From Brad Sham Facebook page

Doc50 said:

Good posts, Chuck.

(BTW, your namesake is the only SB MVP from the losing team)

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Hostile said:

This is my opinion. Just mine. Agree or don't. Up to you.

It's for Cowboys fans.

The bandwagon is loading up. We've seen it before. And if you don't get what you think you deserve Sunday, and the next Sunday, and 2 after that, you'll be angry. Not disappointed. Not all of you, to be sure. But most of you. You'll be angry. It'll be because they played the wrong quarterback. Or the owner did something. You'll know exactly who should be paraded through the town square.

I'm begging you now to see it differently. It's not about you, to begin with. It's about the players and coaches who have sweated and bled for your amusement. These men have just given you the most enjoyable, enthusiastic, honest ride of 4 months duration than you've seen in 20 years. That's forever and it's irreversible. It feels like a building block, but whatever it is, it's been a total gas. I hope like hell they win 3 more games, because I want to see Jason Witten and Sean Lee and Barry Church and the great leaders of the team have that moment. If it doesn't happen, I'll be sad for THEM. And grateful. They have taken all of us on a phenomenal ride and it's been a gift.

I know these men. I know their stories and how hard they've worked. I'm for them. The rest of us, let us remember this week, they're playing another hard working team of professionals led by a magician. Let's accept the outcome whatever it is, because I guarantee you they will empty their buckets for our amusement again. I'm so grateful to them for the price they pay so we can feel. Thank you men.

Now go #finishTHISfight.

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Irvin88_4life said:

Great read. Just enjoy everything you write.

I agree with you, this is a young team and no matter what happens this week or next, we have something amazing going on

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Risen Star said:

What a pathetic thing to say. Feelings. Accept whatever.

The truly great organizations, which the Cowboys used to be, don't accept whatever. There's a standard of excellence. Anything short is unacceptable. The fans of these teams should be no different. To accept whatever is to no longer consider the Dallas Cowboys as special, to put them on the same level playing field as the Cincinnati Bengals and Detroit Lions and I refuse to accept that.

Somebody put Tom Landry face down. He doesn't need to see this.

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Hostile said:

I didn't write that. Brad Sham posted it on twitter with a I link to his Facebook page. As he states on the very first line, this is his opinion. He is entitled to his opinion, just as everyone is who disagrees with him. Not shocked by the reactions, nor the reactionaries though. Par for the course.

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Chuck 54 said:

Check your history. The Cowboys became America's team through failure, not championships.
No one, including the organization, should accept the miserable failure of this organization, the 5-11 seasons, the 8-8 seasons, but falling short of the SB is not a failure; it's being defeated in a game by a better team on a particular day.

The Landry teams that made the playoffs 17 consecutive years were considered the lovable failures who couldn't win the big game. For five straight years, from 1966-1970, while accruing a record of 52-16-2, five first place finishes, we lost two NFL championships to the Packers, two conference championships to the Browns, and a Super Bowl to the Colts. We fans across America loved that team, loved their grit, talent, effort, and never turned on them for losing. After winning the SB vs Miami the next year, we followed that great overdo moment with two more consecutive Conference championship losses to the Commanders and Vikings before missing the playoffs in 1974, then lost a SB to Pittsburg and a divisional playoff to the Rams before Roger Staubach finally won his second SB. Then we lost another SB and five consecutive years in the playoffs, all while becoming America's team.

I've followed the Cowboys since the early '60's when Eddie Labaron and Don Meredith were sharing the QB job, and this has been the most unexpected and satisfying season in all my years. Like Sham, I won't be angry if the Cowboys lose now or in the following weeks. I appreciate this team for the rookie performances and the undermanned defense. Unlike all those years when the most talented team in the NFL, quarterbacked by Roger Staubach, fell short Year after year after year, This team has outperformed all expectations already. I hope they win the SB, but I'll be celebrating this season in its ties to Cowboys history, no matter how or when it ends.

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CATCH17 said:

If we had a rookie playing like a rookie I would agree but we don't.

Dak Prescott stopped getting judged like a normal rookie about a month into the season and at the end of the season when you look at almost any major passing statistic and see him in the top 5 in all of those stats then you can't use the rookie thing as an excuse.

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Chuck 54 said:

Check your history. The Cowboys became America's team through failure, not championships.
No one, including the organization, should accept the miserable failure of this organization, the 5-11 seasons, the 8-8 seasons, but falling short of the SB is not a failure; it's being defeated in a game by a better team on a particular day.

The Landry teams that made the playoffs 17 consecutive years were considered the lovable failures who couldn't win the big game. For five straight years, from 1966-1970, while accruing a record of 52-16-2, five first place finishes, we lost two NFL championships to the Packers, two conference championships to the Browns, and a Super Bowl to the Colts. We fans across America loved that team, loved their grit, talent, effort, and never turned on them for losing. After winning the SB vs Miami the next year, we followed that great overdo moment with two more consecutive Conference championship losses to the Commanders and Vikings before missing the playoffs in 1974, then lost a SB to Pittsburg and a divisional playoff to the Rams before Roger Staubach finally won his second SB. Then we lost another SB and five consecutive years in the playoffs, all while becoming America's team.

I've followed the Cowboys since the early '60's when Eddie Labaron and Don Meredith were sharing the QB job, and this has been the most unexpected and satisfying season in all my years. Like Sham, I won't be angry if the Cowboys lose now or in the following weeks. I appreciate this team for the rookie performances and the undermanned defense. Unlike all those years when the most talented team in the NFL, quarterbacked by Roger Staubach, fell short Year after year after year, This team has outperformed all expectations already. I hope they win the SB, but I'll be celebrating this season in its ties to Cowboys history, no matter how or when it ends.

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Hostile said:

I didn't write that. Brad Sham posted it on twitter with a I link to his Facebook page. As he states on the very first line, this is his opinion. He is entitled to his opinion, just as everyone is who disagrees with him. Not shocked by the reactions, nor the reactionaries though. Par for the course.

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Hostile said:

This is my opinion. Just mine. Agree or don't. Up to you.

It's for Cowboys fans.

The bandwagon is loading up. We've seen it before. And if you don't get what you think you deserve Sunday, and the next Sunday, and 2 after that, you'll be angry. Not disappointed. Not all of you, to be sure. But most of you. You'll be angry. It'll be because they played the wrong quarterback. Or the owner did something. You'll know exactly who should be paraded through the town square.

I'm begging you now to see it differently. It's not about you, to begin with. It's about the players and coaches who have sweated and bled for your amusement. These men have just given you the most enjoyable, enthusiastic, honest ride of 4 months duration than you've seen in 20 years. That's forever and it's irreversible. It feels like a building block, but whatever it is, it's been a total gas. I hope like hell they win 3 more games, because I want to see Jason Witten and Sean Lee and Barry Church and the great leaders of the team have that moment. If it doesn't happen, I'll be sad for THEM. And grateful. They have taken all of us on a phenomenal ride and it's been a gift.

I know these men. I know their stories and how hard they've worked. I'm for them. The rest of us, let us remember this week, they're playing another hard working team of professionals led by a magician. Let's accept the outcome whatever it is, because I guarantee you they will empty their buckets for our amusement again. I'm so grateful to them for the price they pay so we can feel. Thank you men.

Now go #finishTHISfight.

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Bwareinrings94 said:

Carolina thought they were building something. So do Denver. There is no assurances for 2017. Win or be open to criticism as a #1 seed going down in flames. We aren't the Eagles, Skins, Saints or whoever. That Facebook post should have stayed right where it is along with the other fake news that comes from that source.

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Risen Star said:

It's actually not time for the Cowboys to get over the playoff hump. That's illogical to say with a rookie QB. It'd be great if they did, but time for it? No. If they lose this Sunday they have a legitimate excuse for it.

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Hostile said:

This is my opinion. Just mine. Agree or don't. Up to you.

It's for Cowboys fans.

The bandwagon is loading up. We've seen it before. And if you don't get what you think you deserve Sunday, and the next Sunday, and 2 after that, you'll be angry. Not disappointed. Not all of you, to be sure. But most of you. You'll be angry. It'll be because they played the wrong quarterback. Or the owner did something. You'll know exactly who should be paraded through the town square.

I'm begging you now to see it differently. It's not about you, to begin with. It's about the players and coaches who have sweated and bled for your amusement. These men have just given you the most enjoyable, enthusiastic, honest ride of 4 months duration than you've seen in 20 years. That's forever and it's irreversible. It feels like a building block, but whatever it is, it's been a total gas. I hope like hell they win 3 more games, because I want to see Jason Witten and Sean Lee and Barry Church and the great leaders of the team have that moment. If it doesn't happen, I'll be sad for THEM. And grateful. They have taken all of us on a phenomenal ride and it's been a gift.

I know these men. I know their stories and how hard they've worked. I'm for them. The rest of us, let us remember this week, they're playing another hard working team of professionals led by a magician. Let's accept the outcome whatever it is, because I guarantee you they will empty their buckets for our amusement again. I'm so grateful to them for the price they pay so we can feel. Thank you men.

Now go #finishTHISfight.

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Hostile said:

This is my opinion. Just mine. Agree or don't. Up to you.

It's for Cowboys fans.

The bandwagon is loading up. We've seen it before. And if you don't get what you think you deserve Sunday, and the next Sunday, and 2 after that, you'll be angry. Not disappointed. Not all of you, to be sure. But most of you. You'll be angry. It'll be because they played the wrong quarterback. Or the owner did something. You'll know exactly who should be paraded through the town square.

I'm begging you now to see it differently. It's not about you, to begin with. It's about the players and coaches who have sweated and bled for your amusement. These men have just given you the most enjoyable, enthusiastic, honest ride of 4 months duration than you've seen in 20 years. That's forever and it's irreversible. It feels like a building block, but whatever it is, it's been a total gas. I hope like hell they win 3 more games, because I want to see Jason Witten and Sean Lee and Barry Church and the great leaders of the team have that moment. If it doesn't happen, I'll be sad for THEM. And grateful. They have taken all of us on a phenomenal ride and it's been a gift.

I know these men. I know their stories and how hard they've worked. I'm for them. The rest of us, let us remember this week, they're playing another hard working team of professionals led by a magician. Let's accept the outcome whatever it is, because I guarantee you they will empty their buckets for our amusement again. I'm so grateful to them for the price they pay so we can feel. Thank you men.

Now go #finishTHISfight.

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