Talk of past playoff failures during the summer is a waste of emotional energy

[Tabascocat]

I got better things to do in the summer rather than to keep rehashing the past

Packing now for the Caribbean

 

[Rockport]

If it wasn't for the Past I wouldn't be here. That's the only reason I'm a Cowboy fan. Memories of long ago. There's no hope for this team going forward as long as Jerry and Stephen are in charge.

See? They allow themselves to become hopeless because they’re incapable of anything else but negativity.

 

[MyFairLady]

You are on your own friend. I know You and Jerry and Dak and Micah and the gang want to pretend like Green Bay didn't happen but I remember it well.

 

[Rockport]

Jumbo, I respect your well thought and presented post. That’s the way you choose to be a Cowboys fan and that’s perfectly fine. I support your right to be a Cowboys fan any way you choose. But I disagree that anyone should have to see things the way anyone else does. I won’t make the commitment you mention.

As a fan of the Cowboys for 58 years, I remember everything. The great, the bad and everything in between. To me the past, present and future is fun, relevant and meaningful. I enjoy it all. Sometimes I praise. Sometimes I criticize. I try to be fair, and objective. I’m probably neither, lol. Hey I’m a fan(atic). But to me that’s all part of my fan experience

But that’s just me. I will not ask anyone on our opinion forum to think or act like me. I have hope or I wouldn’t be here. I’m having fun following my team. I choose to be a fan the way I am. And I encourage any fan to do the same.

So respectfully my friend, I will not join in on your commitment. Go Cowboys!

Bob, that’s not the problem and you should know this. Of course people have different ways of looking at things but to be a poster who posts NOTHING but negativity, no matter the subject, is not just having a different way of looking at things. It’s an agenda and is what we’re all talking about.

 

[Rockport]

You are on your own friend. I know You and Jerry and Dak and Micah and the gang want to pretend like Green Bay didn't happen but I remember it well.

Enjoy wallowing in misery.

 

[buybuydandavis]

We all know about the last 28 seasons of playoff futility for the Dallas Cowboys. No one is unaware of this. But the Cowboys team won't have a chance to change that narrative until next January - if they make the playoffs at the end of the 2024 season. So, in my opinion, it is a waste of emotional energy to focus on past failures. The failures of the past 28 years have the same relevance to the 2024 season as the three Super Bowls won in the mid-1990's, and the Super Bowls won in the 1970's.

There is no "tradition of winning" left for Dallas to fall back upon. There is only now. This season. And there is a hope that every team in the NFL has at the beginning of a season that this might be the year for their team. The Cowboys players and fans have just as much right to embrace that hope as any other team in the NFL this year. Dwelling on the bitterness of past failures has the same value as dwelling on the glory of past successes. They are irrelevant to this year's version of the Cowboys.

So I have a request, and a commitment:

Request: Stop looking back, and rehashing the past. Choose to dwell on the hope and promise of a new season.

Commitment: I won't participate in discussions bashing players, coaching staff and front office personnel for the results of past seasons. I won't support positive takes from the past; nor will I support negative takes from the past. I won't defend the team, players and front office for past successes or failures. I just refuse to participate in those discussions. I will only participate in discussing the here and now issues for the 2024 roster, and the performances of staff and personnel that currently exist, in their present form. I won't condemn, or praise past performances on any level. It is just a waste of emotional energy, and doesn't contribute in any positive way to the discussions of this year's Cowboys team.

Who will join me?

Past performance is the best predictor of future performance.
Not as much for the franchise but certainly for individual players.

 

[Rockport]

I will not take part in erasing history.
I will not act like a brainless Pollyanna.
Whole lotta loons lately wanting to tell people how to act.
No thanks.

They’re just incapable of anything but negativity.

 

[Rockport]

I spend zero emotional energy on the Dallas Cowboys. Still a fan but I despise the Jones family. It is a great hedge for me. If they win - great. If they lose I imagine those ruddy faced losers in the owners box sulking. It’s great.

It’s also fine for fans to whine and complain as much as they want. They are more than entitled.

Dude, you’re in here whining daily.

 

[mrmojo]

Im good......positivity going forward has gotten us no where and also created unwanted emotional energy, so it goes both ways. I was a fan since 1970, the past is all I have until this current franchise starts getting to and winning championship games again.

 

[Rockport]

Im good......positivity going forward has gotten us no where and also created unwanted emotional energy, so it goes both ways. I was a fan since 1970, the past is all I have until this current franchise starts getting to and winning championship games again.

So your answer is to be negative about everything Cowboys? Don’t you see the problem with this?

 

[5Stars]

So, let's all be sheep in lock step? Is that what you're suggesting?

No, I won't do that because that is not how life really is. If you or anyone else wants nothing but rainbows and lollipops, good for you, but asking posters to have the same little thoughts as you or others, there is a term for that and I will not abide by anyone else's wishes as I have my own life and thoughts, just as you and others do.

Yes, Dak sucks and yes, I said it, sorry if that bothers you or anyone else.

 

[Whyjerry]

Dude, you’re in here whining daily.

Seems like you are confusing whining for harsh reality or truth telling. Additionally ALL fans are entitled to their opinion including negative opinions. When you try to spread Jerry pixie dust no one will take you seriously.

 

[Rockport]

Seems like you are confusing whining for harsh reality or truth telling. Additionally ALL fans are entitled to their opinion including negative opinions. When you try to spread Jerry pixie dust no one will take you seriously.

Yeah, someone sure is.

 

[Rockport]

So, let's all be sheep in lock step? Is that what you're suggesting?

No, I won't do that because that is not how life really is. If you or anyone else wants nothing but rainbows and lollipops, good for you, but asking posters to have the same little thoughts as you or others, there is a term for that and I will not abide by anyone else's wishes as I have my own life and thoughts, just as you and others do.

Yes, Dak sucks and yes, I said it, sorry if that bothers you or anyone else.

Wow, so bitter.

 

[5Stars]

Wow, so bitter.

I'm myself, you don't like it, your not going to change it. You may think you are Mother Teresa but your little "let's love the world" crap is as old as you say me and others are just bitter. Take that crap down the road, dog.

 

[Rockport]

I'm myself, you don't like it, your not going to change it. You may think you are Mother Teresa but your little "let's love the world" crap is as old as you say me and others are just bitter. Take that crap down the road, dog.

Just making an observation. Deal with it.

 

[5Stars]

Just making an observation. Deal with it.

I have a better idea for all you "let's love the world" posters. Put everyone that you think are bitter at everything, put them all on ignore, everyone of them, then see what happens. There will be about 10 or 11 of you lovers left then what are you going to do? You will come here everyday, the 10 or 11 of you and you won't have nothing else to talk about, nothing to discuss, nothing to agree or disagree with.

Try that, see how it works out. You can start by putting me on ignore first, then anyone else that you think are bitter, put them on ignore right away, don't discuss anything, just put them on ignore, then the next one and the next one and so on...soon you will find yourself doing nothing but talking to yourselves. Deal with that.

 

[Brax]

Y'all have ruined this site with your incessant daily whining.

You take a big part in whining when it doesn’t fit your narrative, it would help if you left, find a new team if you don’t like the posts here.

 

[Brax]

Bob, that’s not the problem and you should know this. Of course people have different ways of looking at things but to be a poster who posts NOTHING but negativity, no matter the subject, is not just having a different way of looking at things. It’s an agenda and is what we’re all talking about.

There’s 2 sides to that pancake and you only want your side shown, it’s a free country and views contrary to your views are ok

 

[Whyjerry]

Yeah, someone sure is.

I know man. So lighten up. People can disagree.