Romo bandwagon tally... on or off.

[zeroburrito]

you all would make excellent detectives.....

 

[zrinkill]

you all would make excellent detectives.....

Just admit it ....... nobody cares.

 

[true blue]

For the love of everything holy...

I've been quiet about this since the Philly debacle, but now I'm going to say what I feel about the whole "post game comment" thing:

Before the beginning of the 2007 season Romo was a guest on Jim Rome's show. Rome was saying how good he thought Romo was and how starved Cowboy Nation was for another super bowl. He talked about how Romo could "rule the world" if he brought a super bowl to the most popular sports franchise in the United States. A big topic at that time was Tony's bobbled snap in Seattle, and if Romo would be able to overcome it and continue to be a good QB.

It was a good interview and overall the entire thing was very positive. During his talk with Tony, Rome asked him about the bobbled snap and how Tony was trying to deal with the fallout from that loss.

Tony responded with almost the exact same thing he said after the Philly loss. He said that he was blessed to be able to play for such a great franchise and to be able to play a game for a living. He talked about how lucky he was to be doing something he loved for a living while so many had to trudge off to 9-5 jobs doing something they didn't want to do. That it was hard to do what everyday Joe's had to do and what athletes do (playing a game) is easy.He said that if the worst thing that happened to him in his life was the bobbled snap in Seattle, then he considered himself a very lucky man.

After the interview was over, Jim Rome went on and on about what a awesome answer Tony gave to that. How level headed he was and that if more athletes had attitudes like him, the sports world would be better off. Rome started taking test-messages and e-mails and every single one of them was someone saying how great Romo's interview was and what a terrific attitude he seemed to have. The entire show turned into people calling in, texting in, and e-mailing in how great Romo seemed and how correctly screwed on his head seemed to be. It was a wonderful outpouring of praise for Romo's comments. Rome ended it by saying how lucky Dallas was to have him as it's QB.

(Surely someone out there remembers that interview)

Fast forward then to the end of the Philly game in 2008. Romo had been physically abused the entire game. His throwing hand hadn't been right since he broke his finger. His back hadn't been right since the December Giants game (a win in December? Gasp!). The team was fractured because of all the distractions that were constantly in the media. The defense had let him down in the Baltimore game and he was probably walking around in a haze from the beating he had just taken against Philly... a game that ended a once promising season.

Then, he had to get up and face a media that was frothing at the mouth to talk to him about a game and a season gone horribly awry - all while not being able to breath very well because of his severely bruised back and ribs. It would be easy to feel like the end of the world was coming to Tony. It was a spot that almost none of us fans will ever even find ourselves even close to being in.

At that time, it is human nature to try to convey that it isn't the end of the world. That as bad as things seem... there will be a next year and plenty more shots at getting a playoff win. I'm sure Tony remembered all of the positive comments made from all the fans from the Jim Rome show and how everyone admired his level headed view of the game.

So Tony repeated what had been so successful on the Rome show. He probably couldn't even think that great at the time, considering the circumstances... and he simply said what had been a hit before.

Instead, a pissed off fanbase jumped on his comments and took them to mean he didn't care. It really is crazy. We all were mad, but Jesus! It was a simple comment... one that he had said before about another disappointment, to rave reviews.

The fact that some fans use that as a reason to not like the guy anymore as a QB or a person is beyond amazing to me.

In fact, it is a big factor in how I view football fans and the public in general.

People make me sick sometimes.

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There are obviously some who have, for whatever reason, decided to turn this into something other than what it was to try and support their agendas.

Why would one do that? It makes no sense unless their hatred for Romo outweighs their love for the Cowboys.

 

[zeroburrito]

Just admit it ....... nobody cares.

i'm pretty sure a few people have lost plenty of sleep actually

 

[jobberone]

The vocal vast minority speaks.

 

[Avaj]

Bengals?

:laugh2: but NO

 

[BigR]

You do understand that he had a broke hand and messed up back and ribs at the end of last year right?

And he kept wanting to play ..... He never gave up ..... even in the Philly game when it got way out of hand and he was getting killed .... he kept coming back for more.

That Philly game that made you "give up" on Romo is what showed me what kinda heart he really had.

That boy never gave up ..... and people like that become winners eventually ..... or die trying.



Sorry you cannot see that.

it was more what he said after the game that made me give up...soory, i cant let that go.

again...i really hope he turns into a great qb. i really do.

 

[BigR]

some of you guys need to take a deep breath and relax. just because some of us think romo has really been terrible in games that matter...that doesnt make us "sick" or not real cowboy fans or have some evil agenda.


i want the cowboys to win as bad as anybody. in order for that to happen, romo has to play well, so i root for romo to do that.

i am also critcal when he doesnt play well and when he doesnt act like a leader (in my eyes)

sorry if that offends some of you "real fans who dont have an agenda"

 

[true blue]

I'm still waiting for a link showing where Romo states he doesn't care for football. Could somebody post it please?

 

[jchap]

I Never Got Off!

 

[baj1dallas]

Top 5 NFL QB. Anyone off is out of their mind.

I'm not on or off the bandwagon. I think he's good and imo he's the QB and that's the end of discussion. But there's no way I put him in the top 5. I'd call him the 6th or 7th best QB in the league and I still don't know that I believe he can perform well at the crucial moments in the biggest games.

 

[zrinkill]

i'm pretty sure a few people have lost plenty of sleep actually

Keep up the charade ...... and it will probably be brought up in every thread you post in.

 

[zrinkill]

some of you guys need to take a deep breath and relax. just because some of us think romo has really been terrible in games that matter...that doesnt make us "sick" or not real cowboy fans or have some evil agenda.


i want the cowboys to win as bad as anybody. in order for that to happen, romo has to play well, so i root for romo to do that.

i am also critcal when he doesnt play well and when he doesnt act like a leader (in my eyes)

sorry if that offends some of you "real fans who dont have an agenda"

Victim card ......

 

[BigR]

I'm still waiting for a link showing where Romo states he doesn't care for football. Could somebody post it please?

i'm pretty sure he never said that. the line was "if losing a football game is the worst thing to ever happen to me, then i have led a good life"...or something like that

which is true...but it just irked me considering the situation

 

[BigR]

Victim card ......

dude, not playing the victim card and nothing was really aimed at you.

you like romo.

i dont.

end of discussion.

 

[diehard2294]

I'm gonna jump on,but each week it may change until he stops making stupid plays in big games

 

[true blue]

i'm pretty sure he never said that. the line was "if losing a football game is the worst thing to ever happen to me, then i have led a good life"...or something like that

which is true...but it just irked me considering the situation

I see. So, somebody was exaggerating when they posted that. Thanks for clearing it up for me.

 

[Seven]

Could somebody, please, supply me the link where Romo states he doesn't care about football? Thanks in advance.

There isn't one. His comment after the philthy game was, originally, published out of context. It had ben proven on several different occassions that was clearly not what he meant. YET........there are folks that will hang onto that falsehood as if to justify Romo's futility. If he spent the offseson on a ledge............. he'd be labeled a p****. He's got as much heart as Barber.

 

[zrinkill]

There isn't one. His comment after the philthy game was, originally, published out of context. It had ben proven on several different occassions that was clearly not what he meant. YET........there are folks that will hang onto that falsehood as if to justify Romo's futility. If he spent the offseson on a ledge............. he'd be labeled a p****. He's got as much heart as Barber.

^^this^^

 

[Vintage]

I'm a little surprised its 90/10. With all the doom and gloom last week, I thought, for sure, the vote would be closer to 60/40.

I'm on the bandwagon.