ESPN: Without Tony Romo, the Dallas Cowboys just can't lose the crazy

[Reality]

This is a long, but good article filled with a lot of interesting tidbits. Most will like this article no matter your opinion on the state of the team.

http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story/_/id/14285304/without-tony-romo-dallas-cowboys-just-lose-crazy

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[Miller]

Thanks, great read.

I have a JG comment though. Don't worry it's not a rant. I really wonder if his voice was more Rex Ryan or hard charging, chain smoking football life...if he'dget less respect. Because it seems a lot of respect comes from the robotic, perfectly worded dialect he uses. Like that connotes professionalism thus he must be good. Kind of like the "he went to Princeton" thing. Seems this guy hung on the speak.

 

[Staubacher]

Thanks, great read.

I have a JG comment though. Don't worry it's not a rant. I really wonder if his voice was more Rex Ryan or hard charging, chain smoking football life...if he'dget less respect. Because it seems a lot of respect comes from the robotic, perfectly worded dialect he uses. Like that connotes professionalism thus he must be good. Kind of like the "he went to Princeton" thing. Seems this guy hung on the speak.

I sensed in the article the writer wasn't buying Garrett's facade, just like many of us do not.

It was also telling that inside sources admitted this team had many cracks besides the Romo injury

 

[Jarv]

Interesting statement...Got to admire JG for "HOW" he wants the team and players to conduct themselves, but it almost seems like the results are less important than "HOW" we conduct ourselves, which is really important. Were the good guys, getting our butts kicked...lol

"And so I certainly try to be consistent. One of the things we all have to be careful about when we deal with the press in 2015 and you're playing or coaching for the Dallas Cowboys is getting off track. ... Every decision I make and we make is in the best interest of the Dallas Cowboys, so really everything we say publicly and privately should follow that. My players get used to me saying this all the time: How matters. How you conduct yourself every day, how we approach every day, how we play -- all that stuff matters. The result matters, but how is really important."

 

[jobberone]

Do not turn this thread into a bashing one.

 

[Miller]

I sensed in the article the writer wasn't buying Garrett's facade, just like many of us do not.

It was also telling that inside sources admitted this team had many cracks besides the Romo injury

The "cracks" comment is the one out of the whole long read that stood out to me. It goes hand and hand with the reasons I want the team falter in these upcoming games. There is more wrong with the team than just Romo being out. If they are ever going to be fixed, we don't need Jerry gleaming over a hard fought 7-9 season.

 

[Miller]

Do not turn this thread into a bashing one.

It's why I wanted to tread delicately on the JG cadence thing but the writer brought it up and I do think it's part of the aura so to speak.

 

[Trendnet]

I sensed in the article the writer wasn't buying Garrett's facade, just like many of us do not.

It was also telling that inside sources admitted this team had many cracks besides the Romo injury

Confirmation bias at its finest.

 

[WoodysGirl]

I think the reporter is a good writer. Well-written, funny, caustic at times, and overall engaging.

Are we sure the writer works for ESPN? lol

 

[SuspectCorner]

Best piece i've read on espn site since... ever?

 

[Reality]

I think the reporter is a good writer. Well-written, funny, caustic at times, and overall engaging.

Are we sure the writer works for ESPN? lol

He wrote it for ESPN the Mag so perhaps they require experience beyond tweeting capabilities there

 

[Nightman]

The "cracks" comment is the one out of the whole long read that stood out to me. It goes hand and hand with the reasons I want the team falter in these upcoming games. There is more wrong with the team than just Romo being out. If they are ever going to be fixed, we don't need Jerry gleaming over a hard fought 7-9 season.

He picked right up on the problems. The backup QB, the RB carousel, the conservative JG. The article was not kind to Randle, Weeden, Cassel, Garret or Hardy. I would include JJones, but he would take his criticisms as praise.

I did like this part about JG just for it's comedic value:

(His hair, the color of an autumn maple, is always perfect, and I imagine him checking each strand before he leaves the house. Also: It never seems to grow. Over those weeks, as I sit through his daily news conferences, listening to his words dissolve, my thoughts stray to the improbability of his hair. Does it move? Is it an artificial-turf version of human hair? Amid the empty reports of ankle injuries and game plans and opponents' tendencies, Garrett's hair becomes something of an obsession.)

 

[texbumthelife]

I am not sure whether to respond or not, because outside of how very well written that article is, there is nothing positive to take from it. I will leave it at that.

Maybe we can get a repost of this in the rant zone so we can speak openly about it?

 

[WoodysGirl]

I am not sure whether to respond or not, because outside of how very well written that article is, there is nothing positive to take from it. I will leave it at that.

Maybe we can get a repost of this in the rant zone so we can speak openly about it?

You can repost it there if you want. Nothing's stopping you from posting a new thread.

 

[texbumthelife]

You can repost it there if you want. Nothing's stopping you from posting a new thread.

I just know reposts not done by a mod are generally merged or deleted.

 

[Idgit]

I am not sure whether to respond or not, because outside of how very well written that article is, there is nothing positive to take from it. I will leave it at that.

Maybe we can get a repost of this in the rant zone so we can speak openly about it?

Speak openly about it. Just stick to the topic of the thread. It's really not that hard, guys.

I enjoyed the read. I'm ok with a bit of snark if there's actual content there, and this one had some good details I hadn't heard about previously.
I also didn't think it was overwhelmingly negative to the various Cowboys mentioned. At least he noted that Hardy's record was expunged. He's complimentary of some things about Garrett while poking fun at others. He seems to get that Jerry's a mixed bag. It's not like any article about this season is going to be overwhelmingly positive when we came in a conference contender in most peoples' eyes and then struggled to 3-8.

 

[texbumthelife]

Ok, here are the notes I took away from that piece.

First of all, that was a tremendously well written article than didn't carry either the oppressive negativity or baseless homerism of almost every other Dallas Cowboys piece I have read recently. It almost reads like an educated, unbiased Cowboys fan who is trying to walk a line (albeit much better than Aikman).

The how of winning is very important and I get that. They want to do things the right way. However, the act of winning is equally if not more important to the how, so it would be nice it the coaches put an equal emphasis on that--which I don't see.

Also, I have never heard a coach speak and sound as much like a cheerleader and less like a coach. This interview totally underscores the clapping issue and makes me wonder if Garrett isn't more of a kid in a candy shop and totally in over his head. I didn't hear a mentor or a teacher. I didn't hear X's and O's. I heard a movie script, a locker room speech.

I have never had less faith in the FO and coaching staff of this team.

 

[WoodysGirl]

I just know reposts not done by a mod are generally merged or deleted.

That's not exactly true.. but if you want to make a diff in your new post. Grab a quote that bothers you, make that the lead in the OP along with the link and just go from there.

 

[perrykemp]

The how of winning is very important and I get that. They want to do things the right way. However, the act of winning is equally if not more important to the how...

Man, well stated.

 

[LucaBrasi]

It wasn't the total hatchet job I was expecting when I read it this morning. There are some good tidbits for sure. Certainly some dysfunction, but that's what you'd expect from a team that is 3-8. Someone mentioned the tidbit there were cracks in the team foundation when Romo played or things that a player of his caliber could not overcome anyway. Like I mentioned previously, the 14 quarters Romo played were not particularly great (and certainly the last 7 of which can be attributed to rust), as a fan I just keep hoping this team can get going in the right direction at some point.

While I never had much confidence in the front office, and my confidence in the coaches has certainly waned, I just hope they find a way to make this team great again. Some how some way.