DMN: Showtime: Don't publicly point fingers at Tony Romo

[Gemini Dolly]

http://sportsmediablog.dallasnews.co...y-point-f.html
Showtime: Don't publicly point fingers at Tony Romo
Barry Horn/Reporter

You just knew the boys at Showtime's Inside the NFL would get around to dissecting the Cowboys on Wednesday night. It seems Phil Simms and Cris Collinsworth don't think Tony Romo is getting enough support from Wade Phillips, Jason Garrett, Jerry Jones, et al. In fact, they believe there are too many negative vibes coming out of Valley Ranch.

Insider Michael Lombardi claimed: "In talking to the people in the (Cowboys) organization, they are losing a little confidence in Tony Romo. Tony Romo is not doing the things they wanted him to. He is not winning games down the stretch, as he has done in the past. They are disappointed in his play. And certainly with TO gone now, there are no more excuses. Tony Romo now is the guy that the bullet in on."

Simms, CBS' lead analyst, and Collinsworth, NBC's top dog, think that's crappy of folks in the organization to be saying those kind of things behind Romo's back. They believe that a team always has got to rally around its No. 1 QB and especially in these tough times.
Simms, who as we all know is a former QB: "...If he is the guy, even if he is not playing well, lie. Protect him. Protect the perception to the rest of the team. When you put the blame on him you don't want to do that. You undermine all his credibility, his ability to really lead the team. It happens al the time. Franchise quarterbacks who don't play well, the teams say, 'well the whole team has to pick it up,' they don't single him out..."

Collinsworth, who was a wide receiver in his playing days: "Is there an organization in football that (is the subject of) more rumors and this stuff gets out (about) than the Dallas Cowboys? It seems like all the time you are hearing, oh they really don't like him...Every team has some stuff going on, but it's a team. You are supposed to rally around the guy, especially the quarterback. If you are not protecting your quarterback off the field with the media, in the newspaper, you have no chance."

 

[Boyzmamacita]

The ghosts of unnamed sources past, present and future. Will it ever end?

 

[TheDude]

I have never understood why there is not more backlash against the people in the org who run around and feed innuendo to the media.

 

[bbgun]

Insider Michael Lombardi claimed: "In talking to the people in the (Cowboys) organization, they are losing a little confidence in Tony Romo."

Who? Jerry? Don't make me laugh. He's loyal to a fault, which is one of his biggest shortcomings. Wade or Jason? Big deal. Both men have one foot out the door as it is. The unintended consequence of making the team "Romo friendly" is that it made Tony look psychologically weak (i.e. couldn't co-exist with TO). Who knows? Maybe he is.

 

[peplaw06]

And this bombshell is unleashed on Showtime?? Credibility, we hardly knew ye.

 

[Gemini Dolly]

Man, I hope Romo is able to pull through. Things could not be any worse for him at the moment. Im this close to thinking he needs to visit a curandera or something. lol.

 

[NextGenBoys]

Man, I hope Romo is able to pull through. Things could not be any worse for him at the moment. Im this close to thinking he needs to visit a curandera or something. lol.

You kidding me? We're 2-0 with both losses coming to undefeated teams.

Imagine if we were 1-3 and lost to the Bucs and Romo doesnt light them up.

 

[Mash]

Its funny.....I never heard Wade or any other coaches throw Romo under the bus......In fact.....it could be said that everything the team has done since the loss to Philly was to help Romo and give him more confidence.

We went out and spent draft picks to get Tony a supposed number one receiver....

We got rid of the supposed cancers in the locker room...

We are trying to make this team more of a smash mouth running team that helps a QB....

We even tried to implement a two TE formation that helps the QB with protection and more options in the passing game....

What hasnt stopped is the media making up stories or blowing up others just to cause a stir in Dallas and increase their ratings....

Now the media comes out and says.....there isnt enough support for Romo?

That being said........the mediots will never change and being the QB with the Dallas Cowboys you have to be able to accept that....this is what happens when your under the spotlight....and you have to deal with it accordingly....

Is Romo mentally tought to handle this?
Will he grab the bull by the horns and lead this team and offense to better results?

We will find out soon enough.......I guess....

 

[dcfanatic]

Who? Jerry? Don't make me laugh. He's loyal to a fault, which is one of his biggest shortcomings. Wade or Jason? Big deal. Both men have one foot out the door as it is. The unintended consequence of making the team "Romo friendly" is that it made Tony look psychologically weak (i.e. couldn't co-exist with TO). Who knows? Maybe he is.

The only guy I would worry about is Stephen.

He seems to have Jerry's ear these days.

 

[Frosty]

Either there is serious problems within the Cowboys organization or this blog is total crap.....I tend to believe this story is crap....

Romo is the only hope for this team to succeed in the next three to five years... its time to live and suffer with him....the first step has to be taken from the GM......Jerry Jones needs to understand he is part of the problem and accept responsibiltiy for not bringing a playoff victory to this franchise for 12 years....


Romo is a player the problems are internal to the Franchise...just look at the Bengals History for examples,,,,,,spitting images of the Dallas Cowboys...

 

[Hypnotoad]

I pay attention to quite a few teams, and the stuff that goes on with other teams is usually equally if not more controversial than the stuff that goes on here. It just doesn't get as much attention.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Simms, who as we all know is a former QB

Collinsworth, who was a wide receiver in his playing days

Thanks for straightening that out.

 

[CutMeMick]

As Troy has said about Romo; " I don't think he fully realized what it meant to be QB of the Dallas Cowboys".
What Romo is going through should come as no surprise to anyone, least of all to himself.
Lest we forget, in NYC Eli was getting skewered by EVERYONE until he started winning meaningful games. Yes, it may have been the defense, or running game, or "luck", whatever- but the QB gets all the credit &/or the blame for how a team performs.
If Romo is too fragile to handle the heat of being the Boyz' QB, then he needs to step aside & we can draft someone else.

Suck it up, or give it up.....pick one!

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Well Romo's certainly lost his luster... I don't think it will ever be regained either. People now see it wasn't T.O.

 

[AMERICAS_FAN]

Who within the organization is criticising Tony Romo? Defensive players are talking about the defense only. Crayton was the only vocal offensive player and he had Tony's back. Jerry Jones spoke out and he said that the season is still early and that he likes the makeup f the team, especially the QB. And most recenty Phillips came out saying "Tony will be fine" and "we'll bounce back" in response to media criticisn. If anyone has been critical of Tony Romo it's fans and the media who are NOT part of the organization. So this rumor that Cowboy Insiders are losing confidence in Romo is completely false and baseless, and it really only comes down to Collinsworth and Simms spewing crap out of their collective arses, after probalby listening to their cowboy-hating "sources", who also happen to NOT be part of the organization.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Its funny.....I never heard Wade or any other coaches throw Romo under the bus......In fact.....it could be said that everything the team has done since the loss to Philly was to help Romo and give him more confidence.

We went out and spent draft picks to get Tony a supposed number one receiver....

We got rid of the supposed cancers in the locker room...

We are trying to make this team more of a smash mouth running team that helps a QB....

We even tried to implement a two TE formation that helps the QB with protection and more options in the passing game....

What hasnt stopped is the media making up stories or blowing up others just to cause a stir in Dallas and increase their ratings....

Now the media comes out and says.....there isnt enough support for Romo?

That being said........the mediots will never change and being the QB with the Dallas Cowboys you have to be able to accept that....this is what happens when your under the spotlight....and you have to deal with it accordingly....

Is Romo mentally tought to handle this?
Will he grab the bull by the horns and lead this team and offense to better results?

We will find out soon enough.......I guess....

Thank you.

It's funny, we have threads started because people are angry that the coach doesn't call out the QB enough in press conferences ("all is well", blah blah blah)... Now he's not supporting him enough.

I think this entire story is a crock anyway. Who wouldn't believe in Tony after a couple of bad games? Maybe fans would, but the actual football people are smarter than that.

 

[theebs]

Thank you. It's funny, we have threads started because people are angry that the coach doesn't call out the QB enough in press conferences ("all is well", blah blah blah)... Now he's not supporting him enough.

I think this entire story is a crock.

I havent payed attention to anything today until now. What in the hell is this about?

Lombardi didnt say anything about this to dunham and miller yesterday morning?

and I have to tell myself its not true, because if it is and romo is being doubted Its all over for him here and probably for this team for awhile.

no matter what people tell themselves without romo we are not even a competitive team.

And just for fun, bob glauber of the ny daily news told the story last year of how far eli had fallen in NY before the super bowl run. Ernie Acorsi was attending the giants vikings game in november of 07 and after manning had maybe the worst game of his career, acorsi went to the mara's suite and apologized for drafting manning because it was a mistake.

about 8 weeks later he was a champion. go figure.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I havent payed attention to anything today until now. What in the hell is this about?

Lombardi didnt say anything about this to dunham and miller yesterday morning?

and I have to tell myself its not true, because if it is and romo is being doubted Its all over for him here and probably for this team for awhile.

no matter what people tell themselves without romo we are not even a competitive team.

And just for fun, bob glauber of the ny daily news told the story last year of how far eli had fallen in NY before the super bowl run. Ernie Acorsi was attending the giants vikings game in november of 07 and after manning had maybe the worst game of his career, acorsi went to the mara's suite and apologized for drafting manning because it was a mistake.

about 8 weeks later he was a champion. go figure.

Meh, I don't believe this for one second. Oh, maybe someone said they had some slight doubt about Romo -- which has probably been said about every QB ever who hasn't won it all yet -- but there's no way the coaches or Jerry don't believe in him.

And great Eli story! I hadn't heard that one.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

Not doing what they wanted? They got him pretty much driving the bus now. That seemed to be what they wanted, and what so many fans wanted, and now it's not what they wanted? Now he's not doing what they want by doing what they wanted just a few weeks ago?

Figures.

 

[Doctor32]

I havent payed attention to anything today until now. What in the hell is this about?

Lombardi didnt say anything about this to dunham and miller yesterday morning?

and I have to tell myself its not true, because if it is and romo is being doubted Its all over for him here and probably for this team for awhile.

no matter what people tell themselves without romo we are not even a competitive team.

And just for fun, bob glauber of the ny daily news told the story last year of how far eli had fallen in NY before the super bowl run. Ernie Acorsi was attending the giants vikings game in november of 07 and after manning had maybe the worst game of his career, acorsi went to the mara's suite and apologized for drafting manning because it was a mistake.

about 8 weeks later he was a champion. go figure.

Funny how hard the "Football insiders" like Lombardi rely on the phrase "sources tell me." Good Lord!! Cowboy Contraversy equals ratings. Collinsworth has been around TV Execs feeding Producers who then feed On Camera Talent a.k.a. "Experts" to know the standing directive - More Cowboy Hate now!