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Wade Phillips points finger for special teams problems at players
2:44 PM Mon, Oct 13, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Tim MacMahon E-mail News tips
Don't expect Wade Phillips to hop on the Fire Bruce Read bandwagon that some Cowboys fans are driving.
Phillips acknowledges that the Cowboys' special teams were atrocious in the Sunday's loss to the Cardinals, which opened with a kickoff return for a TD and closed with a blocked punt for a TD. But he blamed the players, not special teams coach Bruce Read.
Phillips, as usual, didn't call out players by name. But he mentioned that the Cowboys altered their practice schedule last week to focus more on special teams, and the execution was still awful.
His take on the kickoff return: "The week before we had problems because the outside guy didn't crease inside. He creased inside like he was supposed to, but we didn't fill outside like we were supposed to, like we worked on every damn play in practice we worked on that and it didn't happen, so we have to get that done."
His take on the punt block: "The punt block was just inexplicable to me. I mean, you always block the same guy every time, and don't even touch him, so. There is basically no way you can block our punt with the get off time that we have if you just get in the way of anybody. The guy that picked up the ball that scored the touchdown, we jammed him a little bit and he had no chance of blocking the punt. The guy that blocked it went straight to the punter without being touched. That can't happen, but it did, so. It's very disappointing. When you have the same blocking rules every single play and you have that guy every play and he runs in there and blocks it, it's disappointing."
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2:44 PM Mon, Oct 13, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Tim MacMahon E-mail News tips
Don't expect Wade Phillips to hop on the Fire Bruce Read bandwagon that some Cowboys fans are driving.
Phillips acknowledges that the Cowboys' special teams were atrocious in the Sunday's loss to the Cardinals, which opened with a kickoff return for a TD and closed with a blocked punt for a TD. But he blamed the players, not special teams coach Bruce Read.
Phillips, as usual, didn't call out players by name. But he mentioned that the Cowboys altered their practice schedule last week to focus more on special teams, and the execution was still awful.
His take on the kickoff return: "The week before we had problems because the outside guy didn't crease inside. He creased inside like he was supposed to, but we didn't fill outside like we were supposed to, like we worked on every damn play in practice we worked on that and it didn't happen, so we have to get that done."
His take on the punt block: "The punt block was just inexplicable to me. I mean, you always block the same guy every time, and don't even touch him, so. There is basically no way you can block our punt with the get off time that we have if you just get in the way of anybody. The guy that picked up the ball that scored the touchdown, we jammed him a little bit and he had no chance of blocking the punt. The guy that blocked it went straight to the punter without being touched. That can't happen, but it did, so. It's very disappointing. When you have the same blocking rules every single play and you have that guy every play and he runs in there and blocks it, it's disappointing."
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M every night until they get better? Maybe players who are screwing up need to be pointed out to their teammates and called out for it. Maybe somebody needs to be embarrassed. Maybe if they have to stay later than they want, some of the players might start coming down on the malingerers.
