Just Curious Your Take On Our Coach?

[Hostile]

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Good point. It is just a continual assault.

 

[bbgun]

Stubborn, defiant, arrogant, imperious, and oblivious to reality. Must win at least one playoff game to survive.

 

[BigDFan5]

Stubborn, defiant, arrogant, imperious, and oblivious to reality.

For a second there I thought you was describing yourself BB :laugh2:

 

[TurtleTurds]

im seriously tired of bill parcells,hope he didnt screw us over,i like him,but manhe needs to take more control or step it up

 

[SultanOfSix]

Let me put it this way. I no longer have much faith in Parcells where it pertains to QBs. Therefore his faith means very little to me. Especially when the only time he shows his faith in him is to put him a game to hand off to run out the clock. That's "faith?" Not in my book. Neither is playing him in the pre-season.

I have faith that Parcells will always give his retreads the benefit of the doubt, even if they turn it over 9 times in four games. I have faith that he'll hold one set of players to a higher level of standards (see Henson), while he holds another set of players to a lower level of standards (see Bledsoe).

Can I get an amen?

 

[tommyboy10]

So I get this straight. When our Wrs get behind the defenders it's not play calling.(coaching) When the other teams WRs get behind our defenders its playcalling.(coaching)

Gotchya

In that game, the depe balls were good plays....The only really bad one was them not covering Glenn...They knew where that ball HAD to go. Watkins got beat, and then there was a heckuva pass by McNabb to the back of the end zone. I will admit, that was a bad example, but the whole premise of everything we have talked about is this.....Parcells should open it up more because he is predictable more than not, and other coaches have done a much better job with their teams over his tenure with the Cowboys. It is dealing with the question in the original thread. That's it.

Besides, how many times were we behind their defenders? Once? That's the problem...we have a great deep guy, and we went there once.

 

[Hostile]

I'd be shocked if he were the next Tom Brady, too. I don't see that happening.

Becoming a Jake Delhomme is probably the best case scenerio for Romo.

Could Romo be a John Kitna or Charlie Frye? I think so. And those using the busdriver model of QB could see Frye and/or Kitna as "serviceable" or "good enough."

Yes, I can see him as a Frye or Kitna. Maybe a Delhomme. I'm not very high on any of those QBs except as a transition option.

No harm at all in being forthright.

There is no shame in being a backup.

But some coaches have seen Romo as a potential starter (e.g., Payton wanted Romo to start over Quincy Carter). If Romo remains a backup, it would mean that Romo didn't develop into the player that some coaches thought he might become. That would be less than ideal - particularly for a team that current could use a better starting QB.

All I've ever heard on that is rumors. Nothing has ever been concrete. Not sure I believe it.

Would it be horrible or awful or the end of the world? No. Spending a top 1st round draft pick on Ryan Leaf or Joey Herrington or Heath Shuler (etc.) would be pretty awful, but it isn't like the Cowboys had to sell the farm to obtain Romo. He came very cheap (a telephone call).

Yeah, it's a great story.

Tom Brady, sure. Chances aren't particularly good that any QB, even those selected with the top draft choices, will be that good.

But Delhomme, Frye, Kitna? I don't see that as so terribly unlikely.

I'd guess that you wouldn't be satisfied with a Charlie Frye level / kind of QB, though. Is that right?

Not particularly as I already stated. They are transition starters at best.

He was right, I think. The Cowboys surprised all by getting into the playoffs that year. Oh, not really. Testaverde was signed before Quincy Carter imploded. Testaverde was to serve as Carter's mentor. Then *poof* Carter was gone. Parcells' choice was between the overripe and not-ready. Year 3 was as you say.

Testaverde was never brought in to be the backup. I knew in March, a full 4 months before he was even signed that Q was going to be replaced.

Year 4 isn't over yet. And, actually, I'm hoping that Romo starts over Bledsoe.

I guess I'm a little surprised that you aren't too, given your appraisal of Bledsoe (a retread) and Parcells (no effort to develop the young QBs).

It's like I said before, I see him as a career backup. Could he change my mind? Sure, but it isn't something I'd put money on. I'd enjoy the games more than with Bledsoe most likely. But people wouldn't enjoy me much.

I understand.


I think it is unrealistic to expect Fairy Tales to happen, and incorrect to assume that they don't ever happen - given the unlikely stories of Brady, Delhomme, Warner, and many others down through the years (e.g., John Unitas was a 9th round pick).

I don't expect Romo to be a great success, but I do think there is a decent chance that Romo can exceed the low bar that Bledsoe has set over the past 14 games or so. It isn't like Romo has to play like Tom Brady to be a net improvement over Bledsoe. All things considered, Charlie Frye would be an improvement.

Fair enough. I'm looking for great success. Anything less is a disappointment to me. Some would say that's unrealistic. Let them say it. It won't change my thinking even 1 degree.

 

[Da Hammer]

Parcells is a stubborn, washed up coach whose coaching style doesnt work anymore in this era of football. you gotta be agressive and creative to win in this day and age while he still plays not to lose and doesnt do anything to adjust to a D. He reminds me a lot of Gibbs actually

 

[chinch]

Parcells is a stubborn, washed up coach whose coaching style doesnt work anymore in this era of football. you gotta be agressive and creative to win in this day and age while he still plays not to lose and doesnt do anything to adjust to a D. He reminds me a lot of Gibbs actually

so he reminds you of a playoff coach from last year... that contradicts the rest of your post.

 

[iceberg]

And thats all Bill Parcells fault, right?

it's his qb he won't ever say makes mistakes.

 

[Da Hammer]

so he reminds you of a playoff coach from last year... that contradicts the rest of your post.

no he reminds of a coach that used to have his team be a SB contender every year to now just struggling to make the playoffs. both only making it to the playoffs 1 time in their current tenures as coach

 

[chinch]

no he reminds of a coach that used to have his team be a SB contender every year to now just struggling to make the playoffs. both only making it to the playoffs 1 time in their current tenures as coach

another contradiction considering many recent superbowl WINNING coaches failed to make the playoffs in subsequent years (gruden, billick), nevermind many other "contenders".