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

[Doomsday101]

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.

Garrett has been more critical of players than he has before, I do see a change in him and I do see him being harder on players who make mistakes. But to claim that if he does not pull Romo after a mistake as not holding guys accoutable that is foolish and quit frankly stupid. QB is not like any other position, if a QB be it Dallas or any where else is having issue over a period of time then yes a HC will look to bench them but no HC benches willy nilly when it comes to the QB it is that simple

 

[tupperware]

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.

Pretty much. When did all this benching business start exactly, anyway?

Garrett talks a lot about holding everyone accountable, including the coaches.

What happened with him and the numerous timeout blunders and other mistakes he has made as a HC?

I'd hope he took the blame for that openly to the players in the locker room, but did he?

When he gets confronted about his own mistakes he usually passes the buck or rationalizes it in some way. I don't think I've ever heard him flat out say he's done something wrong. If he has, I'd be happy to see it and admit I'm wrong.

 

[Staubacher]

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

And no one including Romo fumbled in the last preseason game after a 6 turnover performance other than Murray. So you really keep speculating and calling something a double standard over absolutely nothing. Lol

 

[arglebargle]

Much ado about nothing.

Fails the real world test as well.

At least Murray is handling it gracefully.

 

[tupperware]

And no one including Romo fumbled in the last preseason game after a 6 turnover performance other than Murray. So you really keep speculating and calling something a double standard over absolutely nothing. Lol

But aren't we always hearing "It's just the preseason" when anyone is critical about anything on this team during preseason? If it's just preseason, why the need for a benching?

 

[FiveRings]

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

Ray, I have to disagree with your original point. I don't think you can hold a fumble and a interception equally. Unless Romo throws up a Sanchez-esque floater that's easy as pie for a DB, there are far more variables at play when you drop back to throw, than hit a hole. When you're running the ball you have one responsibility; hold onto it.

 

[Staubacher]

But aren't we always hearing "It's just the preseason" when anyone is critical about anything on this team during preseason? If it's just preseason, why the need for a benching?

Well Garrett felt the need. Murray ran like man possessed in the 3rd quarter and we won the turnover battle. End of story

 

[SDCowboy]

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.

The two PLAYERS are apples and oranges. One is the franchise QB. The other is one of several RBs in the rotation.

 

[Doomsday101]

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

No, he did pull Phil Simms and once Hos came in and Phil job was gone. In Dallas he was not pulling QB or benching them Bledsoe finally got pulled half way through the season but BP gave him every chance to remain the starting QB. QB are not being pulled that easy on any team. You would have to have an idiot HC for that to happen.

 

[CowboyStar88]

I think the reason why Romo wouldn't be benched is very simple. Jimmy Johnson use to have a set of different rules for his star players. Romo=star player Murray=average player. That's the difference. You won't see Romo, Witten, Dez, Ware benched because they are your star players and have a different set of rules.

 

[Gameover]

Now its "cut"?

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

???

Uday and Qusay own the Cowboys?

 

[Little Jr]

I can't believe people would actually try to make an arguement that benching murray and romo is the same thing. Smh

 

[SDCowboy]

I can't believe people would actually try to make an arguement that benching murray and romo is the same thing. Smh

Would you expect different here?

 

[Nav22]

And who asked Murray the silly Romo question?

Steve Dennis, of course. HACK.

 

[tupperware]

I can't believe people would actually try to make an arguement that benching murray and romo is the same thing. Smh

I think we all know it's a different thing. But it's hard to send messages of accountability to your players if you're not holding them all accountable.

 

[SDCowboy]

I think we all know it's a different thing. But it's hard to send messages of accountability to your players if you're not holding them all accountable.

So you think franchise QBs everywhere should be getting benched for INT's? That would lead to a lot of losses.

 

[Nav22]

I think we all know it's a different thing. But it's hard to send messages of accountability to your players if you're not holding them all accountable.

Accountability doesn't mean every player is treated the same.

Jimmy Johnson cut a backup RB once after fumbling twice in a row in a game. That obviously wouldn't have happened to Emmitt. Did you have a problem with that too?

 

[tupperware]

So you think franchise QBs everywhere should be getting benched for INT's? That would lead to a lot of losses.

No, but I also don't think DeMarco should have been benched for a single fumble in preseason either. It's just preseason, after all. Like I said before, when did this benching business start? This team has been sloppy for years. We're just now benching someone for making a mistake? Think of all the false start issues and other problems this team has had.

 

[tupperware]

Accountability doesn't mean every player is treated the same.

Jimmy Johnson cut a backup RB once after fumbling twice in a row in a game. That obviously wouldn't have happened to Emmitt. Did you have a problem with that too?

Why does everyone keep comparing entirely different situations to the one we have here right now?

1. Jimmy Johnson has some skins. I trust his judgment whether I agree with it or not. Garrett does not and has a history of poor decision making.
2. We're talking about temporarily benching players, not cutting them.
3. DeMarco Murray is not a backup RB who fumbled twice in the same game.

 

[Nightman]

It's not really a benching when he comes back and plays a lot the rest of the game. It was more of a "message" that seemed to hit it's mark. I'm sure Garrett wanted to get some extra looks at Tanner with the first team as well.

And all turnovers are not created equal. Fumbles is general are a lot worse than INTs. They usually happen at the line of scrimmage compared to INTs that are usually downfield. If it's 3rd and long and a QB tries to force a long throw into coverage, it can act like a punt. If he fumbles in the backfield or while preparing to throw, it can be disastrous. Murray's fumble was very deep in our own territory and I think that played a part in Garrett's anger.