Man, I hope that the team isn't distracted by all this BS, we have a game to win on Sunday.
Man, I hope that the team isn't distracted by all this BS, we have a game to win on Sunday.
Question: Steve Dennis just said on the radio that if you were in Jason Garrett's shoes, Greg Hardy WOULD be on your team. Please tell me he's not right.
Babe Laufenberg: Obviously didn't hear that, so can't verify the authenticity of that statement. One thing I have heard is that Jimmy Johnson or Bill Parcells would have never allowed the Hardy sideline outburst to go unpunished. That would be revisionist history. I was with the Cowboys in training camp in Thousand Oaks in 1989. After practice ended, Michael Irvin got into a heated exchange that clearly bordered on insubordination with our special teams coach, Alan Lowry. It was the first time in my seven years in the NFL I had seen a player verbally go after a coach. Jimmy came over and calmed Michael down, and I thought Jimmy was going to get all over Michael. He didn't. Effectively sided with Michael. What that told me was that Jimmy believed he needed Michael more than he needed Alan Lowry. So there you go.
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Irvin stabbed a teammate with Scissors.....I wonder if all these Hardy Haters were hating on Irvin back then.
Irvin got a pass because of all the winning. If we were dominating right now, you wouldn't hear much about Hardy.Actually, they were. But because the incident was kept sort of hush, hush and because we didn't have social media back then, it didn't make the news the Hardy situation did.
It's hard to compare eras because of different variables (such as social media). But I think if an Irvin incident occurred in today's world, it would have generated as much buzz.
Irvin got a pass because of all the winning. If we were dominating right now, you wouldn't hear much about Hardy.
And this is the reality of the matter. The difference with Jimmy compared to other coaches is he didn't try to spin the situation. He came out and said some players get preferential treatment compared to others because of their star power. Just come out and say it and stop trying to fool everyone like you're trying to be fair.
That's why it's amusing to read fans try to defend Hardy when if he were with any other team, they'd likely be criticizing him the same way. A great number of our fans support Hardy because he's a Cowboys and he's a blue-chip player. They refuse to pay attention to the patterns he himself has established in his life to bring about criticism from others.
I respect more those fans who say, "Yeah, I know he's got issues, but I support him because he can sack the quarterback consistently."
That was Jimmy's approach. And despite what I think about his approach and the deeper significance of his stance, at least he's being honest.
Irvin got a pass because of all the winning. If we were dominating right now, you wouldn't hear much about Hardy.