DragonCowboy
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WoodysGirl;2154761 said:
Uh...sure!
I actually got a ticket as a graduation present.
We went up there around 8 am (driving from southlake to irving after just getting your license actually isn't too bad), and we pretty much had free reign over Texas Stadium til 9. We went into the locker rooms, and I saw the coaches' locker rooms (hehe all the coaches except Wade had to share their lockers). Romo and Roy still had their stuff in the lockers.
Then I went down to the field and took some pictures on the star (it's with an iPhone though so it kinda sucks).
Then a guy came down, I couldn't quite recognize him, he had reddish blonde hair, seemed pretty young, and he introduced everyone.
First, Brian Stewart came and started speaking. He started talking about important things on defense. Let's see if I can remember...
1. Disciplined
2. Physical
3. Smart
4. Fast - not like straight line speed fast, but fast to react.
He was very emphatic, and he probably screamed "hits or picks" about 5 times when talking about his corners :laugh2:. When he had his Q and A session, this is when some guy yelled, "Are we gonna beat the Commanders?" Stewart answered, "It's in the plan. It's always in the plan. 32 teams in the NFL want to win the Super Bowl, and we're one of them. It's in the plan." Yeah, that guy sat down and didn't talk for the rest of the session.
Then Reggie Herring and Dat Nguyen came on, and they talked about the linebackers. Herring's a new coach to the Cowboys i think, and he reminded me of my mildly psychotic 7th grade coach. He yelled "sit on your hips! sit on your hips!" like 20 times and he yelled "gather" like 15 times. He showed how to show kids how to tackle. And he was like, "You know, it amazes me, even Houston Texans players don't know how to correctly tackle or how to stand in their stance." (We all got chuckles out of that). Then Dat came in and showed a bunch of different drills that linebackers can do.
Then Dave Campo was next, and man alive I had NO idea he was so old! Y'know, after listening to him talk, you could tell that he really was a great secondary coach who got pushed into a head coaching job he was totally unprepared for. Lots of people in the stands (you'd think coaches would at least be mature about the fact that the Dallas Cowboys - probably the only team to do this for coaches - invited them to come) were jeering at him initially. Campo just brushed it off, talked about how to correctly backpedal, etc.
Brett Maxie came next to show some drills (sadly, it was so hot outside I left in search of water, so I missed a great deal of it).
Todd Grantham came next and talked about the Defensive Line. He wasn't as colorful as Campo, Stewart, or especially Herring, but he did say something funny, "When you're a D lineman, I tell them to patch their way through." And he was like, "and patch would be like a cabbage patch" and he did the cabbage patch. :laugh2: Like 20 years before my time, but it was funny.
Bruce Read came next, and he talked about the special teams. An interesting fact about him was that he got a Social Science degree, but he had no job so his father asked him to join his team at the University of Montana, and that's how his coaching career kicked off.
Then, we ate lunch in the stadium club. The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders and the Desperados dancers were there. This was when Wade Phillips talked to us. Poor guy was bombarded by "Get your ring finger ready, get your ring finger ready, get your ring finger rehhdee!" He basically said it so that the guy would shut up and he could continue saying what he wanted to say. He solved that problem in the best way possible. Unfortunately the media apparently hates him and wants to take him to task for anything he says.
Then, after lunch, we saw Jason Garrett talk about his offensive philosophies while Wes Phillips (who has the face of a 5-year old) pretty much just stood there. He had the "13 Commandments" about football.
They pretty much revolved around being positive, a good example, enthusiastic, and letting kids know that they played well. Wes kinda stood there. A funny moment was when Jason answered a question, then looked back at Wes and was like, "Wes, do you agree?" (pretty much trying to get him to talk), adn Wes was just like, "I agree". :laugh2:
Unfortunately, I had to leave right afterwards.
It was a great experience
