These are all good points, but the jar truly is empty from JG on down. That speaks volumes about the quality of the coaching staff.
JG has been a lame duck coach this entire season. It's contributed to the mess we're seeing right now, because JG has probably been in the trying-to-save-his job mode, and in so doing, the little details that help a team play cohesively go by the way side, especially when the focus is on the big picture, and that picture has nothing to do with football. Also, the other coaches know their gig is up so why put in the effort. It's human nature to try to save your job, so I'm not saying the coaches are deliberately sabotaging the players. It just makes for a toxic, frustrating environment when you know your job is slipping away every game you lose.
Guess who's responsible for that? Mr. Jerry Jones, that's who. JG should never have gotten 9 years. He's been stubborn to change, he's mistake prone, and he's indecisive, attributes you simply can't have in a head coach. Instead of being able to swim with the fishes, Jason sinks like a rock.
How will the rest of the season play out? Depends on the players. They're angry, Zeke says. But at who, or what? Themselves? The coaches? The owners? The worse kind of anger is the one with the coat of many colors. Thus it may remain unresolved until the cause is eliminated, or the season is over.
And the season will probably play out in one of these two ways, (and I'm probably stating the obvious): the Cowboys will muster enough pride to rise above the lack of cohesive, competent coaching in order to win at least two more games, or the Cowboys will flounder like their coaches, and lose the rest of their games.
It remains to be seen. The Bears game should be the gut check.
