Can we trust McCarthy to fix this?

LittleBoyBlue · Jan 17, 2020

Redball Express said:
The draft is coming and we are turning our attention to it

But how we conduct it is generally confusing.

It's an indication of the leadership of this team under our GM Jerrah.

Ultimately, Jerrah as GM is responsible for supporting this team building approach and setting the tone.

The types of players taken are always it seems these risk/rewards types..especially our #2 picks which we seem to devalue.

Picks like Jaylon Smith, Gregory, and others seem to follow a solid #1 pick. They generally are complete with injury problems, questionable medical reports and plunging draft positions.

Why not stop this and stay with BPA guys and stop dice rolling? Can anybody point out to me where this approach has ever produced unearthing a diamond in the rough?

Think long and hard now.

Is this going to stop with a new HC with so much rebuilding ahead?

Personally I hope so.

This team has been here before. Back when we had won our SBs in the 90s we hit a wall with Switzer carrying guns on to airplanes and Michael Irvin running with drug dealers and ladies of less than wholesome values.

Get me?

What it says is the team are accepting of short-term results to just get them on the field at any point to get some discounted help despite injury or suspension history.

Now all players will suffer injuries at some point. But if you start out with injuries and bad decision making off the field and draft them..

You double your potential risk for failure.

This team needs to stop this philosophy immediately and draft healthy, un-addicted, emotionally stable players.

No other sport franchise does this with the regularity as we do.

If this team is really trying to fix its problems going forward..

then Will Clay and others in the draft room must reset their goals.

I wonder if McCarthy has any influence on this at all?

He impresses me as a guy with high requirements.

Time to make all the changes and really get a fresh start for this team.

Back when I first started following this team I was 10 years old. One of the reasons the team became popular was that it represented cowboys..

a personality of being tough, heroic and single-mindedness in pursuing a moral high ground goal.

People flocked to that ideology in the mid-60s.

People were going to the theatres to see John Wayne and Hollywood heroes to escape stuff like assassinations, the Vietnam War and other national tragedies.

Bi-Polar, drug violations, violence prone players need not be considered for this team.

There was a time when this team refused to draft players like Randy Moss and took players like Greg Ellis instead because we had tired of the actions of players like Michael Irvin who was caught chasing drugs and women of suggested reputations.

Enough.

Can we see these issues as root causing issues for our failures as tone-setting approaching ingredients to our problems?

I never see GB have these issues. They have run rings around us over the last 25 years..

Does McCarthy fix things or does he continue our endless journey of frustration?

Your observations are welcome.

I apologize in advance for your time to read this. I value everybodies opinions, folks.

Comments?

I don’t this fix is what’s needed.

1. Better game prep.
2. Better in game decisions.
We lacked there.

McCarthy is only good for basics, fundamentals and common sense football decisions.

Redball Express · Jan 17, 2020

LittleBoyBlue said:
I don’t this fix is what’s needed.

1. Better game prep.
2. Better in game decisions.
We lacked there.

McCarthy is only good for basics, fundamentals and common sense football decisions.

Ok.

I never really followed him that much.

Rodgers sort of hogged the spotlight in GB.

Mc Carthy was always the lesser light of the GB years when there.

If he succeeds in Dallas, he will completely rebuild his profile in that regard.

Like to see that.

Point-of-the-Star · Jan 17, 2020

I think this is kinda like out Cold War treaty with the USSR. Trust but verify ! (you younguns won't get this)

Typhus · Jan 17, 2020

Sydla said:
Can we trust him? No.

But I can say I feel much better about 2020 than I would have if Garrett had somehow saved his job here.

I would have loved to have seen this roster 3 yrs ago under this new regime, I will say that.
Most will probably say add 7 to that.

morasp · Jan 17, 2020

He denied it but it sounds like the reports of him missing meetings for massages could be true. Hopefully a year off has helped charge his batteries and his promise of 100% commitment at his press conference was sincere. I do think he will command respect and we won't have as many games where they just go through the motions. I guess anymore I'm going to just wait and see what happens. Next year could be good or just another year.

VACowboy · Jan 17, 2020

I won't believe changes are going to make a difference until they do, but I'm not assuming McCarthy and Co. aren't gonna make the team better and whining about it before they've done a lick of coaching either. I'm looking forward and hoping MM is the guy.

blueblood70 · Jan 17, 2020

SackMaster said:
I love today's culture to freak out BEFORE something happens.

It is kind of acceptable when there is a track record of suckage (aka the other "HC"), but when it concerns something with little to no track record, it's a fruitless pursuit of worry.

Feel free to worry all you want, but I think the wiser, and more healthy way, to look at it is wait for some actual RESULTS before writing dissertations on how terrible it all COULD be.

JMHO

willia451 · Jan 17, 2020

mardwin said:
The guy has literally just cleaned house... so that's where you begin when things are not working.

This. We've been posting stuff in the same way for so long we can't even acknowledge in the past 2 weeks, everything has changed.

Even Jerry. He is allowing long term Cowboys that were on the coaching staff to be unceremoniously booted. And everyone thought Witten would be TE coach. Didn't happen. And that was after Jerry said Witten was one of the top 5 guys in the NFL he had ever met.

I mean I get it. If we aren't wringing our hands what are we doing? It's what we do.

But it's not time for that yet.

SoupcanSam · Jan 17, 2020

The Fonz said:
If only life as simple ...Cowboys issue is deeper than just a coach or 2

Yeah I know.

The issues is a joneses or 2, or 3.

Hook'em#11 · Jan 17, 2020

Can you trust him?

Guess you're gonna have to at this point. ?

Or, hope he can fix it. With the Jones' not going anywhere and still in charge. It will be a tall order. I'm not expecting much. I am getting used to mediocrity that is the Dallas Cowboys. Still have the best uniforms and Cheerleaders. Got that going for us.

nalam · Jan 17, 2020

Redball Express said:
The draft is coming and we are turning our attention to it

Think long and hard now.

Is this going to stop with a new HC with so much rebuilding ahead?

....
Your observations are welcome.

I apologize in advance for your time to read this. I value everybodies opinions, folks.

Comments?

Would have to say Addition by Some absence, Rods stupidness - Taco , Hill , Richards - Only big Cbs ....
Garrett - RKG

May be Mcclay will have more freedom from Jerry to give what Mac asks for.

stilltheguru · Jan 17, 2020

Sydla said:
Can we trust him? No.

But I can say I feel much better about 2020 than I would have if Garrett had somehow saved his job here.

This 100 percent.

Redball Express · Jan 17, 2020

Point-of-the-Star said:
I think this is kinda like out Cold War treaty with the USSR. Trust but verify ! (you younguns won't get this)

What "verify" comrade?

Some new vodka.?

Speaking of Ruskees and vodka..

I served in the Navy as a Seabee in Antartica back in the late 60's. This was at the beginning of Vietnam for us and despite it being considered hazard duty becuz of the weather conditions..

if you qualified right, it was a piece of cake. I unloaded C130s and stocked the warehouses for supplies and loaded trucks outgoing. The cold was a ***** but food and entertainment was first class..

Anyway..

Our base commander had contact at Mc Murdo Sound with his Russian counterpart. Occasionally they would come and bring their vodka and we would all get drunk.

They wanted our Playboys and Hustlers and we wanted their booze.

War was hell but somebody had to maintain relations somehow.

Redball Express · Jan 17, 2020

willia451 said:
This. We've been posting stuff in the same way for so long we can't even acknowledge in the past 2 weeks, everything has changed.

Even Jerry. He is allowing long term Cowboys that were on the coaching staff to be unceremoniously booted. And everyone thought Witten would be TE coach. Didn't happen. And that was after Jerry said Witten was one of the top 5 guys in the NFL he had ever met.

I mean I get it. If we aren't wringing our hands what are we doing? It's what we do.

But it's not time for that yet.

Yeah.

Constant reboots with your team leave you with a cobbled together system like one of your old computers that can no longer be upgraded

and the only guy who can fix it is the same old buddy who always fixes your computer stuff by installing more bootleg fixes.

They crash, too.

Garrett and Jones reminds me of my old computer repair guy.

So the time finally comes to buy a new computer that can be upgraded not hacked.

This team was at that point with Jerrah constantly covering and protecting Garrett and the organization with patchwork fixes.

MM is the new solution who cleans out the old computer and you finally can run the programs you want.

My hope is MM can stay long enough and that I don't die waiting for it.

:angry:

Diehardblues · Jan 17, 2020

NO

But all aboard the Big Mikes Homer Wagon
Super Bowl or Bust

willia451 · Jan 17, 2020

Redball Express said:
Yeah.

Constant reboots with your team leave you with a cobbled together system like one of your old computers that can no longer be upgraded

and the only guy who can fix it is the same old buddy who always fixes your computer stuff by installing more bootleg fixes.

They crash, too.

Garrett and Jones reminds me of my old computer repair guy.

So the time finally comes to buy a new computer that can be upgraded not hacked.

This team was at that point with Jerrah constantly covering and protecting Garrett and the organization with patchwork fixes.

MM is the new solution who cleans out the old computer and you finally can run the programs you want.

My hope is MM can stay long enough and that I don't die waiting for it.

".....with your team....."

It's not your team. It is the team that you follow as a fan. Take control. It is yours to take.

Verdict · Jan 18, 2020

Reaching has been far more problematic than taking risks in my opinion. We have done it at DE many times in Jerrys tenure.

You guys raise seven kinds of hell over Garrett, but Marinelli single handedly derailed the Cowboys ever since he got here. He chose the Golden Cock, Taco, Hill and generally whiffed on DL guys.

With an AVERAGE DL we would have experienced much greater success over the years. I’m glad that old geezer is gone.

cowboyed · Jan 18, 2020

Wait and see, trust or lack of it doesn't kick in until the regular season is in full swing.

Bullflop · Jan 18, 2020

I'm hopeful this regime will be inclined to give priority to assembling a defense that is more capable of plugging the run at the LOS. It's been seemingly like forever that the days of Marinelli's lightweight DTs ruled our d-line. Hopefully that oversight will finally become a thing of the past. Let's hope a sizeable LB corps becomes a staple for us as well. I'm optimistic that our new corps of defensive coaches might see fit to attend to those things.

CowboysFaninHouston · Jan 18, 2020

Redball Express said:
The draft is coming and we are turning our attention to it

But how we conduct it is generally confusing.

It's an indication of the leadership of this team under our GM Jerrah.

Ultimately, Jerrah as GM is responsible for supporting this team building approach and setting the tone.

The types of players taken are always it seems these risk/rewards types..especially our #2 picks which we seem to devalue.

Picks like Jaylon Smith, Gregory, and others seem to follow a solid #1 pick. They generally are complete with injury problems, questionable medical reports and plunging draft positions.

Why not stop this and stay with BPA guys and stop dice rolling? Can anybody point out to me where this approach has ever produced unearthing a diamond in the rough?

Think long and hard now.

Is this going to stop with a new HC with so much rebuilding ahead?

Personally I hope so.

This team has been here before. Back when we had won our SBs in the 90s we hit a wall with Switzer carrying guns on to airplanes and Michael Irvin running with drug dealers and ladies of less than wholesome values.

Get me?

What it says is the team are accepting of short-term results to just get them on the field at any point to get some discounted help despite injury or suspension history.

Now all players will suffer injuries at some point. But if you start out with injuries and bad decision making off the field and draft them..

You double your potential risk for failure.

This team needs to stop this philosophy immediately and draft healthy, un-addicted, emotionally stable players.

No other sport franchise does this with the regularity as we do.

If this team is really trying to fix its problems going forward..

then Will Clay and others in the draft room must reset their goals.

I wonder if McCarthy has any influence on this at all?

He impresses me as a guy with high requirements.

Time to make all the changes and really get a fresh start for this team.

Back when I first started following this team I was 10 years old. One of the reasons the team became popular was that it represented cowboys..

a personality of being tough, heroic and single-mindedness in pursuing a moral high ground goal.

People flocked to that ideology in the mid-60s.

People were going to the theatres to see John Wayne and Hollywood heroes to escape stuff like assassinations, the Vietnam War and other national tragedies.

Bi-Polar, drug violations, violence prone players need not be considered for this team.

There was a time when this team refused to draft players like Randy Moss and took players like Greg Ellis instead because we had tired of the actions of players like Michael Irvin who was caught chasing drugs and women of suggested reputations.

Enough.

Can we see these issues as root causing issues for our failures as tone-setting approaching ingredients to our problems?

I never see GB have these issues. They have run rings around us over the last 25 years..

Does McCarthy fix things or does he continue our endless journey of frustration?

Your observations are welcome.

I apologize in advance for your time to read this. I value everybodies opinions, folks.

Comments?

Let me simify it for you....it's not about McCarthy...can we trust Jones not to screw it up again by meddling. It's really that some. If not for Jones we might have had a couple of more Superbowls by now

Can we trust McCarthy to fix this?

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