Trying Hard

[CF74]

Trying to imagine this season was full of wins...

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Let's not understate the importance of a coach inspiring his players to put forth their best effort. If a coach can't do at least that much, he isn't likely to be successful.

On the other hard, trying hard is only the first rung on the coaching ladder to success. It feels like we're still waiting for Garret to take the next step.

 

[jazzcat22]

I try hard to understand what trying hard means.

Maybe it means, one try's hard, but it is still not their best.

I try hard to understand that if we have all this talent, then why the fail, is it the coaching.
But if our coaches are good, then is it the talent.

I will try hard to understand with the failed Backup QB experiments, will the team try hard to draft a QB in the first 2 rounds, have they not learned their lessons on QBs from this season.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

Every team trys hard. Garrett supporters ignore that, and act like quitting happens every week

I don't see quitting. That's the sad thing about it. They have good intentions, but they get knocked all over the field. The Cowboys are outmanned, outmuscled and outcoached every week. Something is just wrong and I fear that we won't find a solution(s) as quickly as I'd like.

 

[HeavyBarrel]

The salary cap/parity era isn't about trying hard, it isn't about moral victories, it damn sure isn't about the "process" it's about winning the damn game, no matter how you do it. In today's NFL it's all about the W, nothing else matters, if you tried hard and lost, you failed.

 

[black label]

The evaluators tried hard and failed

 

[HeavyBarrel]

Go tell the hot chick you are going to "try hard" to get her to like you....She will laugh at you and call you a dork

 

[Boyzmamacita]

The salary cap/parity era isn't about trying hard, it isn't about moral victories, it damn sure isn't about the "process" it's about winning the damn game, no matter how you do it. In today's NFL it's all about the W, nothing else matters, if you tried hard and lost, you failed.

It has always been about the W, even before parity and the cap.

 

[Alexander]

Which teams are mailing it in?

Tennessee mailed it. So did Indianapolis in a tragic pathos sort of way.

Parity only exists as a construct.

When it becomes a measuring stick, you might as well embrace mediocrity.

 

[wileedog]

Most players are playing for their next contract anyway. The whole "playing hard for this coach" thing is over-rated, considering the occurrences of a team actually packing it in on a coach are relatively rare.

 

[Zman5]

This guys is trying hard but he isn't getting anywhere. Looks like JG little bit. Princeton material for sure.

 

[HeavyBarrel]

It has always been about the W, even before parity and the cap.

Yea but I'm not arguing that, I'm making the point that because the teams are so close now, who cares if you play well and lose.....Hard to make the point on paper I guess

 

[Mr Cowboy]

The parallels are striking. Inept offense. Defense that holds its own, "tries hard", and eventually crumbles.

well if you can find a Garrett apologists, ask them!

 

[plymkr]

Here's my argument about the whole "trying hard" or "playing hard" as a reflection of Garret as a coach. Trying hard is great and is a good thing for athletes, obviously. But I am a firm believer that practice does not make perfect, practice makes permanent. So if you practice the wrong form, angle, mechanics, system etc then what you practiced will be what you permanently display. This can be applied to athletics, attitude, work ethic, coping skills, whatever.

So here's the analogy I use. If I train my German Shepherd dog (Chewie) to poop on the couch. Every day for years I encourage her to poop on the couch and when she does I clap for her and give her a treat. I go to a friend's house and bring Chewie and she poops on his couch. Who should be blamed for that. The dog? Or the person who trained her?

Is me saying, "well she's trying hard" to do the right thing going to make the poop go away? Nope.

 

[TonyRomo17]

Feels like the offense has already quit on Cassel, cant blame them.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

I guess you can characterize it as doing their best, but if missed tackles and dropped balls are their best then the Cowboys just aren't very good. The pass rush is a perfect example. Surely they're "trying." It's quite evident, but they don't get there fast enough. It's just the season from hell and I am numb at this point.

But last week the scheme was perfect and they looked totally different. Today with not much to lose any way the coach dials up the same bland defense that breaks.

 

[Coy]

Garrett Sucks

 

[Cowboy_Shawn]

If you're given a knife to take into a gun fight it doesn't matter how hard you "try", you're still going to lose.

That's how I see the Cowboys under Garrett and Jerry Jones. We go into every season/game with one arm tied behind our back because of the inadequacies of the coach and GM.

We have a GM who can "get cute" with important personnel decisions and not be held accountable when those decisions inevitably fail. And one of the least creative coaches in the game today. He's nothing more than a walking cliche-spewing robot who does nothing to impact the game.

 

[JW82]

Remember when they told us how hard the team played for Campo?

The Garrett era is like Campo-Lite. twice the talent and 1 more playoff win.

 

[Mr Cowboy]

Feels like the offense has already quit on Cassel, cant blame them.

I think the offense, including Cassel, has quit on the the offensive coaching staff and their outdated scheme.