Babe Laufenberg: Genius List of 5 Things to Fix Cowboys.

[Doctor32]

Theebs!
I beg you. The Score from tonight must be posted. I hope he recorded it.
5 Things to get The Cowboys back to the Superbowl. (Outside of firing Wade)

The List was:

1. K.O. T.O. - Cut Owens. Babe was no holds barred on this one. Cancer was not a strong enough term for "cannibalistic" Owens in Babe's opinon. Brutally honest.

2. Form a Cowboys Commitee - an advisory board to the owner of former players & coaches headed by Roger Staubach, Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson, Troy Aikman, and Darren Woodson. He also mentioned Randy Galloway, but I think he was joking. I hope.Grandpa Urine needs to stay locked & loaded with his Curevo & 1 hand and his Sports Writing for idiots book in the other while he waxes poetic with his collection of no-talent clowns on GAC at ESPN Radio.

3. Hire a QB Guru - someone to scour the planet for nothing but QBs. Ron Wolf was mentioned at a $1 million annual salary. Scout, draft & develop young QBs to avoid the Brad Johnson disaster of '08.

4. Ride Romo - Babe really believes Romo is the guy to get the Cowboys back, but he must be "leashed" as Parcells put it. The discipline of not turning over the ball must be the team's priority as it pertains to Tony Romo. He thinks he can do it (strongly),BUT if not see #3 and find his replacement!

5. Remove all Extraneous Hyperbolic Crap - No Hard Knocks, no drama, & none of the drama queen B.S. that surrounded this team before camp ever opened. Re-focus this group for lofting the Lombardi after the season not before Opening Day.

 

[BourbonBalz]

Overall, it sounds pretty good to me. As far as Owens goes, there needs to be a meeting of the minds. He either agrees to play and keep his mouth shut, or he gets sent walking. If he agrees and then goes back on his word, he is sent walking. Pretty simple.

 

[Alexander]

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2. Form a Cowboys Commitee - an advisory board to the owner of former players & coaches headed by Roger Staubach, Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson, Troy Aikman, and Darren Woodson. He also mentioned Randy Galloway, but I think he was joking. I hope.Grandpa Urine needs to stay locked & loaded with his Curevo & 1 hand and his Sports Writing for idiots book in the other while he waxes poetic with his collection of no-talent clowns on GAC at ESPN Radio.

I do not believe Jerry Jones would be swayed by this panel, particularly if it included Cowboys from the era preceding his own. He has shown a remarkable distaste for the team's rich history if he is not included in on it. As for Aikman and Woodson, I believe he already has contact and some input from them, especially Aikman.

 

[DallasEast]

Theebs!
I beg you. The Score from tonight must be posted. I hope he recorded it.
5 Things to get The Cowboys back to the Superbowl. (Outside of firing Wade)

The List was:

1. K.O. T.O. - Cut Owens. Babe was no holds barred on this one. Cancer was a not strong enough term for "cannibalistic" Owens in Babe's opinon. Brutally honest.

2. Form a Cowboys Commitee - an advisory board to the owner of former players & coaches headed by Roger Staubach, Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson, Troy Aikman, and Darren Woodson.

3. Hire a QB Guru - someone to scour the planet for nothing but QBs. Ron Wolf was mentioned at a $1 million annual salary. Scout, draft & develop young QBs to avoid the Brad Johnson disaster of '08.

4. Ride Romo - Babe really believes Romo is the guy to get the Cowboys back, but he must be "leashed" as Parcells put it. The discipline of not turning over the ball must be the team's priority as it pertains to Tony Romo. He thinks he can do it (strongly), if not see #3 and find his replacement.

5. Remove all Extraneous Hyperbolic Crap - No Hard Knocks, no drama, &none of the drama queen B.S. that surrounded this team before camp ever opened. Re-focus this group for lofting the Lombardi after the season not before Opening Day.

Ranking from easiest to hardest for Jerry Jones and/or Wade Phillips to accomplish:

3. I doubt that Jerry Jones is as much opposed to stockpiling quarterbacks as he is to not wanting to error and overpay for more. If he could consider getting a quarterback guru with a proven track record, I doubt that money would be an issue for him.

4. Phillips may actually pull this one off with his get tougher approach. It's doubtful that he could near the Parcells level of scrutiny, but he could help re-enforce many of Parcells' commandments.

2. Jones limits the authority of his family in his business affairs. Although it would be in an advisory capacity, I doubt that ex-Cowboys would be any more inclusive as far as he would be concerned.

5. Regardless of the results, one of the things he considers as his strengths is marketing. He may eventually become more conservative in his approach, but if the Michael Irvin reality series is any example of what is to come, it's unlikely.

1. Please. He loves Terrell Owens. Cutting Owens will be the hardest thing for him to do. Not impossible. Just the most difficult.

 

[Cowboyz88]

I think #2 was partly schtick, because he mentioned that the committee should include one Randy Galloway.

When they cut back to Babe, he had a slight grin on his face.

 

[EPL0c0]

Eh...

1. K.O. T.O. - Another Owens basher, shocker. There were many other factors that contributed to a split lockerroom. TO's just the convenient scapegoat.

2. Form a Cowboys Commitee - NO. Last thing this team needs is a bunch of geezers talking about "well back in my day" and trying to do with today's players what they did; different era, different attitudes...get over it.

3. Hire a QB Guru - Good luck. With Babe, Mike, Deion and everybody else in local media and/or ex-players with media credentials second, third and fourth guessing every decision, good luck being able to do things their own way.

4. Ride Romo - Ok, so I sort of agree here. If Romo's not man enough to figure it out for himself then he's as much a "cancer" to this team as some claim Owens is to this team then he should be ridden the way Bennett was in pre-season.. If he can't get it through his head *WHO* his and *WHAT* he is as far as the Dallas Cowboys go, maybe he's not mature enough to take the reigns of this team and should be taught a lesson. "What Jerry giveth, Jerry should taketh away!"

5. Remove all Extraneous Hyperbolic Crap - While I could do without it, I didn't see it hurting the maturing and development of some players like Martellus Bennet, Felix Jones or Tashard Choice. It also didn't seem to effect veteran players like Ware, Ellis, Ratliff, James, Newman, etc...

Oh and the 6th thing needed to fix this team: All I'm gonna say is "Four Words..." you know the rest
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[AMERICAS_FAN]

I just laugh when people in one breath scream "CUT T.O.!" and in the next breath say, "Oh, and by the way, get that QB back on the leash". I mean, when you miss the playoffs by a hair, largely because the QB is playing like a dumb dog running wild in the last critical games, then how can you put it all on T.O.?

Look, I'm no advocating to keep T.O.; I'm just saying that unfair and unbalanced criticissm like this borders on ridiculousness. T.O. surely contributes to mant problems in the locker room, BUT he is not the be-all-end-all of he problems. He needs to make some changes, or face getting cut if he cannot man-up, BUT He's just a fraction of the many problems that need to be addressed internally, but let's not make him the root cause; because he's NOT!

The root casue starts within administration and the coaching ranks, and I'm not fool enough to limit that to Jerry Jones or Wade Phillips only, because for most of 2008 we had an "Assistant Head Coach" an "Offensive Coordinator" and a "QB Caoch" in name only. The same was true for "Defensive Coordinator" and many here apploaded the move when Stewart was fired. funny though, the same people advocate absolving the other "in name only" coaches.

 

[Doctor32]

I think #2 was partly schtick, because he mentioned that the committee should include one Randy Galloway.

When they cut back to Babe, he had a slight grin on his face.

Yeah I edited the post to add my Galloway commentary.

Grandpa Urine is a joke. Did anyone hear The Ticket replay Grodon's "Spare Wars" bit from 1998 on Friday with Galloway Kenobi? Good shtick.

 

[MWILL]

Didn't we have most of this when Parcells was taking over? (before T.O.)

And we still didn't get a Playoff win.

Easier said than done "Babe".

 

[MWILL]

Yeah I edited the post to add my Galloway commentary.

Grandpa Urine is a joke. Did anyone hear The Ticket replay Grodon's "Spare Wars" bit from 1998 on Friday with Galloway Kenobi? Good shtick.

I did hear that, It was pretty funny. :laugh2:

 

[theogt]

Anything that didn't have fixing the O-line as a top priority isn't worth the time. It was the single worst performing unit on the team.

 

[Doctor32]

Anything that didn't have fixing the O-line as a top priority isn't worth the time. It was the single worst performing unit on the team.

Youth can fix this. Hopefully...

If 11 draft picks are handled correctly, this unit can be infused with at least 2 contributors who could push a vet or provide the depth that Procter, McQuistan, Free & Berger could not.
The fact that Holland now competes to start with Kozier next TC is a good thing.

I like Columbo. I think this team needs to draft a LT early (2nd or 3rd) to develop behind Adams.

 

[AMERICAS_FAN]

Anything that didn't have fixing the O-line as a top priority isn't worth the time. It was the single worst performing unit on the team.

Yeah, but that's only because T.O. is a "cancer"!

 

[theogt]

Youth can fix this. Hopefully...

If 11 draft picks are handled correctly, this unit can be infused with at least 2 contributors who could push a vet or provide the depth that Procter, McQuistan, Free & Berger could not.
The fact that Holland now competes to start with Kozier next TC is a good thing.

I like Columbo. I think this team needs to draft a LT early (2nd or 3rd) to develop behind Adams.

Personnel-wise Flo's the only one that scares me. We're set at just about every other position. Kosier and Holland are excellent cheap depth at guard, regardless of who starts. You'd like to thing that a competent LG helps get Flozell back to an elite level, but age may be his downfall even then.

The coaching has to get better, though. We never had a problem picking up inside blitzers in '07.

 

[AMERICAS_FAN]

Personnel-wise Flo's the only one that scares me. We're set at just about every other position. Kosier and Holland are excellent cheap depth at guard, regardless of who starts. You'd like to thing that a competent LG helps get Flozell back to an elite level, but age may be his downfall even then.

The coaching has to get better, though. We never had a problem picking up inside blitzers in '07.

Flozell Adams' best season was his contract year. That's not a coincidence. He clearly plays better with something to play for. So whay not get him to play better by having him play for his job?

The Cowboys can do that by drafting a LT or a RG as early as possible -- and I say RG because you could always plug a worthy draftee in at RG and repalce Adams with Leonard Davis.

At some point these players need to be pushed to stay on top of their game, and REAL competition is the best way to bring that out.

 

[theebs]

I am uploading the videos right now.

Dware was great on the show tonight, he didnt hold back and said the team has to many individuals and assorted other nuggets.

I will post the vids as soon as they are done.

 

[Sarge]

Anything that didn't have fixing the O-line as a top priority isn't worth the time. It was the single worst performing unit on the team.

completely overrated.

 

[Nav22]

Anything that didn't have fixing the O-line as a top priority isn't worth the time. It was the single worst performing unit on the team.

Agreed. Makes the "cut T.O. and become a smash-mouth running team!" suggesion all the more ludicrous.

When has our OL shown that they are capable of consistently opening up holes in the run game? Teams can often shut down our run game with 7 in the box... imagine how much tougher it would become without Owens lined up outside.

 

[Randy White]

need to hire a " QB guru " per say, but a good rule of thumb would be to draft a developmental QB ever 2 - 3 years. The worst thing that can happen is that the guy doesn't work out. The best thing is that you develop them and use them for trade bait.

It's, sort of, like growing your own food in that it would be one less item you'd have to pay a premium price for.

 

[Macnalty]

completely overrated.

I am still of the opinion that Flo had injuries that were not disclosed, his effort was so far from his average that something had to be going on with him physically. Of course it could be an injury he may fail to recover fully from like you say old age. Heaven knows it makes mortals out of all of us.