Hamlin seems ready for tomorrow (Sarcasm)

[WoodysGirl]

Where's that panic button?

Here you go..

http://img.***BLOCKED***/albums/v628/cowboyszone/thread_stuff/panic_button.jpg

 

[Gadfly22]

I would think "clubbing" would have negative connotations for Hamlin.

 

[iceberg]

dc, you are obsessed with Twitter.

actually, i think he's obsessed with players he doesn't like so he adds them on twitter and facebook so he can "cyber-stalk" them and when they dare to post something not "i'm at the cowboys camp between workouts" he can make fun of them and tell us all how terrible they are.

you won't find much of "real" value on twitter from the average person. even a cowboy. their lives just are *NOT NEWS* 24x7 like *some* would have them. they go out, they have fun, they "party", and they kid around with each other in the same manner we *all* do. but if dcf doesn't like you, he'll use it against you.

90%+ of twitter/facebook posts are just moments in time about that time itself. if you use this to make your entire opinion on someone, that speaks more about you than the other person.

 

[SMCowboy]

And I guarantee you anyone who 'yawns' at this has never been a boss.

Wrong. Bosses don't care what you do with your "personal time", they just care what you do when you are "on company time".

 

[JBond]

http://cowboysblog.***BANNED-URL***/archives/2010/03/cowboys-off-season-program-starts-monday.html
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The Cowboys off-season conditioning program begins Monday. Actually, a lot of players have been filtering in for more than a week now but just about everybody will be around starting Monday.

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So what's Ken Hamlin doing tonight?



Your thoughts?

Do you ever stop whining? I would guess you are trying to get your hit count up for your personal site, but that would be pure speculation just like your entire post was.

 

[jazzcat22]

Who really cares.....5 years ago, we never would have known anything about this. but now in the information overload media type crap, it's worse than a freaking soap opera. Players are human, they have a life....let them live it. Especially in the off season.

 

[The Natural]

I pray Nate Allen is a Cowboy next month

 

[Doomsday101]

Who really cares.....5 years ago, we never would have known anything about this. but now in the information overload media type crap, it's worse than a freaking soap opera. Players are human, they have a life....let them live it. Especially in the off season.

It seems people think they should be 24/7 football problem is if players were they would burn out on the game. No matter what you do for a living you need time away from it now and then.

 

[TheCount]

I don't even like Hamlin, and I agree this is ridiculous.

 

[fannypack]

Perhaps what DCF means is not that Hamlin is out doing this or that at this moment in time but that Hamlin himself doesn't see his own quality of play. That or he doesn't care. Honestly, when you're a leader, for any organization or company you're the one who sets the example and leads by it. When you're not at OTA/Meetings/Whatever a little early and you show up exactly on time or you're a little late that's the same message you send to all the rookies who don't know any better.

Yeah they're human and have lives too. I'll be the first to tell you that we can't sit back and expect these guys to be about football 24/7. But the difference to me is that the players who actually make it happen on the field and make our team as good as it is are the ones who ARE going in early and setting the example. To me, if you're lacking in production and you're supposedly a leader you do what's necessary to improve and send the right message.

 

[tunahelper]

I say can his no play making *** even if he shows up for 3 times the required workouts.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Perhaps what DCF means is not that Hamlin is out doing this or that at this moment in time but that Hamlin himself doesn't see his own quality of play. That or he doesn't care. Honestly, when you're a leader, for any organization or company you're the one who sets the example and leads by it. When you're not at OTA/Meetings/Whatever a little early and you show up exactly on time or you're a little late that's the same message you send to all the rookies who don't know any better.

Yeah they're human and have lives too. I'll be the first to tell you that we can't sit back and expect these guys to be about football 24/7. But the difference to me is that the players who actually make it happen on the field and make our team as good as it is are the ones who ARE going in early and setting the example. To me, if you're lacking in production and you're supposedly a leader you do what's necessary to improve and send the right message.

Who annointed Hamlin a team leader? I've never seen his name mentioned as one. I have seen him mentioned as the quarterback of the secondary.

 

[zrinkill]

That or he doesn't care.

How could anyone get that from Twitter?

Unbelievable.

 

[peplaw06]

When you're not at OTA/Meetings/Whatever a little early and you show up exactly on time or you're a little late that's the same message you send to all the rookies who don't know any better.

What rookies? Those people we may or may not be drafting an a few weeks? Do you think that all the draft prospects are stalking Hamlin's twitter account to see exactly what he's up to and following his lead?

Srsly people... I know there's been nothing to speak of, but this is less than nothing.

 

[NoLuv4Jerry]

This is not a Martellus Bennett thread. How do you feel about Hamlin?

I feel the same way....the point I was making by throwing MartyB in with him is that it is all about this new culture where players want us to know them outside of football (except when they screw up, then it is a personal matter between him and whomever). Me personally, there are plenty of other celebrities, singers, dancers, rappers, actors, comedians....players don't need to pose as them to get attention. THEY ARE IN THE NFL.....PLAYING FOR DALLAS....win and the spoils will come....losing and constantly telling us what you are doing that has NOTHING to do with winning is just annoying. Especially when it is the ones who do NOT produce (Ken Hamlin)

Living in DC...it always made me laugh when the Commanders would play a 1 o'clock game on Sunday....get their butt kicked...and be at the club that night BEFORE normal patrons.

 

[fannypack]

Rookies, 2nd year players, whatever. Those that are impressionable is what I meant.

 

[dcfanatic]

Perhaps what DCF means is not that Hamlin is out doing this or that at this moment in time but that Hamlin himself doesn't see his own quality of play. That or he doesn't care. Honestly, when you're a leader, for any organization or company you're the one who sets the example and leads by it. When you're not at OTA/Meetings/Whatever a little early and you show up exactly on time or you're a little late that's the same message you send to all the rookies who don't know any better.

Yeah they're human and have lives too. I'll be the first to tell you that we can't sit back and expect these guys to be about football 24/7. But the difference to me is that the players who actually make it happen on the field and make our team as good as it is are the ones who ARE going in early and setting the example. To me, if you're lacking in production and you're supposedly a leader you do what's necessary to improve and send the right message.

I was beginning to think that no one was going to see the point I was making.

I even said I expected him to be at the workouts.

 

[NextGenBoys]

DC I applaud you and all the great stuff that you bring to the forum, but be careful....you're turning into the Dallas media with posts like this.

 

[dcfanatic]

Last night I was watching a re-run on the NFL Network of Hard Knocks with the Cowboys. There was Wadw Phillips treating S Roy Willimas like a Wade Guy - yucking it up with him and all. In the end, Williams did not produce and so he was gone a year later.

So I think it's naive to think that current players, including Ken Hamlin, dobn't get that if they don't produce they're gone. Whether or not they care about that is a different story, and for Hamlin, he still has to prove he cares. And her still has a good chunk of the offseason left to prove he cares AND to prove that will translate in better production.

What's important is for Wade and Jerry to have contingency plans for the FS position in case this does not happen. Allan Ball played well there last season, which is one possible contingency, and finding a S in the draft is another. So this all comes down to Hamlin and his ability/desire to prove he belongs; it's not about how Wade treats him - or other players - overall.

Wade always gives players the "space" they need to do their business. Right or wrong, It's up to players to do their business no matter how Wade treats them. If they don't they're gone. As far as Ken Hamlin, the jury is still out, and final verdict is for him to decide. And he decides to not take care of his business, then it's up to Wade and Jerry to execute the plan-B options thay have set up in the meantime. If for some reason no plan-B options are devised in the meantime, only then do I take issue with Wade and Jerry.

I do understand that Wade is leaving it up to the players to be professionals.

But if he has to get into a player or let a guy know that he's slipping and that player starts feeling the heat which leads to him working harder and becoming a better player who wins?

The Cowboys.

I could care less if Ken Hamlin the person is successful.

But I would like to see Ken Hamlin the Dallas Cowboys Free Safety be successful.

You made the point about Roy. So Wade never changed his approach to the guy and in the end he cut him when he didn't perform.

How is this a good thing for the team? I would much rather have seen Wade get on Roy and not be his good friend and watch Roy make us all look like a bunch of fools for doubting him.

Instead he's now a Cincinnati Bengal.

At one point I thought Roy was destined for greatness. Another Dallas Cowboy who goes down as one of the best ever at his position. Instead he goes down in history as a guy who started with a bang and fizzled out with a whimper.

Parcells. Too tough.

Wade. Not tough enough.

Next coach. ???

 

[AsthmaField]

but i'm getting sick and tired of these personal jihad witch hunts you go on pretending every little nugget that comes off their fingertips is some damnation to their overal ability.

you're now just stalking their every little word in hopes of finding something to beat them up with.

Thank you! I am more than tired of his constant whining about players not doing what this guy thinks they ought to be.

What Hamlin does on his last vacation night before he goes back to Dallas for his offseason work has absolutely zero to do with how this season will unfold for him.

I don't even think Hamlin is that good of a safety, but for crying out loud... what does him going out the night before offseason workouts have to do with anything that should concern us fans? Had he stayed home and listened to Fanatics internet radio show and said 10 hail mary's before rinsing with holy water and going to bed, would that have made him a better safety?

It is simply a matter of Dfanatic not liking an individual for *whatever* reasons and stalking the player until he does something that DC superfan can point to and squeal, "SEE, I TRIED TO LIKE HIM BUT HE ISN'T LIKE ME!"

Just wondering... what does fanatic do for a living?