Emmitt Smith on D: "We are completely lost. And very amateurish"

[DallasEast]

Nah, Smith's outrage was real vs. the planned Stephen A. Smith knew how far to go though. Or maybe he truly wasn't even thinking about Jerry at the time and was just talking about what he saw on the field and whose immediate fault it was.

Do not get me wrong. I also believe Emmitt Smith was speaking from his heart. He loves his old team.

It would not surprise me if he was not thinking about Jones, but he should have been. Eberflus did not hire himself. Smith and others cannot point the finger at him if Jones did not hire him in the first place.

 

[Ironicalicon]

Broadus knows as much as anybody on this website about football.

I think that's unfair. I don't agree with everything he says and I don't think he's exceptionally smart but he played at the college level, was a pro scout for many years and analyzes the game just about every day of his life.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

It's funny, when the Broaddus just criticized the defense regarding the upcoming Raiders game, the fans got heated. But when Emmitt went even harder than broaddus he gets a big fat pass.

After so many years...I am still trying to figure this board out.

I think the problem is you lump everyone into one bowl. "fans" got heated at Broaddus. "Fans" love Emmitt's take.


They aren't the same fans. Most of them.

Now there's also fans like me, who can't remember what they said about Broaddus, and love Emmitt so maybe contradicted myself.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

I think that's unfair. I don't agree with everything he says and I don't think he's exceptionally smart but he played at the college level, was a pro scout for many years and analyzes the game just about every day of his life.

I have to concur. He *might* make ceratin statements for effect. Most media has to do that to survive. But just because one doesn't agree with him on everything doesn't make him ignorant.

But make a note...guru will find something he agree on and Broaduss will be a genius.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Would you want to lose your skybox? Yeah, that's what I thought, lol.

I can't imagine Jerry pulling Emmitt's pass.

You thought firing Tom was sacrilege?

 

[plymkr]

Emmitt please use your connections and get the Jones Boys to read this.

I am not dumb enough to think it will change their minds, but miracles could happen.

I like it when the legends speak up. They carry more weight than us. Unfortunately Jerry is so narcissistic he won’t listen.

 

[gtb1943]

Broadus knows as much as anybody on this website about football.

knowledge is one thing; JUDGEMENT is entirely different

 

[Dhragon]

I’m sure even with our defensive changes over the break, Emmitt still believes that a leopard can’t change its stripes. Until proven otherwise, I tend to agree with him

 

[Creeper]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nf...S&cvid=691639c98ce84fbe85098876f7b105c2&ei=21

"Our defense does not look anything like our previous two- or three-years-ago defense," Smith said. "Completely different."

"Man, do we look like we are completely lost," the Hall of Famer offered. "I am befuddled at all of the things that are going wrong on the defensive side of the ball. We look very basic and very fundamental. And very amateurish, if you will. Nothing sexy about it. And still the mistakes are being made, which is to me is a sign of poor coaching, defensively."

Like most Cowboys fans, Smith has attributed much of the defense's current failings to first-year coordinator Matt Eberflus. The 55-year-old is back in Dallas for a second stint on staff after serving as linebackers coach and passing game coordinator from 2011 to 2017. And while later turns as DC in Indianapolis and head coach in Chicago saw his defenses thrive, his return to helm the Cowboys unit this year has been lackluster at best... and more often, just plain bad, getting gashed regularly by the likes of Russell Wilson, Caleb Williams, Bo Nix, and Jacoby Brissett.


Smith says he was shocked by what he saw, dating all the way back to September.

"When I saw how poor our defense looked, the first question I asked myself, especially the secondary, giving up bombs the way they were giving up bombs early on. I said, 'Who is the secondary coach? Al Harris cannot be there.' He's not. He's in Chicago. And you see, Chicago's defense is getting turnovers and making plays. The same plays that we used to make have translated all the way up to Chicago."


But, Smith points out, "it can't all be about players. You have to start looking at coaches at some point, and every coach is not a genius. And every defensive coordinator is not a brilliant defensive coordinator or a great schemer. Some people hide behind some of the greatness of the people that left before them, and then when their time has come up, they're nowhere near the caliber of coach that they thought they were."

I agree. It can't all be the players. You would have to try to assemble a defense of players that bad and I don't think even Jerry is that incompetent - though it might be close.

I would like to see what happens when they get all the injured players back, with Williams, Wilson and Overshown. If the defense is still that bad then it has to be the coach.

 

[Cmac]

The eyes of an eagle, but then again with this defense we all have those

Actually not too much to pump the chest out on.......Stevie Wonder listening to the game audio would say "Damn" and the 5th grade class at the School for the Visually Impaired would say "Dang", after a 3rd and long.

 

[StarLord]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nf...S&cvid=691639c98ce84fbe85098876f7b105c2&ei=21

"Our defense does not look anything like our previous two- or three-years-ago defense," Smith said. "Completely different."

"Man, do we look like we are completely lost," the Hall of Famer offered. "I am befuddled at all of the things that are going wrong on the defensive side of the ball. We look very basic and very fundamental. And very amateurish, if you will. Nothing sexy about it. And still the mistakes are being made, which is to me is a sign of poor coaching, defensively."

Like most Cowboys fans, Smith has attributed much of the defense's current failings to first-year coordinator Matt Eberflus. The 55-year-old is back in Dallas for a second stint on staff after serving as linebackers coach and passing game coordinator from 2011 to 2017. And while later turns as DC in Indianapolis and head coach in Chicago saw his defenses thrive, his return to helm the Cowboys unit this year has been lackluster at best... and more often, just plain bad, getting gashed regularly by the likes of Russell Wilson, Caleb Williams, Bo Nix, and Jacoby Brissett.


Smith says he was shocked by what he saw, dating all the way back to September.

"When I saw how poor our defense looked, the first question I asked myself, especially the secondary, giving up bombs the way they were giving up bombs early on. I said, 'Who is the secondary coach? Al Harris cannot be there.' He's not. He's in Chicago. And you see, Chicago's defense is getting turnovers and making plays. The same plays that we used to make have translated all the way up to Chicago."


But, Smith points out, "it can't all be about players. You have to start looking at coaches at some point, and every coach is not a genius. And every defensive coordinator is not a brilliant defensive coordinator or a great schemer. Some people hide behind some of the greatness of the people that left before them, and then when their time has come up, they're nowhere near the caliber of coach that they thought they were."

Al Harris was clearly the choice .. but Jerry's gonna Jer...

 

[rambo2]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nf...S&cvid=691639c98ce84fbe85098876f7b105c2&ei=21

"Our defense does not look anything like our previous two- or three-years-ago defense," Smith said. "Completely different."

"Man, do we look like we are completely lost," the Hall of Famer offered. "I am befuddled at all of the things that are going wrong on the defensive side of the ball. We look very basic and very fundamental. And very amateurish, if you will. Nothing sexy about it. And still the mistakes are being made, which is to me is a sign of poor coaching, defensively."

Like most Cowboys fans, Smith has attributed much of the defense's current failings to first-year coordinator Matt Eberflus. The 55-year-old is back in Dallas for a second stint on staff after serving as linebackers coach and passing game coordinator from 2011 to 2017. And while later turns as DC in Indianapolis and head coach in Chicago saw his defenses thrive, his return to helm the Cowboys unit this year has been lackluster at best... and more often, just plain bad, getting gashed regularly by the likes of Russell Wilson, Caleb Williams, Bo Nix, and Jacoby Brissett.


Smith says he was shocked by what he saw, dating all the way back to September.

"When I saw how poor our defense looked, the first question I asked myself, especially the secondary, giving up bombs the way they were giving up bombs early on. I said, 'Who is the secondary coach? Al Harris cannot be there.' He's not. He's in Chicago. And you see, Chicago's defense is getting turnovers and making plays. The same plays that we used to make have translated all the way up to Chicago."


But, Smith points out, "it can't all be about players. You have to start looking at coaches at some point, and every coach is not a genius. And every defensive coordinator is not a brilliant defensive coordinator or a great schemer. Some people hide behind some of the greatness of the people that left before them, and then when their time has come up, they're nowhere near the caliber of coach that they thought they were."

CTE

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Just another reason to believe it's going to be hard for Eberflus to survive unless we see a huge improvement from the D.

**former players trashing the defense
**Schotty is sitting in on his defensive meeting
**Jerry is throwing praise at Schotty for helping out his defensive coordinator
**Stephen Jones refused to give him a 100% chance of returning next season

I do think they ALL would like to see him return, but can't deny players are NOT buying into his system/coaching.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

I agree. It can't all be the players.

Sorry I must have missed it....who said it was only the players?

 

[mrmojo]

CTE

You think Emmitts wrong?

 

[Miller]

CTE

Naw! Thinking clearly

 

[Pass2Run]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nf...S&cvid=691639c98ce84fbe85098876f7b105c2&ei=21

"Our defense does not look anything like our previous two- or three-years-ago defense," Smith said. "Completely different."

"Man, do we look like we are completely lost," the Hall of Famer offered. "I am befuddled at all of the things that are going wrong on the defensive side of the ball. We look very basic and very fundamental. And very amateurish, if you will. Nothing sexy about it. And still the mistakes are being made, which is to me is a sign of poor coaching, defensively."

Like most Cowboys fans, Smith has attributed much of the defense's current failings to first-year coordinator Matt Eberflus. The 55-year-old is back in Dallas for a second stint on staff after serving as linebackers coach and passing game coordinator from 2011 to 2017. And while later turns as DC in Indianapolis and head coach in Chicago saw his defenses thrive, his return to helm the Cowboys unit this year has been lackluster at best... and more often, just plain bad, getting gashed regularly by the likes of Russell Wilson, Caleb Williams, Bo Nix, and Jacoby Brissett.


Smith says he was shocked by what he saw, dating all the way back to September.

"When I saw how poor our defense looked, the first question I asked myself, especially the secondary, giving up bombs the way they were giving up bombs early on. I said, 'Who is the secondary coach? Al Harris cannot be there.' He's not. He's in Chicago. And you see, Chicago's defense is getting turnovers and making plays. The same plays that we used to make have translated all the way up to Chicago."


But, Smith points out, "it can't all be about players. You have to start looking at coaches at some point, and every coach is not a genius. And every defensive coordinator is not a brilliant defensive coordinator or a great schemer. Some people hide behind some of the greatness of the people that left before them, and then when their time has come up, they're nowhere near the caliber of coach that they thought they were."

Exaaaactly. I'm not even an Emmitt Smiff fan. But he's completely correct here.

 

[Cowboys5217]

Exaaaactly. I'm not even an Emmitt Smiff fan. But he's completely correct here.

I'm trying to think of a Cowboys fan claiming they are not a fan of Staubach.

Emmitt's the GOAT and the main reason the team was a dynasty in the 90s, but you are not a fan. Does not compute. Emmitt's never done anything evil either. Being awkward when he talks is a bigger sin I guess.

 

[RonWashington]

Emmitt keeping things real saying things we all see instead of this politically correct garbage the owner stutters out on his radio station and outside the lockeroom

 

[Centex]

It just never ceases to amaze me that Dallas will pay random failed players like Kenneth Murray 7 million dollars a year. And others far more. But they dumpster dive for coaches. If you are going to pay a roster hundreds of millions of dollars why not pay for the best coaches who cost a fraction. The highest paid DC makes less than five million a year. Is it the hubris that Jones has that if he put the roster together it’s good enough for anyone to win with? I truly don’t get it.