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Maybe the Sky Is Falling
Pressed hard about his team's declining performance in December, Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said on Monday, "If you want to throw in Chicken Little and the sky is falling and all that, if you want to. But I think we have a strong football team and a great chance to be where we want to be."
We'll see your one "Chicken Little," Wade, and raise you a Pollyanna.
Asked about his team's declining performance since the start of December, Phillips reply on Monday was, "13-3?"
Every attempt to bring Phillips around to acknowledging his team's good performances are getting smaller and smaller in the rearview mirror was met with excuses.
The Cowboys had nothing to play for. They played well in "big games" except against New England. They had twice as many yards as the Panthers in a sloppy, 20-10 win. They were sixth in the NFL in run defense. They're in the top 10 in 18 of 24 categories on offense and defense.
He said, "We won the division by three games over the Giants, four games over the Commanders, five games over Philadelphia. We were in control, whether it was early, late, middle, wherever it is, we were in control of the whole situation, and I think that’s what it showed. I'm proud of our team -- 13-3. You don't get that every year. Didn't get that every year here, except once, I believe, in the whole history."
This man can X and O with anyone in the league. But he's 0-3 as a head coach in the playoffs and last year he was the defensive coordinator of the most talented team in football -- the Chargers. And they got beat at home by New England 24-21 in a game San Diego absolutely should have won.
You compare the tone and playoff record of Phillips to the tone of Bill Belichick, whose team went 16-0 and has won three Super Bowls in six seasons.
Belichick's hand is poised above the panic button. After his team's win over the Giants on Saturday night, Belichick lamented his team's porous defense. While Phillips' catchphrase is "13-3." Belichick's are "moving on" and "turn the page."
The difference in approach between the two coaches couldn’t be starker. Any guesses on whose methods will prove more successful?
Tom Curran has covered the NFL since 1997 and was on the Patriots beat for The Providence Journal from 2002 to 2006. A native of Southeastern Massachusetts (aka God's Country), Curran appears a little too often on Boston's top sports radio station WEEI. When not flapping his gums he breaks up fights between his three sons and goes to the driving range to "get his mind right."
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Pressed hard about his team's declining performance in December, Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said on Monday, "If you want to throw in Chicken Little and the sky is falling and all that, if you want to. But I think we have a strong football team and a great chance to be where we want to be."
We'll see your one "Chicken Little," Wade, and raise you a Pollyanna.
Asked about his team's declining performance since the start of December, Phillips reply on Monday was, "13-3?"
Every attempt to bring Phillips around to acknowledging his team's good performances are getting smaller and smaller in the rearview mirror was met with excuses.
The Cowboys had nothing to play for. They played well in "big games" except against New England. They had twice as many yards as the Panthers in a sloppy, 20-10 win. They were sixth in the NFL in run defense. They're in the top 10 in 18 of 24 categories on offense and defense.
He said, "We won the division by three games over the Giants, four games over the Commanders, five games over Philadelphia. We were in control, whether it was early, late, middle, wherever it is, we were in control of the whole situation, and I think that’s what it showed. I'm proud of our team -- 13-3. You don't get that every year. Didn't get that every year here, except once, I believe, in the whole history."
This man can X and O with anyone in the league. But he's 0-3 as a head coach in the playoffs and last year he was the defensive coordinator of the most talented team in football -- the Chargers. And they got beat at home by New England 24-21 in a game San Diego absolutely should have won.
You compare the tone and playoff record of Phillips to the tone of Bill Belichick, whose team went 16-0 and has won three Super Bowls in six seasons.
Belichick's hand is poised above the panic button. After his team's win over the Giants on Saturday night, Belichick lamented his team's porous defense. While Phillips' catchphrase is "13-3." Belichick's are "moving on" and "turn the page."
The difference in approach between the two coaches couldn’t be starker. Any guesses on whose methods will prove more successful?
Tom Curran has covered the NFL since 1997 and was on the Patriots beat for The Providence Journal from 2002 to 2006. A native of Southeastern Massachusetts (aka God's Country), Curran appears a little too often on Boston's top sports radio station WEEI. When not flapping his gums he breaks up fights between his three sons and goes to the driving range to "get his mind right."
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