If I'm GM in 2011

[BubbleScreen]

Here's what I do, feel free to add your own...

The overall biggest thing that must change is the team's identity as frontrunners. Garrett is off to a good start, but to be a gritty team, everything must be examined. The owner loves to sell flash and excitement, but we all know that is meaningless if you can't win games in the trenches.

First, coaching and offseason management...

Stop the traveling circus. Pick the Alamodome or Cali. Rotate them annually if you must but one training camp home is plenty, thanks.

Unless the team has a second collapse, you have to keep Garrett. Give him a three year deal. Keep Ray Sherman, whatever it takes. Bring back David Lee. Make him the OC. I like Garrett's offense but his play calling can be streaky- in the bad way. New OL coach. John Garrett and Peete are invisible, I don't know if thats good or bad.

Keep Joe D. and Boniol. I'd like to see Chris developed into another Steve Hoffman.

Defense is the real challenge. I think you have to clean slate the D. I'd love to see a new guy brought in who will give a lot of different looks, play both the 3-4 & 4-3 at times and make life hard for offenses.

I think you keep Newman, but bring in a younger vet to compete if the draft doesn't yield a premium prospect. Getting Jenkins back to 2009 is the priority of the new DB coach. Is it time to make Newman the free safety? You have to think between Church and McCray, one can be a decent SS.

As always, we need another ILB. And a DE, though Spears could be kept if the price is right.

On offense, nothing matters but the line. Ditch RW11, not because he can't play, but because he makes catastrophic errors. Replace MBIII with another 4th round RB. Consider a late round QB to compete with McGee.

The OL is the single greatest weakness on the team. The team is crippled when we cannot run the ball, and that's the OL.

Next year, with a repaired OL, and Dez and Miles on the outside, with Witten free to run middle routes instead of blocking, the team may start to resemble what it was designed to be. But the line must be repaired and have reliable backups. Just like the last offseason, without successful reinforcement of the OL, this team is going nowhere.

 

[TD-33]

Here's what I do.

Igor not only will you not be GM in 2011, you will probably be cut.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Igor not only will you not be GM in 2011, you will probably be cut.

that is pretty harsh. Especially during this season of joy and giving and eggnog with tequila.

He was just stating his preferences, and frankly I mostly agree with him, except burning a 4th round pick for a RB. We need to bite the bullet on RBs and add to the secondary, O line and maybe kicking team.

 

[sonnyboy]

Here's what I do, feel free to add your own...

The overall biggest thing that must change is the team's identity as frontrunners. Garrett is off to a good start, but to be a gritty team, everything must be examined. The owner loves to sell flash and excitement, but we all know that is meaningless if you can't win games in the trenches.

First, coaching and offseason management...

Stop the traveling circus. Pick the Alamodome or Cali. Rotate them annually if you must but one training camp home is plenty, thanks.

Unless the team has a second collapse, you have to keep Garrett. Give him a three year deal. Keep Ray Sherman, whatever it takes. Bring back David Lee. Make him the OC. I like Garrett's offense but his play calling can be streaky- in the bad way. New OL coach. John Garrett and Peete are invisible, I don't know if thats good or bad.

Keep Joe D. and Boniol. I'd like to see Chris developed into another Steve Hoffman.

Defense is the real challenge. I think you have to clean slate the D. I'd love to see a new guy brought in who will give a lot of different looks, play both the 3-4 & 4-3 at times and make life hard for offenses.

I think you keep Newman, but bring in a younger vet to compete if the draft doesn't yield a premium prospect. Getting Jenkins back to 2009 is the priority of the new DB coach. Is it time to make Newman the free safety? You have to think between Church and McCray, one can be a decent SS.

As always, we need another ILB. And a DE, though Spears could be kept if the price is right.

On offense, nothing matters but the line. Ditch RW11, not because he can't play, but because he makes catastrophic errors. Replace MBIII with another 4th round RB. Consider a late round QB to compete with McGee.

The OL is the single greatest weakness on the team. The team is crippled when we cannot run the ball, and that's the OL.

Next year, with a repaired OL, and Dez and Miles on the outside, with Witten free to run middle routes instead of blocking, the team may start to resemble what it was designed to be. But the line must be repaired and have reliable backups. Just like the last offseason, without successful reinforcement of the OL, this team is going nowhere.

Everyone loves to make that generalization of Jones. Now days Dez is the proof positive.
When in fact the Cowboys were actually looking OL in the 1st, just like they were last year in the 2nd.
Sometimes the draft simply works against you and you can't get what you want/need most.

OL is this team's weakest unit. It has been neglected. These are the facts and they are undisputed.
I just don't agree with the idea that its the fault of Jerry's love of flash over substance.

I think the split camp was the single greatest over blown non-factor in our demise.

I agree with most everything else you said, even dumping Roy.
I hated on him big time in 2009.
He's worked hard this year and it really showed on the field.

Problem is he's still a freaking moosh, a jink! The next good break he'll get will probably be a bone.

The last second TD called back against the Skins. How's that his fault? Because he's a moosh. Had that TD gone to anyone else, I'm certain it stands.

The fumble late along the sidelines when the play should have been blown dead. Anyone else and it is blown dead.

And now the fumble at the 12. Second that happen I knew we were losing. Had Miles fumbled that ball, there's no doubt in my mind we still win.

 

[BubbleScreen]

Everyone loves to make that generalization of Jones. Now days Dez is the proof positive.
When in fact the Cowboys were actually looking OL in the 1st, just like they were last year in the 2nd.
Sometimes the draft simply works against you and you can't get what you want/need most.

OL is this team's weakest unit. It has been neglected. These are the facts and they are undisputed.
I just don't agree with the idea that its the fault of Jerry's love of flash over substance.

I think the split camp was the single greatest over blown non-factor in our demise.

The horse and pony show goes directly to the attitude the team had early on. The entitled attitude, of all we had to do to win was show up, the lack of mental toughness is based on the team's lack of focus. That focus should start in the owner's box. We know the head coach didn't bring it.

The lack of attention to the OL goes back at least to 2008. The line was solid in '07, though thoroughly whipped by the Giants DL. That shouldve been the prompt to upgrade it, but we did not do so.

Everyone watching this team for the last three or four years has said fix he OL, and yet the obvious has not been done. We traded for Roy Williams instead of fixing it. We drafted Felix Jones and Dez Bryant.

We tried to get Max Unger last year and instead of trading up, we missed out on him and ended up with Brewster, who is no longer on the roster.

We didn't trade up for Pouncey this year, though he was a great interior prospect. We clearly needed Dez, and I'm glad he's on the team. There were no OL free agents brought in, apart from the garbage exchange of Carp for Barron. I like Sam Young, and Phil Costa, but they have proven nothing, and are more likely to be Brewsters than Frees. We can no longer wait for more Doug Frees. Fix it now.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

The OL is the single greatest weakness on the team. The team is crippled when we cannot run the ball, and that's the OL.

Wrong.

The biggest problem with the team is the lousy pass defense.

As Adamjt13 has pointed out several times, the ability to pass the ball efficiently, and stop the pass have more in common with winning & losing than does the ability to run the ball and stop the run.

Does that mean the offensive line doesn't deserve attention?

Of course not. We all know it has issues. But the pass defense is in worse shape.

 

[TD-33]

that is pretty harsh. Especially during this season of joy and giving and eggnog with tequila.

He was just stating his preferences, and frankly I mostly agree with him, except burning a 4th round pick for a RB. We need to bite the bullet on RBs and add to the secondary, O line and maybe kicking team.

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sorry just a bit unhappy with 99's lack of brutality given his strength. Ratt is fighting double-teams every snap and is still the only consistent DL. The next game will be won or lost on his (Igor's) and Hatcher's ability to push the pocket.

And my original sarcasm wasn't really directed at TS but just having fun with his username