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November 15, 2007
Burnett responds
Today, Kevin Burnett got wind of a $5,000 fine for the incident surrounding his taunting penalty incurred Sunday, called as the linebacker stood over Brandon Jacobs after tackling him. And while Burnett didn't absolve himself of blame, he did say that he thought the calls on such things weren't exactly even Sunday.
"I’d just say if you’re going call, call it fair," Burnett said. "You got guys jawing at the ref, and they don’t get a penalty. Call it both ways. I got my penalty, no excuse, I shouldn’t have got it. Nothing I can do there, but if I could take it back, would I? Yeah. You can’t hurt your team, you can’t put your team in a bad position and that’s what I did."
The subject was brought to Wade Phillips' attention after the press conference today and -- if anyone was drawing lines in the sand -- the coach was in his player's camp.
He pointed out that Giants CB Sam Madison was chirping at WR Terrell Owens without the refs taking action, and that the Cowboys' 56 penalties drawn is just more than the number of their opponents' combined -- 50. But he said all this the day after making the players sign a pledge to improve in that area, and his defense of the players wasn't all-encompassing.
He knows they haven't always been on the right side, and he knows some of the actions of his players were needless.
"I want their word that they’re going to try to do the right thing, that’s my feeling," Phillips said of the pledge the players made. "It may be silly. It may be whatever, but I was serious about it and I think I feel like I needed to do something they’re going to respond to. And everybody saw that it cost us points."
The coach added that there's a certain professional manner in which he'd like his players to carry themselves, and that played into the pledge as well.
And he realizes too, that the buck stops with him. The positive thing, he thinks, is that the team has found a way to overcome such misgivings.
"I was disappointed in myself and Kevin was disappointed," Phillips said. "We made mistakes and sometimes they cost us. The good thing about our team, we made mistakes and not just penalties, but we made mistakes but we’ve overcome everything. That’s part of our philosophy. Whatever the mistakes we make, we have to overcome it. You’re gonna miss assignments, we’re gonna try to cut down on all those things and that gives you a better chance.
"But if your team believes that you’re gonna overcome whatever things happen, if you get an interference call that isn’t interference or a holding call that isn’t holding, you still have to play."
Posted by Albert Breer http://www.***BANNED-URL***/sharedcontent/dws/img/standing/icons/email.gif at 5:16 PM (E-mail this entry)
Burnett responds
Today, Kevin Burnett got wind of a $5,000 fine for the incident surrounding his taunting penalty incurred Sunday, called as the linebacker stood over Brandon Jacobs after tackling him. And while Burnett didn't absolve himself of blame, he did say that he thought the calls on such things weren't exactly even Sunday.
"I’d just say if you’re going call, call it fair," Burnett said. "You got guys jawing at the ref, and they don’t get a penalty. Call it both ways. I got my penalty, no excuse, I shouldn’t have got it. Nothing I can do there, but if I could take it back, would I? Yeah. You can’t hurt your team, you can’t put your team in a bad position and that’s what I did."
The subject was brought to Wade Phillips' attention after the press conference today and -- if anyone was drawing lines in the sand -- the coach was in his player's camp.
He pointed out that Giants CB Sam Madison was chirping at WR Terrell Owens without the refs taking action, and that the Cowboys' 56 penalties drawn is just more than the number of their opponents' combined -- 50. But he said all this the day after making the players sign a pledge to improve in that area, and his defense of the players wasn't all-encompassing.
He knows they haven't always been on the right side, and he knows some of the actions of his players were needless.
"I want their word that they’re going to try to do the right thing, that’s my feeling," Phillips said of the pledge the players made. "It may be silly. It may be whatever, but I was serious about it and I think I feel like I needed to do something they’re going to respond to. And everybody saw that it cost us points."
The coach added that there's a certain professional manner in which he'd like his players to carry themselves, and that played into the pledge as well.
And he realizes too, that the buck stops with him. The positive thing, he thinks, is that the team has found a way to overcome such misgivings.
"I was disappointed in myself and Kevin was disappointed," Phillips said. "We made mistakes and sometimes they cost us. The good thing about our team, we made mistakes and not just penalties, but we made mistakes but we’ve overcome everything. That’s part of our philosophy. Whatever the mistakes we make, we have to overcome it. You’re gonna miss assignments, we’re gonna try to cut down on all those things and that gives you a better chance.
"But if your team believes that you’re gonna overcome whatever things happen, if you get an interference call that isn’t interference or a holding call that isn’t holding, you still have to play."
Posted by Albert Breer http://www.***BANNED-URL***/sharedcontent/dws/img/standing/icons/email.gif at 5:16 PM (E-mail this entry)
