i was asking some zoners on this board that i respect their opinion and their thoughts
sometimes they show me another side to the question or answer that i didnt think about
just mainly wanted to see what everyone thought and their input before i made a judgement on what ratliff said
now i like ratliff, to me he is one of the hardest working players we have on the team, he always gives 110 percent on the field to me
thats just my opinion of course, but at same time if you want to be called professionals, then act like it, step up to the plate and be accountable
i tihink for too long this team has had players that arent leaders on the team, they have let coaches like parcells, gailey, wade take the heat, but they dont want to own up and confess when they blow it and be a man and say so
you cant take a step forward as a player if you dont own up to your short comings, etc
example, in a game back in 90's emmitt smith fumbled and cost the cowboys a game against the houston oilers
emmitt confessed and blamed himself on that losing the game and told his teammates that he let them down and that wouldnt happen again if he could help it, emmitt didnt fumble in a good while after that
thats what accountability is, you own up to it, see what you did wrong, see how it hurt you and your teammates and vow not to let it happen again
i dont see that on this team, from the players
just like everyone says, leadership, heart, desire, want to is vastly needed on this team
now im not saying all of the players are like that, but when an all pro offensive linemen like flozell adams says i played ok and off of the other offensive linemen said, we stunk the place up, something is wrong
and flozell is one of the oldest players onthis team that drafted him
to me,thats whats wrong on this team;
just like the players were saying that parcells played to much a vanilla defense, and they wanted more, wade plays a smiliar 3-4 defense and doesnt put too much defensive plays on the players, but when the cowboys defensive players start losing, they say you need to scale back the defense and make it simple for us on defense game planning
that to me right there says, these players havent studied hard, practiced hard to get this or wade's defense now, so now they are making excuses, but not owning up to the accountability
thats whats wrong on this team
im not making excuses for wade, he has let this happen
and when a center misses 2 qb exchanges in the last 2 weeks, something is wrong
have you seen gurode own up to this and practiced extra time to get this better, no, the head coach says we have to fix that too
that is part of the problem to me, lack of accountability on players and coaches, no hitting in practice, miscommunication, desire, heart, intensity, urgency of the game,
when your head coach comes out and says some of these players expect to win iin the last few minutes of the game, or they keep putting the ball on the ground, somethign is wrong,
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