What is the team culture?

Miller · Dec 7, 2019

rnr_honeybadger said:
County Club or as the brits would call them, posh twats.

That’s my thoughts. I’ve brought this up a few times but when at the Thanksgiving Game I finally got to see a lot of the “pump up the crowd” videos before Michael Irvin’s speech on the video board. All I thought was “half of this is them dressed up to the nines going to the games and posing, etc.” Maybe that’s the norm but to me these guys LOVE the trappings of being a Cowboy and love the hype and look but they don’t go out and protect the brand. They love the look but won’t work for it

rnr_honeybadger · Dec 7, 2019

TexasFrog said:
That’s my thoughts. I’ve brought this up a few times but when at the Thanksgiving Game I finally got to see a lot of the “pump up the crowd” videos before Michael Irvin’s speech on the video board. All I thought was “half of this is them dressed up to the nines going to the games and posing, etc.” Maybe that’s the norm but to me these guys LOVE the trappings of being a Cowboy and love the hype and look but they don’t go out and protect the brand. They love the look but won’t work for it

There is no accountability from ownership on down. The coach is essentially neutered.

Rayman70 · Dec 7, 2019

posh, no accountability, no standards....too many chiefs. No next man up mentality.

Whirlwin · Dec 7, 2019

dragon_mikal said:
Can’t be there when your boss’ boss is always around.

Why not. It’s called a team for a reason. Or should be

Rayman70 · Dec 7, 2019

ONE BOSS is needed on the practice field,PERIOD. ANYTHING MORE just causes mass confusion and angst..bad for the team.

atlantacowboy · Dec 7, 2019

.....no pressure...... no demands....... just go and have fun playing football.

Montanalo · Dec 7, 2019

The culture in the early to mid-90's was tough, hard nosed football. It may be revisionist history on my part, but those teams approached their opponents with the attitude of, "we are going to do what we do and you can't stop us". There wasn't a lot of the "take what the opposing defense gives us".

To a great extent, I think Garrett wanted to build that short of culture with the current team. Looking back, that approach was doomed from the beginning.

To me, the defining cultural moment of the current team was the extension of Zeke's contract. While it is not my intention to turn this into a Zeke post, can you imagine how Zeke's holdout would have been handled by the Cowboys of Christmas Past?

Shane612 · Dec 7, 2019

The head coach is just a figure head, and has no authority. Everything football goes through Jerry Jones, the football whisperer.
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I thought the cowboys were back on the right track when Bill Parcells became the coach, but he left. And yadi yadi yada.....here we are.

CB61 · Dec 7, 2019

CouchCoach said:
I see this all the time here and wonder how that is being defined and do others see it as I do? What person is responsible for establishing the team culture and why is that so important?

I've always heard that a team takes on the persona and personality of the HC but then I see behavior on the field that does not reflect that HC's personality.

I think the person to best identify the Cowboys team culture and what had to change was Parcells. He mentioned that "lunch pail mentality" and "blue collar guys" a lot. He knew that the owner was a style over substance guy and his team reflected that.

I wonder how this next HC will be allowed to affect the team culture with a GM that is all about the show? All tied up with the stars that he's never been about the team.

The owner has used the word "entertainment" more than others but then why shouldn't he? That's not a football stadium, that is an entertainment venue that just happens to have a football field in the middle of it. If you remove the TV money, the Cowboys are not his most profitable "shows" because of the expenses.

So, how does this new HC have the chance to change the team culture and how do you think Parcells would have responded to that stupid "Hot Boyz" label Lawrence tried to hang on them? Ultimate style over substance. Part of this culture is that players represent themselves instead of putting representing the team first.

The ultimate question is can the owner accept that he's not responsible for the team culture, he cannot be the face of the franchise and so interactive with these players if he hopes to correct the real problem with his team?

What is the most recent example of contrast in team culture and the effects of that? Isn't it Michael Bennett? He broke Belichick's team culture and he only deals with that one way. Isn't it interesting on which team culture he ended up on? And not long after that, he's losing it in the locker room.

One of the toughest challenges in bringing about change is where to start, what to change first to affect a positive domino fall? I really wonder if the brain trust of the Cowboys is capable of real change? I wonder if the players can actually define what the Cowboys culture is?

I'm very happy to hear someone else mentioned the culture because it's been rotten to the core here for a long time I've beat that dead horse how many times he's going to come back to life LOL

Bob-Lillys-War · Dec 7, 2019

Paycheck first .
No prep work, no gameplanning, no scheming ... Raw talent will improvise in the field come game day .

- The Garrett Culture

HotDog37 · Dec 7, 2019

The culture with Dallas is more or less Disneyland where you get to wear an NFL Football uniform. They're not a serious football organization and haven't been since the mid 90's.

Aviano90 · Dec 7, 2019

Jimmy Johnson described it...the players feel like they have won without winning anything.

LucaBrasi · Dec 7, 2019

Toxic

Old'Boyfan · Dec 7, 2019

How often is a starter benched for poor play & his backup inserted as the starter indefinitely?

Ranched · Dec 7, 2019

Not sure about Dallas. But here's Philthy's "TEAM CULTURE". :lmao:

nobody · Dec 7, 2019

kskboys said:
We'd have players dying on the field.

And that would still be playing better than they did against the Bears.

ArtClink · Dec 7, 2019

Bobhaze said:
Watching Jerry in that pregame whiskey glass interview Thurs night sums up this culture. Jerry is the face of the franchise and whatever “story” he wants to tell a camera is what this team is. An emotional storyline in the ego-insecurity driven behavior of a 77 year old billionaire who wants to be loved. It’s pathetic.

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CF74 · Dec 7, 2019

Tanking

Captain-Crash · Dec 7, 2019

pay me, they're enough for all of us. famous last words.

Haimerej · Dec 7, 2019

Vtwin said:
I said it in 2017 and I'll say it again, 2016 might have been the worst thing to happen for this young team. The young stars on offense waltzed in and took the league by surprise en route to a very improbable outcome.

2017 sucked but they had a ton of excuses made for them with injuries and suspensions.

2018 sucked until management brought in a talented receiver who excelled at getting wide open. They then went on a run by being on the right side of many close games only to be embarrassed on both sides of the ball in the PO's

2019 is what it is.

The young leaders on both sides of the ball thought they were all that and a bag of chips right out of the gate, had excuses made for them when things didn't go well and now that they are getting punched in the face, really for the first time, they are responding like entitled celebrities who thought this was going to be easy like it was waaaay back in 2016.

What is the team culture?

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