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AMERICAS_FAN;3131750 said:
Except that if they beat the Chargers, watch Dennis claim that his efforts to hold the team accountable paid off!
ESPNMacMahon: Cowboys rallying to defend beleaguered coach (lockerroom blurbs)
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Except that if they beat the Chargers, watch Dennis claim that his efforts to hold the team accountable paid off!
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canters;3131508 said:
Yup. Hopefully Jurrah will realize that some of his prize talent (Newman, Barber, Hamlin, etc.) is not getting the job done and they are just not good enough to compete for a title.
Maybe it's not the coach. Or, maybe the talent is not there.
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Because in cowboyszone, we eat our [strike]young[/strike] head coaches. Sacrificing our own personal sense of patience is not optional.InmanRoshi;3131691 said:
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Silly question. You must have forgot the season is already over.Asklesko;3131703 said:
http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3127702&postcount=2
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AMERICAS_FAN;3131713 said:
meh, its easier to just yell at reporters.
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Thus far, this week has been epic. A member of the media attacks the team's head coach. The players are responding to that attack. The media doesn't appreciate the players reaction and some fans believe their responses should be redirected in other ways, such as winning games, etc.
It's all good, but at its core, the players' reaction has absolutely nothing to do with what neither the media nor the fans think. Certainly, everyone (I think) outside the team hopes that their current melodrama will have positive effects on the win column, but the players aren't considering that either.
It may simply be hard for some to accept. Heck, some will not accept it at all and think up other pro or con reasons for squeezing more drama they personally believe is important out of DennisGate.
What's happening now happens all the time in life. Someone talks about another person in a fashion that isn't appreciated by those who work with that person or live with that person or share some type of relationship with that person.
Those people become pissed and come to the defense of that person. It's not complicated. Outsiders (like we the fans) feel they should react in certain ways which we think is best. Or not at all.
Newsflash. They only care and think how they are feeling within that moment. They're human. Many are wealthy or semi-wealthy, but all are still human like every other person. Are they taking one second to stop and think what you you or you think is the best course of action? Hell no. That's the simple reality of the whole situation.
Don't like that particular truth? Nothing wrong with feeling that way, but if anyone thinks the players care how our synapses are firing, that someone is only fooling themselves and it ain't pretty.
This week, the players are going through their usual routine with a little spicy soap opera action on the side. On Sunday, they will play their latest opponent. Speculation will continue well past this game whether players defending their head coach was a good or bad thing. The media will slice away another pound of flesh for ratings and viewership sake. Fans will light up message boards with the latest quirk to add fuel for the fire. And the players?
They'll be thinking about the Saints... unless someone else who has observed Phillips for three years believes he'll respond in an atypical fashion. That's stupid, but hey? The media has to make a living too.
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It's all good, but at its core, the players' reaction has absolutely nothing to do with what neither the media nor the fans think. Certainly, everyone (I think) outside the team hopes that their current melodrama will have positive effects on the win column, but the players aren't considering that either.
It may simply be hard for some to accept. Heck, some will not accept it at all and think up other pro or con reasons for squeezing more drama they personally believe is important out of DennisGate.
What's happening now happens all the time in life. Someone talks about another person in a fashion that isn't appreciated by those who work with that person or live with that person or share some type of relationship with that person.
Those people become pissed and come to the defense of that person. It's not complicated. Outsiders (like we the fans) feel they should react in certain ways which we think is best. Or not at all.
Newsflash. They only care and think how they are feeling within that moment. They're human. Many are wealthy or semi-wealthy, but all are still human like every other person. Are they taking one second to stop and think what you you or you think is the best course of action? Hell no. That's the simple reality of the whole situation.
Don't like that particular truth? Nothing wrong with feeling that way, but if anyone thinks the players care how our synapses are firing, that someone is only fooling themselves and it ain't pretty.
This week, the players are going through their usual routine with a little spicy soap opera action on the side. On Sunday, they will play their latest opponent. Speculation will continue well past this game whether players defending their head coach was a good or bad thing. The media will slice away another pound of flesh for ratings and viewership sake. Fans will light up message boards with the latest quirk to add fuel for the fire. And the players?
They'll be thinking about the Saints... unless someone else who has observed Phillips for three years believes he'll respond in an atypical fashion. That's stupid, but hey? The media has to make a living too.
/rant
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khiladi;3131971 said:
Garrett was not the one coming under fire Wade was. See Wade is the HC not Garrett which is why the so called co-HC is not at these press conferences only the HC is.
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Players defend Wade Phillips
2:04 PM Wed, Dec 09, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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While criticism comes from outside the locker room, the players are defending coach Wade Phillips.
Keith Brooking started it off on his weekly radio show Tuesday (thanks to DCFanatic for the link) by getting into it with host and CBS!! reporter Steve Dennis, who questioned how Phillips could call the team "winners" when they have not won a playoff game.
Jason Witten and DeMarcus Ware added their backing of the coach today.
"You're going to have guys in this locker room pushing for him, playing hard for him and letting everybody know he's a great coach," Ware said.
Dennis' line of questioning was brought up in the team meeting Monday and on Wednesday several players began heckling him. It came only after the daily announcement that the locker room period was over and the media needed to leave. At no time did a player address the issue with Dennis face to face during the open locker room period.
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2:04 PM Wed, Dec 09, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Todd Archer/Reporter Bio | E-mail | News tips
While criticism comes from outside the locker room, the players are defending coach Wade Phillips.
Keith Brooking started it off on his weekly radio show Tuesday (thanks to DCFanatic for the link) by getting into it with host and CBS!! reporter Steve Dennis, who questioned how Phillips could call the team "winners" when they have not won a playoff game.
Jason Witten and DeMarcus Ware added their backing of the coach today.
"You're going to have guys in this locker room pushing for him, playing hard for him and letting everybody know he's a great coach," Ware said.
Dennis' line of questioning was brought up in the team meeting Monday and on Wednesday several players began heckling him. It came only after the daily announcement that the locker room period was over and the media needed to leave. At no time did a player address the issue with Dennis face to face during the open locker room period.
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WoodysGirl;3132024 said:
lol
good times.
I cant wait to hear steve dennis on the pregame show sunday. I would say he is going to be really negative, but he has been negative every second I have ever heard him on air!!!
back when he had his failed attempt at a radio show with his sidekick in failure Jen Floyd Engle, he used to talk about how he thought newman wasnt very good nearly every day.
I have to wonder what took this long for the players to hate him, he has been like our own personal skip bayless.
the only reason alot of guys give him the time of day is because they know he works for babe laufenberg.
the truth of it all
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ive been saying this for a while and was given a "Warning "last season for this in an different way.....so since there are 5 year olds on this site...
alot of these.. no most of the media in terms of "Sports writing" are "wuss's" "cupcakes" "etc" Its not journalism its sensationalism , what they do. Dennis will get on 103.3 and talk abunch of "stuff" about these guys but wouldnt say any of that to them in the locker room. Same with Mcmahon, jjt idiot jennifer engel (not sure what star telegram was thinking in hiring her, probably had to because she was a woman and it wouldve been sexist or something. they sucked at journalism so took the d minus job of "Sports journalism" . Its no better than TMZ or Entertainment tonight. Highly comparable to the National Inquirer
alot of these.. no most of the media in terms of "Sports writing" are "wuss's" "cupcakes" "etc" Its not journalism its sensationalism , what they do. Dennis will get on 103.3 and talk abunch of "stuff" about these guys but wouldnt say any of that to them in the locker room. Same with Mcmahon, jjt idiot jennifer engel (not sure what star telegram was thinking in hiring her, probably had to because she was a woman and it wouldve been sexist or something. they sucked at journalism so took the d minus job of "Sports journalism" . Its no better than TMZ or Entertainment tonight. Highly comparable to the National Inquirer