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No r-e-s-p-e-c-t for Wade the p-u-p-p-e-t
12:01 AM Thu, Jan 01, 2009 | Permalink
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The Cowboys may be dead -- buried by the Eagles -- but that doesn't mean the national media is finished with them.
Showtime's Inside the NFL got the last word of 2008 on Wednesday night.
Here's Phil Simms on the fourth-and-inches, punt-or-go-for-it decision against the Eagles:
"It doesn't look good for Wade Phillips because you are undermining the coach...I did that once in a game with the Giants with Bill Parcells, and I'll never forget it. You always have to know who you are as a player. Don't cross the line because you are the player and he is the coach...never think you are part of the process, when you do that as a player you get big troubles."
And here's Cris Collinsworth on the same topic:
"For Wade Phillips this was so indicative -- from the outside looking in -- to what the perception was of this organization. That is really Jerry Jones' team. If he wants Roy Williams he goes out and gets him, if he wants "Pacman" Jones he goes and gets him.
"The players as they sit there and watch Wade Phillips mouth the words -- whatever it is that he is saying -- they are really thinking, 'well what does Jerry think. It doesn't matter what Wade Phillips thinks.' And you can not win, you can not win.
"Think about when the Cowboys were good, they had Bill Parcells, they had Jerry Jones, they had Jimmy Johnson, and that combination of things, it worked. Because those two strong head coaches where strong enough to push Jerry to where he should be, in the owners box and not under control."
Note: This is the first post on this blog that was begun one year and finished the next.
That's it for 2008. Happy New Year.
http://sportsmediablog.***BANNED-URL***/archives/2009/01/no-r-e-s-p-e-c-t-for-w-a-d-e-t.html
12:01 AM Thu, Jan 01, 2009 | Permalink
Barry Horn E-mail News tips
The Cowboys may be dead -- buried by the Eagles -- but that doesn't mean the national media is finished with them.
Showtime's Inside the NFL got the last word of 2008 on Wednesday night.
Here's Phil Simms on the fourth-and-inches, punt-or-go-for-it decision against the Eagles:
"It doesn't look good for Wade Phillips because you are undermining the coach...I did that once in a game with the Giants with Bill Parcells, and I'll never forget it. You always have to know who you are as a player. Don't cross the line because you are the player and he is the coach...never think you are part of the process, when you do that as a player you get big troubles."
And here's Cris Collinsworth on the same topic:
"For Wade Phillips this was so indicative -- from the outside looking in -- to what the perception was of this organization. That is really Jerry Jones' team. If he wants Roy Williams he goes out and gets him, if he wants "Pacman" Jones he goes and gets him.
"The players as they sit there and watch Wade Phillips mouth the words -- whatever it is that he is saying -- they are really thinking, 'well what does Jerry think. It doesn't matter what Wade Phillips thinks.' And you can not win, you can not win.
"Think about when the Cowboys were good, they had Bill Parcells, they had Jerry Jones, they had Jimmy Johnson, and that combination of things, it worked. Because those two strong head coaches where strong enough to push Jerry to where he should be, in the owners box and not under control."
Note: This is the first post on this blog that was begun one year and finished the next.
That's it for 2008. Happy New Year.
http://sportsmediablog.***BANNED-URL***/archives/2009/01/no-r-e-s-p-e-c-t-for-w-a-d-e-t.html
