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4:07 PM Sun, Oct 19, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Tim MacMahon E-mail News tips
Jerry Jones isn't getting itchy with his trigger finger when it comes to his head coach despite three losses in four games. Jerry made that clear in a somber Cowboys locker room, even managing to make a joke about canning coaches after Super Bowl wins.
"I think there can be a change in effort, intensity, those kind of things on each individual basis," Jerry said after the 34-14 loss to the Rams. "But I'm not talking about the kind of change with coach or coaches or philosophy or some of the stuff we're doing scheme-wise generally.
"But it certainly for me sobers me up more than at any point this year about the job we've got to do to get a good team, hopefully a healthier team, to get in the position where we can compete at the end of the year. This is not the same feeling that I had with our other two losses."
Phillips didn't try to pump any sunshine about winning the fourth quarter, and he didn't make any whiny excuses. He accurately called this the Cowboys' worst performance of his tenure.
"There certainly aren't any positives right now," Phillips said. "I think the only positive is that we've got nine more games to get it turned around. We certainly didn't look like the kind of team that's going to get it turned around today."
There will be fans who want a knee-jerk firing, even though Jason Garrett hasn't exactly done anything recently to indicate that the Cowboys would be better off as the interim coach. Jerry doesn't have the desire to make such a drastic move, much less the energy.
"I've had all the fire knocked out of my butt tonight," Jerry said. "That doesn't mean it's gone for good."
Wade will be the coach next week. That doesn't mean he's at the helm for good.
Tim MacMahon E-mail News tips
Jerry Jones isn't getting itchy with his trigger finger when it comes to his head coach despite three losses in four games. Jerry made that clear in a somber Cowboys locker room, even managing to make a joke about canning coaches after Super Bowl wins.
"I think there can be a change in effort, intensity, those kind of things on each individual basis," Jerry said after the 34-14 loss to the Rams. "But I'm not talking about the kind of change with coach or coaches or philosophy or some of the stuff we're doing scheme-wise generally.
"But it certainly for me sobers me up more than at any point this year about the job we've got to do to get a good team, hopefully a healthier team, to get in the position where we can compete at the end of the year. This is not the same feeling that I had with our other two losses."
Phillips didn't try to pump any sunshine about winning the fourth quarter, and he didn't make any whiny excuses. He accurately called this the Cowboys' worst performance of his tenure.
"There certainly aren't any positives right now," Phillips said. "I think the only positive is that we've got nine more games to get it turned around. We certainly didn't look like the kind of team that's going to get it turned around today."
There will be fans who want a knee-jerk firing, even though Jason Garrett hasn't exactly done anything recently to indicate that the Cowboys would be better off as the interim coach. Jerry doesn't have the desire to make such a drastic move, much less the energy.
"I've had all the fire knocked out of my butt tonight," Jerry said. "That doesn't mean it's gone for good."
Wade will be the coach next week. That doesn't mean he's at the helm for good.
