Vanilla

[superpunk]

I think it would be hilarious if there was a member-specific forum on the site called the "Overreaction Zone" where it was a no-holds barred, no censorship, all-out frenzy for the fans that are foaming at the mouth after a preseason game.

There is - only, we call it the Fan Zone / Chat.

 

[CCBoy]

I think it would be hilarious if there was a member-specific forum on the site called the "Overreaction Zone" where it was a no-holds barred, no censorship, all-out frenzy for the fans that are foaming at the mouth after a preseason game.

That's the way the net was everywhere before Reality started this site. TSN was a Mecca then, for the 'old Star Wars episodes'...where 'enlightened' ridicule was encouraged, promoted, and even proclaimed.

On other sites this was inclusive of protected poster abuses. Go figure about the insult before discussion tendencies still lingering.

 

[The30YardSlant]

The bland playcalling and lack of gameplanning overall doesnt bother me, that's what preseason is. We won't be seeing too many bootlegs from the 15 on 4th and 1 when the real games begin.

That being said, one thing that DOES really have me concerned is the O-Line because their job is to block, whether preseason or reguar season and they just arent doing a very good job of it. A vanilla speed rush was just going right around Columbo every play. Gurode and Davis were getting dominated by a basic bull rush. Kosier looks like he always has, pretty average with good feet but a lack of elite upper body strength. Oddly enough, the only lineman who looked like an NFL starter last night was Free.

Now, maybe they just don't care, but if that's the case I wish they would because Tony Romo got hit about 6 times last night and that is unacceptable. I'm not saying it's time to panic or anything, but I think chalking up piss poor blocking to just being a preseason phenomina is a bit of wishful thinking.

 

[Hoofbite]

Okay, so I had to know how the use of this word had taken off. Did a quick search. I guess I am the culprit in my Touch of Hostility thread. That is the word taking off. I had no idea I had such avant garde use of vocabulary. I wish it was true.

Don't flatter yourself. I was talking more about the game threads than any other thread that has been posted.

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3495783&highlight=vanilla#post3495783

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3495774&highlight=vanilla#post3495774

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3495539&highlight=vanilla#post3495539

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3495525&highlight=vanilla#post3495525

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3495495&highlight=vanilla#post3495495

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3495358&highlight=vanilla#post3495358

But, you can also go back and look at some of the posts after Sundays game. There have been others. And aside from "vanilla", people have used numerous other synonyms to suggest that the team isn't even trying to do anything.

In other words, you're really just pissed off that I used the word because you think it is making excuses, and you don't agree with it, and this is much ado about nothing that could have been added as a commentary in my thread.

Where'd you score your psychology degree? You sure seem to have a great idea of what other people are thinking. This isn't the first time that you've taken something I have said and tried to tell me what I was saying.

Believe it or not, not everyone is talking about you or is referencing you.

That amuses me. 2nd game of the pre-season on 4 days rest where the team had to travel from one city to another to accomplish these games, plus holding 13 players out with injury and using an OT as a TE, and you think we had "exotic" play calls in the game plan and we just couldn't pull them off? Seriously?

You either didn't read my post or just didn't care to address what I said because you are attributing an argument to me that I never made. I'm gonna say that you didn't read it. You saw the title of the thread and just started ****ing ranting.

I never said that the team was failing to execute exotic plays. I did say that it's a little convenient to dismiss struggles in a historically struggle-filled area as "vanilla". But you don't seem to care about that. I also said it wasn't time to panic but apparently that went unheard.

I also said that teams don't show their entire hands. I basically said that teams do play "vanilla"

But that wasn't my point. My point was that it's completely self-serving to dismiss every bit of struggle as "vanilla". Because there's a difference between seeing a team hold back and seeing a team repeat the same struggles in the same part of the field.

But, guess that didn't matter.

Psssst, my thread really wasn't about the world "vanilla". It was about an idea that a lot of people express by using the word "vanilla".

 

[Hostile]

Where'd you score your psychology degree? You sure seem to have a great idea of what other people are thinking. This isn't the first time that you've taken something I have said and tried to tell me what I was saying.

Faber College.

Psssst, my thread really wasn't about the world "vanilla". It was about an idea that a lot of people express by using the word "vanilla".

Psst...I know. Hence the reason I explained why the word is used as a metaphor for not very intricate.

Psst...psst...in the articles coming out today, Tony Romo has already validated the use of "vanilla" play calling. Just like I predicted.

Psst...psst... psst...you're welcome.

 

[zrinkill]

Faber College.

Psst...I know. Hence the reason I explained why the word is used as a metaphor for not very intricate.

Psst...psst...in the articles coming out today, Tony Romo has already validated the use of "vanilla" play calling. Just like I predicted.

Psst...psst... psst...you're welcome.

 

[The30YardSlant]

Faber College.

Psst...I know. Hence the reason I explained why the word is used as a metaphor for not very intricate.

Psst...psst...in the articles coming out today, Tony Romo has already validated the use of "vanilla" play calling. Just like I predicted.

Psst...psst... psst...you're welcome.

:laugh2:

 

[63echo]

What is out there that was worth picking up? In the draft we clearly picked the best player available with our first 3 picks. Free agency their was no one worth considering. Flozell was probably the best available and we let him go. Jamaal Brown at the time was injured (well still is) and would command a lot of money. Gaither purposely lost weight to force the Ravens to play him at left tackle, do you want that type of player? do we trade and pay mankins ot type money?

I don't think you can place blame on management, their wasn't nothing out there worth going for and breaking the bank on it.

Of course you put it on management. We're not talking about picking up a FA or drafting an OLineman early just this year. We're talking about management's failure over the last decade or so to find line talent in the draft and then develop it. They (the management) have been startlingly inept at doing so for quite awhile. For every Free or Gurode, I can give you 10 Char-Ron Dorseys, Jacob Rogers, or Tyson Walters.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

ctrl V

They are pretty much missing Dez, Witten, all 3 RB's, and even Marty. And Dez might be one of the best playmakers in the league.

They are notorious slow starters on offense anyway, so they arent going to get in rhythm in pre-season. Watch what happens in the dress reherseal

 

[zrinkill]

For every Free or Gurode, I can give you 10 Char-Ron Dorseys, Jacob Rogers, or Tyson Walters.

Uhhh I think that is how it is on just about every team ...... unless you consistently take OL high in the draft.

 

[63echo]

Uhhh I think that is how it is on just about every team ...... unless you consistently take OL high in the draft.

I'd say we're a little bit lower than average when it comes to drafting and developing linemen. Especially when you consider the lack of even modest success we've had for a decade plus.

Just mis dos centavos. Feel free to disagree.

 

[Hoofbite]

Psst...I know. Hence the reason I explained why the word is used as a metaphor for not very intricate.

Pretty sure we are all aware of why it is used. But, thank you for the Merriam-Webster lesson. Why it was used wasn't my point. If you want to take that stance, have at it. You won't get an argument from me on why the word is used.

Psst...psst...in the articles coming out today, Tony Romo has already validated the use of "vanilla" play calling. Just like I predicted.

Yeah and he's also said that the team has a lot of work to do in that area. Kind of like what I was saying about not everything being "vanilla".

 

[Hostile]

You won't get an argument from me on why the word is used.

Then why the thread title?

 

[Hoofbite]

Then why the thread title?

I posted this thread because it seems like some are ready to dismiss every bit of struggle as the offense simply not trying.

"Vanilla" seems to be the popular term for "not really trying". That's the reason for the title.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

Vanilla be damned! It's not too late. There is time for the team to turn this around.

We can finish the preseason with three straight wins, get to the CFL playoffs and beat Spain in the FIFA World Cup final.

Let's all say it together: We-Can-Do-This!

Does anyone have a spoon

Believe

 

[peplaw06]

I don't get it... Is every other NFL team playing "struggle-free" football right now?

 

[Hostile]

I posted this thread because it seems like some are ready to dismiss every bit of struggle as the offense simply not trying.

"Vanilla" seems to be the popular term for "not really trying". That's the reason for the title.

As has been pointed out, that is your interpretation of vanilla. The team is describing it as working on things they feel that need the most work on.

 

[Hostile]

I don't get it... Is every other NFL team playing "struggle-free" football right now?

Check out extremecowboys.com and find out.

:wink2:

 

[Hoofbite]

As has been pointed out, that is your interpretation of vanilla. The team is describing it as working on things they feel that need the most work on.

What does this have to do with anything?

This thread wasn't about how the team describes "vanilla".

 

[Hostile]

What does this have to do with anything?

This thread wasn't about how the team describes "vanilla".

I know. It was about an over reaction to people saying it.