Jones: It's my family's fault Romo doesn't have a ring

[Seven]

Been seeing this for years.

I was in the Romo leaves and goes to SF corner.

Of course, not without punching the Jonses' in the face and saying "thanks for nothing" first.

If it wasn't the horrendous OL it was a crap defense, or the coaching carousel, or the play calling, the Galloway's, the Roy Williams, etc., all initiated via the Grand Pooh-bah.

 

[WV Cowboy]

That would mean they are not getting attention. Jerry loves attention as much as booze. Maybe more.

I don't mind them getting attention. But just be prudent on what you reveal to the media. Don't give them anything personal, or anything that can be used against you.

Jason Garrett knows this, and so does Tony Romo. They both talk to the media without revealing anything that should be kept behind closed doors, or saying anything that can be misconstrued or used as bulletin board material against us. Even Dez seems to pick and choose his words, so they can't be used against him.

Jason and Tony are smarter than those doing the interviews, .. the Joneses not so much.

 

[tyke1doe]

It's infuriating that it took this long to figure out you build a team from the inside out, meaning the OL and DL are extremely important. And if that fact wasn't obvious enough, Bill Parcells was actually quoted saying the same thing,,,, apparently nobody was listening until the twilight of Romo's career was upon us.

It really is a shame because the Cowboys had all the pieces for a nice run - a franchise QB, a trustworthy and reliable TE, a pass-rushing monster at OLB, a stable of running backs (The Barbarian, Felix and Choice) and a premiere albeit bi-polar WR. You just get a few big bodies on the defense and offensive lines, and you're set.

And because we hire guys trying to feel/find their way as coaches (with the exception of Parcells, but he lacked the passion and enthusiasm, IMO, because he was at the sunset of his coaching career), we wasted an extremely talented squad. Neither the Green Bay Packers, the New York Giants, the Arizona Cardinals or the New Orleans Saints (all the teams who represented the NFC in the Super Bowl during that time span) had as much collective talent as the Cowboys had during the younger years of Witten, Ware and Romo.

All we lacked was a coach who could harness the talent and a scheme that could get us past the first round of the playoffs. Now we're trying to do it with an older quarterback, who's still good, but whose back is a concern, an older tight end who is still a gamer but who wasn't that fast anyway, and no pass-rushing threat on the defensive line.

I hope we get it done, but if not, a part of Jerry Jones' legacy will be that he had a quarterback capable of leading this team to a Super Bowl but squandered the opportunity in favor of puppet coaches.

 

[Doomsday101]

Well congrats. I should take you to Vegas.lol

No I don't bet on things I love. lol Some of us around here have been saying we felt the direction of the team was moving in the right direction. I can't say I was 100% on very pick the Cowboys made over the last few season but I was always open minded enough to wait and see how a player would come in and develop. I knew this team was better that the 5-11 and 6-10 some predicted and I knew they could hold their own with in the NFC East

 

[65fastback2plus2]

i just got back some respect for the jones leadership...admitting a screw up that giant is a big deal.

 

[tyke1doe]

that is very true. jerry is not afraid of taking risks. the thing with jerry is that he wants to win so bad that he is willing to take huge risks to get those wins. sometimes those risks have paid off, sometimes they have'nt. i think he has learned that taking money risks on a player, and risking draft picks are two very different things. you can work your way out of the money risks. there is nothing you can do when you risk draft picks.
the one thing i really like about jerry is that i truely believe even when he screws up it was with the intentions of winning. and with many owners they worry much more about the money than the winning

Jerry really is no different than any other owner. He, just like they, want to win THEIR WAY!!!

Other owners may want to win spending as little money as possible. Jerry wants to win by spending money and taking risks. But just as the other owners need to be more adventurous, Jerry needs to be more cautious. But the bottom line is that all owners want to win THEIR WAY. And if they can't - and we see an example of that when Jerry ultimately caused Parcells to leave and then remarked he felt he was walking on egg shells under the Parcells regime - they will lose their way, still believing that someday their way will pay off. It's the broken clock syndrome. It may be wrong the majority of the time, but twice a day it's right. And those two "right" times fuel the hope that the clock will be right more often, even if you know it needs repairs to do so but you're unwilling to make those repairs.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

I think coaching had as much to do with it as anything.

And it is what still gives me concern about Garrett. There have been plenty of times where Garrett needed to monitor and manage Romo and really didn't. And there are still times this season where Garrett needs to monitor and manage Romo, get on him about careless mistakes...and doesn't. When Romo is done here, I can't help but be skeptical that Garrett will treat the new QB in the same fashion.

Before that we had Wade at coach who wasn't much on discipline and was afraid to stay on players. The Mike Jenkins of the world showed talent, but little in the way of discipline and work ethic and failed. I don't think we magically got better at drafting overnight. I think that our head coach, while he tends to let Romo do his own thing, does a great job of staying on the other players and knows how to develop talent at other positions.

We also immediately got better on the O-Line with Bill Callahan as O-Line coach. Yes, we did draft 3 first rounders, but we were substantially better last season with Leary, Benardeau and Free than we ever were under Hudson Houck.

I think Marinelli and Kiffin are better defensive coaches than Rob Ryan. I think any living organism with a heartbeat is better than Paul Pasqualoni (now the Bears D-Line coach and not by coincidence, possibly the worst D-Line in the league).

A couple of weeks ago I watched a game from 2009 when the Cowboys went 11-5 and the one thing that stood out the most was how much better the coaching is now. The play is less sloppy and the players' technique is far better. Far less blown assignments and this season's Cowboys come to play every game at a much higher energy level.





YR

 

[tyke1doe]

I think coaching had as much to do with it as anything.

And it is what still gives me concern about Garrett. There have been plenty of times where Garrett needed to monitor and manage Romo and really didn't. And there are still times this season where Garrett needs to monitor and manage Romo, get on him about careless mistakes...and doesn't. When Romo is done here, I can't help but be skeptical that Garrett will treat the new QB in the same fashion.

Before that we had Wade at coach who wasn't much on discipline and was afraid to stay on players. The Mike Jenkins of the world showed talent, but little in the way of discipline and work ethic and failed. I don't think we magically got better at drafting overnight. I think that our head coach, while he tends to let Romo do his own thing, does a great job of staying on the other players and knows how to develop talent at other positions.

We also immediately got better on the O-Line with Bill Callahan as O-Line coach. Yes, we did draft 3 first rounders, but we were substantially better last season with Leary, Benardeau and Free than we ever were under Hudson Houck.

I think Marinelli and Kiffin are better defensive coaches than Rob Ryan. I think any living organism with a heartbeat is better than Paul Pasqualoni (now the Bears D-Line coach and not by coincidence, possibly the worst D-Line in the league).

A couple of weeks ago I watched a game from 2009 when the Cowboys went 11-5 and the one thing that stood out the most was how much better the coaching is now. The play is less sloppy and the players' technique is far better. Far less blown assignments and this season's Cowboys come to play every game at a much higher energy level.





YR

 

[Carolina Cowboy]

i blame Crayton

Come on man. I had blanked that from my memory...

 

[burmafrd]

To say we only lost because of everything else but Romo is crazy.

I assure you, sir, that this is not a laughing matter.

no your POST is a laughing matter

 

[burmafrd]

I agree. I have no doubt Jerry wants to win more than anyone and risk he has taken were always with the mindset of bettering the team but as GM when those risk back fire it falls directly on Jerry and it should. I never felt Jerry was beyond criticism I just think often times people will make big deals out of such minor things it is like watching a pack of dogs on the attack. Come down on him that is fair enough but some of the comments and what people get all upset about too often are the minor things that do not amount to anything.

you have no doubt Jerruh wants to win more than anyone? That is a joke. If he really wanted to win he would hire a professional GM.

 

[Doomsday101]

you have no doubt Jerruh wants to win more than anyone? That is a joke. If he really wanted to win he would hire a professional GM.

I have no doubts he wants to win he puts his money on the line. Would I like to see him hire a GM? sure but that opinion in no way means Jerry wants to win any less. In my view jerry takes a lot of heat some justified some not but I don't have any doubts about his desire to win. You see it different fine

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

no your POST is a laughing matter

you have no doubt Jerruh wants to win more than anyone? That is a joke. If he really wanted to win he would hire a professional GM.

Most are laughing at your posts right now.

Blind as a bat!

 

[waving monkey]

Don't tell me me you need someone else to state the obvious for you,,, or do you? If that's the case then I'm wasting my time here,,,

obviously those issues are well in hand
but you might not have noticed

 

[waving monkey]

I read this post and really what can be said.
we've been drafting well
have a great coaching staff
and are 7/3
but I read but Jones is the GM
and his a bad man

I see winning doesn't cure all.

 

[ElGatoGrande]

obviously those issues are well in hand
but you might not have noticed

Oh yeah, obviously, I mean I take one look at the entirety of the team and I think, "No worries! This GM has got a solid grasp of how to build a contending franchise for years to come,,, woo hoo!! track record, fading QB and defense be damned, weez back for good!" (for you slow primates out there, that's sarcasm). I like the direction they're going and I like the coaches, but I'll reserve judgement for a few more years on whether Jerry the GM has turned the corner.

 

[waving monkey]

Oh yeah, obviously, I mean I take one look at the entirety of the team and I think, "No worries! This GM has got a solid grasp of how to build a contending franchise for years to come,,, woo hoo!! track record, fading QB and defense be damned, weez back for good!" (for you slow primates out there, that's sarcasm). I like the direction they're going and I like the coaches, but I'll reserve judgement for a few more years on whether Jerry the GM has turned the corner.

hate is a difficult thing to maneuver and stll see clearly

 

[ElGatoGrande]

hate is a difficult thing to maneuver and stll see clearly

Vague platitudes, a sure sign you know what you're talking about, lol.

 

[waving monkey]

Vague platitudes, a sure sign you know what you're talking about, lol.

peace out

 

[HappyOnions]

Ugh...

There were still 2 more games to be played IF Crayton had caught that pass...furthermore, if the team plays better the rest of the game it doesn't come down to one play.

There was more than enough talent on that team to get to the Super Bowl. There have been talented teams after 2007 as well.