Twitter: Jason Garrett explains Dez Bryant actions

[Sydla]

When people claim that there is some dysfunction with this team and that at times it looks like there is no level of accountability around the program................ situations like this strength that opinion.

I didn't expect Garrett to come out and kill Bryant. But just saying, "he didn't handle it the right way" is a cop out answer and again shows that you have to wonder what the hell is going on behind the scenes around the Cowboys. You see it time and time again where the Cowboys defend their players dumb actions with minimal punishment and then magically, players continue to act stupidly.

Amazing how it always turns out that way.

 

[Doomsday101]

100% disagree. Booger has made this the local media's access the best in the NFL, not one close to it with their access and his disclosures to them. I am not a media fan but they have the right to know first about the players on the team they cover year round for the team.

This wasn't approved by Booger prior to this happening because no owner has ever been this tight with the local media and it has been a symbiotic relationship and Lady JaGa pooped in the church pew on this one. He made enemies and I can tell you first hand from spending most of my career in the media, they don't forget, they get even. And the ones that were in his corner are already calling him out on his press conference now. Sturm was a benefit of the doubt guy with Lady JaGa and even he's being negative about him.

See, this is what happens when Lady JaGa is allowed to act like the HC. Not let's put that to rest now.

The MRI results was not known until late Wed. which is when Garrett addresses the opposing teams media. As far as Dez being late to meeting he has discusses this with the local media. Is he giving them inside details? No but then he should not it is not their business. Dez has been fined and they have dealt with this and moving on and frankly he owes them nothing more than that. Or he is supposed to get into details of the meeting he had with Dez and all that was discussed?

If Jerry wants to discuss this he is the owner and GM he can go out there as he does and talk to the Dallas media, no one is stopping him

 

[Alexander]

C'mon man, Dez is a person first. Can't say I would have reacted any different way to feeling the thing I love the most potentially being taken away from me for the 2nd year in a row. It's not like Dez is partying and doesn't care. He cares too much.

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?

 

[funkytown]

Dez is as passionate as any player the Cowboys have ever had. One exception would be Irvin.

He wants to be on the field. He wants to win. So the people who question his heart now that he "got his money" really bother me. I can see Dez being devastated by the possibility of a season ending injury and not wanting the results.

 

[Alexander]

When people claim that there is some dysfunction with this team and that at times it looks like there is no level of accountability around the program................ situations like this strength that opinion.

I didn't expect Garrett to come out and kill Bryant. But just saying, "he didn't handle it the right way" is a cop out answer and again shows that you have to wonder what the hell is going on behind the scenes around the Cowboys. You see it time and time again where the Cowboys defend their players dumb actions with minimal punishment and then magically, players continue to act stupidly.

Amazing how it always turns out that way.

It just means that Garrett can say all the right things, talk about accountability, right kind of guys, etc. and at the end of the day, when those slogans and catch phrases are actually challenged, he either will not or cannot enforce them.

 

[BBQ101]

No he isn't a kid. The post said it was the same concept.

Try reading it slower.

Sounding the words out may help also.

I see, he is not a kid, then explain how it is a parenting situation?

It isn't the same concept then. It's more like how an Employer should discipline an employee who doesn't follow company rules and guidelines.

BBQ

 

[WoodysGirl]

Maybe I did misunderstand, but you wrote:


What am I missing? Are we talking about how the Cowboys handled Dez? How is it like Parenting a kid unless you are implying Dez is a kid?

BBQ

It's about the discipline aspect of parenting. People want to bash JG for not holding Dez accountable. I'm suggesting that there are levels to it. Nowhere am I implying that Dez is a kid.

 

[Trouty]

When people claim that there is some dysfunction with this team and that at times it looks like there is no level of accountability around the program................ situations like this strength that opinion.

I didn't expect Garrett to come out and kill Bryant. But just saying, "he didn't handle it the right way" is a cop out answer and again shows that you have to wonder what the hell is going on behind the scenes around the Cowboys. You see it time and time again where the Cowboys defend their players dumb actions with minimal punishment and then magically, players continue to act stupidly.

Amazing how it always turns out that way.

It really shouldn't surprise you at this point, with the front office and head coach we have, it's par for the course (Dez's incident notwithstanding).

 

[Alexander]

Dez is as passionate as any player the Cowboys have ever had. One exception would be Irvin.

Did Irvin disappear for days after he was momentarily paralyzed on the Vet turf because he was scared to get bad news? Don't remember it that way.

 

[movaughn88]

Even according to Dez in his tweet they were waiting on the results of the MRI late Wednesday which also happened to be when Garrett was on conference call with SF media. I really don't care if JJT and the rest of the Dallas media got the news 2nd or 1st.

This is absolutely the problem. There's a hoard of DC media hacks, some of which are good at their jobs, some not. They all clamor to have the absolute first snippet of a story, then rush to blow up that partial info into a headline so that they can get their clicks.

I understand why they have to do this in the instant-news world, but what happens is you end up with a piece of a story that has front-run any possible explanation from those who have one.

Then when the actual explanation comes, it's deemed inadequate due to all the judging and debate that has occurred from the original click bait.

If I owned the team, I would not allow the media access to my locker room or my coaches, period.

 

[Meat-O-Rama]

I seriously wonder how folks parent their kids. Because it's the same concept. You can lay the foundation. Set expectations. And they will still ***** it up. So what do you do? Do you go 0-10 or do you discipline by levels.

I doubt anyone here lives their lives or does their parenting in the same hardline way they expect players and coaches to live theirs. It's easy to sit on your *** at a desk somewhere and tell the world how players should act, what coaches should say, how discipline should be handled, etc. It's another to balance being a human being with the expectations and demands of being a professional athlete or coach.

 

[boysfanindc]

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.

Yes but Garrett preaches accountability, use lose credibility when you preach one thing and then don't enforce it IMO.

There are plenty of things you could do besides fine him and move on if in fact you where committed to accountability.

 

[RS12]

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?

Yeah, I couldnt believe the part where Garrett said they were only able to contact him indirectly on Monday, dont know about Tuesday. Come on, really? You are getting paid 14 million a year and you wont answer your cell phone for the boss?

 

[boysfanindc]

This is absolutely the problem. There's a hoard of DC media hacks, some of which are good at their jobs, some not. They all clamor to have the absolute first snippet of a story, then rush to blow up that partial info into a headline so that they can get their clicks.

I understand why they have to do this in the instant-news world, but what happens is you end up with a piece of a story that has front-run any possible explanation from those who have one.

Then when the actual explanation comes, it's deemed inadequate due to all the judging and debate that has occurred from the original click bait.

If I owned the team, I would not allow the media access to my locker room or my coaches, period.

The nfl would never allow closing access to the players.

 

[Doomsday101]

That is the part that least bothers me, the part that does the most is:

Garrett said Dez Bryant missed an MRI and a treatment on Monday. He missed a team meeting on Tuesday, and he was not at a meeting Wednesday"

Garrett said Dez Bryant didn't handle it the right way. It has been addressed

To me that is all there is to it, everything else is a excuse.

Some want to say it makes no difference just Dez being Dez, nothing to see here, fine have at it. But to me it speaks to accountability to your team and teammates.

I happen to think that is important in a team sport, others can disagree and they are entitled to their opinion.

Maybe they fined him pretty heavily, which would at least be a start.

What excuse? He was fined by the team and they have talked with him. What was the discussion behind closed doors? I don't know and Garrett is not going to say. there should be accountability within the confines of that locker room it is not what you do in public. People outside of the Dallas Cowboys feel they must know and if they don't then they don't think there is accountability. I don't happen to share that view I think when it comes to a team matters like this should be done in the confines of the team not for public consumption.

 

[WoodysGirl]

I doubt anyone here lives their lives or does their parenting in the same hardline way they expect players and coaches to live theirs. It's easy to sit on your *** at a desk somewhere and tell the world how players should act, what coaches should say, how discipline should be handled, etc. It's another to balance being a human being with the expectations and demands of being a professional athlete or coach.

You get it..

I didn't think what I said was that difficult to comprehend. lol

 

[Crown Royal]

Really curious to hear idea of what outside of a talking to and fine would constitute "accountability."

 

[WoodysGirl]

Yes but Garrett preaches accountability, use lose credibility when you preach one thing and then don't enforce it IMO.

There are plenty of things you could do besides fine him and move on if in fact you where committed to accountability.

For example?

 

[CaptainCreed]

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?

Yeah man let's put him on probation and give him one of those ankle bracelets.

Jay Williams considered killing himself in a hospital bed after getting in a motorcycle accident and ending his NBA career. This is their passion man. Dez sees these injuries adding up, any of which could be a career ender. On top of that, maybe he cares about living up to his contract. How is that not frustrating? Can you not relate?

 

[Crown Royal]

I doubt anyone here lives their lives or does their parenting in the same hardline way they expect players and coaches to live theirs. It's easy to sit on your *** at a desk somewhere and tell the world how players should act, what coaches should say, how discipline should be handled, etc. It's another to balance being a human being with the expectations and demands of being a professional athlete or coach.

I work in a business where people make mistakes. Very tough business, 100% service based, and people of a good amount of leeway in how they handle their professional work. I can't tell you how many times I've seen people say everyone should be fired who makes X mistakes, because that would be holding them accountable. All of a sudden they get into management and do a complete 180.