Gadfly22
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The Cowboy players have talent.
The coaching staff has quality brains and historically successful schemes.
The training and facilities are top-notch.
Why the horrible results thus far this season?
Certainly, some players are not producing (e.g., Davis), injuries are taking their toll (Kosier, Romo) and mistakes are being made (penalties on Jenkins, dropped and tipped passes, etc.).
But I think part of the problem is the predictability of the schemes on both sides of the ball. Over and over, it looks like the opponent knows where the ball is going or whether a blitz is coming (and from where) or the actual play call. Some of that is on players, tipping their hand. But a lot is on the coaching and underlying schemes.
Maybe these players aren't smart enough for anything more complicated than "plain vanilla". But I doubt it. I just think the team is playing in that limbo between simple, smash-mouth football (in the Jimmy Johnson tradition) and complex finesse football (in the Tom Landry tradition). And that limbo is not a good place to be.
The coaching staff has quality brains and historically successful schemes.
The training and facilities are top-notch.
Why the horrible results thus far this season?
Certainly, some players are not producing (e.g., Davis), injuries are taking their toll (Kosier, Romo) and mistakes are being made (penalties on Jenkins, dropped and tipped passes, etc.).
But I think part of the problem is the predictability of the schemes on both sides of the ball. Over and over, it looks like the opponent knows where the ball is going or whether a blitz is coming (and from where) or the actual play call. Some of that is on players, tipping their hand. But a lot is on the coaching and underlying schemes.
Maybe these players aren't smart enough for anything more complicated than "plain vanilla". But I doubt it. I just think the team is playing in that limbo between simple, smash-mouth football (in the Jimmy Johnson tradition) and complex finesse football (in the Tom Landry tradition). And that limbo is not a good place to be.
