This season was a failure

[hmcorp]

time to change coaches. get rid of marty deuce.

 

[iceberg]

Dallas Cowboys = Dallas Mavericks

Great during the season, but "one and done" in the playoffs. What a disgrace!!!

it's easy (now with the internet WAY TOO EASY) for those who never even get on the bench much less the field to call those a disgrace.

plenty of other teams out there. not many still playing but the packers wagon may have a seat left. i'll stick it out there. good times and bad.

 

[kingwhicker]

This ranks up there with the biggest failures in NFL history: 1976 Cowboys, 1987 49ers, 1996 Broncos, 1997 Chiefs, 1998 Vikings, 2001 Steelers, 2004 Steelers, 2005 Colts.

 

[wick]

then the season was a failure for every other team no longer playing, right? when we sneak in the playoffs we cry out how records don't matter. when we have a good one, suddenly they do.

any bullet you can make fit, i suppose.

emotional insurance. makes people say a lot of crazy talk. in the end we lost. we knew going in we had some holes to fill and we hoped players like julius for 2 jones would have done more.

garrett went from genious to being fired.

wade's style sucks all over again.

but like TO said, all across the board this is what the team did.

new head coach, new OC, new DC...we started off too good and it gave many fans a high horse to fall off of. maybe it did for the team also.

i have every faith in romo and this team to keep going and continue to improve. we lack balance and our OL needs more love to be truly dominate. a few tweaks and some rational (ie, not to be had any time soon by any of us) thought and we'll see what we need to do.

the year, however, is not a failure. i had too much fun on this ride to blow it all away in a moment of disappointment. this team still has a lot to prove and do and they will.

I draw a distinction between disappointment and failure. Disappointing is being the sixth seed and losing in the first round. Failure is being the top seed and losing in your first playoff game to a team you already beat twice in the regular season. The Cowboys took all the positive things that were accomplished in the regular season, dropped them in the toilet, took a colossal dump on them, and flushed them down the drain.

 

[windward]

it's easy (now with the internet WAY TOO EASY) for those who never even get on the bench much less the field to call those a disgrace.

plenty of other teams out there. not many still playing but the packers wagon may have a seat left. i'll stick it out there. good times and bad.

for some it's all or nothing. A playoff win would make it great year, but it was not to be.

This team is young, talented and has a bright future.

I see no reason why we cannot be a contender again next year.

 

[iceberg]

I draw a distinction between disappointment and failure. Disappointing is being the sixth seed and losing in the first round. Failure is being the top seed and losing in your first playoff game to a team you already beat twice in the regular season. The Cowboys took all the positive things that were accomplished in the regular season, dropped them in the toilet, took a colossal dump on them, and flushed them down the drain.

you can't pick the bad things that happen to you or when. only how you deal with it. it's not a failure to not succeed all the time - even in optimal conditions. it will only be a failure if the team doesn't get back up and do better next year.

 

[windward]

This ranks up there with the biggest failures in NFL history: 1976 Cowboys, 1987 49ers, 1996 Broncos, 1997 Chiefs, 1998 Vikings, 2001 Steelers, 2004 Steelers, 2005 Colts.

Call me crazy but five of those teams won the Super Bowl the next year.

 

[Sarge]

Ultimately--- it was a failure.

True - but ultimately - it will be a failure for every team but one....

I know - I know - I hear ya - and I agree.

 

[wick]

you can't pick the bad things that happen to you or when. only how you deal with it. it's not a failure to not succeed all the time - even in optimal conditions. it will only be a failure if the team doesn't get back up and do better next year.

Why would you call it a failure next year if we merely duplicate this season? Wouldn't you just say it's only a failure if we don't do better in 2009?

 

[MichaelWinicki]

I draw a distinction between disappointment and failure. Disappointing is being the sixth seed and losing in the first round. Failure is being the top seed and losing in your first playoff game to a team you already beat twice in the regular season. The Cowboys took all the positive things that were accomplished in the regular season, dropped them in the toilet, took a colossal dump on them, and flushed them down the drain.

That's really about it.

If this team had made it to the Superbowl and gotten hammered by the Pat's, it would have hurt but I wouldn't have been disappointed because I know the Pats are the better team.

But to lose your first playoff game at home? As the number 1 seed? After you've spouted off repeatedly that you're "13-3"?

What a horrible ending to the season.

 

[MetalHead]

Monumental failure.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

True - but ultimately - it will be a failure for every team but one....

I know - I know - I hear ya - and I agree.

Like I said in my other post Sarge, I could taken getting beat by the Pats in the SB.

But to do "one & done"?

No, I'm not letting this team off that easy.

I'm not going to go "joefan" and proclaim this a successful season, because ultimately it failed to measure up. Again, we as Cowboy fans were teased by "potential" and our heroes ended up taking the pipe.

 

[thekavorka]

just because a team doesn't win the super bowl, it's not considered a failure.

was the saints last season considered a failure? of course not because they outplayed expectations.

as for the cowboys, it is a gigantic failure because they were seen as super bowl contenders from the outset.

 

[iceberg]

Why would you call it a failure next year if we merely duplicate this season? Wouldn't you just say it's only a failure if we don't do better in 2009?

and if you whine and moan at every step along the way....do you simply feel better? does saying we're a failure make you feel better?

doesn't me. i wanna see us get up and keep swinging, not go like the fans in here - "gosh we suck..." and never care again.

 

[Sarge]

Like I said in my other post Sarge, I could taken getting beat by the Pats in the SB.

But to do "one & done"?

No, I'm not letting this team off that easy.

I'm not going to go "joefan" and proclaim this a successful season, because ultimately it failed to measure up. Again, we as Cowboy fans were teased by "potential" and our heroes ended up taking the pipe.

No doubt - honestly though - I saw the writing on the wall. This team forgot how to go for the throat as soon as they knew they were in the playoffs 4-5 weeks ago.

They let off the gas and their is plenty of blame to go around.

Some seem to think this was a learning curve - BS - our secondary needs a complete overhaul.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Forget the other teams.

By Cowboy standards, this season was a failure.

 

[rangers71]

Do you guys know how hard it is to beat a team 3 times in a season? Come back in off the ledges.

 

[Jimz31]

Every season that doesn't end with a Lombardi trophy is a failure.

Exactly! Even the losers of the Superbowl say the same thing and if they don't, then they probably don't have the make-up to be a "great" in the NFL.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Do you guys know how hard it is to beat a team 3 times in a season? Come back in off the ledges.

11 of 17 times it has happened.

 

[rangers71]

just because a team doesn't win the super bowl, it's not considered a failure.

was the saints last season considered a failure? of course not because they outplayed expectations.

as for the cowboys, it is a gigantic failure because they were seen as super bowl contenders from the outset.

Really? Weren't we picked like second or third in the division by most people? So you thought losing a starting wide receiver and nose tackle for the season during the first game we were still a super bowl contender? Funny to me I seem to remember saying all was lost on this board when glenn went down.