Huh?
What are you talking about?
The term "Can't see the forest from the trees" isn't a media phrase.
Second, the Cowboys' record and accomplishments since our last Super Bowl 20 years ago is a matter of history. It has nothing to do with "getting my takes from the media".
Hhhhmm. Ever heard the phrase "rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic"?
Oh, sure, rearranging the chairs may give the appearance of "change". And, yes, things might look pretty good the way you align them on the deck of the Titanic. In fact, put a few musicians in those chairs and let the harmonious music play as the ship's patrons lose themselves in the melodious sounds.
But ... when your ship is sinking, pointing to how nice the chairs look and how well the musicians play becomes a bit irrelevant, don't you think?
Now, to your point and then back to the reason I commented.
Managing the salary cap is fine. Drafting stellar offensive linemen is great. But ...
and don't miss this oh, ye, who questions other people's ability to think ... HOW DO THOSE THINGS TRANSLATE TO WINS, CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND SUPER BOWL APPEARANCES?!?!?
This is why I attacked your analogy of not being able to see the forest from the trees. You point to changes (the trees) and we're pointing to a record of futility that has resulted in
ZERO appearances in an NFC Championship or Super Bowls (the forest).
I'm pretty sure after the Cowboys went 13-3, the same argument you're offering here likely was offered then. But look what happened? We followed that year with sub-par years and got no further than the divisional playoff round. The pattern has been established. This franchise has fallen short since 1996. Maybe that's good enough for the Browns, but not the Cowboys. Not the forest we're looking at.
And you speak of changes in the last two to three years. But in that time span we are 24-24. And, yes, we sustained injuries. So what? Pittsburgh lost Antonio Brown, LaVeon Bell and Ben Roethlisberger at some point in the season and got to the playoffs. They won a game with
Landry Jones, for goodness sake.
The Packers during their Super Bowl run a few years ago had been decimated by injuries, and yet Aaron Rodgers got them to the Super Bowl as a wild card.
How is it that these franchises can get their team to the playoffs but we can't?
We had a very easy division to conqueror, and our backup quarterbackss could only win
ONE GAME!!!
Does that sound to you like a franchise that knows what it's doing?
Now, that's not to say that lightning can't strike. But
YOU don't have any history on your side to support your belief that these recent changes will result in a Super Bowl appearance much less an NFC Championship appearance. If change is not producing at the very least those two results, then change is irrelevant to the overall goal of this franchise - again considering the forest instead of the trees.
And you say
we aren't thinking.
Stop trying to insult everyone by pretending you're the only one who has a brain and knows how to use it. We do too. We just evaluate the information and facts from a different perspective than you. But at least we have the record from history to support our position. You don't - unless you like change for change's sake.
No, we
ARE viewing the forest, not just the trees.
