cowboys2233;2544586 said:
The collapse began before Parcells? No, the collapse was at its worst right before Parcells, we had hit rockbottom -- those were the most godawful teams to ever don a Cowboys uniform. And Parcells saved us, he set us on the right path!!
But take heart -- with the expensive contracts JJ has doled out to a bunch of undeserving players and some incomprehensible commitment to a HC that let's the inmates run the asylum, we'll be back there soon enough!
I care not to speculate on this. My hope is in the high integrity guys like Ratliff, Romo, Witten, Barber, Ware, Felix Jones, Choice, etc. We have plenty of those, too. And if the Ying/Yang philosophy can be applied to football, maybe you need a little of every kind of player. I mean, honestly, in the history of the Superbowl, you can't say every person on those teams where great people on a personal level and great team players. There have been plenty of teams who won the Superbowl simply because they came to the game with the best plan. Football is not a popularity contest, not a talent show, and not a beauty pagent. Football is the chess of sports. There is no sure way to predict the outcome.
I agree that change is needed in the organization from the top to the bottom. Jerry Jones needs to keep his mouth shut and let his coach run the team. Wade doesn't have to change is personality to make the players accountable. Stiff fines in retaliation to behavior, penalties committed, mistakes made, late arrivals to meetings and practice, showing up next year to training camp out of shape, should do the trick as far as accountability is concerned. In essence, Wade doesn't have to be an *******, is rules have to be. The only difficult thing I see for Wade is enforcing said rules. That remains to be seen. The team - well, a few people need to be traded or cut.
But you might be suprised to read that I don't think T.O. is among those players. I think, were not for the media's constant limelight, T.O. could be the Michael Irvin of the latter day Cowboys. T.O., as we all know, will get into a players *** if they aren't doing their job. If it were Irvin doing it, no one would say a thing. But since it's T.O. they have to make a huge deal about him being a cancer again. And it is sad really, because an unchained T.O. is probably what this team really needs.
Players who should be cut, benched or traded (depending on the impact said action would have on the Cap): Bobby Carpenter, Flozell Adams, Roy Williams (SS), Patrick Crayton, Greg Ellis, and Anthony Henry.
That's right, I'm still in Pacman's corner, because at the end of the day, he's cheap talent with huge upside should he ever return to his Titan self. In 2006, according to many analyst, he was a top 5 CB. I felt his suspension was overblown and ill-timed. At the end of the day, he cost us nothing because we got the draft pick we traded for him back as a result of the suspension.
Lastly, I would like to see JJ trade up in the draft - possibly using a combination of the aforementioned players and later round draft picks - to snag LSU's FS Curtis Taylor. A QB/WR in highschool, he is both strong against the Pass and Run, with a frame that could stand more weight to make him a ferocious hitter, as a possible replacement for please-don't-throw-it-my-way Roy.
Obviously, a QB, depth in our LB core in in the OL will need to be addressed, as well, but Safety is what I would place as a top priority.
Please feel free to debate, on analyzing college talent I am by no means an expert...
