Nothing “free” in free agency

[Established1971]

I know Mickey is a well known homer so spare us the “yeah, but’s”. He’s spot on with this article.
https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mick-shots-nothing-is-free-in-the-nfl

the word free in free agency clearly refers to a player being out of contract and free to sign with whomever they want

 

[Rockport]

the word free in free agency clearly refers to a player being out of contract and free to sign with whomever they want

Duh, what’s your point?

 

[CF74]

Free meaning the player is free from his contract. Has nothing to do with teams trying to sign him, said player is free to decline and keep moving for greener pastures...

 

[conner01]

The only thing you gonna get free will take penicillin to get rid of

 

[Angus12]

Same goes for those that just hate him because he is a positive voice.
Not saying some criticism is warranted as it is, very much so. But the constant hating of everything is the anti-Mickey. And also needs to be disregarded.

I don't hate Mickey because he's positive. I enjoy reading positive things about my team, as long as they are based in a little reality. I hate him because he's over the top positive about EVERYTHING. No matter what. We sign a guy? He's the missing link. We don't sign a guy? He was no good anyway, and we were smart to avoid him. Besides... If he was so good, why was he available? Every. Time. You could literally change the name, position, and date on his articles and they would fit anybody and everybody.

Jerry could slap some silver paint and a logo on a dog turd, and Mickey would churn out an article telling us that is is the next big thing in fan souvenirs.

 

[ksadler1]

The only thing you gonna get free will take penicillin to get rid of

That might not be free either

 

[Angus12]

I bet they loved Randy Gallowaste and the little ball of hate when she was on.

Conversely, I don't like them either. They manufactured bile to try the shock jock route. No different than somebody like Stephen A. Smith.

for the most part, I liked Cowlishaw when he wrote about the team. He had his warts, too, but I thought he stuck more to the facts over trying to inject sensationalism to drive the story. He wrote some rah rah articles, along with some poo poo articles. But I felt they were genuine opinions on the subject and not just a narrative to drive clicks.

 

[conner01]

That might not be free either

Rarely is

 

[Established1971]

Duh, what’s your point?

real classy Rockport. Duh right back at you for your dumb subject line

 

[408Cowboy]

Duh, what’s your point?

His point is that the title of this thread and Mickey's opening line "What an oxymoron, free agency." is a blatant lie.

It's Free Agency.

Not Free Player Aquisitions.

 

[Rockport]

His point is that the title of this thread and Mickey's opening line "What an oxymoron, free agency." is a blatant lie.

It's Free Agency.

Not Free Player Aquisitions.

 

[Rockport]

real classy Rockport. Duh right back at you for your dumb subject line

 

[Jake]

I'm glad the team isn't taking a "kid in the candy store" approach to free agency. You have to build a team primarily through the draft and then be very selective in free agency.

Sounds great in principle, but where are the results?

 

[Cowfan75]

Exactly. And anybody that props up the words of a hack like Mickey Spin-nola as words of wisdom needs to have their opinions disregarded and dismissed right along with his. Nothing but useless fluff.

This.

 

[Doomsday101]

Of course he’s the final say, but he doesn’t go out and find players. He relies on his scouting team and coaching staff.

Of course but then Parcells has said the same thing. Jerry listens to those he has hired to do the job. When there was a debate about taking Ware or Spears, Jerry made the final call. Parcells was pushing for Spears and Ireland was pushing for Ware in the end we got them both but Ware was the 1st pick. It was not Jerry scouting them it was Ireland and Parcells but it was Jerry final call.

 

[ShiningStar]

How about since Stephen took over and Jerry took a back seat?

we re still losers. what else do you have?

 

[ShiningStar]

Sounds great in principle, but where are the results?

thats the problem, for the cult of mediocrity, they are happy with the results we have,

 

[Doomsday101]

we re still losers. what else do you have?

We have not reached the SB that is true. This current team is one of the youngest in the league and I will judge them on what they do and even judge this organization on how they handle this young team. Bottom line is no one is being forced to support this team.

 

[Doomsday101]

thats the problem, for the cult of mediocrity, they are happy with the results we have,

we all want the same thing which is winning the SB

 

[ShiningStar]

We have not reached the SB that is true. This current team is one of the youngest in the league and I will judge them on what they do and even judge this organization on how they handle this young team. Bottom line is no one is being forced to support this team.

has anyone hoisted the lombardi screaming "we re the youngest team" why do our fans tout that like its a path to the SB? trust me, its not.