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[WoodysGirl]

Great message!!!

 

[gimmesix]

Garrett echoed that message later, saying he didn’t want his team wallowing in self-pity.

Yeah. That's what fans are for.

 

[xvendettax914]

Thats pretty outstanding if you ask me.

 

[mahoneybill]

Cowboys coach Jason Garrett earned the right to retain that title by breaking out of the team’s perpetual 8-8 slump with a division title. But the words he gave his team after their season ended might show best why he’s the best man for the job. With the Cowboys stinging from their season-ending Dez Bryant…http://youwillnotrackme2.net/b.gif?host=profootballtalk.nbcsports.com&blog=&post=2308289&subd=nbcprofootballtalk&ref=&feed=1

With the Cowboys stinging from their season-ending Dez Bryant catch/not catch, Garrett sent his team into the offseason with a poignant message.

“I thought our coach’s comments to the team were salient and telling,” owner Jerry Jones said, via the Dallas Morning News. “He told the story of a man 65 that hurt his leg when he was 22 and had to quit. But for 40 years he would tell the story of how he hurt his leg when he was 22. He told the story of a baseball player that thought he was going to be the next Sandy Koufax, but he hurt his arm and for 50 years told that story. He said, ‘I don’t want anybody in this room to spend the rest of their lives talking about, ‘But, if this … ’ Jason said, ‘Let’s get out here and do what we need to do, so we got something good to talk about 50 years from now.’”

Garrett echoed that message later, saying he didn’t want his team wallowing in self-pity.

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All class and life learning from JG. Easy to forget ( coming from an old-timer) that these players are in their 20's / early 30's... There's a lot of lifes road in front of them, and JG is showing them the right way to live it.

Well done , inspiring regardless of time or age

 

[SpursFanFoLife]

The Cowboys organization would never look to the Spurs as inspiration, it would be insulting to a large part of there fan base, but to come back a year later after a devastating finals loss and win a championship...epic!! I think red jezzy is the right kinda coach that can lead the Cowboys to that same level of success with the right kinda players of course. This team is slowly starting to manifest itself into a power house, one that I can be proud to root for!

 

[LucaBrasi]

well said

 

[Fritsch_the_cat]

I'm liking JG more and more every day. I hope this season is just a start and he is indeed our man going forward. Winning a Super Bowl is the goal every season, but we all know it isn't realistic, so all I really expect is a team that can compete, one that plays as a team and it looks like the Cowboys have finally turned that corner and gone from buffoons to serious contenders.

 

[Seven]

Great message!!!

Hell yeah.........

 

[TellerMorrow34]

I like that. Great message.

 

[Staubacher]

Great message. Mostly applies to the young players who are the majority on the team. Cold comfort for Romo and Witten who were robbed of their best chance at postseason glory

 

[LandryFan]

All class and life learning from JG. Easy to forget ( coming from an old-timer) that these players are in their 20's / early 30's... There's a lot of lifes road in front of them, and JG is showing them the right way to live it.

Well done , inspiring regardless of time or age

What's strange to me is that even after JG got the team around the corner after three years of 8-8 and rightfully got a new contract, a number of people are miffed that JJ is sticking with him. Their logic? He had three years to get it done and all he got us was 8-8. Never mind that he succeeded this year. Never mind that he was changing the structure of a team that was long in the tooth, in a poor situation financially (cap-wise) and mired in mediocrity win/loss-wise. Never mind that he was changing the culture of a team that had an undeserved sense of entitlement. Never mind that if those very same people were to evaluate themselves in their own career fields and honestly answered the question of "am I better at my job in year four than I was in year one, two, or three?". Personally, I would look at my employer as a buffoon if he told me "yea, you did very well this year, but you weren't as good as I wanted you to be the first couple of years, therefore I'm letting you go". Who gives a damn what the results were in the past? That's water under the bridge. All I know is what JG has led this team to be at this point in time and where I'm pretty sure they are headed in the future. Some people need to follow JG's example of letting go of the past and looking to the future. They'd be a lot happier as fans.

 

[erod]

Garrett is right. People live in the past too much. Eyes forward, and move ahead.

I've taken that approach with Garrett all along. Mistakes made, yes. But the culture was changing and the roster was being rebuilt. Play on, and don't look back.

 

[Setackin]

Good stuff! Better then the boo boo wade would say!!!

 

[Sportsbabe]

I'm liking JG more and more every day. I hope this season is just a start and he is indeed our man going forward. Winning a Super Bowl is the goal every season, but we all know it isn't realistic, so all I really expect is a team that can compete, one that plays as a team and it looks like the Cowboys have finally turned that corner and gone from buffoons to serious contenders.

I'm absolutely sure he'll have a new motivational ploy every year

 

[Sportsbabe]

What's strange to me is that even after JG got the team around the corner after three years of 8-8 and rightfully got a new contract, a number of people are miffed that JJ is sticking with him. Their logic? He had three years to get it done and all he got us was 8-8. Never mind that he succeeded this year. Never mind that he was changing the structure of a team that was long in the tooth, in a poor situation financially (cap-wise) and mired in mediocrity win/loss-wise. Never mind that he was changing the culture of a team that had an undeserved sense of entitlement. Never mind that if those very same people were to evaluate themselves in their own career fields and honestly answered the question of "am I better at my job in year four than I was in year one, two, or three?". Personally, I would look at my employer as a buffoon if he told me "yea, you did very well this year, but you weren't as good as I wanted you to be the first couple of years, therefore I'm letting you go". Who gives a damn what the results were in the past? That's water under the bridge. All I know is what JG has led this team to be at this point in time and where I'm pretty sure they are headed in the future. Some people need to follow JG's example of letting go of the past and looking to the future. They'd be a lot happier as fans.

 

[Bowdown27]

I wavered a year ago on jason but he proved me and most people wrong. He has all the characteristics to be a great head coach. He should not coordinate but definitely be coach.

 

[Flinger]

Garrett has his team ready to run through walls for him, for themselves and for the team...

The Navy Seals are elite because they do the same.

Under Garrett, the Dallas Cowboys will be elite.

 

[adbutcher]

That's my coach....

 

[WoodysGirl]

That's my coach....

Tito, you need some tissue?