Next year

[CowboysFaninHouston]

This forum is starting to be nothing but Dak threads and complain about Jerry threads.

Can the mods force people to tag threads with Dak and Jerry so the rest of us can filter this stuff out?

the Hate Dak Over Dallas Cult is out in force.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Back in the days when I gave a damn I would have never missed a game, day or night. But I stopped watching the night games about 15 years ago. 1 - because I hate the night games, 2 - because I simply didn't care enough any longer to give them my time.

So that means I missed all 6 night games this season, and only watched about half of the remaining 11. The owner doesn't care about the product on the field so why should the fans invest any of their time?

Want to know what I don't miss at all? It's the days when I was much younger and I let the losses bother me. Watching the games (when I decide to actually watch) are a lot less stressful when you aren't emotionally invested. I'm full blown apathetic towards that loser franchise.

Yes...because even when we lost the team usually played with some respect and dignity.

Like Romo bringing the team back, and falling just short (sometimes). Even in a loss Romo and the team could at least entertain and engage. Before that we were still riding the highs of Championships. Little did we know then it would be 30 YEARS and counting.

 

[acr731]

the Hate Dak Over Dallas Cult is out in force.

And the Dak over Dallas cult is out there defending their hero....

Goes both ways, buddy.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

And the Dak over Dallas cult is out there defending their hero....

Goes both ways, buddy.

the insanity of the extremes suck. both ways. buddy

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Then why do you go so far out of your way defending them?

Because I’m a fan? Why do you spend so much time being negative?

 

[acr731]

Because I’m a fan? Why do you spend so much time being negative?

Here's my reason.....

 

[Acceptablename]

that was quite rude

Lol seriously

 

[MyFairLady]

I knew clicking on this would make me feel good and full of joy.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Here's my reason.....

So then I’m left to ask….why are you when a fan that guy is going nowhere lol.

 

[gtb1943]

the insanity of the extremes suck. both ways. buddy

I have said several time we need a sub forum JUST for QB threads and another for Front Office threads

 

[acr731]

So then I’m left to ask….why are you when a fan that guy is going nowhere lol.

He's 83..... he's eventually going somewhere

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

He's 83..... he's eventually going somewhere

And where does it go? To Stephen who may be worse but at the very least just as bad?

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

I have said several time we need a sub forum JUST for QB threads and another for Front Office threads

if there was a Dak forum, then we probably lose 50% of crowd on this board....which wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing.

 

[deerhunter11]

Just throwing it out there thinking aloud...

Lets face it, to get to the Super Bowl (let alone winning a few playoff games in the same season) and win it (the Super Bowl) takes a team effort, and the guys have to play like a team and do what it takes to win as a team. The margin for error to get to the Super Bowl is so slim for all the teams in the playoffs sometimes it just comes down to luck (although you have to prepare by work to earn that luck sometimes).

I think that the team is built around the "team culture"

When I saw Jimmy Johnson and Michael Irvin at the the recent Miami playoff bowl win, you could see the passion for the game in them 30 years later even though they don't play anymore. You could see that same passion in many of the players that Jimmy had playing for him win Dallas was winning those Super Bowls.

The question becomes where has that passion gone over the years?

I'm guessing after Jimmy left the team, that passion lingered for a couple years more, but over time with new coaches and new players, Jerry's 3 ring circus act has really drained the team of any culture because Jerry sets the team culture by his own leadership and management style.

Before this season even started we had the Parson's soap opera. Now I'm already being blasted with Pickens stories and Jerry. Jerry loves making the news, and I think over time, it doesn't keeps the team focused. No doubt Jerry loves setting the teams culture because he can't shut his mouth up.

Good Post, I have been watching the 90's playoff teams quite a bit lately on YouTube. While watching these games and these great teams on the field, you can't help noticing the effort that these teams played with. Dallas played as a team because Jimmy Johnson was a disciplinarian type of coach. All players were treated the same, with team rules that had to be followed. But most importantly the team answered to one man the head coach. I think that is the major problem within this once legendary franchise. The head coach needs to be the one person that takes care of team functions including all interviews with the media, and the team communicates only with this one boss so to speak. Jerry Jones has created a carnival type atmosphere, and I think in bleeds down into the football operations and takes away from the head coaches' authority. Jones needs to get out of the way and let the head coach and the coaching staff lead this team. The head coach needs to be the single person that the entire team and coaches must answer to, just my opinion. Ol Jerry is the team owner he is not a football guy to lead, and he is not a GM and this team, and its fans have suffered because of one reason his name is Jerry Jones.

 

[Wildcat711]

Good Post, I have been watching the 90's playoff teams quite a bit lately on YouTube. While watching these games and these great teams on the field, you can't help noticing the effort that these teams played with. Dallas played as a team because Jimmy Johnson was a disciplinarian type of coach. All players were treated the same, with team rules that had to be followed. But most importantly the team answered to one man the head coach. I think that is the major problem within this once legendary franchise. The head coach needs to be the one person that takes care of team functions including all interviews with the media, and the team communicates only with this one boss so to speak. Jerry Jones has created a carnival type atmosphere, and I think in bleeds down into the football operations and takes away from the head coaches' authority. Jones needs to get out of the way and let the head coach and the coaching staff lead this team. The head coach needs to be the single person that the entire team and coaches must answer to, just my opinion. Ol Jerry is the team owner he is not a football guy to lead, and he is not a GM and this team, and its fans have suffered because of one reason his name is Jerry Jones.

Agree with you apart from one point.

Jimmy didn't treat all players the same.. he has admitted it many times.

 

[deerhunter11]

Agree with you apart from one point.

Jimmy didn't treat all players the same.. he has admitted it many times.

Jimmy punished Michael Irvin, by not letting him get on the team plane before a game, so he disciplined his star players same as the rest of the roster. Irvin was late for the flight; those were great football teams. Dallas beat some great teams to get to those Super Bowls. San Francisco and Green Bay were both solid football teams, good tests.

 

[Dutton]

Here's my reason.....

He’s definitely my reason. Since 2010, 15 out of the 16 NFC teams have been to the nfc championship game Sad… Jerry get the hell out of the way.

 

[plasticman]

Next year another year of your life will have passed. For some, it could be the last year of their lives.
This year with the Cowboys was a disappointment; last year was a disappointment. The past ten years have brought nothing but disappointment. The past thirty years have allowed you to see the fall of an empire while the rich got richer and the fans paid for it.
And now, Dak and Jerry want you to "wait till next year" again.
And next year will be a disappointment, too.
Nothing has changed, nothing will change.
But Dak, Jerry, and Stephen want you to wait till next year, again.
And at the end of next year, you will once again be asked,
Wait till next year.
And you will once again be flooded with "MVP" chants, and "This is our year!" cries every time the Cowboys beat up on a cellar dwellers. Once again the Cowboys will accept the Super Bowl trophy early, only to have to give it back at the end.
Welcome to next year.

And you think we don't know this?

I can't claim to be a diehard Cowboys fan if I only want to be around when they win and, believe me, they won.

I became a fan in 1970 and, for the first 25 seasons, they went to 14 conference championship games and eight Super Bowls.

I enjoyed the good times and not many fans at all can claim a better 25-year period.

What kind of fan am I if i walk away now, that is, if I could? I can't. The emotional investment of 56 years is insurmountable.

How does that make me look when i consider Lions fans or Cardinals fans or Jets fans? Their loyalty is real. They don't like that reality, but they aren't walking away. We can ridicule the historically weak teams, but you got to respect their fans.

And then I also consider the great years in proportion even considering the past 30 years.

As I've said, I became a fan in 1970, so it has been 56 years.

With 14 conference championship games and 8 Super Bowls in a 56-year period, that still averages out to a conference championship game every 4 seasons and a Super Bowl every 7 seasons.

Which fans of an NFL team wouldn't be happy with that for over a half century?

Championships become history the day after. The most important one is always the next one but there is always the next one.

In the meantime, there are very few of us that don't know the routine by now. We're stuck until something happens to unstick us. I predict a different GM in the not so far future.

 

[leeblair]

And you think we don't know this?

I can't claim to be a diehard Cowboys fan if I only want to be around when they win and, believe me, they won.

I became a fan in 1970 and, for the first 25 seasons, they went to 14 conference championship games and eight Super Bowls.

I enjoyed the good times and not many fans at all can claim a better 25-year period.

What kind of fan am I if i walk away now, that is, if I could? I can't. The emotional investment of 56 years is insurmountable.

How does that make me look when i consider Lions fans or Cardinals fans or Jets fans? Their loyalty is real. They don't like that reality, but they aren't walking away. We can ridicule the historically weak teams, but you got to respect their fans.

And then I also consider the great years in proportion even considering the past 30 years.

As I've said, I became a fan in 1970, so it has been 56 years.

With 14 conference championship games and 8 Super Bowls in a 56-year period, that still averages out to a conference championship game every 4 seasons and a Super Bowl every 7 seasons.

Which fans of an NFL team wouldn't be happy with that for over a half century?

Championships become history the day after. The most important one is always the next one but there is always the next one.

In the meantime, there are very few of us that don't know the routine by now. We're stuck until something happens to unstick us. I predict a different GM in the not so far future.

It isn't about winning or losing.
This franchise no longer possesses the traits of the Cowboys that became "America's Team".
Really, does this franchise inspire you the way Jimmy Johnson and those Cowboys did?
Do they remind you at all of Roger Staubach, Tom Landry, Harvey Martin, Don Meredith, or any of the rest of the Cowboys greats that made the Cowboys America's Team?
All they are now is a collection of overhyped players with no clue of how to achieve greatness.
And there's no one left in the building that understands.

 

[GMO415]

Been saying next year for 11,315 days Let that sink in. Virginia, New Hampshire, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Delaware were founded in less than 30 years, but this team can't make it to a NFC Championship game.