rcaldw said:
Now, FINALLY we arrive at a point where we understand each other and can just respectfully agree to disagree.
Rack, I really don't think thats true. I think there are people, Mike Martz being one as an example, who HAVE to always prove that they "know more, or know better".
I think Parcell's ego keeps him from following the path of conventional wisdom.
You may be correct, I have my doubts.
I'd agree with you about Martz, to an extent. But I think Parcells is too focused on other things to worry about the media and/or fans.
Plus, it's a different circumstance. In Martz' case they questioned him cuz he didn't run the ball enough to win. In Parcells' case the fans/media just want to see Henson play. They don't think we'd win with Henson. Parcells just doesn't think Henson is ready. And think about it, the kid hasn't played but just over a half of football in 4 years, but now he's supposed to come in and play the most difficult position in professional sports against a level of competition much superior to what he's ever faced before?
This is a special situation here. It's not like he's right out of college. If he were, I'd want him thrown to the wolves too. And if I thought Henson didn't have talent I wouldn't care if he were thrown to the wolves. But he does have talent so I want to make sure his confidence doesn't get so "Shot" that he goes in the tank. If a normal rookie QB's confidence were so easily shaken I wouldn't care cuz I'd feel he wasn't worth it anyway, but again, this is a special situation. It wouldn't be fair to treat him that way. I'd like to send him to Europe to face some lesser defenses and treat it as sort of a "Stepping stone" to the NFL. He needs playing time, but throwing him at NFL defense is too extreme for a guy that hasn't played in 4 years. Let him face some lesser defenses, get comfortable with that, then he'll be ready to take on the challenge of facing an NFL defense.
Hell, Hutch sucks testicles, but it appears NFLE even improved his game. Imagine what it could do for Henson and his vastly superior talent?
I think BP moved Romo up to #2 cuz he's afraid Vinny might get hurt and would rather chance Romo getting destroyed then Henson getting destroyed. Of if he gets tired of watching Vinny stink the place up he can replace him with Romo and not worry about having to chance Henson.
There's a ton of different ways to look at it, but I'm confident Parcells only has the Cowboys and Henson best interest in mind.