Ratliff sez team chemistry is "a whole new feel - everybody's actually getting along"

[Hoofbite]

I thought Adam is supposed to be Stephen since he knows all the relevant numbers?

I have more than one source.

I can't be Jerry Jr.? I love me some Janine Turner you know.

Adam creeps me out. I can only imagine what his bedroom looks like. Instead of a little kid with Superman bedding, Adam has all the relevant cap figures and statistics all over his sheets.

 

[Hostile]

That's what you want us to believe.

Bach is Jeff Ireland, I'm almost positive.

Well yeah. We are talking about Janine Turner here.

More proof, Desperado is my favorite song by The Eagles.

 

[Hostile]

Adam creeps me out. I can only imagine what his bedroom looks like. Instead of a little kid with Superman bedding, Adam has all the relevant cap figures and statistics all over his sheets.

I doubt his wife would allow that.

He's just an extremely smart fan with a passion for stats.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Well yeah. We are talking about Janine Turner here.

More proof, Desperado is my favorite song by The Eagles.

No love for Hotel California?

Its a lot like the Zone, you can sign out any time you like but you can never leave. (guitar riff)

 

[Four]

so I just looked up who janine turner was because I wasn't sure

I saw her and said "oohhhhhh I love her!"

good call.

 

[Wrangler87]

find me one iota of evidence to back your stance up

there are article after article saying he was a great locker room guy.

hopefully someone will chime in and back me up on this.

ellis pissed and moaned to the media but he was a great teammate, and there isn't a single thing to indicate otherwise.

you seem like a reasonably smart dude, don't fall in line with the hyperbole of others.

I'm glad he's gone. I think he probably was a bit of a locker room lawyer.

 

[Four]

I'm glad he's gone. I think he probably was a bit of a locker room lawyer.

I am not rehashing this, read the two articles I posted.

Hunches aren't facts and there aren't facts to back that opinion up.

he's gone, would be nice if we could just forget about it.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

This is why all the "44-6, we suck until further notice" posts are so invalid. We obviously aren't almost 40 points worse than the Eagles. IMO this team had such serious chemistry problems by the end of last year that some of the guys couldn't stand each other. The soap operas and sub-soap operas became such a distraction that the guys just didn't fight for each other.

That's why I think this will be a different team this year. Yes, we probably will get out-talented and simply outplayed in a few games. But I do think we'll be tougher and the guys will fight a lot harder for each other.

 

[skinswin]

So we're "actually getting along" now?? As opposed to faking it last year and blaming the media

Byebye OwensPacTankEllisTrash.

 

[slick325]

I hope Rat is right and the "chemistry" is much better.

However, it should be said that "chemistry" is normally great when teams are 0-0 or are winning. The true test of this team's character and "chemistry" will come if and when they face a losing streak or rough times in the season.

 

[DragonCowboy]

Possibly, but somehow I doubt it.

I was joking. :

 

[Angus]

Greg Ellis one of the good guys
2:45 PM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 | Permalink
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0526_gregellis200.jpgGreg Ellis is really one of the good guys, despite what many fans think about his nearly annual contract squabbles.

The now former Dallas Cowboys linebacker is, as Jerry Jones put it last week, "a real gentleman."

It's true. Really.

In covering the Cowboys we come across all kinds of personalities in the locker room.

There are the players like Tank Johnson and Terrell Owens, guys who are rude and self-absorbed.

Then there are guys like Greg Ellis, who are considerate, accountable, friendly and down-right down-to-earth.

We all know about Ellis' contract disputes in recent years, but let's look at it this way: Instead of looking at him as a football player, look at him as an accountant. And instead of being 33, how about 63.

So if you were a 63-year-old accountant and your boss came to you and said: "Hey Greg you've done a great job for us and we think you are still a very good accountant, but we've got this 30-year-old guy and we want him to take your job -- although we're not really sure he can do it better than you -- and we want you to take a big pay cut, too." What would you do?

I don't think any of us would like that. But unlike most of us, Ellis can't simply quit and get another job, he's under contract. His only recourse is to try to negotiate with his boss, Jerry Jones.

Ellis is a smart guy, he knows the career of NFL players are short (Here's a great story Ted Madden did a couple months ago about Ellis' post-NFL life).

Guys like DeMarcus Ware and Anthony Spencer have an enormous amount of respect for Ellis and have talked about the realities of the NFL in which after 11-years a good-guy has to move on.

There are 31 NFL teams that would be lucky to have Greg Ellis.

Which of those 31 teams elected to trade for him when the opportunity was offered?

Which of them has swooped in to make him a member of their team now that he can be had for free?

Greg Ellis is not a bad person and he did help some rookies, but he was a bad influence because his emphasis the last few years has been on 'me' and the 'bad front office treating me like this'. The only thing he was interested in was money and how he could make more of it. He knew airing his grievances couldn't help the team, but only hurt it.

A lot of us are that way, but our particular selfishness doesn't adversely impact chances for football championships. His did, IMO.

 

[Angus]

unfortunately there is still trash left in valley ranch.....

someone needs to flush Crapenter down the toilet....and then send Procter to the Blue Oyster Bar.....once those two have been removed....our team will be cleansed and our demons exorcized

Except for a budding one: Roy Williams, WR.

 

[DallasEast]

I was joking. :

I kinda thought that. My bad.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Adam creeps me out. I can only imagine what his bedroom looks like. Instead of a little kid with Superman bedding, Adam has all the relevant cap figures and statistics all over his sheets.

:laugh1: :laugh1:

 

[Bleu Star]

it should be said that "chemistry" is normally great when teams are 0-0 or are winning. The true test of this team's character and "chemistry" will come if and when they face a losing streak or rough times in the season.

Well said. I think they're starting off on the right collective feet but you are spot on.

 

[slick325]

Well said. I think they're starting off on the right collective feet but you are spot on.

Thanks Bleu. I think they are too. Those vids show that the atmosphere is so much lighter.

 

[jobberone]

Well yeah. We are talking about Janine Turner here.

More proof, Desperado is my favorite song by The Eagles.

She's too old for you, dude.

 

[Idgit]

Adam creeps me out. I can only imagine what his bedroom looks like...

Something tells me the feeling is suddenly mutual.

 

[theebs]

This is why all the "44-6, we suck until further notice" posts are so invalid. We obviously aren't almost 40 points worse than the Eagles. IMO this team had such serious chemistry problems by the end of last year that some of the guys couldn't stand each other. The soap operas and sub-soap operas became such a distraction that the guys just didn't fight for each other.

That's why I think this will be a different team this year. Yes, we probably will get out-talented and simply outplayed in a few games. But I do think we'll be tougher and the guys will fight a lot harder for each other.

Its like the offseason of 05 when people were judging the team based on the 04 season. Instead of recognizing that we improved the defense and that willie blade and others werent lining up anymore they kept making predictions based on that.

The jerks are gone. Buffalo Bill will still torment this team all summer because of the media needing stories to fill column space and air time and because some of the players still have to talk about him constantly.

A few wins into the season and people around here just wont care about him anymore.

I think we are going to start slow this year and that will bring more of the articles from mosely and hill and engle about buffalo bill, but it will taper off and hopefully all of that nonsense will bring this team even closer.