Babe: Time To Seriously Consider Cutting McClain

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dallasdave said:
Jimmy said that you don't treat all players equal, and that some will get special treatment (paraphrasing), Ro is one of those players I think------Now that is smart football-keep your playmakers on the team, and do what you have to do to keep them on the team.
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Exactly, take what you can get because the upside is a lot (for not much money). The Cowboys clearly prepared for the downside by singing Brinkley and Gotchkar, plus Hitchens can play the Mike as well.

Rolondo can bring a lot when he is healthy and eligible but is going to miss time due to knuckleheadedness. He is basically the Josh Hamilton of the Cowboys.
 
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Kaiser said:
Exactly, take what you can get because the upside is a lot (for not much money). The Cowboys clearly prepared for the downside by singing Brinkley and Gotchkar, plus Hitchens can play the Mike as well.

Rolondo can bring a lot when he is healthy and eligible but is going to miss time due to knuckleheadedness. He is basically the Josh Hamilton of the Cowboys.
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Well said.
 
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CowboyFan74 said:
Off with his head!!! He's Jerrys special project now, get him into a counseling program and a baby sitter..
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why is it Jerry's responsibility to get counseling and babysit multimillionaire FOOTBALL PLAYERS, that's not what he's paying them for...when is the onus on the player to take responsibility for his own life, after All he's an ADULT, not a child!!
 
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It doesn't surprise me that the majority of posts support keeping this guy. He brought baggage with him, and his play while on the field sold some on his value.

Yet I can't help feeling this is somewhat like Lee in that the promises are great, but the return is limited. Lee by injury. RoMc because of his questionable decisions.

Lee is absolved because this is out of his control. So hopes can run high that he has a season without injury. RoMc, on the other hand, is much like T.O., Leon Lett, and others with demons that we all wait for the other shoe to drop and them be sidelined by the league.

The temperament on this board about forgiving this guy, which smacks of the forgiveness of Josh Brent in looking past the events that led to his notoriety, is business as usual.

I now start the clock ticking on a player from another NFC East team being disciplined for behavior and the board pointing fingers and laughing at that team for keeping the guy.

Apparently the true north on the moral compass around here is fluid.
 
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TwoDeep3 said:
It doesn't surprise me that the majority of posts support keeping this guy. He brought baggage with him, and his play while on the field sold some on his value.

Yet I can't help feeling this is somewhat like Lee in that the promises are great, but the return is limited. Lee by injury. RoMc because of his questionable decisions.

Lee is absolved because this is out of his control. So hopes can run high that he has a season without injury. RoMc, on the other hand, is much like T.O., Leon Lett, and others with demons that we all wait for the other shoe to drop and them be sidelined by the league.

The temperament on this board about forgiving this guy, which smacks of the forgiveness of Josh Brent in looking past the events that led to his notoriety, is business as usual.

I now start the clock ticking on a player from another NFC East team being disciplined for behavior and the board pointing fingers and laughing at that team for keeping the guy.

Apparently the true north on the moral compass around here is fluid.
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You want morality go to church. Dude did something 60% of his peers did. Of course your decision is to use McClain's suspension to attack actual fans of the team because that's your bit.
 
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I've been saying that anything they get out of him is a bonus. He's retired twice and he definitely doesn't want to practice. Just get what you can get out of him this year and be done with it
 
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AbeBeta said:
Really? He's failed two tests since joining the team. He's undependable at this point. Another failed test loses him a year.
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At that point you cut him. What does cutting him now gain you? Why not view anything he gives you as immense and cheap upside?
 
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Cut him?

No.

We have him on a cheap one year deal and would be stupid to let him go. He broke down last year with nagging injuries and missed some time so just consider this 4 game suspension some time off for rest in the hopes that he'll be more rested and healthy for the middle and end of the season. If he screws up again and is suspended for the year then it is what it is. Might as well keep him around to get whatever we can from him because, afterall, he is very talented and can take this defense to another level.

I'd be willing to put up with some of his crap for what he brings to the table on the field when he's right. We can worry about next year next year.
 
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TwoDeep3 said:
Lee is absolved because this is out of his control. So hopes can run high that he has a season without injury. RoMc, on the other hand, is much like T.O., Leon Lett, and others with demons that we all wait for the other shoe to drop and them be sidelined by the league.

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TO has been off the team for quite sometime so I don't really care but why include him in this? The guy has a huge ego and a big mouth but I can't think of any situation where he was suspended from the league, he was pretty clean off the field.
 

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stasheroo said:
Great summation here, thanks for your efforts.

I agree with you here, I think it's likely up to him if his career continues or ends. But I think this is the very last straw with the team. They won't tolerate a single problem or issue from now on. If he doesn't do every single thing they expect from him, he's gone.
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Ditto.

If he gets suspended again and has to sit out 10 games, he's no good to us anyway. I think that will be the end of his career.

Four games? That's a mini-vacation or him, and he'll be rested for a stretch run.

Based on his talent, I'm willing to let the Ro-ordeal play itself out.

I really don't see any negatives in this for the Cowboys. And to those who are saying it sends a bad sign to other players, what sign is that?

That you'll get suspended four games and miss four pay checks if you get caught doing drugs? That you'll get additional punishment if you get caught again? That you'll eventually be out of the league if you continue making wrong decisions?
 
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