CBS11 Blog: Steve Dennis on Cowboys... more

[TD-33]

Dennis makes it sound like a freaking disco ball dropped from the sky and suddenly the scene transformed to a night at the Da Club.

:laugh2:

 

[Wrangler87]

When did the Eagles become so d@mn great?

 

[yimyammer]

I imagine that loud music was played to get the offense used to working under noisy conditions, and in between plays or on the sidelines a couple of guys did a little dance to the music for a second or two. Dennis makes it sound like a freaking disco ball dropped from the sky and suddenly the scene transformed to a night at the Da Club. You can bet that's not the way it went.

that makes sense, I can live with that

It's just not realistic or even desirable to expect players to never, ever have any fun out there. People who expect every player to have a 24-7 death stare on his face are never going to be satisfied.

Most definately, I certainly don't have that expectation nor do I think it would be productive to never loosen the reigns.

I still had images of previous practices where there were apparently weekly DJs and everyone was cutting up and goofing off.

However, my employers never made a habit of having DJ's and weekly parties and I never felt mistreated because I was expected to work hard, do my job and then go play on my own time. I don't think thats an unfair expectation of the players. Maybe I have no right to have that expectation but JJ certainly does.

Like I said, I think strategically rewarding the team with half days, DJ days or whatever can actually serve as additional motivation. For example, start a practice by telling the players we're going to run 30 plays. If there are no penalties, we'll take the rest of the day off. That would create a competitive environment that could possibly emulate the pressure of being in the game since the risk/reward would be pretty high

^....^

 

[yimyammer]

who doesn't? but the need to point out every POTENTIAL problem *IS* emotional insurance.

good to see you got a great policy.

It appears you want to be strident regardless of how much I attempt to explain myself, but I'll give it one last go for the hell of it.

Believe whatever you like, but I wasn't pointing this out just to rant, I was asking if this was a reason to be concerned. Even if I was pointing it out to rant, it would do nothing to make me feel better about the team regardless of how they do this Sunday or this year, so I don't know how that could be construed as "emotional insurance".

Several people have said it was done to emulate the game noise. This makes sense and has purpose which is entirely different than the impression Dennis left by his comment without elaboration. Hearing this kind of explanation changes my feelings on the matter if that is why it was done.

If you can't understand this, then I'm not sure what I can do to help you understand where I am coming from. Regardless, you're mistaken. I don't need emotional insurance and you'll never know me well enough to make that assertion with any level of accuracy.

 

[iceberg]

It appears you want to be strident regardless of how much I attempt to explain myself, but I'll give it one last go for the hell of it.

Believe whatever you like, but I wasn't pointing this out just to rant, I was asking if this was a reason to be concerned. Even if I was pointing it out to rant, it would do nothing to make me feel better about the team regardless of how they do this Sunday or this year, so I don't know how that could be construed as "emotional insurance".

Several people have said it was done to emulate the game noise. This makes sense and has purpose which is entirely different than the impression Dennis left by his comment without elaboration. Hearing this kind of explanation changes my feelings on the matter if that is why it was done.

If you can't understand this, then I'm not sure what I can do to help you understand where I am coming from. Regardless, you're mistaken. I don't need emotional insurance and you'll never know me well enough to make that assertion with any level of accuracy.

then why care if they "got caught dancing w/o their pads on!"???

when you make nothing something, you're doing it for a reason, usually some form of rope to let yourself down with if they have a bad year.

THEY NEVER SHOULD HAVE DANCED W/O THEIR PADS ON!!!!!

something tells me that little event won't change 1 play of the season yet look at the controversy.

 

[yimyammer]

then why care if they "got caught dancing w/o their pads on!"???

when you make nothing something, you're doing it for a reason, usually some form of rope to let yourself down with if they have a bad year.

THEY NEVER SHOULD HAVE DANCED W/O THEIR PADS ON!!!!!

something tells me that little event won't change 1 play of the season yet look at the controversy.

It's real simple, if the DJ was there for crowd noise, there is a purpose behind the activity & it helps the team prepare for games and in my opinion, that's beneficial.

If there is a DJ there so everyone can goof around and have a half-hearted practice, then in my opinion taking that tone at practice will catch up with them and have a negative effect on their peformance on the field.

This discussion is similar to discussing who should start at running back in that it's an attempt to understand what can best help this team be the most successful. As a fan, this is fun to do and what I find great about internet forums.

If you don't believe how they practice has any effect on how they play on Sunday, then we'll have to agree to disagree.

 

[iceberg]

It's real simple, if the DJ was there for crowd noise, there is a purpose behind the activity & it helps the team prepare for games and in my opinion, that's beneficial.

If there is a DJ there so everyone can goof around and have a half-hearted practice, then in my opinion taking that tone at practice will catch up with them and have a negative effect on their peformance on the field.

This discussion is similar to discussing who should start at running back in that it's an attempt to understand what can best help this team be the most successful. As a fan, this is fun to do and what I find great about internet forums.

If you don't believe how they practice has any effect on how they play on Sunday, then we'll have to agree to disagree.

and *in my opinion* you're just making it an excuse in case they have a bad year.

i have no idea when the picture was taken or anything around it other than someone offered it up to be an issue and suddenly it was. maybe it was after or before practice. in any event, if guys wanna have fun at work, let 'em.

 

[yimyammer]

and *in my opinion* you're just making it an excuse in case they have a bad year.

i have no idea when the picture was taken or anything around it other than someone offered it up to be an issue and suddenly it was. maybe it was after or before practice. in any event, if guys wanna have fun at work, let 'em.

And since I know my motivation and you can only speculate, I can emphatically say you are incorrect and that's not an opinion.

 

[iceberg]

And since I know my motivation and you can only speculate, I can emphatically say you are incorrect and that's not an opinion.

you'll have to excuse me, my apathy just kicked in. i'll see yo...

 

[NextGenBoys]

Wade Phillips! what a joke of a head coach. I hate the fact that #1 he's our hc and #2 he let's this crap go on at practice. Jerry needs to hand the team over to Stephen soon.

 

[dogunwo]

It's real simple, if the DJ was there for crowd noise, there is a purpose behind the activity & it helps the team prepare for games and in my opinion, that's beneficial.

If there is a DJ there so everyone can goof around and have a half-hearted practice, then in my opinion taking that tone at practice will catch up with them and have a negative effect on their peformance on the field.

This discussion is similar to discussing who should start at running back in that it's an attempt to understand what can best help this team be the most successful. As a fan, this is fun to do and what I find great about internet forums.

If you don't believe how they practice has any effect on how they play on Sunday, then we'll have to agree to disagree.

Something tells me that you never played organized team sports before.

 

[yimyammer]

Something tells me that you never played organized team sports before.

Played soccer into my 30's, wrestled in high school, football in junior high, intramural football, basketball and soccer in college.

Does that count or is that not at a high enough level to have an opinion?

 

[dogunwo]

Played soccer into my 30's, wrestled in high school, football in junior high, intramural football, basketball and soccer in college.

Does that count or is that not at a high enough level to have an opinion?

Anyone who has played before would know that there are times where teammates are allowed to have 'fun' together. That does more for chemistry than telling the media "how focused they are on football". I never understand why people think professional athletes are supposed to be robotic and only talk about football, never have any fun, never date anyone, etc.

Gimme a break