CFZ Sometimes silence is golden

[rags747]

Bill has won Zero without Brady and the guy is Ancient! No ty…

 

[Flinger]

Today Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said at a brief presser that QB Dak Prescott is “having his best offseason program that we’ve had.” He later said that Dak’s “connection with receivers is better.” Went on to say “The real test will be when we get to training camp,” but “the passing game has met all spring thresholds.” Yada yada.

Note to Cowboys front office, coaches and players: Sometimes silence is golden. When your fan base has been hyped, sold, re-sold and hyper-hyped again and again and again….just give it a rest. Especially after the most embarrassing playoff loss in the 64 year history of this franchise.

What should McCarthy, the players and especially the Jones boys be saying? Maybe just once they could simply make generic, simple statements with ZERO hype and ZERO salesmanship and ZERO bravado. For example:

• “These press conferences will be brief this season.”
• “This season we are going to let the results do all the talking. We are not going to comment on any specific players right now.”
• ”These guys are working hard.”
• ”We’re focused on our work, getting better at each position.”
• ”When you have a disappointment like last year, you show up to work hard, stay humble and get better.”
• ”Most practices are open to the press. You can observe who looks good and report accordingly.“

It will never happen. But I would sure welcome a change from the usual over-hyped gobbledy-goop we get starting this time of year. We don’t need to be sold anything.

Show us…don’t tell us.

How about this?

"We still have a lot to prove"...

 

[phildadon86]

Today Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said at a brief presser that QB Dak Prescott is “having his best offseason program that we’ve had.” He later said that Dak’s “connection with receivers is better.” Went on to say “The real test will be when we get to training camp,” but “the passing game has met all spring thresholds.” Yada yada.

Note to Cowboys front office, coaches and players: Sometimes silence is golden. When your fan base has been hyped, sold, re-sold and hyper-hyped again and again and again….just give it a rest. Especially after the most embarrassing playoff loss in the 64 year history of this franchise.

What should McCarthy, the players and especially the Jones boys be saying? Maybe just once they could simply make generic, simple statements with ZERO hype and ZERO salesmanship and ZERO bravado. For example:

• “These press conferences will be brief this season.”
• “This season we are going to let the results do all the talking. We are not going to comment on any specific players right now.”
• ”These guys are working hard.”
• ”We’re focused on our work, getting better at each position.”
• ”When you have a disappointment like last year, you show up to work hard, stay humble and get better.”
• ”Most practices are open to the press. You can observe who looks good and report accordingly.“

It will never happen. But I would sure welcome a change from the usual over-hyped gobbledy-goop we get starting this time of year. We don’t need to be sold anything.

Show us…don’t tell us.

Asking Jerry and company to keep quiet is the right move.

Will never happen though. They are sales and marketing experts.

 

[zrinkill]

Today Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said at a brief presser that QB Dak Prescott is “having his best offseason program that we’ve had.” He later said that Dak’s “connection with receivers is better.” Went on to say “The real test will be when we get to training camp,” but “the passing game has met all spring thresholds.” Yada yada.

Note to Cowboys front office, coaches and players: Sometimes silence is golden. When your fan base has been hyped, sold, re-sold and hyper-hyped again and again and again….just give it a rest. Especially after the most embarrassing playoff loss in the 64 year history of this franchise.

What should McCarthy, the players and especially the Jones boys be saying? Maybe just once they could simply make generic, simple statements with ZERO hype and ZERO salesmanship and ZERO bravado. For example:

• “These press conferences will be brief this season.”
• “This season we are going to let the results do all the talking. We are not going to comment on any specific players right now.”
• ”These guys are working hard.”
• ”We’re focused on our work, getting better at each position.”
• ”When you have a disappointment like last year, you show up to work hard, stay humble and get better.”
• ”Most practices are open to the press. You can observe who looks good and report accordingly.“

It will never happen. But I would sure welcome a change from the usual over-hyped gobbledy-goop we get starting this time of year. We don’t need to be sold anything.

Show us…don’t tell us.

I appreciate this thread ...... sorry all the Jerry fans have jumped on ya.

 

[DallasEast]

Bill has won Zero without Brady and the guy is Ancient! No ty…

Personally, the one thing, I am eagerly awaiting to witness, between now and next offseason, is the highly probable head coaching change. I have severely doubt Jerry Jones wants a working relationship with Bill Belichick--despite anything he has publicly stated to the contrary in the past. So, while age may be a factor (although the decision-maker is nine years older lol) and it is a fact Belichick's coaching track record minus Tom Brady has been average, I do not think Jones' so-called evaluation of his next head coach will weigh solely upon those two criteria.

 

[Diehardblues]

I agree but unfortunately the noise and hype is part of it. The media ask questions and expect an answer. MM press conference was part of Mini Camp opening. Its not like when our owner is looking for a camera.

Diehards know to block it out. But the media still wants the sound bites. And there are casual and fringe fans which do need encouragement.

 

[Diehardblues]

It doesn't matter what they say, people will still find fault in whatever gets said. They could say some of those exact same phrases you posted and would still get picked apart. There's no real news in any of these pressers anyway unless someone gets injured, contract announcement or roster move. It's OTA's there's nothing to show us or tell us, but they're still expected to say something.......lol

Pretty much. It’s one of those PC’s I tune out unless there is one of those announcements to be made.

 

[acr731]

I don't really know what that's supposed to mean show us don't tell us we're in OTA's bro they're allowed to give a camp update or OTA's mini camps whatever they're calling this thing...


I mean I see it all day from other teams talking up how great the rookies looking shorts and how the bears offense is about to explode because of how great practices look..

I can tell you this Prescott doesn't need the hype, he finished second team all pro second MVP voting last year and led the league in scoring....

he did show you I mean you're gonna mention oh oh here it comes 123," how about the playoffs" well dude I'm sorry you can't skip the regular season, you literally earn your way into the playoffs by how you play in the regular season... This isn't Madden where you can double click and skip the season and let it choose how you finished and then go right to the playoffs...

So it's not hype it's simple report and he's allowed to and some of us just look at it as OK the guy shows up some veterans didn't at least he's a leader he's on a one year deal that he could risk injury and yet as a leader he showed up and he's encouraging the people that are there to play well practice hard and he's sending a message to the rest why aren't you here that's what I got from it some of us with positive attitudes which I know I don't seem like a positive dude but I do try to heads towards that side when I see these things you guys make a big deal when you see it because you're worried about the 20 year drought or is it 9 or 30I I don't know press cast not on the hook for that..​

I mean did Prescott write this story about himself????? is he trying to get a contract is that why it kind of hit a nerve with the fan base that any positive news coming out of the star is a bad story because there's no proof I mean show me where they have anything else other than that to write about... You remember last year everyone on the gravy train Prescott throwing interceptions in practice Prescott throwing too many interceptions in camp and they were counting them they literally with the dumbest thing I've ever seen in sports counting interceptions in practices and it's saying this is how it's gonna look in the regular season and guess who had egg all over their face those who chose to participate in the smear campaign...

You know it's hard then to understand why you would say silence is golden when reports are coming out of every camp like this...

if you look at other resources like Twitter bleachers report and other places that are talking about sports they're not allowed to talk about in football other than what's going on in camp. Ohh over i'm hearing stories about how great people look in shorts how they look great coming back from injuries and whatever it's just standard it's just standard I I don't get why you have a problem with it they do have to report to reporters there everyday at every camp and I realize a lot of you wish everybody was like beast mode and showed up and was an *** and didn't say anything..

But the league requires you to talk, I realized less can be said,

but dude this is normal operating procedure for sports!

you got microphones in your face they're looking for little quotes and tidbits that throw up on social media because there's way too much saturation of social media and everybody needs something to report on a daily basis because they're content creators.

Most of this stuff is not coming out of the star, NOT like they didn't hold a special press conference, these are scheduled for media people rolling up there and need to write something because that's their job by the way the hypocrisy here is that's what you're doing you're using their story they should not be talking about to start your own content about your own story I mean do you not see the parallel here?

You literally would have nothing to talk about if they didn't write something for you to debate literally if they had no reports we wouldn't have much to talk about if they just closed their doors and didn't say a thing for three months there would be nothing here to talk about nothing new I mean I I don't get the problem here they're not talking about how they're looking forward to the Super bowl because they feel like they're the best team in the league type reports...

sorry dude but these are scheduled press conferences or media up there during media time that's required by the NFL for you to talk and give reports on a daily basis because there would be nothing else to talk about about football right now if they just went silent and shut their doors that's not how you market the NFL this is not marketing the Cowboys every team is having these stories come out every one of them I mean do you not read Bleacher reports or other things on ESPN you get notifications from other sports even Twitter and social media literally every team is about how great things look with camp and some of the young players and draft picks and guys coming off injury they literally talk about this on a daily basis no this is not gaslighting anything if you don't like it don't discuss it you would have literally nothing to discuss if these reports didn't come out I don't know what you guys would do with your time... This is year round normal operating procedures and some of you still think the Dallas Cowboys are the ones that leading this charge and they are not this is a requirement by the NFL most sports major sports what open media sessions so they can keep the marketing train going because that's how it works...

Did someone pee in your bowl of Cheerios?

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

BULLET! Is that you Jason Garrett? Hahaha

Why..,for the love off god why dud you do that to us?

 

[sbark]

sorry dude but these are scheduled press conferences or media up there during media time that's required by the NFL for you to talk and give reports on a daily basis because there would be nothing else to talk about about football right now if they just went silent and shut their doors that's not how you market the NFL this is not marketing the Cowboys every team is having these stories come out every one of them I mean do you not read Bleacher reports or other things on ESPN you get notifications from other sports even Twitter and social media literally every team is about how great things look with camp and some of the young players and draft picks and guys coming off injury they literally talk about this on a daily basis no this is not gaslighting anything if you don't like it don't discuss it you would have literally nothing to discuss if these reports didn't come out I don't know what you guys would do with your time... This is year round normal operating procedures and some of you still think the Dallas Cowboys are the ones that leading this charge and they are not this is a requirement by the NFL most sports major sports what open media sessions so they can keep the marketing train going because that's how it works...

Tues there was a report on how sloppy Dak was in OTA,'s.....today MM says this
...maybe they just have to massage and manage a very fragile physche' of Dak.,but that is also why he gets deer in the headlights syndrom at the most crucial times.

PR VRS gaslighting.....ok, i can agree to differentiate. Sports isnt critical to a society.
Fans simply gotta learn to read between the lines, whats b.s and whats meets eye test, especially over a number of seasons, playoff games.

Lets apply gaslighting to the critical issues of society....problem is most give too much attention to sports ala Romans as their society fell.

 

[Hadenough]

Pretty sure Jerry is pushing the Kool aid.
Before the GB disaster many on here we're trying to give Dak the benefit of doubt and we're saying hey the 49ers have a great defense. Hahahaha
Only an idiot is buying into this talk.

 

[rags747]

Personally, the one thing, I am eagerly awaiting to witness, between now and next offseason, is the highly probable head coaching change. I have severely doubt Jerry Jones wants a working relationship with Bill Belichick--despite anything he has publicly stated to the contrary in the past. So, while age may be a factor (although the decision-maker is nine years older lol) and it is a fact Belichick's coaching track record minus Tom Brady has been average, I do not think Jones' so-called evaluation of his next head coach will weigh solely upon those two criteria.

Bill cannot evaluate talent either!

 

[Jumbo075]

Silence is definitely NOT golden for the NFL itself - which is why the NFL REQUIRES coaches and players to meet the media. Complaining that they respond to questions is astonishing to me. Do you want them to all respond like Marshawn Lynch? This very forum survives due to comments made by players and coaches. No comments = no stories = no fan forum fodder for fans to discuss.

It is more than a little ironic to complain about comments by players/coaches on a forum that only exists due to those comments.

 

[ClappingCarrot]

I think we're the ones who need to give it a rest, Bob. Though I agree with every sentiment you made.

I see similar threads from you at similar times before the start of every season. When you haven't won any substantial football games (save a few Wild Card games) since the Clinton Administration, hope and salesmanship is all you really have. The FO, as currently constructed, is never going to get it.

 

[DallasEast]

Silence is definitely NOT golden for the NFL itself - which is why the NFL REQUIRES coaches and players to meet the media. Complaining that they respond to questions is astonishing to me. Do you want them to all respond like Marshawn Lynch? This very forum survives due to comments made by players and coaches. No comments = no stories = no fan forum fodder for fans to discuss.

It is more than a little ironic to complain about comments by players/coaches on a forum that only exists due to those comments.

I do not believe the OP should be taken in the literal sense concerning 'silence'. It does include generic responses that could be substituted for what can be spoken into a microphone. Bill Belichick is an excellent example of someone, who constantly met with the media after Marshawn Lynch made his stand on the subject, and said basically nothing during any press conference.

Certainly, the league's CBA instructs players, coaches, etc., to meet and speak with the media. However, it does not command anyone to rattle off at the mouth either.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I do not believe the OP should be taken in the literal sense concerning 'silence'. It does include generic responses that could be substituted for what can be spoken into a microphone. Bill Belichick is an excellent example of someone, who constantly met with the media after Marshawn Lynch made his stand on the subject, and said basically nothing during any press conference.

Certainly, the league's CBA instructs players, coaches, etc., to meet and speak with the media. However, it does not command anyone to rattle off at the mouth either.

Sure and BB was always like that. Other SB winning coaches like Parcells, Tomlin, and Vermeil took a different approach.

MM is not acting any differently than he ever has. The entire idea here is that he should not do what he has always done in using the media to praise players he wants to point out for a job well done.

If people are jaded what difference does it make? There is still a point to it. Catering to fans is not a solution

 

[DanTanna]

Silence can also be deadly. Especially after a cabbage and boiled egg burrito.

 

[plymkr]

there are few sound bites or hype lines I remember other than Jimmy‘s guarantee in 6 inch headlines. And then they went out and backed it up.

That’s it. That’s the whole point of what you’re saying. There was a time when the Cowboys’ actions on the field matched or was even better than the talk. Now we’ve had close to 30 years of talk and no meaningful action. It’s frustrating. I remember back in 94 there was a sound bite of Aikman complaining about Jerry talking about Shante Carver. Troy was mad that Jerry “is talking about everyone like they’re all pros”. Troy wanted the rookies to prove it, don’t talk about it, prove it. 30 years later it’s the same thing.

I wish for once Big Mike would answer the question with, “It’s a mini camp practice, that’s it. Go home to your families and give them this much attention and I’ll tell you if something important happens “

That would really make me happy

 

[plymkr]

Silence can also be deadly. Especially after a cabbage and boiled egg burrito.

 

[DallasEast]

Sure and BB was always like that. Other SB winning coaches like Parcells, Tomlin, and Vermeil took a different approach.

MM is not acting any differently than he ever has. The entire idea here is that he should not do what he has always done in using the media to praise players he wants to point out for a job well done.

If people are jaded what difference does it make? There is still a point to it. Catering to fans is not a solution

You are certainly correct that anyone representing the franchise saying 'the right thing' would be catering to fans hoping they say 'the right thing'. On the other hand, I do not believe any individual says 'the right thing' in any given moment publicly.

I may be reading the OP's intent wrong. That said, I (only myself) believe some members of the Dallas Cowboys talk too much. Too often. For too long. My opinion makes zero difference to them. However, it does matter to me if it is something I think could have not been said or said differently. My thoughts on the matter hold no value for every other person on Earth. My thoughts do hold value for me though. It is what it is.