I totally agree, you could tell something is missing each december, the cowboys seems flat going into december, and certainly not not passion if in playoffs.
That does point to lack of leadership, what it takes, desire, we lost some leaders when darren woodson left, then larry allen, just seems like no heart or fire.
Now I have heard, dont know how true this is, but Parcells would beat the team up during the week, and by the time December rolled around, they were dead. Another thing Parcells was bad about, he made players play with injuries, Wade Phillips does not do that. true, sometimes you have to play with small injuries, but if your hurt, and its going to lead to a serious injury, you shouldnt be out there.
Dont get me wrong, I liked Parcells some, but like the old expression, they say the team takes on the personality of the head coach, maybe parcells was tired by time December rolled around, and team reflected that.
Another thing I think that will change, as you all know, Parcells refused to attack, he liked to play it close to the vest, and keep his standard defense in, like with the 2 gap defense, thats real hard for defensive players to play. And he refused at times to attack and blitz repeatedly, sure sometimes you get burned, but id rather attack, and make you come to me trying to beat me, not let me sit back there, and let you dictate the game.
I have heard that the players are real excited about the new defense about to be played, and the new attack style offense, so we will have to see if that fires up the team. Not sure what was lacking in emotion in december, but you could see it ever since the last 5 years or so, the cowboys would hardly win more that one game in december. Now that is pitiful, teams that go to the playoffs and super bowl, that is when they should be getting hot, late in november and december, gearing up for the playoffs with fire, determination, will, heart and desire to win.
