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I was thinking about the types of personal lives that the best athletes, coaches, and gm’s all seem to have. About their types of personality and how obsessed they seem to be about the sport. And we already know that our GM/owner is different, but I started thinking just how different they are.
Sean McVay has already started hinting about life after coaching and he is currently 36 years old. Jimmy got so burned out that he barely got through the 90’s before he was ready to fish and watch football on Sundays. Some guys can’t leave the game such as Belichick. Players like Brady and Jordan and countless others that would practice like eager beginners on the most minute details of their own game (AFTER winning it all) and study habits. GM’s like Ozzie Newsome that basically live at the facility, and eventually hand the reigns to a younger guy while still mentoring from a distance.
The commitment needed borders and crosses the line on unhealthy obsessive compulsive behavior. You have to pour your soul into the thing with no knowledge if you will eventually get the big payoff. This happens in all professions, but these guys are paid highly to build winning programs (more pay for great performance history).
We as fans want everyone involved with the team we cheer for to have this behavior and passion and obsession with winning championships. It should be apparent to every single Cowboy fan that Jerry falls well short of this level of commitment to the franchise he owns and pays other people to run. McCarthy being okay with his current role and situation as head coach and his recent comments about it is just more proof that the environment created by the owner/gm is the root cause of lack of playoff success. It CAUSES poor coaching and player behaviors. The team leaders must accept the unhealthy obsession of winning to actually get there and sustain. Yes they need certain baseline talents, but the previous sentence defines Super Bowl winners or conference championship game appearances and teams that make the playoffs sometimes.
This team’s top leaders either lack the talent or the obsession. The QB unfortunately lacks enough talent to make up for other team deficiencies. The GM/owner lacks both the talent and necessary obsession. The head coach sounds like he no longer holds the same obsession, but is okay with the pay and association with the most popular team in sports.
This recent article about the former PR guy is just MORE proof of everything that has been said. All we can hope is that the league goes whacko and does a full investigation resulting in the team needing to sell to another owner who hopefully shares our obsession. If not, turn off the lights folks-the only championship game hope the Cowboys have revolves around the relative lack of contenders within the NFC vs the AFC. What a gutless loser take that I’ve seen relayed in a positive spin. It makes me sick that the NFC East has no real contender to match up with the Cowboys. If the team is to win another Super Bowl or even appear in one, hopefully it comes on merit and not because the opponents sucked worse than you.
Sean McVay has already started hinting about life after coaching and he is currently 36 years old. Jimmy got so burned out that he barely got through the 90’s before he was ready to fish and watch football on Sundays. Some guys can’t leave the game such as Belichick. Players like Brady and Jordan and countless others that would practice like eager beginners on the most minute details of their own game (AFTER winning it all) and study habits. GM’s like Ozzie Newsome that basically live at the facility, and eventually hand the reigns to a younger guy while still mentoring from a distance.
The commitment needed borders and crosses the line on unhealthy obsessive compulsive behavior. You have to pour your soul into the thing with no knowledge if you will eventually get the big payoff. This happens in all professions, but these guys are paid highly to build winning programs (more pay for great performance history).
We as fans want everyone involved with the team we cheer for to have this behavior and passion and obsession with winning championships. It should be apparent to every single Cowboy fan that Jerry falls well short of this level of commitment to the franchise he owns and pays other people to run. McCarthy being okay with his current role and situation as head coach and his recent comments about it is just more proof that the environment created by the owner/gm is the root cause of lack of playoff success. It CAUSES poor coaching and player behaviors. The team leaders must accept the unhealthy obsession of winning to actually get there and sustain. Yes they need certain baseline talents, but the previous sentence defines Super Bowl winners or conference championship game appearances and teams that make the playoffs sometimes.
This team’s top leaders either lack the talent or the obsession. The QB unfortunately lacks enough talent to make up for other team deficiencies. The GM/owner lacks both the talent and necessary obsession. The head coach sounds like he no longer holds the same obsession, but is okay with the pay and association with the most popular team in sports.
This recent article about the former PR guy is just MORE proof of everything that has been said. All we can hope is that the league goes whacko and does a full investigation resulting in the team needing to sell to another owner who hopefully shares our obsession. If not, turn off the lights folks-the only championship game hope the Cowboys have revolves around the relative lack of contenders within the NFC vs the AFC. What a gutless loser take that I’ve seen relayed in a positive spin. It makes me sick that the NFC East has no real contender to match up with the Cowboys. If the team is to win another Super Bowl or even appear in one, hopefully it comes on merit and not because the opponents sucked worse than you.