This is Bothering me

[ABQCOWBOY]

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I feel sorry for those of you with the "If we don't win a Superbowl, the season is an abject failure" attitude, because it's completely unrealistic and you're destined for disappointment 90% of the time.

All true, but it's the other 10% I live for.

 

[MagicMan]

It was a successful regular season; but a failure in the playoffs. We won home field advantage throughout only to be one and done. And since the playoffs is what we live for, that overshadows the regular season accomplishments. You don't see JJ flying divisonal banners like most of the others do---only world championships.

All Dallas had to do to get to the SB was beat the Giants at home (after beating them twice already) and then possibly Favre/Packers in Texas Stadium which is the House of Horrors for Favre. It was the easiest trek to the SB for Dallas in my memory---and that was wasted.

Hopefully the team learns from this and will be better prepared and focused going into the playoffs. If you don't learn from your mistakes, history is likely to repeat itself.

 

[CactusCowboy]

A true Cowboys fan wants a SuperBowl win and nothing else really matters!

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Look, it was not a success.

Success is the Super Bowl.
Success is winning at least one playoff game.

I will go to my grave believing that, in the 2007 season, we were well stocked with players and had we a coach less laid back than poor, bewildered Wade Phillips, that giants game (AT HOME) could have been won.

Wade was too complacent and that cost the Cowboys any success in postseason play.


A jimma johnson would have WILLED that team to win.
Would have kicked arse up the the minute that that game started.
He would have promoted, demoted, released, kicked butt . . . anything to ensure the continued success of the Cowboys.

We had Wade and that cost us big time.
Sneer at this if you will, but most fans would say, yeah, ol' wade needs some fire in his belly.

Thank goodness Jason is waiting in the wings. And I do give Jerra credit for that.

 

[Fletch]

After November, last season was a failure. Any time you lose to a team that you should beat, you have failed.

Its great to see the pro-bowlers and whatnot, but last season was disappointing.

Wrong and wrong. If you look at it from a glass is half full perspective, then you can convince yourself that it was all a failure. But it wasn't.

Had we gone 9-7 and missed the playoffs, then you could say the Cowboys failed as a whole. But they didn't. And considering the circumstances... new coach, basically a whole new coaching staff and playbook on both sides of the ball, 13-3 with homefield advantage was a success.

Now with another year under their belts, the Cowboys look to become great, with a sixth Super Bowl victory.

 

[Stash]

Considering the makeshift secondary we had...Newman getting hurt and henry... Jacque Reeves being our starting CB....in a new Offensive system....in a different philosophy on defense. I'm pretty sure we exceeded expectations

You'd be hard-pressed to find many who agree with you.

The 'obstacles' you mention lessened during the course of the season, so they're not legitimate excuses for the team's late season slide.

And the awful facts are that a 13-3 team loaded with Pro Bowlers faded down the stretch and accomplished nothing more than the team from the year before.

 

[JBond]

It could be worse. 13-3 is the best thing to happen to the KC Chiefs in 41 years. They have a total of 2 or 3 playoff wins in that time I believe. Right now I live in KC and there are people here talking the Chiefs up because they beat the horrible Bears by 2 points in a preseason game. They believe the Chiefs are a .500 team this year.

 

[btcutter]

There are 31 teams with "bad seasons" because only one team can win the superbowl every year.

 

[ABQcowboyJR]

Everyone talks how last season was a failure for the cowboys. How we were a 13-3 team with 13 pro bowlers and didn't win the super bowl and we are this that and w.e. Wade Phillips might lose his job and blah blah blah w.e. I just wanted to say that I felt that last year's season was a success for many reason.

One our players responded to a new HC regime and responded well. A different offense play book and a new more aggressive 3-4 defense. A better more family like environment instead of a dictatorship under Parcells. So first year under a new head coach we went 13-3 I would love to see how many teams have done that before. Not all the players fit Wade's scheme on our defense with the departure of some of our players that was evident.

Tony Romo hasn't won a play off game yea true he's been there twice. Eli manning didn't win a playoff game until his magical super bowl run. That giant team was a cohesive unit under Coughlin thats was together for 3-4 years under the same coaching system.

So what to look forward to in 08......

A unit that more comfortable under what Wade and Garrett has them doing, A unit that has returned 13 pro bowlers and the core have been together for a couple of years.
A unit that is hungry thirsty talented and is going to win at least 14 games.
NFC east champs again Superbowl Champs



we can only go up from what we did last year.

I agree that we had a good season last year. We broke some records and put almost the best team out on the field every week. It has been a long time since we have been in contention for a championship. I think that everyone on this forum knows that the opportunities to be champions are few and far between. When you truly are the most talented team in the league, it is hard to view anything less then a SB a success.

 

[28 Joker]

Like Herm Edwards said, "You play to win the games". Enjoy the season and every win. Nothing is guaranteed. You learn this when your favorite college team plays in the SEC. We beat the Giants twice and those games meant a whole lot to me. Just think if the Giants would have won them all. How would you feel then? You think those windbags are cocky, now. Winning 13 games is an accomplishment. It isn't meaningless. Dallas can build on last season, get homefield, and get where they want to go.

You take it one game at a time and advance. Every game matters.

In the end, if things don't go your way, I try to remember the great parts of a season and not dwell on the bad parts.

This team is the best team in the NFL, imo. Like T.O. said when he was prowling around on S.F.'s sideline, "It's only a matter of time".

 

[peplaw06]

well I think we exceed expectations on most parts IDK how many ppl predicted us to go 13-3 I did cuz I a homer like that and break those records. I think it to the point that we are held to a different standard than other teams cuz I don't remember the Colts get this much negative attention when Manning wasn't winning SuperBowls.

Srsly?? Manning was always compared to Dan Marino.... the great statistical QB who couldn't win the big game. He was a choker. He needed the title to stop all that talk.

Sorry, fans of this team will never be satisfied when the season ends in a loss.

 

[Future]

I feel sorry for those of you with the "If we don't win a Superbowl, the season is an abject failure" attitude, because it's completely unrealistic and you're destined for disappointment 90% of the time.

or 100% of the time if your an iggle fan:starspin

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

or 100% of the time if your an iggle fan:starspin

Your sig pic cracks me up. Every time I look at it, I can't help but notice the pissed off little guy in the back ground.

 

[Nav22]

we can only go up from what we did last year.

That's 100% false... and the fact that this is false is the reason last season was a MAJOR disappointment.

And yes, each year there is 1 winner and 31 losers. You're either celebrating wildly after the Super Bowl... or you aren't. There's either a parade in your city... or there isn't one.

 

[DaBoys4Life]

That's 100% false... and the fact that this is false is the reason last season was a MAJOR disappointment.

And yes, each year there is 1 winner and 31 losers. You're either celebrating wildly after the Super Bowl... or you aren't. There's either a parade in your city... or there isn't one.

so then your saying get bounced in the first round doesn't matteR? If we didn't win it so either we win it or we don't ? Am I right?

 

[Prossman]

....for me to take anything good out of the season last year. Yes 13-3 and 13 probowlers but we played like crap for the entire last month of the season ( yes I know there were logical reasons). We did have a new coach OC DC defense but they looked so good and then gave it away to the giants. It couldn't had ended any worse. Prossman

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

IMHO I think it's because of how the season ended. If we had won that playoff game some people might think differently.

For me the answer is no.

If we had won the Giants game and lost to GB it wouldnt change anything for me.

REASON: We had lost to Seattle in the fashion that we did and we were SUPPOSED to have a bad taste in our mouths.

We should have been forcefeeding our offense and defense down the oppositions throat.

Instead we had 10-15 yard cushions for our corners, etc.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

....for me to take anything good out of the season last year. Yes 13-3 and 13 probowlers but we played like crap for the entire last month of the season ( yes I know there were logical reasons). We did have a new coach OC DC defense but they looked so good and then gave it away to the giants. It couldn't had ended any worse. Prossman

It wasnt only the last month of the season. It seems to be a theme topic for us.

We played liked crap during the season in a few games too... but we got lucky and won them.

Its not just the end of the year like ALOT are talking about

 

[ABQcowboyJR]

Your sig pic cracks me up. Every time I look at it, I can't help but notice the pissed off little guy in the back ground.

lol did you see his face before he knew they won?

 

[Nav22]

so then your saying get bounced in the first round doesn't matteR? If we didn't win it so either we win it or we don't ? Am I right?

Not sure what you're saying here exactly, so I'll make it real simple.

One winner, 31 losers.

Just out of curiousity, do you remember the last time we won a Super Bowl back in January of '96? Were you old enough to be watching football then?

Not trying to sound like a jerk... the reason I ask is because I was 10 years old the last time Dallas won it all. I was a kid (some might say I still am) but I loved the Cowboys as much as I love them now. The first 4 years I spent watching football (and rooting wildly for the 'Boys), Dallas won 3 Super Bowls.

I remember how great it felt, so that is probably why I accept NOTHING less than a Super Bowl win as a "success". Anything other than a Super Bowl win means you came up short.

That doesn't mean I don't enjoy the "journey"... I had a lot of great times last season celebrating our regular season wins. The ridiculous come-back @ Buffalo instantly comes to mind. But if I'm not celebrating like crazy after the Super Bowl (and well into the offseason!) then the season feels lost.