To me he was, and saying the coaching styles are the same between Tom Landry and Wade is dumb.
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Here, you are called on fact....for if YOU were sitting at camp this summer, or back when Bill Parcells FIRST walked into the Alamodome on his FIRST Cowboy training camp, then YOU would know that intensity levels while at practice have NOT diminished. They go full speed as hard as anyone elses practices do. That training camps with Wade Phillips does NOT produce as many injuries going into the regular season, is a strength. That gives a better team adjustment and progression starting from the beginning of a season as well. Strut like a peacock when you prove YOUR statement.
Then to rush to say Tom Landry and Wade comparisons are dumb, shows you merely have an agenda with regards to that, and aren't being objective. First, BOTH were defensive men. They brought a quality prevalent during their times, and made THAT work. They both were a little light on the offensive side of the ball, and would adjust schemes to highlight potentials.
But to take a legend that has mythical standing, and then say someone is stupid in comparisons is purely an act in self service. Maybe YOU might like to explain the roles of his supporting coaching staff to give us insights of actual function and roles. Try starting with a long time coach on his staff...Ermal Allen. Maybe you can then state the role of Mr. Murchison as well...
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I proved that Landry's camps were alot tougher than Wade's camps. The only thing about wade's camp being tough this year, was that the players didnt get any days off in training camp. Again though, very little hitting in pads and tackling. Heck, even what did Michael Irvin say about his camp to the players, my camp will be alot tougher than wade's camp. but you will be ready to play as a football player.
Dont know where you have been, probably on the moon somewhere, because we all saw how the poor tackling showed up the first month.
Need I remind you that the running was poor in tampa bay? What did wade say why? Oh, its on me, I didnt run enough of the run blitz in training camp because I didnt want to get players hurt. Then, wade had to fix the pass defense because he didnt work on it enough in practice and training camp.
Eventually, you will see it, that wade waits and waits to fix things, just like last year with special teams.
That is not the mark of a good head coach.
Tom Landry most of the time was already setting up teams to run and pass on them, while doing the same with the defense. Wade waits and waits to do things, then he attacks.
That will get you beat.
1. Wade let the players off on a monday after a loss in arizona.
2. Cowboys lose the next game because they werent prepared, got out coached, and all 3 phases of the game. How many times did wade say we got outcoached last year? You might have beaten Landry once because of poor coaching, but you didnt do it in 2 games straight.
3. Wade has to get the advice of albert breer on special teams, sloppy playing etc before he fixed the problem.
4. Reports have surfaced in buffalo that wade would take friday afternoons off to go take lunch with his wife and wade wouldnt come back to practice.
5. Wade said he would never let a coach run his defense after he got fired with another team he coached as head coach. Yet, wade did that when he came to the Cowboys.
6. Wade had to have 4 coaches help bruce read run the special teams. When the cowboys had a problem with the kicker, or punter or special teams Landry himself fixed the problem since Landry was a punter at college etc. There was no way in sam hill Landry would put up with a coach that couldnt do his job, he wouldnt be there.
7. And finally with just alittle notes on this, how many playoff games has wade won, and how many has Tom Landry won?
There is no way in same hill that Tom Landry and good ole wade *i say that in humor* coached the same style.
Eventually you will wake up and realize, like they say about wade's camp cupcake, etc. Landry never taught like that. Granted Tom Landry's camps werent as physical as Jimmy Johnson's camps, but they were tough, not cupcake.
And speaking of that, Landry taught the players how to do different things, do the flex defense, multiple formations on offense, trick plays etc, but wade has tried to install his blitz schemes with the cowboys players. How did that work out in these 3 years? Remember, wade had to go back to simple defense, vanilla defense because the players couldnt get it down. That points to one main thing, your not working the players enough over and over on defense, etc till they get it down right. But you see someone like Rex Ryan work his multiple 3-4 defense with the jets this year and it worked didnt it. That means the teacher on defense, which is wade phillips as defensive cooordinator and head coach is soft on his players not getting it down right.
I dont care what if players like bradie james complained about how hard camp was hard, reason it was hard this year, wade didnt let the players have any days off, either they worked, or they studied on film, with no time off, poor baby cowboys. Give me a break, they are paid a ton of money to do their job, if they dont like it and dont want to work, fire or trade them or cut them.
Its wade's job to get them ready, not wait and wait, and then say, oh gee, I didnt work them enough in training camp because i didnt want to get players hurt. Give me a break! Thats football, it happens.
Granted the players have to execute, but Jimmy Johnson got his players to work and run their defense, so should good ole wade, but did he get to run his multiple defense, No! Eventually you will get it.
