passion for the Cowboys is just the aging process or is there something else causing that and I think I am on to it. I do not have that proprietary attachment to the Cowboys I once had.

When I became a fan, they were my team. Really MY team, I felt more than just a fan, they were mine. I had a special relationship with them and almost felt I knew them.

No owner sends the message louder or clearer that this is his team than this one. He even went so far to tell the fans if you don't like it, plop down 140M of your own money. And since then, it's only gotten worse.

Not only do he and his son spend their time telling us that this is their team but they insult my fantelligence by trying to sell their way is the way. No other owner in sports history has spent more time trying to sell lemonade and eventually it becomes an insult. Do they really think I am that stupid? Just because I am a fan?

The bragging and boastfulness of the Joneses negates any "this is my team" thinking. It's all about them.

Tex Schramm was a master marketer and he had this knack for making the Cowboy accomplishments inclusive for the fans. I can still recall the pc when he established the largest radio network in NFL history and was responsible for establishing the Dallas Cowboys as Mexico's team, as well as New Mexico and Arizona. He made it about us, the fans. He said we were the reason that happened. It was look what we did.

This detached feeling I have when I watch this team play has become the norm so it doesn't bother me as much but when I watch them play, I know I am watching someone else's team play, not mine.

I realize there is no logic or rationale attached to being a fan but that's what has happened to me, I am now a fan because I've been a fan for so long. If not for the history, I would not choose this team today.

The problem is that I do not think I will ever get that feeling back again. That this is MY team feeling. And that makes me sad because one should never outgrow their passion.

This is not a complaint thread or a bash the owner one as I do not think he did this intentionally, it just happened because he let his ego take over. And a lot of what he's been doing is trying to chase the Jimmy Johnson ghost away but along the way he took my pride of ownership of my team away from me.

it is still my favorite NFL team but it is not MY team.
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I agree 100% with you. I do believe it has quite a bit to do with getting older. I mean, I don't throw full beer cans through glass patio doors anymore. But, the larger issue is that, this is the new NFL. Free agency with the insane movement of players doesn't lend itself to "relationship building" with fans. The younger fans don't have a clue as to what it meant to, like you say, BE a Cowboy fan - and they never will. The game is just so different now and, like you, I'm not invested in it like I once was.
 
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I quit back when he let JJ go. I only came back cause I watch Romo play one day at friends house. I wish I had stay quit.

Jerry got lucky getting Jimmy and has failed ever since.
 
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Typhus said:
I thought it was a bad idea, bad for the forum history.
Seems the reset switch is so available and favorable these days.
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Yes , I hate it!
It took me years to start knowing the posters and now it
Like they threw all the names up in the air!
Argggggg
 
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Xeven said:
I quit back when he let JJ go. I only came back cause I watch Romo play one day at friends house. I wish I had stay quit.

Jerry got lucky getting Jimmy and has failed ever since.
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I cant begin to even understand the misery that you must have endured, not declaring from birth your loyalty.
 
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Typhus said:
I thought it was a bad idea, bad for the forum history.
Seems the reset switch is so available and favorable these days.
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I requested my name to be changed to JohnnyFunBuns, but @Reality said no and I appreciate his patience and honesty in the matter.
I thought it was more dignified and graceful, but I've been wrong before.
 
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Corso said:
I requested my name to be changed to JohnnyFunBuns, but @Reality said no and I appreciate his patience and honesty in the matter.
I thought it was more dignified and graceful, but I've been wrong before.
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Im sure I would have enjoyed JohnnyFunBuns, but I would have missed Corso.
 
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Typhus said:
I thought it was a bad idea, bad for the forum history.
Seems the reset switch is so available and favorable these days.
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The thread where people changed names is and will remain fully public so you can always go back and check.

We only offer username changes every few years in a single event period and it will likely be 3+ years before we allow any more username changes so I am sure in time you will figure out who everyone is.

I normally agree that people should not be able to change usernames and hide from their reputations even if temporarily, but you have to consider how long this site has been online and how many usernames people originally chose may no longer be relevant or could be problematic with today's team.
 
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