Emmitt Smith: Dallas Cowboys have lost true identity

[Corso]

I agree with you. That's kinda my point, hence why I said "two years in a row." A team can't cry injuries and then always fire the guy whose unit is most beset by injuries.

The truth is, Rob Ryan should never have been fired. It may go down as a mistake on par with Roy Williams trade.

No disagreement here...

 

[Redball Express]

Wrong. He won dancing with the stars.

OMG.

I forgot..right.

My statement stands...yes?

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Really?

Rob Ryan is a complete poison pill.

You watch.

He's Never..Ever..

Going to be anything but what he is.

the lesser of two football brothers from a football father neither of which Rob will ever equal?

Sorry.

True. Very. True.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

That made me mad at the time too. But he's not wrong to say this team has lost its identity. Maybe some of you are too young to really know how this team used to be identified?? America's Team were perennial winners....but now just a shadow of what we used to be.

It didn't make me mad. I agreed.

Emmitt went from being surrounded by all pro teammates, guys that had a thirst to get in the end zone, to win, to obliterate opposing offenses to guys that were sitting around picking their nose, their arse. I am kidding... Sorta ...

 

[Blast From The Past]

Jerry doesnt call the plays.

Jerry doesn't play either.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Jerry doesn't play either.

Wrong.
He plays with this team too much.
He plays with the fans past, current and potential future enjoyment.

 

[burmafrd]

One would argue you have to have an identity before you lose it. We have not had one since 1995.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Shuddup Emmitt.
You are now a halfbeen and old and still not bright.
When you called your former fellow teammates garbage you lost me.

jerra half done many things, many of them stupid, but he never stabbed a player or the team in the back.
So Jerra be rich and (still) honorable and you be poor, inarticulate and bitter. And pretty ugly, if you aks me.

 

[Redball Express]

It didn't make me mad. I agreed.

Emmitt went from being surrounded by all pro teammates, guys that had a thirst to get in the end zone, to win, to obliterate opposing offenses to guys that were sitting around picking their nose, their arse. I am kidding... Sorta ...

I will always adore Emmitt and hope his records stand for as long as I live or until Jerrah sells the team.

Which ever comes first.

The thing is, Jerrah is getting up in years.

That's the problem with the team.

Jerrah is getting older, he thinks he can makeup for whatever his shortcomings maybe..

..with appearing as if he's in total control like he was in '92 and had a stable of thoroughbred coaches and players surrounding him.

He doesn't have that like in the younger days.

So as Jones has aged..he's not building the team with the same urgency..

..but he still puts on a show of it like a going to the North South practices and the Combine.

But he's not the same, his support network has all moved on and hes an Emperor with no clothes anymore.
years
The owner and Franchise have ridden Romo about into the ground.

Hes been seriously injured in 3 of the last 4 years and he's not getting better..

only older.

So when Emmitt says the team has lost its identity..

..he's right, but not for the reasons he thinks.

 

[trueblue1687]

member: 10453"]That made me mad at the time too. But he's not wrong to say this team has lost its identity. Maybe some of you are too young to really know how this team used to be identified?? America's Team were perennial winners....but now just a shadow of what we used to be.[/quote]

Following wayyy before Emmitt. Watched my first Cowboys game in 1974...and dang near every one since.

 

[DallasCowboysRule!]

How many decades have the Eagles fans had to endure?

Not nearly enough, if you ask me.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

I will always adore Emmitt and hope his records stand for as long as I live or until Jerrah sells the team.

Which ever comes first.

The thing is, Jerrah is getting up in years.

That's the problem with the team.

Jerrah is getting older, he thinks he can makeup for whatever his shortcomings maybe..

..with appearing as if he's in total control like he was in '92 and had a stable of thoroughbred coaches and players surrounding him.

He doesn't have that like in the younger days.

So as Jones has aged..he's not building the team with the same urgency..

..but he still puts on a show of it like a going to the North South practices and the Combine.

But he's not the same, his support network has all moved on and hes an Emperor with no clothes anymore.
years
The owner and Franchise have ridden Romo about into the ground.

Hes been seriously injured in 3 of the last 4 years and he's not getting better..

only older.

So when Emmitt says the team has lost its identity..

..he's right, but not for the reasons he thinks.

Disagree. Jerry aging has zero to do with any of this IMO. He is of sound mind yet his abilities and expertise and approach are delusional.

The best and worst thing was he won SBXXX. He thinks he can have that happen again. Except there is no one here to cook the entire meal for him to say, "look, look what I just whipped up for ya".

 

[DallasEast]

No, but he hired an in over his head, neophyte head coach. And retained that coach.

He's also the guy responsible for putting the talent on the field.

Like I said in another thread the other day, we can never even get to the interesting discussions of WHY Jerry is a problem and what might possibly be done about it. Most of the time is spent trying to convince people he is a problem.

I remember an episode of The Big Bang Theory where Sheldon Cooper put his fingers to his temples, trying to mentally cause Leonard Hofstadter's head to explode. Of course, he wasn't successful. It was television make-believe, but it was good comedy nonetheless.

Let's assume for a moment that all seven billion people in the world except one, namely Jerry Jones, believes Jerry Jones is not only a problem of the Dallas Cowboys, but the problem of the Dallas Cowboys.

What exactly can be "done about it?"

Billboards? Tried. Failed.

The media implying or outright calling him an incompetent general manager? That's been done for years and will probably continue for years to come. It does not stop him from opening his yap anytime a microphone approaches 100 yards of his mouth.

Picket lines? A small group of Native Americans picketed outside of Lambeau Field for what they believed in. Where are the "Jerruh Must Go!" picket signs outside AT&T Stadium?

Ticket and merchandise boycotts? I have read the boycott proclamations for nearly two decades. Jones has looked at his sales figures and forecasts, but has not blinked once during all that time.

Letter and email campaigns to corporate advertising sponsors? See ticket and merchandise boycotts.

Televised scenes and sounds of disgruntled fans? Heck. I attended the opening game against the Giants. Never heard a "Boo! Jerruh! Boo!" Not one time. I could have, but much of my verbal negativity was aimed at some guy in a Manning jersey five seats away most of the game.

I will not reprint my conversations with that guy. This is a family forum after all.

Nothing is impossible if what is proposed is humanly possible. Yet, I must ask again, "What exactly can be done about it?"

 

[dguinta1]

Emmit maybe doesn't say the smartest things but his heart is in the right place. For what he did for this franchise, he deserves the benefit of the doubt. One might not agree but not my place to tell him to STHU.

 

[jobberone]

This line of reasoning didn't work for Rob Ryan.

If anything, firing Ryan and keeping Kiffin shows managements inconsistency.

There were apparently problems with Ryan. I've never gotten the exact why just things weren't going to work. I don't think you can relate the two. I wasn't entirely happy with his being let go but I understand.

 

[jobberone]

I remember an episode of The Big Bang Theory where Sheldon Cooper put his fingers to his temples, trying to mentally cause Leonard Hofstadter's head to explode. Of course, he wasn't successful. It was television make-believe, but it was good comedy nonetheless.

Let's assume for a moment that all seven billion people in the world except one, namely Jerry Jones, believes Jerry Jones is not only a problem of the Dallas Cowboys, but the problem of the Dallas Cowboys.

What exactly can be "done about it?"

Billboards? Tried. Failed.

The media implying or outright calling him an incompetent general manager? That's been done for years and will probably continue for years to come. It does not stop him from opening his yap anytime a microphone approaches 100 yards of his mouth.

Picket lines? A small group of Native Americans picketed outside of Lambeau Field for what they believed in. Where are the "Jerruh Must Go!" picket signs outside AT&T Stadium?

Ticket and merchandise boycotts? I have read the boycott proclamations for nearly two decades. Jones has looked at his sales figures and forecasts, but has not blinked once during all that time.

Letter and email campaigns to corporate advertising sponsors? See ticket and merchandise boycotts.

Televised scenes and sounds of disgruntled fans? Heck. I attended the opening game against the Giants. Never heard a "Boo! Jerruh! Boo!" Not one time. I could have, but much of my verbal negativity was aimed at some guy in a Manning jersey five seats away most of the game.

I will not reprint my conversations with that guy. This is a family forum after all.

Nothing is impossible if what is proposed is humanly possible. Yet, I must ask again, "What exactly can be done about it?"

Not a damn thing!

 

[mldardy]

Shuddup Emmitt.
You are now a halfbeen and old and still not bright.
When you called your former fellow teammates garbage you lost me.

jerra half done many things, many of them stupid, but he never stabbed a player or the team in the back.
So Jerra be rich and (still) honorable and you be poor, inarticulate and bitter. And pretty ugly, if you aks me.

 

[RonSpringsdaman20]

Emmitt is the man…. needed to be said…. Also shows he cares about the fate of the franchise.

& Rob Ryan is not a great coordinator…. and would not have changed our fate… if anything he was just putting his chubby finger in a dam bound to break.
When the cowboys are dominant again (when, not if) Rob Ryan will be forgotten, along with his mediocrity (and Kiffin's less than mediocrity)….

 

[zrinkill]

Did they lose their identity from 1996 - 2002?

 

[big dog cowboy]

Emmitt is the man…. needed to be said…. Also shows he cares about the fate of the franchise.

While I agree on all 3 points I REALLY wish Emmitt would call Jerry and tell him this personally.