Twitter: McCarthy: We are going there expecting to win

[DallasEast]

Would really love hearing the particular question posed to McCarthy before his obvious answer. The media is known for coming up with some doozies.

In other words, smart <expletive> questions deserve smart <expletive> answers.

 

[jsb357]

I think Purdy gets pulled in the 2nd half.

49'ers are 2 for 2 when the starting QB does not finish the game this year...

 

[CouchCoach]

What did they expect him to say? "I'd really like to win this game but my boss told me to just keep it close and we'll add another moral victory to the collection. We lead the league in those".

 

[TwoDeep3]

I truly believe there is no answer McCarthy could give at this juncture which would satisfy the fans of Dallas as a whole. And I use fans of Dallas as hyperbole in this context.

If he said something that resembled the three inch headlines comment by Johnson, the boo-birds that reside here would skewer him unmercifully.

He makes a comment they expect to win, and still the rancor flies.

I have often wondered if the cynicism that is a mainstay on this site is generated by the twenty-seven years of mediocrity, or is this what the American society has become. Long gone are the days where the fans would say, "We'll get 'em next year," if the team fails. And that would be uttered in thirty-one cities around this country because there is only one winner. The fanbase would still be fans of the team.

But now days the benchmark is a continued litany of grumbling and grousing, which makes me think this is an antic to keep the team at arms length. A way to put a band-aid on hurt feelings. I didn't use to feel this way about this posture. I would argue against it. But I see it now for what it is.

I can accept what happens Sunday. Win or lose. I will be disappointed at failure, but still have the memories of a season of adversity where the team fought hard and got to the play-offs. And one shining moment when this team went into a hostile environment and shoved it in Tommy Brady's face for all the football world to see.

What makes this interminable harangue a cesspool of misery is the catcalls from the gutless gallery who complain when things get tough, and when things go well avoid the site until the next contest where they start in again with their whimpering, bilious carping.

But don't let me sugarcoat it for you. Negativity is a sport played here which removes you from truly committing to this team in the event they don't get to the Championship and win. I see this as a form of tanking emotionally. Giving up. Quitting.

And if I were to ask disinterested bystanders how they would characterize people who quit on a franchise they follow, representing themselves as devotees - not just a football team, but any going concern - I believe the common response would be losers.

And as we all should know from playing sandlot sports is this.

Losers walk the field.

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

They played like their hair was on fire Monday. Don’t know that I’ve ever seen them actually play at a playoff level of intensity since I was a teenager. They come out like that with their boombox they are going to blow their doors off

 

[Flamma]

duh...if not why make the trip?

Saying it, and actually believing it are two different things. I truly hope the Cowboys are going in with confidence.

 

[DallasInDC]

I hope so...it would be really screwed up if you were going there expecting to lose.

 

[DallasEast]

Negativity is a sport played here which removes you from truly committing to this team in the event they don't get to the Championship and win. I see this as a form of tanking emotionally. Giving up. Quitting.

^Truth

 

[WillieBeamen]

I hope so...it would be really screwed up if you were going there expecting to lose.

I keep seeing folks say this but compare and contrast Mike’s statement to Pete Carroll’s



This board would have a fit if McCarthy said that

 

[DallasInDC]

I keep seeing folks say this but compare and contrast Mike’s statement to Pete Carroll’s



This board would have a fit if McCarthy said that

And Seattle lost.

 

[WillieBeamen]

And Seattle lost.

O really? I wasnt aware…

 

[cowboyec]

WIN

 

[Diehardblues]

That’s exactly the mindset needed by the team.

Fortunately , fans can be less certain.

 

[Jarntt]

At least no Gregory penalties this time...

 

[SportsGuru80]

I love this coach despite his critics. What else should they expect to do??? Dallas has a helluva team as well.

 

[jsb357]

I truly hope the Cowboys are going in with confidence.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Would really love hearing the particular question posed to McCarthy before his obvious answer. The media is known for coming up with some doozies.

In other words, smart <expletive> questions deserve smart <expletive> answers.

I'm digging around on twitter, but this blurb was in an article about being the underdogs.

“So we’re the underdog?” McCarthy asked, before being told that there’s a four-point spread. “By four? Wow. OK.”


McCarthy then started digging for an answer.


“We're very confident, I think there’s an underdog in all of us,” the coach said. “As you thrive and strive through this business –”


At that point, the hosts began ribbing McCarthy for the directionless answer, to which the coach admitted he was filibustering.


“I’m right there with Micah,” McCarthy eventually said. “Let’s just go with that one.”

 

[WoodysGirl]

Would really love hearing the particular question posed to McCarthy before his obvious answer. The media is known for coming up with some doozies.

In other words, smart <expletive> questions deserve smart <expletive> answers.

Found the full quote

 

[noshame]

 

[DallasInDC]

O really? I wasnt aware…

Glad I could bring that to your attention ... point being none of that has a bearing on the outcome. So who cares what he said.