Dallas is a media team and hype machine

[magic-sword]

They are not football "talented" they have athletes that can run, bodies that are imposing and personalities that the media loves to tweak, but they aren't a real football team.

The Oline while huge is not a squad that works well - the hype machine in full force. The defense has tackled poorly for a majority of the year. Special teams is a wreck and has been since Pre-season.

I think the fans and media are suckers for thinking this is a "team". It's a job and paycheck but they have no desire to improve. 13 Pro-Bowlers is a paper trophy not a real honor anymore based upon a 13-3 team that if you really look at was built upon "soft" teams.

The coaches don't understand the game of football or the players need to have things so incredibly simplified but are not talented enough to run a simple scheme. Wade may understand a defense but I'm talking about the game, how to manage it, control it and work a plan and dissect a team to exploit their weakness.

They are a collection of individuals performing for themselves not each other. I also hate the attitude - Landry would take blame, Johnson would be irate but Wade just does not a have a demeanor to lead a team.

Does Wade invoke a "lead me in a battle" attitude?

A head coach needs to command respect or rule with fear and Wade does not evoke this. Name a winning Head coach and the only other "soft" coach is Indy's Tony Dungy but at least he seems to have a grasp of the game and has respect. In other words, in money time, they perform - Wade does not a history to back-up this type of attitude.

It's an overpaid team built on the scraps of other teams who can find talent to fill-in - Dallas only this year hit on multiple rookies who are performing enough to be starters or at least contributors.

Each year free agency has people drooling like a fantasy owner - but football is more than that, only baseball can be played that way in my mind. See Snyder in D.C. for a clue.

They have nothing in common with the winners of the past - they are wearing the uniform but they disgrace the legacy. They are Dallas Cowboys in name only, they certainly do not have the reputation that has garnered fans all over the nation for all those decades. They sully that uniform and the star IMO.

 

[RainMan]

I think it's no secret that the sports teams that enjoy long-standing success are typically built around two things: a) Most importantly, a sound coaching staff that creates the entire organization's vision from scouting to game management; and b) One or two superstars that serve as the pillar of the coaching staff's ability to carry out their staffs. The rest of the team, though, includes serviceable, replaceable parts that, while not flashy, kill at the job they're supposed to do.

I mean, just look at the Spurs and Patriots.

Meanwhile, we're an organization that likes to stray from such a structured model, instead building solely around the player side of things. We want superstars, and tons of them. We want Pro Bowlers, guys with baggage that we can rent at low cost and guys that bring a media circus with them.

Jerry's tendency to go after the "tainted" stars is just part of the problem. It's that he's a star chaser at all that is what is concerning. It appeases the fans initially but, in many a sport, doesn't produce results (look at the Yankees of years past).

And yet now of all times he begins to cite the continuity-in-the-coaching-ranks mantra? Ridiculous and unforgivable. It's a joke and it's clear he's not keeping Wade because he believes in him, but rather some unrelated side issue -- something related to money, ego or something along those lines. Even I'm not dumb enough to believe Jerry's dumb enough to TRULY believe Wade's the absolute right guy for the job. There's just something preventing him from admitting otherwise and putting on this whole charade.

But, anyway, in closing -- since Jimmy we've never been a team about the coaching staff, system or structure of the organization.