I love the Cowboys but I can't stand to watch them

[FLCowboyFan]

I grew up a Cowboys fan and have big a huge fan my whole life. But lately I watch the games wishing we could be a trust worthy team again. No matter what type of lead we have it's not safe. We seem to let up when we are 10 points up and always find odd ways to lose. I want to believe but the team just let's me down over and over again. It used to be just the post season that this happened. Now it is during the season. One week the offense looks great and the next week they look awful. Then the D looks good and the next week they give up 600+ yards and the most ever to a WR. I am so close to not watching the games for the first time in 40 years. It just kills me each and every week. Sorry to vent but if a lifelong fan like me is at this point what about the young ones who never knew a winning Cowboy team. This is just pitiful and the owner needs to figure out how to change things or his valuable franchise will lose value.

 

[popp1234]

I grew up a Cowboys fan and have big a huge fan my whole life. But lately I watch the games wishing we could be a trust worthy team again. No matter what type of lead we have it's not safe. We seem to let up when we are 10 points up and always find odd ways to lose. I want to believe but the team just let's me down over and over again. It used to be just the post season that this happened. Now it is during the season. One week the offense looks great and the next week they look awful. Then the D looks good and the next week they give up 600+ yards and the most ever to a WR. I am so close to not watching the games for the first time in 40 years. It just kills me each and every week. Sorry to vent but if a lifelong fan like me is at this point what about the young ones who never knew a winning Cowboy team. This is just pitiful and the owner needs to figure out how to change things or his valuable franchise will lose value.

Well, I think that is part of the problem. The owner knows his franchise will always be as popular as ever, win or lose. To make it even worse, the GM is happy with this too and manages the team accordingly. Its like winning is a luxury, not the objective. That's the problem.

 

[FLCowboyFan]

Do the rest of you get sucked in thinking they will win knowing down deep they likely won't? It never ceases to amaze me how disappointed I get.

 

[mmohican29]

lol the Cowboys are as entertaining as anything on TV today. The problem is it's comedy for everyone else and unimagineable agony for our fans.

 

[popp1234]

[quote="FLCowboyFan, post: 5262932, member: 548"]Do the rest of you get sucked in thinking they will win knowing down deep they likely won't? It never ceases to amaze me how disappointed I get.[/quote]

I know it's very frustrating being a fan of this team lately. But honestly, If I ever decided to stop being a Cowboys fan, I would just stop watching football. I just cannot see myself rooting for any other team.....I just can't.

 

[popp1234]

lol the Cowboys are as entertaining as anything on TV today. The problem is it's comedy for everyone else and unimagineable agony for our fans.

Yes, I just posted something similar in another thread. We do provide great entertainment for other fans. Once again the "Game of the Week" will be at our expense.

 

[mmohican29]

Do the rest of you get sucked in thinking they will win knowing down deep they likely won't? It never ceases to amaze me how disappointed I get.

every game, it's disaster waiting to happen and it comes in such varied intriguing ways that when they do hold on for a win you can't believe it really happened

 

[Red Dragon]

After the Cowboys blew a 24-point lead against Detroit two years ago, I learned that almost no lead was safe.

 

[ConstantReboot]

The winning tradition in Dallas is over. Jerry knows that. Thats why he hired a puppet for a coach. Jones is only worried about profits. So long you fill his coffers with money, he is satisfied with losing. The results speak for itself.

 

[FLCowboyFan]

The winning tradition in Dallas is over. Jerry knows that. Thats why he hired a puppet for a coach. Jones is only worried about profits. So long you fill his coffers with money, he is satisfied with losing. The results speak for itself.

I'm afraid you might be right. But for fans that lived through the winning tradition it is painful to watch. But I'm too of a fan to stop rooting for the boys

 

[Boyzmamacita]

The winning tradition in Dallas is over. Jerry knows that. Thats why he hired a puppet for a coach. Jones is only worried about profits. So long you fill his coffers with money, he is satisfied with losing. The results speak for itself.

Jerry doesn't seem satisfied with losing. He looks just as devastated as fans when things like today happen. He just hasn't figured out how to fix things and doesn't want to give up control. I don't think that's the same as being satisfied with losing.

If he hired a GM and we still weren't successful, he'd still be accused of not caring about winning. I believe he wants to win, though, whether we agree with his methodologies or not.

 

[khiladi]

Jerry knows he has to fire Garrett... But the hire was suppose to make him look like a genius...

 

[ConstantReboot]

Jerry doesn't seem satisfied with losing. He looks just as devastated as fans when things like today happen. He just hasn't figured out how to fix things and doesn't want to give up control. I don't think that's the same as being satisfied with losing.

If he hired a GM and we still weren't successful, he'd still be accused of not caring about winning. I believe he wants to win, though, whether we agree with his methodologies or not.

Yes he is devastated just like all of us. But the priorities is still profit over winning. Thus this team has the results that it has. Profits are up. Yet winnings are down. As you know, everything is based on results and what you focus on, determines your results.

 

[cowboyfan4life2]

It is painful watching this team every week, you are always waiting for the other shoe to drop, and 80 percent of the time, that shoes does drop.

 

[Redball Express]

lol the Cowboys are as entertaining as anything on TV today. The problem is it's comedy for everyone else and unimagineable agony for our fans.

Agreed about the entertainment value.

That's what it's all about for Jerrah anymore.

He's got his ATT Stadium and he's been very succesful building and decorating it.

While pretty much he's let things slip again on the football side.

This team is AGAIN irrelevant.

Just like the last 3 years under Garrett.

It's hard to take..for sure.

 

[cowboyfan4life2]

Agreed about the entertainment value.

That's what it's all about for Jerrah anymore.

He's got his ATT Stadium and he's been very succesful building and decorating it.

While pretty much he's let things slip again on the football side.

This team is AGAIN irrelevant.

Just like the last 3 years under Garrett.

It's hard to take..for sure.

We are very relevant, which is the problem, we are good enough to be in the race, but not good enough to get over the hump. Jerry doesn't make changes until things hit rock bottom, and ticket sales and luxury box sales become an issue.

 

[RS12]

I love the Cowboys but I can't stand to watch them

The owner has exactly what he wants. A team that sells tickets, gear, and lines his pockets like clock work.

 

[BourbonBalz]

Do the rest of you get sucked in thinking they will win knowing down deep they likely won't? It never ceases to amaze me how disappointed I get.

Unfortunately, yes. I always seem to talk myself into believing we can beat any team we play. In truth, we truly can. However, we can also be beaten by any team, in oh so many heartbreaking unimaginable ways. I'm 51 years old. I've been a Cowboy fan since I was about 8 or 9 years old, so I have had many great years of joying watching the Cowboys, particularly in the 70's and 90's. However, over the past several years, I don't seem to enjoy watching the games anywhere near as much as I once did. It's just not remotely the same. The depression of losing outweighs the joy of winning. That's unhealthy. I, and many other fans I imagine, should probably just stop watching and following, but I know I won't. Is there such a thing as CA (Cowboys Anonymous)????? I have a problem.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

It is pure hell being a fan of this team. If I can dream of a way they can lose a game, they can make it happen. But somehow, losses like this still hurt. I seriously did not speak a word for a half hour after Stafford dove into the endzone.

You'd think I'd be used to this. And it's going to stay this way until, I hate to say it, Jerry Jones is no longer the GM.

 

[FLCowboyFan]

It is pure hell being a fan of this team. If I can dream of a way they can lose a game, they can make it happen. But somehow, losses like this still hurt. I seriously did not speak a word for a half hour after Stafford dove into the endzone.

You'd think I'd be used to this. And it's going to stay this way until, I hate to say it, Jerry Jones is no longer the GM.

I've been in a funk since the Stafford TD. I hear you brother!