DMN Blog: Tony Romo believes Jason Garrett will be better this season

[WoodysGirl]

10:14 AM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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Tony Romo's infamous press conference after the Philly Flop will be forever remembered for his philosophical take on life and losing. That overshadowed his statement that the Eagles "exposed" the Cowboys' offensive scheme.

Nevertheless, when a franchise quarterback essentially calls out the league's highest-paid assistant coach, that's a pretty significant development.

But Romo believes in Jason Garrett. At least that's what Romo said while chatting with reporters at Standridge Stadium yesterday.

Romo gave an example of how he looked at himself honestly and critically this off-season and tried to improve. He said Garrett has done the same thing.

"That's what makes him a really good coordinator and that's what's going to make him really successful in this league," Romo said. "He looks at himself the same exact way. I'm not saying that he did anything wrong. He's just saying, `How can I keep improving?'"

The offense's work during off-season practices open to the media wasn't always pretty. That's in part because they were experimenting with a lot of new wrinkles, some of which will be scrapped before training camp, some of which Romo can't wait to see in the regular season.

"We tried a lot of different things and we're pretty excited about a lot of new stuff that we're doing," Romo said. "I give credit to the offensive staff and to Jason for coming up with some really, really great ideas."


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[Idgit]

10:14 AM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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Tony Romo's infamous press conference after the Philly Flop will be forever remembered for his philosophical take on life and losing. That overshadowed his statement that the Eagles "exposed" the Cowboys' offensive scheme.

Nevertheless, when a franchise quarterback essentially calls out the league's highest-paid assistant coach, that's a pretty significant development.

But Romo believes in Jason Garrett. At least that's what Romo said while chatting with reporters at Standridge Stadium yesterday.

Romo gave an example of how he looked at himself honestly and critically this off-season and tried to improve. He said Garrett has done the same thing.

"That's what makes him a really good coordinator and that's what's going to make him really successful in this league," Romo said. "He looks at himself the same exact way. I'm not saying that he did anything wrong. He's just saying, `How can I keep improving?'"

The offense's work during off-season practices open to the media wasn't always pretty. That's in part because they were experimenting with a lot of new wrinkles, some of which will be scrapped before training camp, some of which Romo can't wait to see in the regular season.

"We tried a lot of different things and we're pretty excited about a lot of new stuff that we're doing," Romo said. "I give credit to the offensive staff and to Jason for coming up with some really, really great ideas."


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It's interesting to listen to Tony's conferences these days. He talks about the offensive changes that have been put in just as if he were a coach. 'We did this because we wanted to see...'

I'll have a hard time conveying this point, b/c QBs talk this way all the time, but his language makes it clear he had philosophical input in the design of the offense. He even slips at one point when he's talking about which players need to know the offense best, citing TEs right behind C, and then throwing in QB as an obvious afterthought.

Tony's a guy who clearly believes that your perspective makes you successful. And I've noticed from previous interviews that he's trained himself to believe things that he thinks will make him better. In the offseason, he's shifted his perspective and thinks of himself as, literally, a representative of the coaching staff on the field.

Love Tony Romo. Not the biggest fan of his style of play, but love the way he thinks and his approach to the game philosophically.

 

[zrinkill]

It's interesting to listen to Tony's conferences these days. He talks about the offensive changes that have been put in just as if he were a coach. 'We did this because we wanted to see...'

I'll have a hard time conveying this point, b/c QBs talk this way all the time, but his language makes it clear he had philosophical input in the design of the offense. He even slips at one point when he's talking about which players need to know the offense best, citing TEs right behind C, and then throwing in QB as an obvious afterthought.

Tony's a guy who clearly believes that your perspective makes you successful. And I've noticed from previous interviews that he's trained himself to believe things that he thinks will make him better. In the offseason, he's shifted his perspective and thinks of himself as, literally, a representative of the coaching staff on the field.

Love Tony Romo. Not the biggest fan of his style of play, but love the way he thinks and his approach to the game philosophically.

That is a very good point.

 

[Idgit]

That is a very good point.

I'm not saying it well, but especially in yesterday's long conference, it kept occurring to me how much ownership he was taking of the offense.

I've been watching his mannerisms b/c he's clearly not the happy-go-lucky guy he was in '07 and I was looking for clues that he wasn't damaged by the offseason or by all the nonsensical fairy tales that the Dallas press circulates and the fans chase like dogs after a fake-thrown tennis ball. I think what we're seeing is a good sign, but I can't wait for the regular season to start to be sure.

 

[Stash]

I'm not saying it well, but especially in yesterday's long conference, it kept occurring to me how much ownership he was taking of the offense.

I've been watching his mannerisms b/c he's clearly not the happy-go-lucky guy he was in '07 and I was looking for clues that he wasn't damaged by the offseason or by all the nonsensical fairy tales that the Dallas press circulates and the fans chase like dogs after a fake-thrown tennis ball. I think what we're seeing is a good sign, but I can't wait for the regular season to start to be sure.

I certainly hope you're right.

My one criticism of Romo is that I felt that he didn't do enough in a leadership role. Hopefully he realizes that and is taking steps to correct it.

That said, I'd like to hear about these new offensive wrinkles giving the defense fits instead of the other way around all the time.

 

[Idgit]

I certainly hope you're right.

My one criticism of Romo is that I felt that he didn't do enough in a leadership role. Hopefully he realizes that and is taking steps to correct it.

That said, I'd like to hear about these new offensive wrinkles giving the defense fits instead of the other way around all the time.

I do understand what people say about Romo and leadership last season. I give him a pass under the circumstances b/c TO really is a difficult person to play with. No idea whether or not he'll be successful, but it does seem like he's programming himself to improve in that area.

That won't matter, either, if we don't execute better against good teams than we did last year.

 

[Stash]

I do understand what people say about Romo and leadership last season. I give him a pass under the circumstances b/c TO really is a difficult person to play with. No idea whether or not he'll be successful, but it does seem like he's programming himself to improve in that area.

That won't matter, either, if we don't execute better against good teams than we did last year.

I'm hopeful that Owens' absence in the locker room allows Romo to asset himself more and that he steps into that role.

So far, so good.

But I hope that improvement is enough to outweigh Owen's loss on the field.

That, like a lot of things, remains to be seen.

Now is the time of year for positive reports and optimism.

 

[Hostile]

Danger Will Robinson...Danger!

 

[Idgit]

I'm hopeful that Owens' absence in the locker room allows Romo to asset himself more and that he steps into that role.

So far, so good.

But I hope that improvement is enough to outweigh Owen's loss on the field.

That, like a lot of things, remains to be seen.

Now is the time of year for positive reports and optimism.

Yep. When you get raving about how much Patrick Crayton has improved, you know it's late June.

I *think* getting Felix Jones back will offset losing TOs big play capability. I *think* improved two TE sets will help with play calling. And I *think* RW gives us a credible WR corps. But who knows?

I'm a lot more confident that we improved our special teams and that our defense will be really good. (On that note, it was interesting to hear RW comments yesterday about how good our defense is going to be. Still feel-good stuff, but at least he clearly believes it).

 

[DallasEast]

This thread is virtually meaningless without a khiladi post or two...

 

[jswalker1981]

I think we'll see Romo progressively grow as a leader through the preseason and then the regular season. When he took over as a starter, there weren't many egos that could outrank the starting qb....except for Owens. And I think that Romo didn't take a more vocal leadership role because he knows that if he at anytime called out Owens, Owens would just chuck him under the bus. So now that Owens is gone, I think we'll start to see him grow into the leader we have all been begging for. The farther we get away from the Owens era, the easier it is for Romo to be a leader without the threat of the media jumping to a McNabb vs Owens type fiasco in regards to Romo and Owens. That, along with being able to throw to the open WR instead of just Owens, is what makes this team/offense Romo-friendly.

 

[sonnyboy]

Not looking to turn this into a "he who will not be named thread" but there is one positive comparitive in football history.

And it fits here with all this talk of Romo assuming more of a leadership role and having a hand in offensive philosophy.

Not sure of the exact season but Farve's game and the Packers offense really took off the after Sterling Sharpe's career was cut short.

If you guys remember, Sharpe was a real superstar player for the Pack. But he was an ***. Very much like that other guy we won't name.
It was said that he was controlling and demanded the ball. Because he was older than Farve, some felt his prescence was a stiffling factor.

This was the very definition of addition by subtraction.

 

[BrassCowboy]

I'm not saying it well, but especially in yesterday's long conference, it kept occurring to me how much ownership he was taking of the offense.

I've been watching his mannerisms b/c he's clearly not the happy-go-lucky guy he was in '07 and I was looking for clues that he wasn't damaged by the offseason or by all the nonsensical fairy tales that the Dallas press circulates and the fans chase like dogs after a fake-thrown tennis ball. I think what we're seeing is a good sign, but I can't wait for the regular season to start to be sure.

It is nice to see Romo take more ownership of the offense, and I think the "person" being gone helps that. One thing, and reason for highlight of part of your post, is that I hope you mean happy go lucky as equaling carelessness because for me, paid or not, if the game was no longer fun to play, that would be my queue to hang it up and retire.
I do believe it is one thing that keeps Romo thriving, but I am afraid we will regret the day he stops wearing his hat on backwards, jumping excitedly after every td, and stops pissing off the media because he is not the stiff they would like him to be.

 

[dadymat]

This thread is virtually meaningless without a khiladi post or two...

 

[Idgit]

It is nice to see Romo take more ownership of the offense, and I think the "person" being gone helps that. One thing, and reason for highlight of part of your post, is that I hope you mean happy go lucky as equaling carelessness because for me, paid or not, if the game was no longer fun to play, that would be my queue to hang it up and retire.
I do believe it is one thing that keeps Romo thriving, but I am afraid we will regret the day he stops wearing his hat on backwards, jumping excitedly after every td, and stops pissing off the media because he is not the stiff they would like him to be.

Well, by happy-go-lucky I meant he clearly wasn't having as much fun last year, and I was watching his mannerisms to see if that part of his game had gone away because I was concerned about exactly what you are talking about.

Trying to breakdown where he's at from that little clip is pointless, but he appears, at least to be more guarded in what he says, more focussed on filling that leadership role, and he at least made a couple of attempts at humor. I think he's in a good place, but I'd feel better, too, the first time I see him really having fun on the field again.

Tony's tough mentally, and I think he's in for a hell of a season. Maybe not one where he's pushing Manning or Brady for the passing TD lead, but he won't be far behind, and he's going to be playing smart football.

 

[Chief]

IMO, the key to this season is Garrett. I'm hopeful and somewhat confident that we'll see a more efficient offense, a more balanced offense and a smarter Romo in 2009.

Getting Owens out of there is helping make all this possible. They don't have anyone they feel they have to appease. Just do what works and what's effective.

I like it.

 

[Apollo Creed]

As Parcells used to say, I think Romo officially 'gets it' now.

Not that he wasn't a great player before but I think he's much more dedicated and understands how to control perception much better. This last season hurt him a lot, physically and mentally. He proved to his teammates that he could play through injuries and still give them a chance to win down the stretch. Now he needs to prove that this is his team. Stephen Jones gave him that opportunity this offseason. I predict his best season to date and a much more fluid, sharp, and in-rythem offense.

If you think about the cricism of all our players since we last won a playoff game - Tony Romo's is the most unjust.

Intelligent football fans understand that when Romo is protected, he shatters records, carries us to the playoffs, and always puts us in a position to win at the end (not a bad quality IMO). Stupid ones think he is a turnover machine that can't win down the stretch and doesn't care about football.

 

[landryscorner]

Garrett getting owned by awesome defensive cordinators is nothing new, yah he cordinated well against meager opponents but when he faced the best of the best...it was CHECKMATE and game over, yah Tony I hope your right.