Twitter: Jason Garrett explains Dez Bryant actions

[The Quest for Six]

Dez, the 70 million dollar child!!

 

[cowboyblue22]

you can bet the press will get even with garrett jjt has already started this morning with a article on espn this thing was handled badly by the cowboys org and the head coach if you start losing lots of games they will make your time in that city miserable.

 

[bark]

I'm over this already. Let's go play the 9ers

 

[Crown Royal]

What would make you people happy?

He was fined? Check

Coach spoke to him? Check

Everyone knows Dez is passionate and immature at times? Check

Coach tells press what happened and some still are not satisfied? Check

I mean seriously? Who gives a crap? It's within the team we have zero to do with it, and they handled it professionally and probably within the rules of the CBA and the team.

I don't know how you're missing this. He needs to be held accountable.

 

[Sydla]

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.

This is a joke right?

So now we are blaming expectations and demands of being a professional athlete for Bryant essentially disappearing from his employer for two days?

Note, I am not saying he should be cut, traded, whatever. But he deserves criticism. What he did was show immaturity, an issue that has plagued him from high school to now. I fail to see what's wrong with point this out.

 

[Alexander]

I don't know how you're missing this. He needs to be held accountable.

Actually just growing up would be nice. But how many passion moments does he have left to use up?

 

[CouchCoach]

What would make you people happy?

He was fined? Check

Coach spoke to him? Check

Everyone knows Dez is passionate and immature at times? Check

Coach tells press what happened and some still are not satisfied? Check

I mean seriously? Who gives a crap? It's within the team we have zero to do with it, and they handled it professionally and probably within the rules of the CBA and the team.

Yep, but you left out the most important question. Dez returns to field 100%?

I don't care if he sits in a high chair and a pacifier in his mouth on the sideline when not on the field, I just want him on the field but at 100%. We've got a little history with getting players back on the field too quickly only to see them out for longer. But, they may have no choice but to risk it. Lose too many while he's out and it won't matter if or when he comes back.

The point isn't why he avoided the MRI or why the local media feels slighted but when will he be able to help his team again. The point is having a very important piece of this offense back on the field for the young QB, run game and OC. Dez was the fear of 8 in the box, these DCs don't fear any other receivers on the team.

If he'd shown up on Monday, not been late for the meeting on Tuesday would that make a difference in the fact he's not 100%? It's just another Dez thing and we should be used to it by now, he's a different cat and doesn't process information the same as most people do. But his lack of action on Monday and Tuesday has nothing to do with the real problem, we need him on the field.

 

[CowboyStar88]

I don't know how you're missing this. He needs to be held accountable.

What else would you like them to do?

 

[DOUBLE WING]

Don't cover for him when you can't even contact him, say what it is.

When you do address it, don't say it is because Dez is emotional he did not do the right thing, say it is unacceptable with the kind of culture we are trying to build here.

Let the team know it is unacceptable, it sure seems like some of the players were a little steamed.

Is this one incident a huge deal we will be talking about 2 weeks from now if the Boys are stringing wins together, no.

But if you are going to preach accountability, walk it.

Nobody in this organization is held accountable for anything. Not the owner, the head coach, or any of the players, so why start now with one of your best players?

In the grand scheme of things, what he did was so miniscule it's hilarious that we're even still talking about it. He was fined, which is what he deserved for this minor infraction. Let's move on and stop trying to make a mountain out of molehill.

 

[rynochop]

What would make you people happy?

He was fined? Check

Coach spoke to him? Check

Everyone knows Dez is passionate and immature at times? Check

Coach tells press what happened and some still are not satisfied? Check

I mean seriously? Who gives a crap? It's within the team we have zero to do with it, and they handled it professionally and probably within the rules of the CBA and the team.

There needs to be an intervention of some sort...that's the only way to get through to some people. Someone needs to distract Dez for a few minutes while the team assembles at midfield, then walk Dez out and everyone take 60 seconds to describe how Dez had disappointed them personally.

 

[CowboyStar88]

Yep, but you left out the most important question. Dez returns to field 100%?

I don't care if he sits in a high chair and a pacifier in his mouth on the sideline when not on the field, I just want him on the field but at 100%. We've got a little history with getting players back on the field too quickly only to see them out for longer. But, they may have no choice but to risk it. Lose too many while he's out and it won't matter if or when he comes back.

The point isn't why he avoided the MRI or why the local media feels slighted but when will he be able to help his team again. The point is having a very important piece of this offense back on the field for the young QB, run game and OC. Dez was the fear of 8 in the box, these DCs don't fear any other receivers on the team.

If he'd shown up on Monday, not been late for the meeting on Tuesday would that make a difference in the fact he's not 100%? It's just another Dez thing and we should be used to it by now, he's a different cat and doesn't process information the same as most people do. But his lack of action on Monday and Tuesday has nothing to do with the real problem, we need him on the field.

While I get and agree with you, my point is and was what else would people like the team to do? Look those 2-3 days were not going to make the fracture heal faster. Obviously he was hiding it and knew even on Sunday that to me screams the guy wants to play and what he can for his team. This isn't very hard to understand, but some people seem to struggle with it.

 

[VACowboy]

this was huge mistake by the head coach the press will now be his big adversary

I think it's funny as hell. When has the Dallas media ever been a bunch of Jason Garrett supporters?

 

[MarkP88]

He was fined...

What more do you want? A public lashing?

In all seriousness, calling him out publicly would maybe be worthwhile in a case like this. Fines mean jack to a man-child who signed a 75 million dollar contract last year. And he's surely been fined for other infractions here and there in the past that we'd typically never hear about. No one is saying Garrett needs to be a jerk about it, but maybe public criticism from his coach would be a good thing for Dez in a case like this.

All that said, hope he heals up soon and well.

 

[CowboyStar88]

There needs to be an intervention of some sort...that's the only way to get through to some people. Someone needs to distract Dez for a few minutes while the team assembles at midfield, then walk Dez out and everyone take 60 seconds to describe how Dez had disappointed them personally.

They are adults and will handle it in house without that garbage.. Public shaming and try to have an intervention over what exactly?

 

[Crown Royal]

What else would you like them to do?

Hold him accountable!


(Note - read my other posts in the thread - I agree with you, this is my way of showing how ludicrous the opinion that Garrett should be doing something else.)

 

[CowboyStar88]

In all seriousness, calling him out publicly would maybe be worthwhile in a case like this. Fines mean jack to a man-child who signed a 75 million dollar contract last year. And he's surely been fined for other infractions here and there in the past that we'd typically never hear about. No one is saying Garrett needs to be a jerk about it, but maybe public criticism from his coach would be a good thing for Dez in a case like this.

All that said, hope he heals up soon and well.

Could you imagine the media crap that would go along with that?

They handled it the right way

 

[CowboyStar88]

Hold him accountable!


(Note - read my other posts in the thread - I agree with you, this is my way of showing how ludicrous the opinion that Garrett should be doing something else.)

haha good one! So unbelievable at times really

 

[KJJ]

Garrett explained Dez's actions by using the "passion" excuse. Every time Dez doesn't handle something the right way it's always because he's passionate and loves football blah blah blah...it's getting old!

 

[noshame]

Well it would have been nice to know on Monday so you could game plan without Dez.

I just find the whole thing hard to swallow

 

[rynochop]

Public shaming and try to have an intervention over what exactly?

For letting his teammates, the media, and most importantly, members of the Cowboyzone down!!