Twitter: Demarco Murray Media Tweets - 08/26/13

[WoodysGirl]

Then it's a completely hollow message and in my opinion could do nothing but make players resent Romo for his untouchable status. Especially considering he has a knack for blaming anyone but himself when there is an interception.

Romo's not the only untouchable player on the roster. They trotted out a one-armed, beat up Ware out there last year, and called it leadership. Some things are what they are.

Again, if JG practices what he preaches, than ALL players should be held accountable.. not just the ones we think we can afford to hold accountable.

That's all i was saying.

I knew what you were saying, just saying it was pretty pointless to think he'll be benched. I don't care what message they're trying to send, hollow or otherwise. This is not your normal work environment. You just don't bench your $100m player...unless the message is we're looking to move on from him, ie. Donovan McNabb.

 

[Staubacher]

Murray didn't bring up Romo the media did to stir things up. And the same old characters always ready for a Romo bash salivate like Pavlov's dog

 

[Eric_Boyer]

How so?

Interceptions are usually the result of a throw that shouldn't have been made. A mistake.

Just as fumbling is a result of not holding onto the ball well enough. A mistake.

Why should one be tolerated but not the other? The both yield the same negative result.

a run play is a much lower risk/reward play. JG explained this himself. you call a run, that is considered a far safer play then calling for a pass.

 

[RoyTheHammer]

No HC is going to bench his QB based on a turnover, it is not like any other position. That does not mean he is not held accoutable hell Romo is held accoutable by media and fans alike every single day no one is taking the heat, some uncalled for than Romo takes.

When talking about holding players accountable, im clearly referencing JG here. Being held accountable by fans or media is a fantasy. They don't have the power to hold any player accountable for anything.

This is turning into a much bigger deal than it really is..all i was saying was that, based off of JG's message of accountability, if you're going to pull your starting RB for a turnover, you should pull your starting QB for a turnover as well.. if you think they were both at fault of making bad decisions with the ball.

 

[tupperware]

Murray didn't bring up Romo the media did to stir things up. And the same old characters always ready for a Romo bash salivate like Pavlov's dog

Except the only point anyone is trying to make here is that if you're going to hold one player accountable then you should probably hold the rest accountable. The reason why Romo was brought in to it was because Romo's name was mentioned in the OP and then an apple and oranges comment came up. No one else brought Romo into the discussion outside of that. It's the principle of it all, it's not even a Romo thing.

 

[Gameover]

Would Emmitt Smith be cut for sleeping during a film session?

 

[RoyTheHammer]

Romo's not the only untouchable player on the roster. They trotted out a one-armed, beat up Ware out there last year, and called it leadership. Some things are what they are.



I knew what you were saying, just saying it was pretty pointless to think he'll be benched. I don't care what message they're trying to send, hollow or otherwise. This is not your normal work environment. You just don't bench your $100m player...unless the message is we're looking to move on from him, ie. Donovan McNabb.

I agree, he won't be benched.. i just don't agree with the message that sends to your team.

When you preach one thing, but do another.. doesn't earn you many respect points i wouldn't imagine.

 

[tupperware]

Would Emmitt Smith be cut for sleeping during a film session?

You're changing the whole thing around. No one is even talking about cutting players right now.

 

[Doomsday101]

Except the only point anyone is trying to make here is that if you're going to hold one player accountable then you should probably hold the rest accountable. The reason why Romo was brought in to it was because Romo's name was mentioned in the OP and then an apple and oranges comment came up. No one else brought Romo into the discussion outside of that. It's the principle of it all, it's not even a Romo thing.

Romo is held accoutable more than any player on the team as are most QB but seldom is a QB benched unless he is having a bad season and often time that QB never gets the job back. I think the implication that unless Garrett benches Romo for a mistake then he is not serious about holding players accountable is way off base.

 

[RoyTheHammer]

Would Emmitt Smith be cut for sleeping during a film session?

Now its "cut"?

Is your next question going to be, "Would Michael Irvin be murdered for dropping a pass?"

 

[Doomsday101]

I agree, he won't be benched.. i just don't agree with the message that sends to your team.

When you preach one thing, but do another.. doesn't earn you many respect points i wouldn't imagine.

What coach out there in his right mind would bench his starting QB? Other coaches will sit a player for a fumble or missed assignment yet they don't bench the QB that easy and yet those coaches get prasied for holding players accoutable but somehow Garrett is not serious unless he benches Romo?

 

[Doomsday101]

When talking about holding players accountable, im clearly referencing JG here. Being held accountable by fans or media is a fantasy. They don't have the power to hold any player accountable for anything.

This is turning into a much bigger deal than it really is..all i was saying was that, based off of JG's message of accountability, if you're going to pull your starting RB for a turnover, you should pull your starting QB for a turnover as well.. if you think they were both at fault of making bad decisions with the ball.

No HC is benching a starting QB you don't seem to get that. BP was hardnosed he would sit a player down but did not pull his QB even on a bad day and yet was considered to be a HC who held players accountable. Garrett is not doing anything different than any other HC. You do not bench a QB that easy no HC does.

 

[Staubacher]

Now its "cut"?

Is your next question going to be, "Would Michael Irvin be murdered for dropping a pass?"

You missed the point entirely bro. Jimmy Johnson once cut a player for sleeping in a meeting. He wouldn't have cut Emmitt. Get it?

 

[RoyTheHammer]

What coach out there in his right mind would bench his starting QB? Other coaches will sit a player for a fumble or missed assignment yet they don't bench the QB that easy and yet those coaches get prasied for holding players accoutable but somehow Garrett is not serious unless he benches Romo?

A coach that practices what he preaches when he says every player will be held accountable?

Again, we're all making a bigger deal out of it than it really is right now.. but honestly, i have yet to see JG bench any player in a regular season game for sloppy play or bad penalties or dumb mistakes, etc.. and there have been plenty of chances.

 

[tupperware]

Romo is held accoutable more than any player on the team as are most QB but seldom is a QB benched unless he is having a bad season and often time that QB never gets the job back. I think the implication that unless Garrett benches Romo for a mistake then he is not serious about holding players accountable is way off base.

I'd actually be curious in how Romo is held accountable. I sure haven't seen anything that leads me to believe it. We can all say that he holds himself accountable but is that really the truth? I think we got a good glimpse into his mentality before he smartened up about not talking openly to the media when he said:

"If something in sports is the worst thing that ever happens to you, you've lived a pretty good life."

While that is true, I think it tells us a lot about how serious the game is to him. I think he's a competitor and I think he wants to win, but I'm not so sure he beats himself up over the mistakes he makes. If he did, he'd strive to not make so many of them.

Wasn't it Bill Parcells who said "Throwing the ball away is a good play."?

How much of that do we see? If we're really to believe this defense is on the rise then I would expect our franchise QB to realize that, too, and not take so many chances. Time will tell if that's the case, but I highly doubt it. The whole "It's basically a punt". mindset is what I'm tired of hearing. The ball needs to be valued more.

 

[RoyTheHammer]

You missed the point entirely bro. Jimmy Johnson once cut a player for doing exactly that. He wouldn't have cut Emmitt. Get it?

Of course there's also the point that Emmitt never did that.

 

[tupperware]

You missed the point entirely bro. Jimmy Johnson once cut a player for doing exactly that. He wouldn't have cut Emmitt. Get it?

Two things, Jimmy Johnson isn't the Head Coach of this team. Jimmy Johnson won Superbowls, I'll default to his judgments, even if I disagree with them.

Secondly, we aren't talking about cutting players.

 

[Deep_South]

When one considers all of the dumb mistakes the Cowboys have made since RHG took over, there was nothing I could see about Murray's fumble that was notably bad enough to call for his benching. So, I'm thinking it may have the been due to the cumulative result of previous unacceptable play or behavior on the part of Demarco. I haven't heard of anything, though. I do think it is bad form to single out one player for benching.

 

[Gameover]

You're changing the whole thing around. No one is even talking about cutting players right now.

A double standard is a double standard, even if my double standard was more extreme. But Jimmy Johnson is celebrated for moves like this.

Is it wrong for a coach to send a message that turning the ball over is unacceptable? In context:The Cowboys were coming off a game the previous week where they had 6 turnovers. Murray fumbles second drive of the game in our territory, seems to me that is the perfect time to send that message:

"We are not going to be a team that turns the ball over"

 

[RoyTheHammer]

No HC is benching a starting QB you don't seem to get that. BP was hardnosed he would sit a player down but did not pull his QB even on a bad day and yet was considered to be a HC who held players accountable. Garrett is not doing anything different than any other HC. You do not bench a QB that easy no HC does.

BP never once in his coaching career pulled his QB for even a series or two?