CCBoy
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This is not a chance to vent one's spleen with yet another chance to smother another's view...and it isn't the right forum to troll and just add up totals of insult.
Those of you who claim that you are owed much more and that Jerry, himself, needs to insure play of his team reap a Super Bowl reward, to have value...
You and I are geared in different ways.
I understand pessimism by someone who feels that no matter the reasons, success is guaranteed a fan. That, or the fan has just been cheated.
Sorry guy, I don't buy into that slant...first of all, the Dallas Cowboys are part of the NFL. The product that the NFL sells, is football. One can just not fake an athlete putting all on the line, to physically challenge an opponent that often results in blood, broken bones, and serious injury. No, due to the very nature of the game, anything can happen, and of a hap hazard nature, during the course of a game. Somethings are just not manageable...they happen. To start handing out blame, in a hap hazard game, first is naïve...and then self-centered.
These guys put it on the line, willingly, for the good of a team.
If one is going to support a team that he has chosen...then support it. Rooting for the effort is called sportsmanship...not ownership privilege. You and I differ hugely, right there. No...I am not cheated by the team.
If a team is not the very best, then it should work to become just that. Well, the Dallas Cowboys do just that...and no, Jerry Jones doesn't owe you, the fan, beyond presenting the very best on carpet product that that franchise is able to accomplish. Even I have posted a ton of information over the past years, as to what accomplishments the Cowboys have actually accomplished. Since Jerry came into ownership, and in the past eight seasons...Dallas ranks #8 in total wins. That is not failure. As to the past three seasons, the Cowboys have a 12 win and a 13 win season.
That is improving on a top shelf level...not past due payments to fans.
The Dallas Cowboys have quite a few Pro Bowlers and one of the very best offenses in the NFL. That always is entertaining for a fan...but not for a ring-tapper, who gloats in trophies alone.
I grew in and participated in Texas football. I remember watching Ronnie Bull, at a little 2A team, Bishop. I learned the thrill of the competition...not glory of gloating. They made it to the Regionals, and lost to Kennedy. Ronnie was All State at running back, and went on to become an All American at Baylor. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears, and was Rookie of the Year the year following the award to Mike Ditka. That showed me as a growing athlete...direction and made it a personal aspiration for me.
I was All District at linebacker, while playing for the Kingsville Brahmas. I then went on to play at the Air Force Academy and then Texas A&I. The Falcons played Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl and the Javelinas were National Champs - NAIA.
But you know what? Even when playing, nothing was owed us as a team. That had to be accomplished game by game, and by sacrifice with the guideline of doing the work as a team. It was effort expended...not goals guaranteed. Final victories are never guaranteed and why sportsmanship and appreciation of the sport should dominate one's make-up and reason for support of a team. Winning is NOT guaranteed, but the sacrifice and selfless nature of a team, IS.
One roots for a team...not simply for a self appointed entitlement. Where is that in a competitive team, from the start.
And on a side note...winning in a competitive level of playoffs, doesn't just happen. It comes to a very dedicated and team integrated team. But there is another element that seems to be lost here, and that winning in a playoff system, requires experiences at that level...by the team. That requires experience in the playoffs as well...to play at a specific level of play.
The Cowboys lost to Green Bay, the last two times in the playoffs. But the thing here, was that it lost by 5 points and then 3 points the last few seconds. Sorry, that doesn't create a sudden debt by the Cowboys to the fans.
I am well proud of my chosen team...the Cowboys. They fought hard, but were a top team for two of the past three seasons. They are talented enough to compete now. They have worked hard to be where they are...right now.
But for the record, don't you claim that they instead owe me an ounce more...because I am a fan!
Sorry, they have done this fan proud. They have strived hard, and at top levels. I understand winning. Not just chest pounding...
and when a fan thinks his team owes more than a difficult to sustain, high competition in a team, well maybe he should move on to where he can worship a trophy instead. Tradition does have it's place...and Jerry Jones has done his efforts to build upon that. The Cowboys owe me being in the mix - that is dedication. But instead of cheapening that mark of integrity...I support it.
Those of you who claim that you are owed much more and that Jerry, himself, needs to insure play of his team reap a Super Bowl reward, to have value...
You and I are geared in different ways.
I understand pessimism by someone who feels that no matter the reasons, success is guaranteed a fan. That, or the fan has just been cheated.
Sorry guy, I don't buy into that slant...first of all, the Dallas Cowboys are part of the NFL. The product that the NFL sells, is football. One can just not fake an athlete putting all on the line, to physically challenge an opponent that often results in blood, broken bones, and serious injury. No, due to the very nature of the game, anything can happen, and of a hap hazard nature, during the course of a game. Somethings are just not manageable...they happen. To start handing out blame, in a hap hazard game, first is naïve...and then self-centered.
These guys put it on the line, willingly, for the good of a team.
If one is going to support a team that he has chosen...then support it. Rooting for the effort is called sportsmanship...not ownership privilege. You and I differ hugely, right there. No...I am not cheated by the team.
If a team is not the very best, then it should work to become just that. Well, the Dallas Cowboys do just that...and no, Jerry Jones doesn't owe you, the fan, beyond presenting the very best on carpet product that that franchise is able to accomplish. Even I have posted a ton of information over the past years, as to what accomplishments the Cowboys have actually accomplished. Since Jerry came into ownership, and in the past eight seasons...Dallas ranks #8 in total wins. That is not failure. As to the past three seasons, the Cowboys have a 12 win and a 13 win season.
That is improving on a top shelf level...not past due payments to fans.
The Dallas Cowboys have quite a few Pro Bowlers and one of the very best offenses in the NFL. That always is entertaining for a fan...but not for a ring-tapper, who gloats in trophies alone.
I grew in and participated in Texas football. I remember watching Ronnie Bull, at a little 2A team, Bishop. I learned the thrill of the competition...not glory of gloating. They made it to the Regionals, and lost to Kennedy. Ronnie was All State at running back, and went on to become an All American at Baylor. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears, and was Rookie of the Year the year following the award to Mike Ditka. That showed me as a growing athlete...direction and made it a personal aspiration for me.
I was All District at linebacker, while playing for the Kingsville Brahmas. I then went on to play at the Air Force Academy and then Texas A&I. The Falcons played Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl and the Javelinas were National Champs - NAIA.
But you know what? Even when playing, nothing was owed us as a team. That had to be accomplished game by game, and by sacrifice with the guideline of doing the work as a team. It was effort expended...not goals guaranteed. Final victories are never guaranteed and why sportsmanship and appreciation of the sport should dominate one's make-up and reason for support of a team. Winning is NOT guaranteed, but the sacrifice and selfless nature of a team, IS.
One roots for a team...not simply for a self appointed entitlement. Where is that in a competitive team, from the start.
And on a side note...winning in a competitive level of playoffs, doesn't just happen. It comes to a very dedicated and team integrated team. But there is another element that seems to be lost here, and that winning in a playoff system, requires experiences at that level...by the team. That requires experience in the playoffs as well...to play at a specific level of play.
The Cowboys lost to Green Bay, the last two times in the playoffs. But the thing here, was that it lost by 5 points and then 3 points the last few seconds. Sorry, that doesn't create a sudden debt by the Cowboys to the fans.
I am well proud of my chosen team...the Cowboys. They fought hard, but were a top team for two of the past three seasons. They are talented enough to compete now. They have worked hard to be where they are...right now.
But for the record, don't you claim that they instead owe me an ounce more...because I am a fan!
Sorry, they have done this fan proud. They have strived hard, and at top levels. I understand winning. Not just chest pounding...
and when a fan thinks his team owes more than a difficult to sustain, high competition in a team, well maybe he should move on to where he can worship a trophy instead. Tradition does have it's place...and Jerry Jones has done his efforts to build upon that. The Cowboys owe me being in the mix - that is dedication. But instead of cheapening that mark of integrity...I support it.
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