Fredd
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(sigh)
Let me first tell you about my bell curve.
I have been around a long time, longer than most on this site. I have seen a lot including every Cowboy Super Bowl (on TV, not in person) I gotta say, despite normally being very positive in regards to the 'boys, even I am starting to lose faith. Thus, I need assistance.
I have a good memory of what it took to win those Superbowls but all of that was in a pre-cap era. Each of those teams had their own bell curve that started low, finished high, and then fell back down. Finally, FINALLY, I feel like the team is ready to have a good season and now they come up with two flat tires on the road (literally and figuratively).
I, like many in here, have been somewhat patient in the last few years as the team fumbled through the lame head coaching decisions, the bad personnel moves and of course, the Owner/GM (the only one of them in the league and possibly ever unless you count Davis). But, then they hire Garrett. I was actually a little excited at the time (I wasn't on this site then).
My bell curve was at an all time low once Parcells left. It stayed pretty low until they brought in Garrett. At first, he still represented the low end of the curve, but at least he was better than the Wade's, the Chan's, et al. His first season gave me little cause to raise my bell curve EXCEPT it seemed that he had a 3-year plan. He starts to jettison some old contracts (reminding me of JJ). The curve starts to rise.
Then in year two, they had to fix one of their two big issues. They decide to go all-in on CB and sign Carr and then trade 2 picks for Mo. The curve is going up! Garrett is putting his mantra of RKG in place and the bad seeds are being filtered out.
Year 3 (this year), they decide they had better fix the OL. But first, they bring in defensive gurus to improve the team - YEAH! finally we will have the ball-hawking defense that I (we) always wanted! They draft a center in round 1 and had the foresight in the previous draft to grab UDFA Leary, and THEN this year go and sign Waters, the re-sign Free at a cheaper rate AND he is playing better - the OLine is fixed in one off-season! Impressive! I am almost at the peak of my excitement, what could be better? How about an opening-day victory against the rival Giants!
Fredd's bell curve has now reached it's peak! Week #2, we lose a tough one but my curve hasn't shifted yet. then, we romp over a hapless Rams team, but finally the team puts a full game together. My excitement is at it's peak for sure now.
then, as all bell curves do, they shift downward. I was hoping to see it continue to rise, but that was not to be. Mo is hurt and playing poorly, the offense can't drive their way through a wet paper bag. the defense has more holes than swiss cheese. there is virtually ZERO scheme by either the offense or defense - do we have any coaches? Even with all of that, my curve was still pretty high at half-time in the SD game.
Now, the curve has taken about a 45 degree turn downwards based on the 2nd half of the SD game. Injuries, albeit not ones that will currently take others out of the game, are starting to take their toll (Austin, Mo, Selvie, Durant to name a few)...and now we have under-achievers in Mo, Carter, Romo (love him, but if you are helping to prep the game plan, then throw down the field once in a freakin while)...what the **** happened?
I am worried that the Denver game could result in my bell curve really taking a bigger nose dive. What we saw in the SD game was a serious lack of preparation, coupled with our coaching staff having ZERO clue on how to adjust on the fly. We got murdered in the 2nd half and I can't see any miracle happening to change that around.
Someone help me, I hate being like this and I need to see something to keep the curve from going downhill even more. Does anyone see the curve at least staying where it is?
(I will accept any donations to pay for psychiatric evaluation and care)
Let me first tell you about my bell curve.
I have been around a long time, longer than most on this site. I have seen a lot including every Cowboy Super Bowl (on TV, not in person) I gotta say, despite normally being very positive in regards to the 'boys, even I am starting to lose faith. Thus, I need assistance.
I have a good memory of what it took to win those Superbowls but all of that was in a pre-cap era. Each of those teams had their own bell curve that started low, finished high, and then fell back down. Finally, FINALLY, I feel like the team is ready to have a good season and now they come up with two flat tires on the road (literally and figuratively).
I, like many in here, have been somewhat patient in the last few years as the team fumbled through the lame head coaching decisions, the bad personnel moves and of course, the Owner/GM (the only one of them in the league and possibly ever unless you count Davis). But, then they hire Garrett. I was actually a little excited at the time (I wasn't on this site then).
My bell curve was at an all time low once Parcells left. It stayed pretty low until they brought in Garrett. At first, he still represented the low end of the curve, but at least he was better than the Wade's, the Chan's, et al. His first season gave me little cause to raise my bell curve EXCEPT it seemed that he had a 3-year plan. He starts to jettison some old contracts (reminding me of JJ). The curve starts to rise.
Then in year two, they had to fix one of their two big issues. They decide to go all-in on CB and sign Carr and then trade 2 picks for Mo. The curve is going up! Garrett is putting his mantra of RKG in place and the bad seeds are being filtered out.
Year 3 (this year), they decide they had better fix the OL. But first, they bring in defensive gurus to improve the team - YEAH! finally we will have the ball-hawking defense that I (we) always wanted! They draft a center in round 1 and had the foresight in the previous draft to grab UDFA Leary, and THEN this year go and sign Waters, the re-sign Free at a cheaper rate AND he is playing better - the OLine is fixed in one off-season! Impressive! I am almost at the peak of my excitement, what could be better? How about an opening-day victory against the rival Giants!
Fredd's bell curve has now reached it's peak! Week #2, we lose a tough one but my curve hasn't shifted yet. then, we romp over a hapless Rams team, but finally the team puts a full game together. My excitement is at it's peak for sure now.
then, as all bell curves do, they shift downward. I was hoping to see it continue to rise, but that was not to be. Mo is hurt and playing poorly, the offense can't drive their way through a wet paper bag. the defense has more holes than swiss cheese. there is virtually ZERO scheme by either the offense or defense - do we have any coaches? Even with all of that, my curve was still pretty high at half-time in the SD game.
Now, the curve has taken about a 45 degree turn downwards based on the 2nd half of the SD game. Injuries, albeit not ones that will currently take others out of the game, are starting to take their toll (Austin, Mo, Selvie, Durant to name a few)...and now we have under-achievers in Mo, Carter, Romo (love him, but if you are helping to prep the game plan, then throw down the field once in a freakin while)...what the **** happened?
I am worried that the Denver game could result in my bell curve really taking a bigger nose dive. What we saw in the SD game was a serious lack of preparation, coupled with our coaching staff having ZERO clue on how to adjust on the fly. We got murdered in the 2nd half and I can't see any miracle happening to change that around.
Someone help me, I hate being like this and I need to see something to keep the curve from going downhill even more. Does anyone see the curve at least staying where it is?
(I will accept any donations to pay for psychiatric evaluation and care)
