Garrett feuding with Dallas media?

[plymkr]

I want him to go full Bill Belichick

you want him to cheat? whatever works I'm cool with it

 

[Boyzmamacita]

misconception about Ed Werder from the fans here. He is always given great access here and players stop and talk to him.

I have seen witten, romo, newman, garrett, jerry etc on the field with him during warmups having long conversations.

I just think Ed has to turn everything Dallas related into nonsense because his producers make him do that. I think its basically an ESPN policy when it comes to covering Dallas, cover the myth or the spectacle first and the football second.

Next question.

 

[Idgit]

They think they're entitled because that's the way this was set up from the beginning. Two writers, Frank Luksa and Blackie Sherrod, were very objective and had a balance for the locals to feel OK about their teams and they did this for the Rangers as well. When August would get here and it was time for the Rangers to break our hearts again, they would try and soften the blow as they went through it with us. They did the same with the Cowboys through the bad and good times.

When Booger arrived, he began an all out obvious campaign to get the media on his side and get as much gratis promotion as he could get. So he bent over backwards to schmooze the locals to try and limit the damage firing Landry did only those two didn't bite. Plenty did, Hansen and Galloway led the buffet line and had plenty of company. Blackie nicknamed Booger Smiley and it wasn't an endearing nickname as they knew his motives and were insulted that he could buy them with free booze and food. Luksa once commented to another writer for the DMN that he wouldn't shake hands with Jones with a watch on his wrist or buy a used car from him.

But this access to the Cowboys was a new gift they'd been given and there wasn't anyplace they couldn't go. They got spoiled with Booger's media access making them lazy and just assumed they were the chosen few. They got national bylines and interviews because they were "in the know". Lady JaGa just threw that in their faces with the SF and he may have done it on purpose. I don't think he was happy last year when the media was in his own locker room driving one of his players to the point of exploding. Like most of us feel, that's pushing it too far. But he doesn't control the locker room, Booger does and makes his own players open game for these people.

They acted like children when he blind sided them but hadn't Booger spoiled them to that point? They had every reason to believe they would get the story first. A word of caution to those vermin, He's got that team at 3-1 and is well liked in the community, better be careful how they try to play hardball as he's smarter than every one of them. Lady JaGa needs to develop he's own "look". Landry had it for players and Parcells had it for reporters, especially that moron Steve Dennis. Just stare at them in silence for a few seconds without that trademark smile and maybe let out an exaggerated breath.

My head hurts translating all the nicknames, here, but I think I more or less follow and agree with this. It's good background, anyway, on how the situation developed originally, for sure.

 

[RS12]

Meh, who cares. As far as I am concerned the Dallas and national media have been more than fair with him based on the teams performance during his tenure.

 

[CouchCoach]

My head hurts translating all the nicknames, here, but I think I more or less follow and agree with this. It's good background, anyway, on how the situation developed originally, for sure.

I will be offering "CouchCoach's Guide to Nicknames" just in time for the holidays. Will make a great stocking stuffer. Not as good as Kate Upton but close.

 

[MileyDancer]

I don't really see it.

 

[NextGenBoys]

Because the Dallas media is so thirsty for drama, they literally leave no other option than inadvertently tearing the team apart with their reports.

And Garrett is sick of it.

 

[Fritsch_the_cat]

Maybe he'd rather be doing what he is paid to do, coach the team, than talk to reporters?

 

[Rogerthat12]

Garrett can be a total bore in these conferences and obviously was perturbed with how they approached him after the SF conference call situation but for years as others have said, many of these local "tools" have ridiculed and disrespected those in the Cowboys organization who have given them such access to the team.

Excellent reporting has gone by the wayside for total opinion pieces to a large measure and many times pure hatchet jobs, while many of the locals have ridiculed the organization to some of the national outlets over the years.

Archer made a choice to join ESPN and it is quite apparent they made him learn how to be a professional, as it is clear he has been tutored in speaking during his live reports comparative to the old JJT and Archer buddy buddy approach of clearly not taking the work or Dallas organization seriously.

Many of those have pretty much faded away for various reasons over recent years and a few of the new ones are pretty decent to be fair.

So Garrett needs to stop being such a bore "day by day" by stacking great conferences on top of great conferences and some of the local "tools" need to stop being entitled, arrogant babies!

 

[xvendettax914]

Maybe he'd rather be doing what he is paid to do, coach the team, than talk to reporters?

Part of what he is paid to do is exactly that, talk to reporters.

 

[DFWJC]

I wish he'd be an arse more often to so many of those dimwits.
They always seem to be trying to one up each other in jerk department.

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

I don't, either. But then the Dallas media has been the Dallas media forever. Why all of a sudden is he confronting it? And it's a big fight to pick in the middle of a season, too. You saw the media giving answering shots last week when they got pissed that he gave the story to SF first. The negative tweets popped up immediately.

He's picking a fight, and if he is, it's sending a message for some specific reason. This is not Garrett's usual MO when managing chaos and neutralizing waves. He's actually subtly making some for some reason. I'm curious to see if it keeps up.

I think he's protecting Dez to an extent. The whole unnamed sources being a Cowboys player wasn't really clear on if he was current or not and I think it was a misrepresentation aimed at sabotage like so many of their stories.


Great thread with lots of insights and some nice discussion. I had a thread on this all lined up last night because I was cracking up listening to McMahon JJT and Nate. Nate was telling them basically it's none of your business. They were all apoplectic. A good number of the Dallas media are well paid trolls. From the imbecile Goose (had Dallas 28th) thinks Jason Witten is a borderline HOF to JJT trolling Dez to his face to Steve Dennis admitting that negativity was the expectation in Dallas. They're criticizing JG in part for being robotic. Hello. He's always been robotic. He has always taken the mushroom approach to the media. Now he's just willing to let them know about it.

 

[Aven8]

Win 3 in a row and you get cocky now huh??

Piss off the local media and your days are numbered bro. Our media is soft as well. If JG was in Philly or NY he would be coaching womens volleyball by now!!

 

[viman96]

Agreed re: Watkins. He was suspended, btw. Don't recall for how long, but he was tagged on twitter about it. He no longer covers the Cowboys. He covers the Rockets now and oddly enough, he's a totally different writer. I wouldn't say exceptional, but he's just your regular beat reporter. Giving information, no salt. no pepper.

One down and several to go!

 

[Fritsch_the_cat]

Part of what he is paid to do is exactly that, talk to reporters.

That doesn't mean he has to like it.

 

[viman96]

Todd Archer wrote an article about it earlier this morning:

http://www.espn.com/blog/dallas-cow...ett-doing-great-with-cowboys-off-to-3-1-start

FRISCO, Texas -- Something did not seem right with Jason Garrett Monday.

The day after the Dallas Cowboys beat the San Francisco 49ers, the coach’s answers were measured, clipped and delivered in a monotone. In a little more than 12 minutes, Garrett was asked 36 questions.

In the middle of the session, as his terse answers to even the softest of softball questions continued, he was asked a simple question: Are you OK?

“Doing great,” Garrett said.

He should be great. His Cowboys are 3-1. They have done it with Tony Romo on the sidelines for all four games because of a compression fracture in his back. They have done it with Tyron Smith, their Pro Bowl left tackle, and cornerbackOrlando Scandrick missing two games. They have done it with their left guard, La’el Collins, staring at a two-month (at least) absence with a toe injury. They have done it with Dez Bryant missing one game with a tibial plateau fracture in his right leg.

They have done it with their two best pass-rushers, DeMarcus Lawrence and Randy Gregory, suspended. They have done it with their middle linebacker the last two seasons, Rolando McClain, suspended and likely to never return to the Cowboys’ lineup.

It has been a masterful job for a coach who could not get his team to make the plays on either side of the ball when it mattered most in the past.

Through the first four games, the Cowboys have answers. They are doing it with a fourth-round pick starting at quarterback in Dak Prescott. They are doing it with a rookie running back, albeit the fourth overall pick in the draft in Ezekiel Elliott. A third-round pick from 2015 who did not see a snap of action as a rookie, Chaz Green, has replaced Smith. A sixth-round pick from 2016, Anthony Brown, has replaced Scandrick. A third-round pick, Maliek Collins, has started the last two games at defensive tackle.

Heck, the Cowboys have a linebacker-turned-fullback in Keith Smith churning out first downs.

Perhaps Garrett is upset with the fallout from last week’s Dez Bryant situation. More than at any time in his coaching tenure, he was pressed on why he dealt with Bryant’s absences from team meetings and an MRI appointment the way he did.

Garrett said there would be repercussions for Bryant’s absences, which he called “well-intended,” and he lauded the receiver’s passion even if it fell counter to the accountability message Garrett has preached.

Maybe this will be the new Garrett, who has never been very forthcoming with answers since becoming the Cowboys' head coach. His job is to win football games not appease those asking questions.

To Jerry Jones, how the Cowboys put the Niners away spoke to Garrett’s newfound boldness.

Garrett showed it a couple of times against the Washington Commanders in Week 2 when he eschewed a field goal attempt to go for it on fourth-and-1 from the Washington 30. The result was a 28-yard gain. In the third quarter, he called for a surprise onside kick that failed, but he was willing to live with the consequences.

In Week 3, Garrett went for it on fourth-and-1 from the Chicago Bears' 24 and picked up 5 yards. Two plays later, the Cowboys had a touchdown.

On Sunday at San Francisco, with the entire stadium expecting the Cowboys to run and kill the clock, offensive coordinator Scott Linehan called for a screen to Cole Beasley which resulted in a 47-yard gain.

“Just want to stay aggressive throughout the game, and it was important for us to get a first down in that situation,” Garrett said.

The Cowboys were able to end the game with the Landry Shift, an ode to their Hall of Fame coach and the only coach in team history with more wins than Garrett.

“When Dak raised up and he hit Beasley on the second down, he’s playing to win,” Jones said of Garrett. “That says as much as I could possibly say about his approach to this team and what he’s doing with this team. That was a play-to-win play.”

 

[CATCH17]

Meh, who cares. As far as I am concerned the Dallas and national media have been more than fair with him based on the teams performance during his tenure.

Yep.. He's gotten a pass for years from them.

 

[Cowboys20]

Picking up pointers from Pop?

 

[Idgit]

I think he's protecting Dez to an extent. The whole unnamed sources being a Cowboys player wasn't really clear on if he was current or not and I think it was a misrepresentation aimed at sabotage like so many of their stories.

Great thread with lots of insights and some nice discussion. I had a thread on this all lined up last night because I was cracking up listening to McMahon JJT and Nate. Nate was telling them basically it's none of your business. They were all apoplectic. A good number of the Dallas media are well paid trolls. From the imbecile Goose (had Dallas 28th) thinks Jason Witten is a borderline HOF to JJT trolling Dez to his face to Steve Dennis admitting that negativity was the expectation in Dallas. They're criticizing JG in part for being robotic. Hello. He's always been robotic. He has always taken the mushroom approach to the media. Now he's just willing to let them know about it.

It's pretty interesting.

Although I do agree it's dumb to pick a fight with anybody who buys ink by the barrel, the team does have a lot of room to push on the media here. Especially if they can keep on winning. It's kind of funny to watch the media overreact to it and then act like the overreaction is justified. It probably was just a reminder and a course-correction for them today and it'll be back to business as usual tomorrow ("How you doin', guys?"). But in the meantime, it's kind of fun to see it going down.

 

[TX_Yid]

Hope he dislikes Werder as much as I Do

You don't dislike Ed Werder as much as I dislike Ed Werder