News: Garrett Wants Playoff Loss To “Fuel The Fire” For Team’s 2017 Motivation

[Ranching]

I like Javelina Stadium...and am an ex there. Both High School and then, A&I under Gil Steinke.

I'm from the Valley, two of my brothers and I went there. My brothers in the late 70 and me mid 80s. My daughter will probably go there year after next. I like that school, won my first playoff game in Javelina Stadium.

 

[CCBoy]

I'm from the Valley, two of my brothers and I went there. My brothers in the late 70 and me mid 80s. My daughter will probably go there year after next. I like that school, won my first playoff game in Javelina Stadium.

Thanks for the share, I had a scholarship with the Javelinas when Ernest Price, Levi Johnson, Eldridge Small, Dwight Harrison, Karl Douglas, David Hill, and Don Hardeman were playing for them. Just after Dwayne Nix and Eugene Upshaw...Dwayne was a 3 time Little All American at tight end, but was a squad leader in Viet Nam.

I'm a proud alumni as well...Border Bandits!

 

[Ranching]

Thanks for the share, I had a scholarship with the Javelinas when Ernest Price, Levi Johnson, Eldridge Small, Dwight Harrison, Karl Douglas, David Hill, and Don Hardeman were playing for them. Just after Dwayne Nix and Eugene Upshaw...Dwayne was a 3 time Little All American at tight end, but was a squad leader in Viet Nam.

I'm a proud alumni as well...Border Bandits!

Go Hoggies. It was a great program back then.

 

[CCBoy]

Go Hoggies. It was a great program back then.

I watched more than a few tortillas flying through the air...lol.

 

[Ranching]

I watched more than a few tortillas flying through the air...lol.

I was in the rodeo club section. I threw a few of those. Lol. Great memories.

 

[Don Corleone]

The one that needs fuel to his fire is Garrett. He needs to learn how to work the referees. There has been some improvement since his first year, but he is still way too soft. How about getting a bit more animated when bad calls happen?

These refs have no fear of Garrett jumping down their throats.

 

[Joe Realist]

Garrett Wants Playoff Loss To “Fuel The Fire” For Team’s 2017 Motivation
http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/2017/01/20/garrett-wants-playoff-loss-“fuel-fire”-team’s-2017-motivation



FRISCO, Texas – Whether you’re a rookie in his playoff debut like Dak Prescott or a veteran in his sixth postseason trip like Jason Witten, last Sunday’s loss to the Green Bay Packers had the same effect.

“It’s a terrible feeling,” Prescott said.

The Cowboys left The Star in Frisco on Monday following their final team meeting still processing the abrupt end to a remarkable season. Their head coach, Jason Garrett, reminded them the 2016 Dallas Cowboys will never be together again. Things always change, win or lose.

There’s another consistent message Garrett tells his team that’s fitting for their reluctant start to the offseason: ‘The only thing that matters is what we do now.’...

 

[YosemiteSam]

Garrett Wants Playoff Loss To “Fuel The Fire” For Team’s 2017 Motivation
http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/2017/01/20/garrett-wants-playoff-loss-“fuel-fire”-team’s-2017-motivation



FRISCO, Texas – Whether you’re a rookie in his playoff debut like Dak Prescott or a veteran in his sixth postseason trip like Jason Witten, last Sunday’s loss to the Green Bay Packers had the same effect.

“It’s a terrible feeling,” Prescott said.

The Cowboys left The Star in Frisco on Monday following their final team meeting still processing the abrupt end to a remarkable season. Their head coach, Jason Garrett, reminded them the 2016 Dallas Cowboys will never be together again. Things always change, win or lose.

There’s another consistent message Garrett tells his team that’s fitting for their reluctant start to the offseason: ‘The only thing that matters is what we do now.’...

Yeah, next time they should finish the fight!

 

[CCBoy]

I was in the rodeo club section. I threw a few of those. Lol. Great memories.

First off, you have my respects...bulls, broncs, roping?

 

[Joe Realist]

Qb was not an issue. They let a great opportunity slip away. I feel 2017 will mirror 2008.

 

[NoLuv4Jerry]

After all that went wrong on Sunday. There we were. 49 seconds. Driving to score a TD or a FG. He MUST make the right decision. If the players botch it...they botch it. But he cannot continue to make the wrong decision when it comes to managing the clock. We have lived through this with him for YEARS. Spiking the ball was the WRONG decision. I don't care what Garrett says. And I simply don't think Garrett can handle the heat on the sidelines for 3 or 4 games in the postseason to win a Super Bowl.

 

[Ranching]

First off, you have my respects...bulls, broncs, roping?

I never rode competitive, just an excuse to drink beer. Only rode a bull once, i was 13. Never again.

 

[CCBoy]

I never rode competitive, just an excuse to drink beer. Only rode a bull once, i was 13. Never again.

You don't have to convince me...A&I was a good environment and enjoyed the football bonfires as well. Beer...check.

 

[Don Corleone]

After all that went wrong on Sunday. There we were. 49 seconds. Driving to score a TD or a FG. He MUST make the right decision. If the players botch it...they botch it. But he cannot continue to make the wrong decision when it comes to managing the clock. We have lived through this with him for YEARS. Spiking the ball was the WRONG decision. I don't care what Garrett says. And I simply don't think Garrett can handle the heat on the sidelines for 3 or 4 games in the postseason to win a Super Bowl.

Believe in the PROCESS!

 

[Idgit]

It really should be questioning a player's decision . . . blame may be a bit much.

I, for one, appreciate that he doesn't play the blame game. I don't even care for the falling on the sword that some coaches do. I just want to know that mistakes are being corrected and be able to see that evidence the next time out.

I like it too. As long as the accountability does happen someplace. Enough players have said Garrett handles things completely differently in the film room that I believe that's probably what's going on.

 

[Idgit]

A little too much "we"... vague... ambiguous....


This is an instance where I want I to see "I"... as in, "I need to do a better job as head coach"...." I need to make better decisions"...... "I made mistakes out there and I can't continue to do that"

Why not? Some players do it... how about "he do it"?

Not going to happen. And if it did happen, it would probably start off a circus with the press clamoring for more specifics and Jerry throwing in quotes of his own on top. It would hurt the team.

Fans want the guy in charge to publicly shoulder the blame. If he did, they'd turn immediately around and point to it as evidence he should be replaced. This isn't about the job he did coaching the team this year at all. It's about frustration that we lost.

 

[DandyDon52]

I wonder if the players think maybe why they lost was due to poor game plan, poor play calls, poor substitutions, poor preparedness ??
they would never say it, but wonder if any of them question some of the same things us fans do ??

I wonder how come they dont have dak count def players like rodgers does, and try to catch them with 12 men??
I wonder how come they didnt cover cook on that last pass?
I wonder why we didnt run elliot more?
GB is a better coached team and it shows big time in this last game.
funny how titans let cook go, then rams, now he is a star for GB.
We could have had cook, he was available back in feb.

 

[Doomsday]

Maybe JG can use it as motivation to take a coaching 101 course.

Maybe than he can make the correct basic in game decisions.

 

[willia451]

First off. I would just like to say I'm not a coach and have never been one.

But even I can see that the game plan the Cowboys owner (yes, I believe he is involved in the process) and the coaching staff came up with to start the GB game was a disaster and damn near got the Cowboys blown out.

They went into the half and made some adjustments and things got better. But screwed it up in the end.

Somebody has to be held accountable for that. Don't they?

Otherwise its just going to happen again if we make the playoffs next season.

You simply can't keep doing the same things over and over with the same people and expect a different result.

 

[DandyDon52]

Jasons main prority is to keep his job, and I cant blame him, it is cushy and pays pretty good!
his 2nd priority is moving forward, this is football, move forward and yeah stack some wins!
his 3rd priority is keeping the process going, and coming up with the new slogans.

Truth is it is going to take many more years of job training for jason to get the team past div round.
This team was so unprepared for this game it was a joke.
And they are always bad coming off a bye.
GB was sharp and efficient, and we were slow and sloppy, is it coaching ?
They did come back, but even that was rendered moot by more sloppiness at the end.