rcaldw
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Since we are known as America's Team, and we have all heard the explanations for the hole in the roof, and since I'm a little tired and bored, how about this imaginary scenario. 
Remember, it is offered in a spirit of fun.
20 consecutive winnings seasons. 13 divisional titles. 5 conference titles. 2 Super Bowl Titles.
And during this time the Cowboys were known for integrity, class, a squeaky clean coach, and a choir boy, naval officer at QB.
We know that there was dirt inside the Cowboys even then, but who can deny that IN PRINCIPLE the Cowboys were known as the white hats of the NFL?
But alas, your great coach has grown old, and your great team has found itself at the bottom. (3-13)
So, we have a deal for you :devil:
We will give you a new kind of America's Team. This one won't be known for its integrity and class, it will be pure killer. No longer known for white hats, now it will be known for the "white house". I will give you some white hats along the way (Aikman, Smith, Johnston, Woodson, etc.), but they will be overshadowed in the end by all kinds of problems. Eventually there will be plenty of Cowboys jokes that involve references to criminals. We will give you a coach who will leave his wife so as not to be distracted from football. We will give you an owner that will boot out your icon of a coach in a very disrespectful way. And we will give you 5 years of great promise, 7 years of success (what a perfect number) and 3 Super Bowl titles.
But here is the twist.
"We will win, we must win, winning is the name of the game", is how it will start out, but shortly after "we did it our way baby", things will begin to change. You will see the rise of a massive ego followed by a great collapse. You will go through coach after coach searching in vain for what you have lost. You will hit rock bottom more than once, and even when you think you are near the top you will finish as the laughing stock of the league. (44-6) You will continue to try and grab the ring by grasping at straws, by bringing in what used to be reserved for the Oakland Raiders.
And in the end you will suffer 12 straight years without a playoff win. Your coach will be known as "captain cupcake". Your owner will have websites thrown up that call for his firing as GM. The player who will be offering to advise the owner and fix everything is the one who is famous for dividing locker rooms. And it may go on like this, forever, and ever, and ever, and ever.
Question: Was it worth it?
Remember, it is offered in a spirit of fun.20 consecutive winnings seasons. 13 divisional titles. 5 conference titles. 2 Super Bowl Titles.
And during this time the Cowboys were known for integrity, class, a squeaky clean coach, and a choir boy, naval officer at QB.
We know that there was dirt inside the Cowboys even then, but who can deny that IN PRINCIPLE the Cowboys were known as the white hats of the NFL?
But alas, your great coach has grown old, and your great team has found itself at the bottom. (3-13)
So, we have a deal for you :devil:
We will give you a new kind of America's Team. This one won't be known for its integrity and class, it will be pure killer. No longer known for white hats, now it will be known for the "white house". I will give you some white hats along the way (Aikman, Smith, Johnston, Woodson, etc.), but they will be overshadowed in the end by all kinds of problems. Eventually there will be plenty of Cowboys jokes that involve references to criminals. We will give you a coach who will leave his wife so as not to be distracted from football. We will give you an owner that will boot out your icon of a coach in a very disrespectful way. And we will give you 5 years of great promise, 7 years of success (what a perfect number) and 3 Super Bowl titles.
But here is the twist.
"We will win, we must win, winning is the name of the game", is how it will start out, but shortly after "we did it our way baby", things will begin to change. You will see the rise of a massive ego followed by a great collapse. You will go through coach after coach searching in vain for what you have lost. You will hit rock bottom more than once, and even when you think you are near the top you will finish as the laughing stock of the league. (44-6) You will continue to try and grab the ring by grasping at straws, by bringing in what used to be reserved for the Oakland Raiders.
And in the end you will suffer 12 straight years without a playoff win. Your coach will be known as "captain cupcake". Your owner will have websites thrown up that call for his firing as GM. The player who will be offering to advise the owner and fix everything is the one who is famous for dividing locker rooms. And it may go on like this, forever, and ever, and ever, and ever.
Question: Was it worth it?
