I'm happy Vinny Testaverde was a Cowboy.

[CF74]

After Parcells comments today, we got a little more insight to the benefits brought by Vinny in his year here. Granted 6-10 on the field won't make any one go crazy. As a player, Vinny was running on fumes at age 41.

The lasting legacy he may leave was in his mentoring of Tony Romo (I think Vinny may be a great QB coach if he so desired) In terms of game preparation and just what it takes to be a quarterback in this league. Romo certainly would not have received the same quality of mentoring from Quincy (much due to Vinny's vast experience in the league.) I heard about Vinny's unselfish tutoring of Chad Pennington even after he was benched in the middle of the 2002 season. I think he played the same role here

I know Vinny's not the most popular guy here, but he served his purpose, albeit in a way not readily visible to most of us fans.

Thank you, Vinny.

In the great words of Jack Black, "Those who can't do, teach."

 

[LaTunaNostra]

In the great words of Jack Black, "Those who can't do, teach."

Great to know it was Jack Black coined that one.

 

[Munchis]

I knew Parcells was finished after he cut Quincy Carter (the last and only QB to lead this team to the playoffs since the glory days) for Vinnie Testeverde.

Munchis....Out!

 

[windward]

I knew Parcells was finished after he cut Quincy Carter (the last and only QB to lead this team to the playoffs since the glory days) for Vinnie Testeverde.

Munchis....Out!

damn trolls.....

 

[Dave_in-NC]

I knew Parcells was finished after he cut Quincy Carter (the last and only QB to lead this team to the playoffs since the glory days) for Vinnie Testeverde.

Munchis....Out!

What excuse do you have for Gibbs? What a turn around the skins have made.

 

[Munchis]

What excuse do you have for Gibbs? What a turn around the skins have made.

I could care less about Gibbs and the Skins....let's just hope that Campbell doesn't start because it could lead to trouble for us!

Munchis....Out!!

 

[utrunner07]

eduncan22: you Quincy picture and caption is the funniest thing I have seen all day! Thanks for the laugh.

 

[LaTunaNostra]

What excuse do you have for Gibbs? What a turn around the skins have made.

Silly me..he's a SKINS fan.

Forgot what week it is.

 

[DallasDW00ds0n]

that's just not true. By the end of 2004 very few wanted Vinny as our starting QB. That does not mean he did not serve a purpose here as a mentor. I've always felt that way about Vinny's tenure here and if you even took a moment to comprehend what I wrote, you would see that BP's comments reinforced what I suspected already for a while.

But hey,continue to be your little ol' presumptive self and get owned in this thread. I don't mind at all.

yeah i got owned. VT was never asked to come back, not even as a mentor, you win, lol.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

After Parcells comments today, we got a little more insight to the benefits brought by Vinny in his year here. Granted 6-10 on the field won't make any one go crazy. As a player, Vinny was running on fumes at age 41.

The lasting legacy he may leave was in his mentoring of Tony Romo (I think Vinny may be a great QB coach if he so desired) In terms of game preparation and just what it takes to be a quarterback in this league. Romo certainly would not have received the same quality of mentoring from Quincy (much due to Vinny's vast experience in the league.) I heard about Vinny's unselfish tutoring of Chad Pennington even after he was benched in the middle of the 2002 season. I think he played the same role here

I know Vinny's not the most popular guy here, but he served his purpose, albeit in a way not readily visible to most of us fans.

Thank you, Vinny.

I don't think Vinny mentored so much as it was Tony shadowing him, to see how he would prepare throughout the week, but in the end I agree, whatever Vinny was doing, it rubbed off on ROmo, so thanks Vin!

you still made me cringe

 

[DallasDW00ds0n]

he may have taught Romo a few things, but i doubt it was enough to jump start his own career

 

[chinch]

good post... making lemons into lemonaide. if Romo pans out in a 7-degrees-of-separation kinda way we'll have a new found liking and love for VT.

After Parcells comments today, we got a little more insight to the benefits brought by Vinny in his year here. Granted 6-10 on the field won't make any one go crazy. As a player, Vinny was running on fumes at age 41.

The lasting legacy he may leave was in his mentoring of Tony Romo (I think Vinny may be a great QB coach if he so desired) In terms of game preparation and just what it takes to be a quarterback in this league. Romo certainly would not have received the same quality of mentoring from Quincy (much due to Vinny's vast experience in the league.) I heard about Vinny's unselfish tutoring of Chad Pennington even after he was benched in the middle of the 2002 season. I think he played the same role here

I know Vinny's not the most popular guy here, but he served his purpose, albeit in a way not readily visible to most of us fans.

Thank you, Vinny.

 

[Tuna Helper]

oh gawd.

We are getting carried away in starting this thread.

 

[MONT17]

So if Vinny gets the credit... I guess we should all assume ROMO would be a Crack Head if Carter was the starting QB his first year!!!


I dont buy either... Romo will be a good player because he is a good player!


Oh and is Romo so slow that he had to watch Vinny as a Starter and not a backup? I dont buy it... this is PARCELLS SPIN!!!

I guess TOM BRADY owes all of his success to DREW BLEDSOE... After MNF Brady said he would watch film of the Colts D on the plane home...


can u see Bledsoe saying that....

 

[SupermanXx]

okay look... I'll give Vinny being a great mentor or whatever. but that's as far as I'm going to take it as far as shoving praise up his ***

that man and his pants pulled up to his chest is the reason why I was put into therapy for the entire 2004 season... not really, but if Lacuna Inc really did exist (from the movie 'eternal sunshine of the spotless mind'), I would have gone there and erased Vinny Ballsackverde from my memory and not give a damn

 

[InmanRoshi]

Vinny was just a whipping boy for a disappointed group of fans following a bad team. The hatred directed towards him in Dallas was absolutely ridiculous.

 

[SupermanXx]

Vinny was just a whipping boy for a disappointed group of fans following a bad team. The hatred directed towards him in Dallas was absolutely ridiculous.

oh yeah? ball doesn't lie

I mean seriously... how the **** do you fumble a spike attempt....

enough said.

 

[Aikbach]

So if Vinny gets the credit... I guess we should all assume ROMO would be a Crack Head if Carter was the starting QB his first year!!!


I dont buy either... Romo will be a good player because he is a good player!


Oh and is Romo so slow that he had to watch Vinny as a Starter and not a backup? I dont buy it... this is PARCELLS SPIN!!!

I guess TOM BRADY owes all of his success to DREW BLEDSOE... After MNF Brady said he would watch film of the Colts D on the plane home...


can u see Bledsoe saying that....

To Bledsoe's credit he is family man with a life outside of football. Brady is a fastliving playboy type who is more Namath like behind the scenes then people realize outside of Boston. Brady's life is football and the celebrity that comes from it.

 

[windward]

So if Vinny gets the credit... I guess we should all assume ROMO would be a Crack Head if Carter was the starting QB his first year!!!


I dont buy either... Romo will be a good player because he is a good player!


Oh and is Romo so slow that he had to watch Vinny as a Starter and not a backup? I dont buy it... this is PARCELLS SPIN!!!

I guess TOM BRADY owes all of his success to DREW BLEDSOE... After MNF Brady said he would watch film of the Colts D on the plane home...


can u see Bledsoe saying that....

It's not about giving Vinny ALL the credit., It's about recognizing him for a role he played in Romo's development. Ultimately Romo's success or failure is up to Tony, but no man is an island and even Tony will admit how Vinny set an example for him.

 

[windward]

Vinny was just a whipping boy for a disappointed group of fans following a bad team. The hatred directed towards him in Dallas was absolutely ridiculous.

True. He was held solely responsible for a 6-10 team that lost Glenn for the year, JJ for half of it, and a very bad pass defense and a below-average O-line. Vinny was in the twilight of his career for sure, but who knows how much a healthy TG and JJ could have helped him.