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one of the most surprising things that happened to me last sunday wasn't the cowboys meltdown and their defenses inability to hold the line at a critical time. but rather, what happened after the game. a close friend called me up and the 1st thing he said was "well, we can get in the playoffs without winning the division".
2-0
1-1
how far back are we really? 1/2 a game? the giants did a great job of taking that 2-0 lead not just in the standings, but in the division as well and yes, it's a hole to dig out of. not a crater and not the grand canyon. but the reaction of some of the fans is just amazing to me.
so do i not care enough or do some care too much? both?
we knew going in we had a team full of question marks yet so few fans seem to have the patience to answer them. for years we've heard about the potential of miles austin and now that it's his time to get up and show off, people want to bring in another "vet" WR. i can only imagine these are the same people who are upset we don't groom our own WR's as well.
the rabid fan tends to be short sighted in my experience. we didn't win - do something. NOW. so they rush to the obvious and hammer on it as if they know what they're doing.
i will agree in many ways this is likely a lame duck season but we have to play it as it comes. jones isn't likely to fire wade during the season and who knows what he'll do after the season. well, outside of fire wade. you see, i don't feel there is any way possible wade comes back next year. jones will stand by him during the contract then it will be time to make a change.
we don't win the superbowl (brace yourselves, it could happen) wade goes.
we win, he goes out on top. but either way i'm going to watch the season and not worry about what we do in 6 months. you seem to miss the point of football and the entire NFL season by doing that.
for all the talent this team has i can't see them in the same league as the giants yet. or pittsburgh. the elite teams come to play every day and yes, have bad games, but they can get through them. they step up at critical times and make the play that has to be made.
this current roster is still trying to find that "desire". no, i don't think mr "aw shucks" will ever give them that desire.
what i do find encouraging is the team is rallying around romo. gurode, bennett and others have spoken in his behalf recently and stood up for their QB. actions like this will pull a team together. we saw last year how to divide a team and it will take time for the counter measures to kick in fully.
after the 1st game of the season where we won, i was talking to that same friend and he asked what we should expect of the 2009 dallas cowboys. i said you've seen it. they'll have good moments, and they'll have terrible moments, and both will happen at extreme times. this year moreso than many others will be a rollercoaster year full of great moments we'll remember, and terrible moments we'll never forget.
for all the talent this team has they still don't have an identity. until that is found, they'll be a group of talented athletes doing their job, great at times, maddening at others. but this is the 2009 cowboys season in a nutshell.
some ice-facts to carry you through however:
1) jones is going nowhere. i'd like to shoot people with a really cool rubber band gun every time they say JONES MUST GO! he's not stepping down and he's not hiring a GM. i pity the people who can't see that and continue to ask for it as if it's some sign of intelligence, not a lack thereof.
2) Parcells wasn't the answer. well, that depends on the question but to this day people still think Parcells was a God among men. ok, i exaggurate, but many still think he was our last great hope. funny how we hate the no playoff win streak but parcells isn't included there. he gets the "he had to clean up a mess" free pass. maybe he did, but he had many years to WIN NOW and failed. he's 0-2 in miami and that alone bring me joy. not because miami is losing but because the rabid fan won't be saying how stupid we were for letting sprano go now. they only notice those winning.
3) fans will be fans on all spectrums. the whiners, those like me whining about the whining, and the true fan who knows the game and can't find good places to talk cowboys w/o the whiners whining on either side. 3 frustrated groups on a popular board is hard to promote fun conversations. : )
4) wade will be collectively fired by fans approximately 189,348,934 times before this sesaon is through.
5) he still won't catch those calling for jones' ouster.
2-0
1-1
how far back are we really? 1/2 a game? the giants did a great job of taking that 2-0 lead not just in the standings, but in the division as well and yes, it's a hole to dig out of. not a crater and not the grand canyon. but the reaction of some of the fans is just amazing to me.
so do i not care enough or do some care too much? both?
we knew going in we had a team full of question marks yet so few fans seem to have the patience to answer them. for years we've heard about the potential of miles austin and now that it's his time to get up and show off, people want to bring in another "vet" WR. i can only imagine these are the same people who are upset we don't groom our own WR's as well.
the rabid fan tends to be short sighted in my experience. we didn't win - do something. NOW. so they rush to the obvious and hammer on it as if they know what they're doing.
i will agree in many ways this is likely a lame duck season but we have to play it as it comes. jones isn't likely to fire wade during the season and who knows what he'll do after the season. well, outside of fire wade. you see, i don't feel there is any way possible wade comes back next year. jones will stand by him during the contract then it will be time to make a change.
we don't win the superbowl (brace yourselves, it could happen) wade goes.
we win, he goes out on top. but either way i'm going to watch the season and not worry about what we do in 6 months. you seem to miss the point of football and the entire NFL season by doing that.
for all the talent this team has i can't see them in the same league as the giants yet. or pittsburgh. the elite teams come to play every day and yes, have bad games, but they can get through them. they step up at critical times and make the play that has to be made.
this current roster is still trying to find that "desire". no, i don't think mr "aw shucks" will ever give them that desire.
what i do find encouraging is the team is rallying around romo. gurode, bennett and others have spoken in his behalf recently and stood up for their QB. actions like this will pull a team together. we saw last year how to divide a team and it will take time for the counter measures to kick in fully.
after the 1st game of the season where we won, i was talking to that same friend and he asked what we should expect of the 2009 dallas cowboys. i said you've seen it. they'll have good moments, and they'll have terrible moments, and both will happen at extreme times. this year moreso than many others will be a rollercoaster year full of great moments we'll remember, and terrible moments we'll never forget.
for all the talent this team has they still don't have an identity. until that is found, they'll be a group of talented athletes doing their job, great at times, maddening at others. but this is the 2009 cowboys season in a nutshell.
some ice-facts to carry you through however:
1) jones is going nowhere. i'd like to shoot people with a really cool rubber band gun every time they say JONES MUST GO! he's not stepping down and he's not hiring a GM. i pity the people who can't see that and continue to ask for it as if it's some sign of intelligence, not a lack thereof.
2) Parcells wasn't the answer. well, that depends on the question but to this day people still think Parcells was a God among men. ok, i exaggurate, but many still think he was our last great hope. funny how we hate the no playoff win streak but parcells isn't included there. he gets the "he had to clean up a mess" free pass. maybe he did, but he had many years to WIN NOW and failed. he's 0-2 in miami and that alone bring me joy. not because miami is losing but because the rabid fan won't be saying how stupid we were for letting sprano go now. they only notice those winning.
3) fans will be fans on all spectrums. the whiners, those like me whining about the whining, and the true fan who knows the game and can't find good places to talk cowboys w/o the whiners whining on either side. 3 frustrated groups on a popular board is hard to promote fun conversations. : )
4) wade will be collectively fired by fans approximately 189,348,934 times before this sesaon is through.
5) he still won't catch those calling for jones' ouster.
