Schottenheimer starts off OTA with some paintball

[Risen Star]

Cowboys Pro Bowl LG Tyler Smith said new head coach Brian Schottenheimer took the team to play paintball on the first day of optional team activities. “I thought that was a crazy thing. That’s never happened before. I thought that was really cool to start things off on a fun note. … The guys were going crazy. It was fun.”

Who was the best?

“Markquese Bell. Oh my God. Oh my God. Markquese Bell could probably go to SEAL Team 6. I’m not gonna lie, the way he be paintballing, Bell, for sure.”

 

[Risen Star]

It's things like this that's going to win us several Super Bowls.

 

[MarcusRock]

Let the man have his madness method. We'll see what it returns.

 

[Pass2Run]

OK, this is getting ridiculous.

So, this is his schtick now? Gimmicks?

Any player with a brain sees through this.

 

[MarcusRock]

OK, this is getting ridiculous.

So, this is his schtick now? Gimmick?

Any player with a brain sees through this.

Please elaborate.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

It's things like this that's going to win us several Super Bowls.

That's right, plural.

 

[Pass2Run]

Please elaborate.

I mean, this is a cheap gimmick attempting to build culture. It's play stuff. Not serious. Slacker mentality, like McCarthy smashing watermelons.

How does this impact their GameDay performances. This is truly stupid. They can all do this in the Dak yard, or whatever else

 

[Risen Star]

I remember thinking while we were getting molested by the Packers in the last playoff game...."if these guys only had a closer relationship with one another".

 

[Bobhaze]

I remember thinking while we were getting molested by the Packers in the last playoff game...."if these guys only had a closer relationship with one another".

Like a “Mojo Paintball Moment”.

 

[JIMMYBUFFETT]

Cool. I'm hoping they make it to a rock wall for some rappelling, maybe some needlepoint classes where they can all learn to cross stitch together, and a couple of charcuterie shops to learn to put together the best cheese board before camp. I want a well oiled unit that can drop a deer at 150, bake a King Ranch casserole, take in your jeans, and overseed a lawn at the drop of a hat. Coach Schott isn't just preparing these men for football, he's preparing them for life and I for one admire that.

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

I mean, this is a cheap gimmick attempting to build culture. It's play stuff. Not serious. Slacker mentality, like McCarthy smashing watermelons.

How does this impact their GameDay performances. This is truly stupid. They can all do this in the Dak yard, or whatever else

Yeah, but huge corporations pay absurd amounts of money doing this kind of thing…so apparently it has some value. I think it can be used effectively to see how people react…give you better insight into who your dogs are, who might be able to devise winning strategy, and who is just along for the ride. You might be able to see who works better as a team or partners. I do think it is a better team builder than going to Sea World.

The other thing is these OTAs are so limited as far as physicality goes, I doubt a day of paintball is going to set the team back.

 

[fivetwos]

They’ll probably deduct the cost from his next paycheck.

 

[Cowboy_svt]

i think its a cool idea

Let them have fun, then get to work

 

[jazzcat22]

I mean, this is a cheap gimmick attempting to build culture. It's play stuff. Not serious. Slacker mentality, like McCarthy smashing watermelons.

How does this impact their GameDay performances. This is truly stupid. They can all do this in the Dak yard, or whatever else

It build camaraderie with the players.
Why do you have a hard time with them doing this.

It unites players. It does not need to be on the field all the time. It is like fans thinking a player needs to be in the film room or on the field constantly, and have no life or personal time.

 

[maryquality]

So, first we got a ping pong table. And then paintball. When is the team going bowling??

 

[jazzcat22]

What if they had a team knitting sessions. Would you all be ok with that, if it was done on the field, would that make it better?

 

[BoyzBlaster]

Dak would have been held out of this dangerous activity. More likely he was a behind the lines field general.

He probably panicked and shot several guys on his own team.

 

[maryquality]

What if they had a team knitting sessions. Would you all be ok with that, if it was done on the field, would that make it better?

I prefer croceting.

 

[BoyzBlaster]

So, first we got a ping pong table. And then paintball. When is the team going bowling??

Team karaoke next week all the great dynasties do that.

 

[Kwyn]

Paintball is lots of fun