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

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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.

Since pee wee football has always had "favoritism" a player that is heads and shoulders above his peers will be treated different than a ST gunner. That has been in football forever and will not go away. Ask Curvin Richards, or Sherman Williams. Ultimately it comes down to how much good faith you have in the bank with the coach. Murray has some but not a lot especially after a week where turnovers were the focus. During the 90's would you have been fine with benching Emmitt for a one of his 2-3 fumbles a year.
 

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Says the guy comparing benching a RB for an awful fumble vs benching the franchise QB. Those are also "entirely different situations".
Jimmy had NO skins on the wall as an NFL coach when he made that decision. It came during the '92 season.No, but he IS a starter who hasn't been all that productive lately. He burst onto the scene as a rookie and has been pretty average since then.

You mentioned "skins on the wall" when comparing Jimmy and Garrett. So now compare Murray's skins to Romo's.

Jimmy had skins. First off, the man has charisma and toughness. Dude walked in on day 1 and was the unquestioned coach. Secondly, some of the best players on the team had his back because a lot came from the "U" or grew up in the area.
 

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Even Peyton Manning has thrown stupid passes he should not have throw, hell Sean Lee picked him twice one on a pass that Peyton damn well knew he should not have thrown it is part of the position. However you can't play QB scared and when a QB gets benched again normally it is not to send a message it is because you feel another is more capable to do the job.

I would have benched Romo for a quarter or so at one point early last season.

At some point you have to send the message that you need to just slow it down and take what the D is giving you and not try to force so many in there.

If you're a QB in the NFL, especially a vet like Romo.. it shouldn't scare you at all. These guys are adults, they can get a message without being scared when they go back out there.

Do you think DeMarco is going to "run scared" now when the regular season starts? You think he's going to be more hesitent and just make sure he has two hands on the ball at all times more than he worries about exploding through the hole? No..

That's really off the topic.. but its run its course anyway.
 

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Huh?

He had a 4.1 ypc last year behind a rancid OL and doubled his TD production in less carries than his rookie year.

Then he got hurt. Again.

4.1 YPC is nothing to write home about. Compare that level of production to his rookie year. And his OL has sucked for virtually his entire NFL career.

Didn't mean to slam Murray... I like him overall. But comparing him to Romo simply because they're both starters is absurd. Romo's been a very good/great QB for 6.5 straight years. Murray's production has been average since his rookie year and he can't even stay on the field.
 

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Then he got hurt. Again.

4.1 YPC is nothing to write home about. Compare that level of production to his rookie year. And his OL has sucked for virtually his entire NFL career.

Didn't mean to slam Murray... I like him overall. But comparing him to Romo simply because they're both starters is absurd. Romo's been a very good/great QB for 6.5 straight years. Murray's production has been average since his rookie year.

You talked about production.. not injury history.

I was simply saying he was productive last year, as well. A 4.1 ypc behind that line last year is like a 5 ypc behind an average OL, lol. Take a look at our other RB's ypc last year.

..and again, doubled his TD production from his rookie year on less carries.

I don't think i was comparing him to Romo in the first place though. Just stating he was efficient last year, too. You say his production has been average since his rookie year, he's only played his rookie year and last year, lol. You make it seem like he's had 5 years of "average" production.. and his production last year was above average imo, anyway.
 

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Says the guy comparing benching a RB for an awful fumble vs benching the franchise QB. Those are also "entirely different situations".
Jimmy had NO skins on the wall as an NFL coach when he made that decision. It came during the '92 season.No, but he IS a starter who hasn't been all that productive lately. He burst onto the scene as a rookie and has been pretty average since then.

You mentioned "skins on the wall" when comparing Jimmy and Garrett. So now compare Murray's skins to Romo's.

You can say anything you want, but the fact is you're comparing this year's team to one that went on to win multiple Superbowls. Clearly, their recipes for success are working. This team has been coasting down the river of mediocrity for a long while now and I really don't care to get in to a discussion where we're comparing how Garrett handles his players vs Jimmy, when the only thing you'll do is whittle down every point I make until you're blue in the face.

I don't think DeMarco should have been benched for his mistake, period. If these messages are going to be sent like this, they should have started years ago. It amuses me that now all of a sudden he's benching a player for a mistake when I can think of so many errors this team and the players on it have made these past couple of years. The whole point I'm trying to make here is that the messages should apply more evenly, if you're going to make them in the first place. I never said Romo has done anything yet to deserve anything, but if he does, yes, he should be held accountable in a meaningful way. If it's not benching, it should be something. It clearly hasn't happened yet because he consistently makes the same bone headed errors every year.

And what skins does Romo have? If anything, the QB should be held to an even higher standard than the rest of the team since he's touching the ball on virtually every play.
 

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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 pre season is not the same as the season. Romo isn't going to play the next game. If Garrett had benched him after an INT in the PS though, I'd have applauded it same as I do how this was handled. Murray can say he highly doubts it, because once the season is here, that won't happen.
 

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You can say anything you want, but the fact is you're comparing this year's team to one that went on to win multiple Superbowls. Clearly, their recipes for success are working. This team has been coasting down the river of mediocrity for a long while now and I really don't care to get in to a discussion where we're comparing how Garrett handles his players vs Jimmy, when the only thing you'll do is whittle down every point I make until you're blue in the face.

I don't think DeMarco should have been benched for his mistake, period. If these messages are going to be sent like this, they should have started years ago. It amuses me that now all of a sudden he's benching a player for a mistake when I can think of so many errors this team and the players on it have made these past couple of years. The whole point I'm trying to make here is that the messages should apply more evenly, if you're going to make them in the first place. I never said Romo has done anything yet to deserve anything, but if he does, yes, he should be held accountable in a meaningful way. If it's not benching, it should be something. It clearly hasn't happened yet because he consistently makes the same bone headed errors every year.

And what skins does Romo have? If anything, the QB should be held to an even higher standard than the rest of the team since he's touching the ball on virtually every play.

What skins does Romo have compared to DEMARCO MURRAY??? Hahahahahaha

Yeah, I'm comparing a decision made on a team that eventually won Super Bowls to a decision made by this year's team that has yet to play a game. And you somehow have a problem with our coach making a decision that Jimmy may have made back in '92. Hilarious.

So because other players who made mistakes in the past weren't benched, that means Garrett should NEVER bench anyone ever? Or that means it's too late to institute a new method to cleaning up the mistakes? Whatever point you're trying to make seems quite off-base. Coaches evolve, teams evolve, and nothing MUST stay consistent year-after-year or even practice-after-practice.

Garrett started subbing out the entire OL in practice this season after presnap penalties. Last year, he would only sub out the guilty party. Did you have a problem with that too? He also changed shirts!
 

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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.

it wasn't just the fumble which is what I think you're focusing on..

it was the fumble AND his lack of awareness on that 3rd and i forget what yardage pass to him when he went out of bound instead of turning upfield and going past the sticks
 

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What skins does Romo have compared to DEMARCO MURRAY??? Hahahahahaha

Yeah, I'm comparing a decision made on a team that eventually won Super Bowls to a decision made by this year's team that has yet to play a game. And you somehow have a problem with our coach making a decision that Jimmy may have made back in '92. Hilarious.

So because other players who made mistakes in the past weren't benched, that means Garrett should NEVER bench anyone ever? Or that means it's too late to institute a new method to cleaning up the mistakes? Whatever point you're trying to make seems quite off-base. Coaches evolve, teams evolve, and nothing MUST stay consistent year-after-year or even practice-after-practice.

Garrett started subbing out the entire OL in practice this season after presnap penalties. Last year, he would only sub out the guilty party. Did you have a problem with that too? He also changed shirts!

Yeah, what skins? No one on this team has accomplished a thing yet.

I have a problem with the comparison because Garrett is not Jimmy. I deal with what this team is about and I don't assume that just because Garrett does something Jimmy does, it means it will work. Especially considering Garrett has made many poor decisions as a HC here.

I've no interest in continuing the discussion with you. I stand by what I said and I think it was ridiculous to single out DeMarco in this preseason game when we've seen mistakes all over the place for a few years now.
 

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Yeah, what skins? No one on this team has accomplished a thing yet.

I have a problem with the comparison because Garrett is not Jimmy. I deal with what this team is about and I don't assume that just because Garrett does something Jimmy does, it means it will work. Especially considering Garrett has made many poor decisions as a HC here.

I've no interest in continuing the discussion with you. I stand by what I said and I think it was ridiculous to single out DeMarco in this preseason game when we've seen mistakes all over the place for a few years now.

Well, here's what I propose. Bottle up some of your tears and ship them to DeMarco ASAP. He'll be a bit creeped out but he'll surely appreciate the gesture.
 

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Yeah, what skins? No one on this team has accomplished a thing yet.

I have a problem with the comparison because Garrett is not Jimmy. I deal with what this team is about and I don't assume that just because Garrett does something Jimmy does, it means it will work. Especially considering Garrett has made many poor decisions as a HC here.

I've no interest in continuing the discussion with you. I stand by what I said and I think it was ridiculous to single out DeMarco in this preseason game when we've seen mistakes all over the place for a few years now.

Every player in the NFL on just about every play makes a mistake, so you would bench all of them? smh
 

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Right, so if every player does it, why is DeMarco being singled out?

Just my opinion, but I think he was singled out to convey a message to not only him but the rest of the team, especially after just turning the ball over 6 times the previous game. And it seemed to work out.

But, jokers that say if Romo throws an INT he should be benched is just...lazy!
 

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Well, here's what I propose. Bottle up some of your tears and ship them to DeMarco ASAP. He'll be a bit creeped out but he'll surely appreciate the gesture.

I don't care about protecting DeMarco. What I do care about is not making an example out of a single player just because you think they'll take it better than anyone else will. Be fair about it.
 

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Just my opinion, but I think he was singled out to convey a message to not only him but the rest of the team, especially after just turning the ball 6 times the previous game. And it seemed to work out.

But, jokers that say if Romo throws an INT he should be benched is just...lazy!

I never said that. In fact, I don't think benching Romo would be smart, but the message does need to be clear and applied evenly. Though, if he has a stretch of bad games I wouldn't be at all opposed to him being benched for a quarter for it. Something needs to be done to get through to all of our players, not just the ones who are easy targets because "they can take it".
 

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I never said that. In fact, I don't think benching Romo would be smart, but the message does need to be clear and applied evenly. Though, if he has a stretch of bad games I wouldn't be at all opposed to him being benched for a quarter for it. Something needs to be done to get through to all of our players, not just the ones who are easy targets because "they can take it".

Romo has NEVER had a bad stretch of games in his career. And if you think the players on the Cowboys did not notice that Murray got benched, then I don't know what to tell you.
 

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I bet Romo would never be benched for his plethora of ints. Garrett is such a dumb coach. This is how you lose locker rooms.
 
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