News: Cowboys' Super Bowl chances seem more about hope than planning

No one brings hope to a franchise like Jerry Jone$. He’s always out in front with Damage Control 101 taking all the steps but the ones most crucial to his teams success.

He’s made some low level coaching coaching changes to address the glaring weaknesses on offense with QB and recievers coaches who will develop Dak throwing into coverage downfield with more accuracy and teach our recievers seperation so they look open to Dak while hopefully instilling precise route running and ability to leap high and lean low for the skill set Dak presents.

If we continue adding talent in draft, keep all of our elite players healthy and out of trouble we should be a playoff contender in 2018 with hopefully 16 meaningful games.

Risen Star said:

They don't have the stones to challenge them. Just once I'd love to see one of these guys tell frick or frack "you've been doing this for over two decades with no success, why should anyone believe anything you say?"

But all that would accomplish is a strained relationship and less access to the team. They know better. So they must play the game.

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They'd end up covering the NBA, just like Tim Macmahon. He called Jerry out about the job he'd done as GM. Had the old man dead to rights. And all that got him was a ticket out of covering the NFL. The fix is in, that's clear.

stasheroo said:

I think he did a great job here of stating both positives and negatives. And he worked to keep emotion out of it, something I think that many of us struggle to do. Our conversations are often derailed when opinions get personal. I thought Archer did a good job of keeping those things separate.

I think all of his points here were valid ones, both pro and con.

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Good summation.

stasheroo said:

They'd end up covering the NBA, just like Tim Macmahon. He called Jerry out about the job he'd done as GM. Had the old man dead to rights. And all that got him was a ticket out of covering the NFL. The fix is in, that's clear.

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That is outstanding. I don't know how I missed that when it happened.

He should face that daily. "Jerry, is today the day you fire yourself and find a real GM?" "Is your son still pretending too?"

Alexander said:

They do different things sometimes. Sometimes they are cheap, other times they are aggressive. That is why they are left at the end of each season scratching their heads wondering what happened.

The issue is they don't know what they are doing. They bounce from copying this to copying that, but at the bottom of it all is that there rarely is an insightful personnel move that is not hinged on hope. Hope the injured player comes back, hope the old QB does not get hope, hope this mediocre player becomes something he is not in one offseason, hope, hope and more hope with some extra finger crossing.

Hope is useless if you do not prepare for the worst. A sick diseased sense of optimism infests everything they do. That is what is spawned over and over again, every year. No disappointment, no frustration, just chanting that the sun will come out tomorrow.

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This is exactly the problem. We are always chasing the trend, reacting to it and trying to repeat it. We do not think on our own, we are not proactive, we chase the trend and when we catch it we are too far behind the next trend. It is ok to draft a Jaylon Smith IF you have a player to play in front of him while he works his way back into playing full time. All we have at linebacker is Sean Lee who is an injury away from being out for 6 games. So now we rush the kid back and our defense suffers until he can get reacquainted to playing again. We sign old and worn out Justin Durant, who wanted to retire, to be the insurance. This is stupid thinking. We did not even have a stud DT to gobble up linemen to protect Smith. So Smith is out there playing on one leg and getting pushed all over the field. This is the "plan" we devise, rely on an injured player and a worn out veteran. We HOPE that scenario works to our advantage...

northerncowboynation said:

Hey it's a copy cat league. Don't we want to copy the Eagles? I'd love to copy the Pats. No problem with copying, it got me through school a few times

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Yes, copy the philosophy or, that hated word, process, of the successful teams. But that can also backfire. Quincy Carter was a copy-cat pick. Jerry was trying to find the next Michael Vick. Never mind that there hasn't been a QB since Dandy Don in the Ice Bowl when his jaw was frozen that the players in the huddle couldn't understand what play was being called.

Risen Star said:

That is outstanding. I don't know how I missed that when it happened.

He should face that daily. "Jerry, is today the day you fire yourself and find a real GM?" "Is your son still pretending too?"

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Yeah, but then take a look at what happened to Macmahon. "Reassigned". And then he asked questions about the Mavericks that Mark Cuban didn't like either and had his "credentials" pulled. At least once.

These sports owners are powerful individuals who don't like to be questioned or have their faults and failings thrown in their face. There's a price to be paid for asking the tough questions and Macmahon has paid it.

I just hope that stuff like this gets out to the sheep and they give some thought to what they're doing and the type of people they're handing over their hard-earned money to.

Let's not even watch then. I mean if we ALL know Garrett is just going to screw things up why watch? I think because of this ESPN article I may give up on the season before it even starts...

In fairness, Jimmy wasn’t a scheme guy either, but he coached in a different era. This may be sacrilege, but I doubt Jimmy would succeed today.

JustChip said:

He is. However, the actual story doesn't line up with the title IMO. Notwithstanding, hope is an element of every team at this time. Last year, the Eagles were hoping that Wentz would make the next step. The same with the Rams and Goff. Me thinks way too many fans are what everyone accuses Jerry of, being driven by headlines. We want the big, splashy FA signing whether it makes sense or not. And let's face it, the are FA failures just as often as success - all over the league, not just here. Remember the Philly "Dream Team"? We want creative plays run like what the Eagles and the Patriots ran in the SB. And, if we do and they don't work, we'll scream that was the stupidest play ever called; if it successful, it's genius.

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Yes, hope is a part of every team. The successful ones have contingency plans.

@Alexander stated it well. This organization basis its decisions on wishful thinking with very little to back it up.

Now, sprinkle in some complacency and you have the Jerry Jones Cowboys.

stasheroo said:

Great article and a great summation here:

"Things just seem stale even if there has been changeover among the assistant coaches. Jason Garrett is entering his eighth full season as head coach and has one playoff win and two playoff appearances. While he has done a solid job in terms of keeping his team engaged and ready to play, what schematic advantage does he bring?"

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Agree with almost everything.
I would disagree with one point, he has not had the team ready to play in many big games and big moments.

Aven8 said:

Hope worked for Andy Dufrain.

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That's a bunch of poop...haha

Aven8 said:

Hope worked for Andy Dufrain.

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Yeah and the 1st star wars movie in 1977...lol

Risen Star said:

They don't have the stones to challenge them. Just once I'd love to see one of these guys tell frick or frack "you've been doing this for over two decades with no success, why should anyone believe anything you say?"

But all that would accomplish is a strained relationship and less access to the team. They know better. So they must play the game.

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That's the problem, nobody in todays society of instant media could care less of a free lance writer. Someone that would come with their own unfinanced opinion.