News: Report: Tony Romo met with CBS bosses amid broadcasting criticism

[atlantacowboy]

Clearly when he first went on air , he was extremely familiar with the teams and the players. It was that familiarity and his ability to translate it onto the the game he was calling is what made him special. He probably didn't have to do much prep work at all.

But, 5-6 years later, the NFL is very different in terms of personnel and coaching. The game is passing him by b/c he is putting no effort into it. Its a pattern that should be familiar to cowboy fans. He did the same thing as a QB relying on his talent and maybe lacking a little in the preparation department. We all remember how he went to Cabo in his week off before the NFL playoffs started in 2007. He's never been a guy who takes his job super serious.

 

[JW82]

He was never that good.

 

[ESisback]

Clearly when he first went on air , he was extremely familiar with the teams and the players. It was that familiarity and his ability to translate it onto the the game he was calling is what made him special. He probably didn't have to do much prep work at all.

But, 5-6 years later, the NFL is very different in terms of personnel and coaching. The game is passing him by b/c he is putting no effort into it. Its a pattern that should be familiar to cowboy fans. He did the same thing as a QB relying on his talent and maybe lacking a little in the preparation department. We all remember how he went to Cabo in his week off before the NFL playoffs started in 2007. He's never been a guy who takes his job super serious.

There’s that myth again! Have you not read the articles on the hours of practice he put in, the repetitions, the drive to achieve?

Someone in the media planted that seed, and the lack of playoff success “validated” it. His easygoing personality didn’t click with some people. They didn’t think he was dedicated, because he wasn’t visibly freaking out all the time.

 

[Tenkamenin]

I haven't heard Romo all year. I thought he was fantastic his first year.

 

[Cowboys5217]

There’s that myth again! Have you not read the articles on the hours of practice he put in, the repetitions, the drive to achieve?

Someone in the media planted that seed, and the lack of playoff success “validated” it. His easygoing personality didn’t click with some people. They didn’t think he was dedicated, because he wasn’t visibly freaking out all the time.

Make all the excuses you want. The guy isn't motivated. It's just that simple. Take the celebrity worship glasses off and just examine his body of work as both a QB and a game caller. He's still a college frat boy at heart just biding his time till the next party. He'll maintain a B average so he doesn't get into academic trouble, but he could get a 3.75 to 4.0 if he would grow up, forget about the partying, and focus on being the best.

 

[catiii]

I've heard no drop off. I'd rather listen to him than Buck/Aikman. And I don't do twitter or care about its rumors. I make up my own mind.

 

[DanA]

I haven’t personally notice a drop off but it makes sense that his knowledge of the game isn’t as detailed the further away he gets from his playing career. He had an army of coaches and scouts supplying notes, breakdowns and footage and then thousands of reps under center. What’s he got now?

 

[Adreme]

Make all the excuses you want. The guy isn't motivated. It's just that simple. Take the celebrity worship glasses off and just examine his body of work as both a QB and a game caller. He's still a college frat boy at heart just biding his time till the next party. He'll maintain a B average so he doesn't get into academic trouble, but he could get a 3.75 to 4.0 if he would grow up, forget about the partying, and focus on being the best.

Again your basis for that is absolutely nothing. You are looking at someone's outward personality and assuming everything you just said based on it. To do that you are dismissing every single person who has actually practiced or played or worked with him and deciding you as someone who has done none of that know his work ethic better than people who were directly working beside him. It is the absolute height of arrogance.

 

[gtb1943]

Again your basis for that is absolutely nothing. You are looking at someone's outward personality and assuming everything you just said based on it. To do that you are dismissing every single person who has actually practiced or played or worked with him and deciding you as someone who has done none of that know his work ethic better than people who were directly working beside him. It is the absolute height of arrogance.

For some reasons some athletes engender hatred far beyond reason, logic or sanity. Tony Romo is one of them.

 

[khiladi]

Apparently, Tony Romo bring an excellent golfer wreaks of non-chalant attitude as far as sports are concerned. Or his ability to drop buckets on the basketball court or constantly improve in his QB skills.

Dude loves to play the game than actually talk it. He’s probably way too competitive.

 

[ESisback]

Make all the excuses you want. The guy isn't motivated. It's just that simple. Take the celebrity worship glasses off and just examine his body of work as both a QB and a game caller. He's still a college frat boy at heart just biding his time till the next party. He'll maintain a B average so he doesn't get into academic trouble, but he could get a 3.75 to 4.0 if he would grow up, forget about the partying, and focus on being the best.

IMHO, that line of thinking is hateful and erroneous. There are no “celebrity worship glasses”. That’s just stupid.

 

[ESisback]

I haven’t personally notice a drop off but it makes sense that his knowledge of the game isn’t as detailed the further away he gets from his playing career. He had an army of coaches and scouts supplying notes, breakdowns and footage and then thousands of reps under center. What’s he got now?

Yeah, but you can say that about any former player turned broadcaster. The further away from the game you get…

My thing is trying to reason with the leftover Romohaters who still cling to the silly notion that he’s a lazy “Hollywood” frat boy that doesn’t care. They cling to the lack of Lombardi’s as validation, but that just stupid. I’ve read the articles. Romo has always been competitive and driven, putting in the work, but some despise a happy demeanor.

 

[tico]

Damn. Even in the Broadcast Booth he is in Aikmans shadow!

 

[RoyTheHammer]

Apparently his bosses, like many fans, have noticed his drop off in the booth the last two seasons.

CBS came out and said this report is bogus. End of story.

 

[jwitten82]

CBS came out and said this report is bogus. End of story.

Oh nah mayne, that's just the tip of this iceberg

 

[gtb1943]

Yeah, but you can say that about any former player turned broadcaster. The further away from the game you get…

My thing is trying to reason with the leftover Romohaters who still cling to the silly notion that he’s a lazy “Hollywood” frat boy that doesn’t care. They cling to the lack of Lombardi’s as validation, but that just stupid. I’ve read the articles. Romo has always been competitive and driven, putting in the work, but some despise a happy demeanor.

Just look at how the idiots reacted to when he said if losing a football game was the worst thing that ever happened to him, he was a lucky dude (paraphrasing a little)

That is an imminently sensible and realistic point of view. Those that hate him for that are losers in life one way or another.

 

[TexasBoys2288]

From the article:
........as Nantz and Romo continued to go in the wrong direction, much the same way as Nantz and his previous partner, Phil Simms, went backward.

Seems to me the problem is Nance, just sayin'.

 

[Zordon]

CBS came out and said this report is bogus. End of story.

Did you expect them to say otherwise?

 

[Motorola]

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[RoyTheHammer]

Oh nah mayne, that's just the tip of this iceberg

It's a non story. He's got a contract. He's not going anywhere.