PFT: Jerry Jones dangles a carrot for Wade Phillips

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Jerry Jones dangles a carrot for Wade Phillips

Posted by Mike Florio on December 2, 2009 7:07 PM ET
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones previously has declined to talk about the status of coach Wade Phillips beyond the current season.

The third-year coach, whose contract contains a team option for 2010, could be fired with no buyout obligation.

So is Phillips, who was fired from two prior head-coaching jobs, under pressure?

"I don't know that it's anymore so for Wade than it is for anybody else on this team," Jones said Wednesday, per Calvin Watkins of ESPNDallas.com. "But what we do here and how we get into these playoffs . . . have a game [at home], get a bye. All of those are things that look good for Wade."

Jones left out one key factor: Win a playoff game.

The last such victory came on December 28, 1996.

So if Wade Phillips can do what Chan Gailey and Dave Campo and Bill Parcells and Wade Phillips (in 2007 and 2008) have been unable to do, maybe he'll be back for 2010.

LOL...read some of the responses to this article at the bottom of the article.
 

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I thought I would post what fans were replying to the comment above on wade

18 Responses to "Jerry Jones dangles a carrot for Wade Phillips"
Citizen Strange says:
December 2, 2009 7:12 PM
Note to Jerry Jones:

To motivate Phillips dangle peanutbutter *****, NOT a carrot.

Laxer37 says:
December 2, 2009 7:13 PM
If Jones wants Wade Phillips attention he should be dangling a jelly donut in front of him not a carrot.

The guy just doesn't strike me as a big vegetable guy.

SFrancis1680 says:
December 2, 2009 7:16 PM
ONE OTHER FACTOR, FLORIO: how do they get a bye? They need a better record than the Vikings OR Saints to be the number 2 seed, and that ain't happening.

FireJerryJones says:
December 2, 2009 7:17 PM
Since when is Wade motivated by carrots?
Now... you put a piece of chocolate cake out there.... and you've got his attention!!!

chapnasty says:
December 2, 2009 7:20 PM
If they bring him back in any capacity other than DC then I will officially say JJ is worse than Dan Snyder.

Bwa Ha Ha says:
December 2, 2009 7:22 PM
Jerry dangling his carrot in front of Wade seems..... a little creepy

Kige Ramsey says:
December 2, 2009 7:22 PM
So you are saying Wade Phillps is Bugs Bunny Florio :)

Tomb says:
December 2, 2009 7:30 PM
"Jerry Jones dangles a carrot for Wade Phillips"

Careful Wade, that's not a carrot.

Put it away Jerry.

Bird Man says:
December 2, 2009 7:30 PM
Yea totally his fault these last two years. As the head coach, he should have reminded Tony Romo not to choke in the big game(s).

SC21 says:
December 2, 2009 7:32 PM
Double J might have better luck if he dangles a cupcake for Wade.

antneejay2 says:
December 2, 2009 7:39 PM
Florio is a hater. He's just jealous because he doesn't have five rings. I have five rings. I stole one from my uncle, three are from Walmart and one from a gumball machine (not the cheap kind, the 50 cent kind).

kosarsmyidol says:
December 2, 2009 7:49 PM
If only Michael Jackson was around to dangle Jerry Jones off a balcony...*sigh*

PatricktheDookie says:
December 2, 2009 7:51 PM
A first round bye isn't going to happen for Dallas - not with Minnesota and New Orleans destroying the rest of the league.

moosev says:
December 2, 2009 7:54 PM
I hate the Cowboys! BUT, they are in first place in a tough division. Since I see no difference in Jerry Jones than I do in our pathetic owner in DC, it's nice to see Jerry foreseeing the inevitable... which is another December collapse. That said, I feel kind of bad for Bum's son. He's got his team in a position I would kill to be in and his owner let's the "fire the bum" talk festor. Still amazes me that Hershel Walker made Jerry Jones. It's been down hill since.

bigtrav425 says:
December 2, 2009 8:04 PM
No way Phillips is their next yr..not with all these coaches like Cowher etc out their and still with Garret waiting in the wings.Jones wants to make a splash cuz thats his style

VonClausewitz says:
December 2, 2009 8:06 PM
I don't see Phillips sticking around. He's had his chance at bringing discipline to the way in which the players approach the game and he hasn't succeeded. That's the problem with the Boys - they're too unfocused. Even with a win in the playoffs it's likely that the lack of focus will still burn them. You just don't spontaneously turn into something you are not. I think Jerry needs to consider his own role in bringing this mentality to the team too before he makes a decision on what he's going to do in the offseason. The sad thing is that he had a guy in Parcells who was doing it but for some forced personnel moves Jerry derailed it.

Leviathan says:
December 2, 2009 8:06 PM
Just win, boys. Just win. Shuts Florio and all these other armchair field generals up. For twenty seconds.

SF Saints Fan says:
December 2, 2009 8:10 PM
SFrancis1680:

"ONE OTHER FACTOR, FLORIO: how do they get a bye? They need a better record than the Vikings OR Saints to be the number 2 seed, and that ain't happening."

I was thinking the same thing. How does Jerry think he has a realistic shot at a bye. The Cowboys are two games back of the Vikings and three games back of the Saints. The Cowboys do play the Saints and assuming they can win that game, do you really see the Saints losing TWO more games AND the Cowboys running the table.

Jerry should be worried about just making the playoffs. The Cowboys remaining schedule is tough and their opponents have a combined record of 35-20. They could easily lose 2 or 3 more games. I am pretty sure that 11-5 gets them in as East Champs, but 10-6 might not work out, although at worst they should still get a wildcard.
 

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moosev says:
December 2, 2009 7:54 PM
I hate the Cowboys! BUT, they are in first place in a tough division. Since I see no difference in Jerry Jones than I do in our pathetic owner in DC, it's nice to see Jerry foreseeing the inevitable... which is another December collapse. That said, I feel kind of bad for Bum's son. He's got his team in a position I would kill to be in and his owner let's the "fire the bum" talk festor. Still amazes me that Hershel Walker made Jerry Jones. It's been down hill since.

This is how I see it. JJ needs help maintain our solidarity not destroy it at this point. I don't think that is what he's trying to do with his comments but we all know how anything said can be used for whatever purpose these days.
 

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If Jones wants Wade Phillips attention he should be dangling a jelly donut in front of him not a carrot.

The guy just doesn't strike me as a big vegetable guy.
:lmao2: :lmao2:
 

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"I don't know that it's anymore so for Wade than it is for anybody else on this team," Jones said Wednesday, per Calvin Watkins of ESPNDallas.com. "But what we do here and how we get into these playoffs . . . have a game [at home], get a bye."
How is that supposed to happen?
 

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Wade is a T-Bone kinda guy.....he isnt a cop, what good would a jelly donut do?
 

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big dog cowboy;3114433 said:
How is that supposed to happen?

Exactly - seems many missed that in all the donut talk.

:muttley:
 

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I guess it really depends on who is available and willing to work with Jerry, on whether Wade gets canned at the end of the season.



Jerry is becoming almost "Dan Snyder " like in his appeal to coaches.



Tell me, Do you think Bill Cowher, or Holmgren would put up with Jerry going to the press declaring that we need to run the ball more, and then the very next game, our offense looks like we don't even have a passing play in our playbook?


I think Wade gets an extension simply because Jerry can push him around.
 

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So if Wade Phillips can do what Chan Gailey and Dave Campo and Bill Parcells and Wade Phillips (in 2007 and 2008) have been unable to do, maybe he'll be back for 2010.
Was that really necessary? Let's see...
So if Wade Phillips can do what Chan Gailey and Dave Campo and Bill Parcells have been unable to do, maybe he'll be back for 2010.
Maybe it was necessary. Perhaps there are some people out there in lala land who didn't already know Phillips was head coach in '07 and '08. Or could it be that Florio was simply being himself and weakly tried to sensationalized redundancy.

I'll say 'C'. Final answer. Where's Regis with my money???
 
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