Playoffs, none if one and done?

[Runwildboys]

Would be the first time in the Jason Garrett era the Cowboys made the postseason in consecutive years. Baby step progress.

Gotta start somewhere.

 

[Ranching]

Something happens to some fans with a team with repetitive behavior and some are purely results driven for the season, it is all about the destination, the journey is inconsequential. And there is no good or bad to it, it's just how you view the season.

If the Cowboys were to make the playoffs, and right now it looks like winning the division is the only way they would, and they were to lose out in that first round, would you rather they didn't make it at all?

Would the disappointment and frustration of that be to the point you'd rather just have the season end after 16 games?

Those are your only two choices, none of that "anything can happen in the playoffs", the choice is simple. End the season after 16 or end it after 17 games?

Let's end it now, why bother?

 

[Runwildboys]

We are Pavlov's dogs. The Cowboys have been (w)ringing the disappointment bell for years and we are responding to it instinctively now. Every spring we hear how great the draft was. Summer we hear about how great Maliek Collins, or someone else looks, then the games start and we realize this is going to be harder than we thought. Every other year they make the playoffs and in between finish with a mediocre record. Everyone in my generation got sick of hearing "Crimson and Clover" on the radio after a while. But we are not yet sick of the tune Jerry plays. His springtime optimism does not match the realism of the Cowboys performances on Sundays. By January we expect Dallas to go to the playoffs and lose the first game. Why should we think differently?

When the playoffs begin we look at 22 matchups on both sides of the ball and we see the Cowboys advantage, partly because the Cowboys starting 22 are really good and partly because we are like Jerry even if just a little. But unlike Jerry, we see a huge mismatch at the H/C spot and in the playoffs that one spot is much more significant than it is for those divisional rivalries.

I have been a Cowboys fan since before Don Meredith was running around the Cowboys backfield. I have seen some really horrible Cowboys players and teams. I read Tom Landry's book and did a lot of reading about Jimmy Johnson. No Cowboys coach, including Bill Parcels, can match wits with Landry and Johnson. Jerry doesn't even try to find a coach like that anymore. Garrett cannot compete with the better coaches in the league come playoff time. We all know that and its why we expect Dallas to be unprepared and make stupid mistakes in January.

Having said that, I do think the Cowboys are drafting better and have loosened their attitude towards trading for star players and signing quality depth. We are getting to the point where Jerry's comment that "anyone can coach this team to a Super Bowl" may be true, with the exception of Jason Garrett. This is a really good Cowboys team when healthy. If Jerry ever hires a good HC, I believe he can take us to a Super Bowl in his first year.

So your answer is....?

Oh, and don't forget, Joan Jett remade Crimson and Clover....though it was an inferior rendition.

 

[Runwildboys]

Its about what the minor success of making the playoffs two seasons in a row will condition the Jones Boyz to do going forward. It would almost certainly make them double down on their Garrettism.

Or it'll mean having Moore as OC worked.

 

[Runwildboys]

The premise of this thread is precisely why I have the "Go Seahawks" stuck on my profile. Last year it seemed as though Cowboys fans were disappointed the team made the playoffs instead of getting a better draft pick because they figured we had no chance to win. I'm like, just root for the Seahawks then. Hell, anyone wanting to miss the playoffs instead of making them should actually be rooting for us to lose every game so we get an even better draft spot.

Do that enough times and you end up like the Browns, with all kinds of first and second round picks!

 

[Runwildboys]

The enjoyment of sports is in the unknown. Knowing Dallas loses in the first round would take that away but I would still watch to see how/why they lose I guess. If you could tell me the final score I suppose I’d wager quite a bit on the game.

Look at it this way: If they get to the playoffs, that means they probably won the last regular season game, which may not happen in the other scenario. So you get to watch one more win..... probably.

 

[Melonfeud]

I tend to embrace the inevitable, therefore, I'll take that one and done postseason run,COACH

 

[Runwildboys]

A condensed version. One of us has to be long winded. Or, maybe not?

I post for the smart people, who don't need an explanation.

 

[Runwildboys]

I got both of you in that department but I am also older than both of you and have more accumulated words and I can't take them with me.

And less time to use them up.... presumably.

 

[fairviewfarmer]

Something happens to some fans with a team with repetitive behavior and some are purely results driven for the season, it is all about the destination, the journey is inconsequential. And there is no good or bad to it, it's just how you view the season.

If the Cowboys were to make the playoffs, and right now it looks like winning the division is the only way they would, and they were to lose out in that first round, would you rather they didn't make it at all?

Would the disappointment and frustration of that be to the point you'd rather just have the season end after 16 games?

Those are your only two choices, none of that "anything can happen in the playoffs", the choice is simple. End the season after 16 or end it after 17 games?

Even just one play off game gives me another chance to see my favorite team play. I'll pick the playoff choice every year. Jason Garrett will be gone with a 1st round play off loss anyway, so there is that.

 

[Runwildboys]

Sure it's the exception, but what's the point of playing the games at all if the exception never occurs - if the unexpected never happens? Athletic competition has no purpose if the competitors have no belief in the ability to overcome adversity. Fandom either for that matter.

As for the either/or choice, are you asking how we would choose if we had a crystal ball and knew in advance when we would be eliminated, or are you asking if, after knowing we were one and done, we would rather have not been in the playoffs at all? That's an important distinction because under one scenario you know in advance there is no hope of going deeper in the playoffs, and in the other, you get to at least hold out hope and enjoy the anticipation up to the point of getting beat.

I'm under the impression that we found a broken genie lamp, with a genie who has A.D.D., and we can make a wish, but only one of those two choices.

 

[Runwildboys]

Yeah me neither. Not sure why I typed the exact opposite of what I meant! I will have to fix that! Little brain dislexia

LMAO

 

[Diehardblues]

I’d rather get on base and not score than to not reach base.

No shot at getting poontang unless you get the panties off.

Wheres Runny at. I’ve never typed poontang and panties before. Did I spell them right. Lol

 

[CF74]

Take this train it as far as it'll go, baby.

Win Win Just Win baby!!!

Maybe after enough 1 and dones Jerry might start thinking a better coach can get him over the hump...

 

[Risen Star]

If the Cowboys were to make the playoffs, and right now it looks like winning the division is the only way they would, and they were to lose out in that first round, would you rather they didn't make it at all?

If they can't compete in the playoffs I'd rather they implode and lose out. I'm not interested in being the Detroit Lions. If they can't win titles then a housecleaning is in order.

Not to mention, the draft pick.

 

[wrongway]

Absolutely. Ultimately this is entertainment, and we should want it to last as long as possible. The deeper they go, the more enjoyable the season, and hope is always more fun than no hope.

Besides that, if a person is unwilling to risk the pain of losing, they have no business being associated with sports anyway. That's the nature of the game, and really the nature of life. You can't take a shot at winning it all - or reaching personal goals in life - without risking the disappointment of falling short. If a person is unwilling to risk that, he cannot accomplish what he wants.

Risking the pain with the possibility of a win is far different from KNOWING it ends in failure. I find playoff failure much worse than reg. season failure. Why would I want that.

 

[CouchCoach]

I'm under the impression that we found a broken genie lamp, with a genie who has A.D.D., and we can make a wish, but only one of those two choices.

I resemble that remark. Two choices, I gave you two? I thought it was only one?

 

[CouchCoach]

Risking the pain with the possibility of a win is far different from KNOWING it ends in failure. I find playoff failure much worse than reg. season failure. Why would I want that.

Interesting, I do not think you are alone in that thinking. And I know alone in thinking. In fact, if I didn't think, I might not be alone.

 

[KingintheNorth]

One thing the Cowboys do well is draft.

 

[jaythecowboy]

I would rather make the playoffs and get back-to-back division titles.