Twitter: Jason Garrett explains Dez Bryant actions

[Iago33]

I don't get it. We are not talking about kids here. We are talking about adults. How does parenting apply to this situation?

BBQ

How about it being an analogy about how people in authority handle people under them who make mistakes? You really don't get the application?

 

[drawandstrike]

who wants a public roasting?

im more concerned with JG's accountability form of passion and putting forward the idea of being ok to miss meetings as long as you are passionate. thats all.

if you read what ive written already in previous messages ive said that i undertand why JG chooses to be robotic or boring with his statements and not reveling anything.

a simple "we handle it in house and gave him a fine" would have sufficed. no need to publically flogg him. you're misreading what im saying and working off of assumptions.

again i would be ok with passion being a loophole if we weren't again perennial .500 champs. i care about our culture with the Cowboys so sue me.

You keep replying with this 'Garrett was totally OK with it' idea. HOW was it OK to miss meetings with Garrett because of 'passion' when the team goes public with Dez's dereliction of duty & fines him? You think Garrett has no idea what the media is gonna do to Dez once it finds out he skipped treatment and team meetings?

Do you think Garrett is that stupid? He knows exactly what the result will be of making these missed team meetings public. Dez is getting this accountability you keep claiming he's avoiding and he's just gotten it from the head coach you keep claiming his excusing/condoning/enabling is behavior.

 

[DallasCowboys2080]

You keep replying with this 'Garrett was totally OK with it' idea. HOW was it OK to miss meetings with Garrett because of 'passion' when the team goes public with Dez's dereliction of duty & fines him? You think Garrett has no idea what the media is gonna do to Dez once it finds out he skipped treatment and team meetings?

Do you think Garrett is that stupid? He knows exactly what the result will be of making these missed team meetings public. Dez is getting this accountability you keep claiming he's avoiding and he's just gotten it from the head coach you keep claiming his excusing/condoning/enabling is behavior.

i understand your point. we just have a different look at accountability. this culture has produced .500 ball. thats my
issue. if it was any different and we were winning id be cool with it.

but the product on the field is less then spectacular so far. its speaks to a larger issue here. thats my point and my hesitancy.

again a growth on the skin can indicate a larger internal issue.

.500 ball is a larger issue. accountability in house out house and the style they do it is a symptom to this larger issue? whats causing it? i take a local and global view of this. both are related. .500 back to back to back signals something deeper is happening.

i hope DAK signals a shift away from this culture. i have high standards for Cowboys football as im sure we all do and should. we aren't the browns and should never be looked at as a joke organization. far from it.

 

[TheDude]

Going AWOL so the team has to basically resort to sending carrier pigeons, singing telegrams and smoke signals to find out where you are is not exactly caring too much.

Just tell me, when have you ever seen a professional football player drop off the grid after hurting themselves?

He was found in a coat and tie....it washed

 

[haleyrules]

The club has much more important problems than to get too excited over this. Its no big deal.

 

[Alexander]

"Look, we all go through different things," Witten said. "That's handled within teams. Guys address it and move forward. It happens every week in the NFL from that standpoint. So, yeah, you always work together and talking and that's what teammates are, they're brothers. There's a great saying inside this building by somebody I tremendously respect -- let's not circumcise a mosquito here, you know? I think that has great value in this. As things go on, move forward and we all understand that. This game means so much to Dez Bryant and that's a relationship that I've really enjoyed over the years in seeing that and the brotherhood that you have with that. Dez will be back out there in no time."

Since he is now echoing Jerry Jones, it may be time to take Witten out back and shoot him.

 

[Redball Express]

I absolutely cannot imagine a world where any fan would care how upset the media is about some access problem. No one in the media has ever contributed one positive thing to the Dallas Cowboys team.

Skip Baylees

Troy Aikman

Don Meredith

Moose Johnston

Mike Ditka

Butch Davis

Jimmy Johnson

Ray Ray

Howdy

 

[Little Jr]

I don't see this as a big issue as many are making it out to be. I'll give an example from my experience with semi the same issue.

Almost a year ago, Oct 9th it will be a year ,my son and I was in a real bad accident. We were hit by a drunk driver. My son came out fine but I shattered my leg and almost lost it. I'm still not walking. Shatters my hip, wrist and tore 2 ligaments in my neck, one away from being paralyzed or dead. Oh and I lost 8 pints of blood(75% of the blood we have). For a year ive been trying to get disability. I've been denied twice and have my 3rd appeal in now. When i was denied the 2nd time I had 60 days to appeal. I waited until the 57th day to appeal. Why? Because I didn't want another no. I didnt want bad news. Then when i did appeal they said 2.5-3 months. When that date came and I didn't have a answer I didn't call. Why? Because i didn't want bad news again. My parents and friends kept telling me to call. It made no sense to them but it did me. I finally called and was told the 29th of Sept. That's today. I haven't called lol. Why? Again, i don't want a no. Is the right thing to do or the mature thing? No, but it's hard to explain unless you are in those shoes.

In the big picture this doesn't affect wins and losses. If he was out getting drunk, getting high and just said f that i don't need it then I could see some freaking out. But not this.

I also don't understand the people mad at Jg for his pc's. Who cares what info he gives to them or what info he doesn't. That also doesn't affect wins and losses. I actually think it's funny he doesn't give them the info they want and lies to them. Unless you're a professional gambler and need injury reports to make money, I don't see the issue. If you need better pc's from him for that reason you might need a new profession. Lol

 

[MarkP88]

Since he is now echoing Jerry Jones, it may be time to take Witten out back and shoot him.

Sounds like Stockholm Syndrome...

 

[CowboyStar88]

no public shaming. it might be true about dez being scared. understood. but you don't handle it publicly and show that you are weak and you give the "passionate" excuse. thats weak. very weak. i understand now who JG is or has been closed with describing or detailing in house situations. he gives a little and he shows weakness.

i mean passionate? really? thats what this professionals have to do to if they get in trouble? say they are passionate and then get fined? thats it?

if i worked for this business and made as much money as some of these employees do i would think that if i got in trouble i could use this excuse and get out of a bind easy.

Who handled it publicly? You don't work in this field of sports and are not paid those kind of numbers or count against a salary cap that cripples franchises. It's a moot comparison, and nothing that the average Joe does can compare. They are part of a union that has an agreement with the clubs and the fine I am sure was within the guidelines negotiated within that agreement. What else do people want the team to do? What do you deem appropriate punishment for someone being scared about their health and future of the season? I mean really this is what everyone is crying over? Give me a break

 

[drawandstrike]

I don't see this as a big issue as many are making it out to be. I'll give an example from my experience with semi the same issue.

Almost a year ago, Oct 9th it will be a year ,my son and I was in a real bad accident. We were hit by a drunk driver. My son came out fine but I shattered my leg and almost lost it. I'm still not walking. Shatters my hip, wrist and tore 2 ligaments in my neck, one away from being paralyzed or dead. Oh and I lost 8 pints of blood(75% of the blood we have). For a year ive been trying to get disability. I've been denied twice and have my 3rd appeal in now. When i was denied the 2nd time I had 60 days to appeal. I waited until the 57th day to appeal. Why? Because I didn't want another no. I didnt want bad news. Then when i did appeal they said 2.5-3 months. When that date came and I didn't have a answer I didn't call. Why? Because i didn't want bad news again. My parents and friends kept telling me to call. It made no sense to them but it did me. I finally called and was told the 29th of Sept. That's today. I haven't called lol. Why? Again, i don't want a no. Is the right thing to do or the mature thing? No, but it's hard to explain unless you are in those shoes.

In the big picture this doesn't affect wins and losses. If he was out getting drunk, getting high and just said f that i don't need it then I could see some freaking out. But not this.

I also don't understand the people mad at Jg for his pc's. Who cares what info he gives to them or what info he doesn't. That also doesn't affect wins and losses. I actually think it's funny he doesn't give them the info they want and lies to them. Unless you're a professional gambler and need injury reports to make money, I don't see the issue. If you need better pc's from him for that reason you might need a new profession. Lol

Keep fighting for your rights. Don't give up!

 

[Sasquatch]

Yeah but let's be honest here. How much "accountability" was there with those 90's Cowboys teams? These aren't children though some may act like it. All you can do is fine a guy and move on. Garrett is his head coach not his master or father.

They were winning super bowls. These Cowboys are not. I don't think it's a good comparison on that count alone.

 

[xwalker]

He was fined...

What more do you want? A public lashing?

Is that an option...

 

[Sasquatch]

Since he is now echoing Jerry Jones, it may be time to take Witten out back and shoot him.

Witten's words are interesting.

If teammates are brothers what does that make the coach?

And the problem that many seem to have with Dez is that "moving forward" does not necessarily mean progress, growth, or maturation but merely moving on from some unpleasantness.

 

[gimmesix]

I kind of jokingly said an MRI had not been done because Dez was trying his best to avoid having one since he didn't want to be sidelined again. Didn't think I'd be right.

 

[erod]

The rumor floating among DFW media is that Dez spent all that time on a two-day bender with Jay-Z and 50-cent, who were in town. He wasn't afraid of the MRI results. The Cowboys are covering for him.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

They were winning super bowls. These Cowboys are not. I don't think it's a good comparison on that count alone.

They were winning super bowls. These Cowboys are not. I don't think it's a good comparison on that count alone.

They didn't always win Super Bowls. They had a time when those same players were young and the team wasn't very good.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

The rumor floating among DFW media is that Dez spent all that time on a two-day bender with Jay-Z and 50-cent, who were in town. He wasn't afraid of the MRI results. The Cowboys are covering for him.

Lol.....the messy media would stir that rumor up.

 

[WoodysGirl]

The rumor floating among DFW media is that Dez spent all that time on a two-day bender with Jay-Z and 50-cent, who were in town. He wasn't afraid of the MRI results. The Cowboys are covering for him.

I've only seen that rumor on CZ and I've been on twitter nonstop. If he'd been out partying, odds are that would've been captured by somebody. And even if he did go out with them on Sunday. She's on tour. She wasn't hanging around for long.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Since he is now echoing Jerry Jones, it may be time to take Witten out back and shoot him.

No one is allowed to shoot Witten on my watch, mmkay?