kartr said:
I agree whole-heartedly. It's good to see that not everyone here is like Dbair.
I wish the best for every former Cowboy player. I think Antonio is very immature, but has some real talent and could be a very good player in time. I understand the reticence concerning QC, but he is a good person and a talented young QB who just needs a situation in which he has the full support
of his management instead of the luke-warm support he got here. I actually think it's a positive that he was in drug rehab because it shows that he is trying to overcome his problem instead of denying that it exists. I also believe that Carthon knows that Carter can actually play in this league and knows how to use him. Plus Crennel has reviewed last years Cleveland vs Jets game and knows that Carter beat his team despite a fine defensive performance and Crennel has game planned for Carter in the 2003 Dallas vs Pats game and knows that QC put up respectable numbers against their super bowl caliber defense with inexperienced receivers and THAM.
Kartr, I was a supporter of Quincy Carter, just like I am a supporter of Drew Henson and Tony Romo.
The problem with Quincy Carter was that he had a very serious problem handling pressure and he didnt understand that in the NFL, you were always fighting for your right to keep your job.
Quincy Carter was fine when he didnt have much competition and he was not criticized by coaches. It is when these things happened is when he unfolded and you just cant have that with a quarterback. I have written an article documenting how former quarterbacks have been treated in Dallas.
I am very surprised Carter didnt fold when Parcells arrived and rode him pretty hard his first year. I think part of that was that Parcells understands that you have to treat players differently, and Carter was a guy that he knew he couldnt constantly criticize, as opposed to someone like Roy Williams who is mentally strong enough to handle it (Parcells supposedly told Roy Williams he needed to stop being so hard him and Roy Williams told him to keep it coming).
I think when Vinny Testeverde was signed, Carter really digressed and it made it worse when he complained about it in Training Camp.
See the thing is, you have the old saying that "One bad apple spoils the bunch". This applies to Quincy Carter. See you had a small segment of the population that were never going to accept Quincy Carter no matter what he did. Maybe because they thought he never should have been drafted, or they thought he wasnt the answer and some even didnt like him because he was black. I go to about 3 games a year and me, my cousin and my brother almost had to knock some guys out for being total racists at one game in particular. Alot of these people got alot of air time on The Ticket because alot of the guys on the ticket never liked Quincy Carter and were never going to like him.
Quincy Carter has way too many Demons in his life. Some people can never ever truly get away from those demons. Whenever something negative happens in Carter's life, there is always a chance he will succomb to those demons and spiral downhill.
Katr, just remember, Carter was giving plenty of opportunities to be the starter. Jerry Jones hand picked the guy and told everyone he was this fantastic talent, which put way too much pressure on Carter. Even when Quincy cussed Jerry Jones out on the sidelines during the Cardinals game and Hutch took over, everyone thought Quincy was all but finished. But Parcells swooped in and opened up the competition and Quincy beat out Hutch on the field. Carter was too paranoid and scared of competition when Vinny Testeverde came in. He probably was mad because Vinny was one of Parcells' guys and treated Vinny like a son (Kind of like Bryant and Johnson). But it was Carter's responsibility to beat Vinny out and not worry about everything else. He had just helped take the team to a Playoff game, so those veterans were going to voice their concerns if Vinny was just handed the job.
On another note, I dont root for all former players. Some guys like Dewayne Goodrich you just cant root for. I actually think he is a good guy that put himself in a very serious situation, and like most people, Goodrich panicked and did the wrong thing and everything spiraled from there.
- Mike G.
