Today was the last practice ever at Valley Ranch

[Aven8]

31 years and the last one. At least 7 hall of farmers have come through this complex, and lots of memories.

RIP

 

[Zordon]

i'm surprised a bigger deal wasn't made of this on here.

 

[Aven8]

i'm surprised a bigger deal wasn't made of this on here.

I am as well. So I'm bumping it.

Next stop, Frisco and glitz and glamour!

 

[noshame]

You know you're getting old when it seems like yesterday the Cowboys were opening their new state-of-the-art facility

 

[Doomsday101]

I am as well. So I'm bumping it.

Next stop, Frisco and glitz and glamour!

Valley Ranch was glitz and glamour when it 1st opened same with Texas Stadium. Times change.

 

[Reality]

i'm surprised a bigger deal wasn't made of this on here.

1) It's the off-season
2) We just went through a much bigger change a few years ago when the Cowboys left Texas Stadium for good
3) 20+ years since the last Super Bowl

For these reasons, especially #2 and #3, it is not a big deal for me and likely other fans. I still miss Texas Stadium though.

 

[CowboysRule]

How does #3 relate to the practice facility?

 

[Beats_By_Zeke]

How does #3 relate to the practice facility?

they weren't practicing hard enough at the old one

 

[jazzcat22]

I think once they open up the Frisco facility, and once they decide what will happen with the Valley Ranch facility. People, media and such will make more of a deal.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Valley Ranch was glitz and glamour when it 1st opened same

Yes it was. Some in the media portrayed it as holy ground.

 

[Reality]

How does #3 relate to the practice facility?

#3 is related because most fans under 30 years of age do not have the fond and sentimental memories of the Cowboys success that those of us over 30 have. To them, they've heard the stories but they did not witness the success we had back then, so they do not have the same emotional attachment that we have.

As for those of us over 30, it has been so long since the Cowboys won a Super Bowl that Valley Ranch's sacredness seems like a distant memory that was from a time long ago just like that of the famous Cowboys players of the 1990s and before. Since those days the team has endured and undergone many changes over and over again in hopes to getting the Cowboys back to the Super Bowl only to see failed season after failed season.

I'm sure for most of us, we will remember Valley Ranch as a key part of the history of the Cowboys organization, but its retirement, at least to me, seems like it will put an end to the ongoing damage each year caused by futility over these last 20 years which have tarnished a little of Valley Ranch's reputation for many fans.

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

Valleyyyyy Ranch!

 

[KLJ]

I still miss Texas Stadium though.

i still think it's a better place to watch football than jerry world... oh well, money rules all.