Its true that it comes down to the players, we all know that,
With the cowboys hiring of parcells, it shows that big bill had problems with the players, and best ot my memory, some of the penalities came down with parcells.
This team does lack attention to detail, looking over every facet in the game, like big bill said, cover every scenario.
I cant think of the writers name, but wade phillips asked him for advice near mid season, he was a scout for the cowboys when parcells was here. One of the things he told wade was your special teams, have been awful even when you coached at buffalo. What did wade do, he hired some special teams players the next day and on to about a week or more after that, and special teams did improve. But special teams still suffer due to one thing, not enough attentioin to detail on them.
1. Thats how we lost mcbrair, in arizona game, players not blocking right
2. How many times did playes jump offsides on defense last night?
3. How many times did offensive linemen move?
4. How many times did Romo miss Wide open WR's last night?
5. How many times has the center presnapped the ball before romo was ready?
This is just some of the detail things that coaches have to get the players ready for, and you sure cant get players ready for those things when you give them extra days off.
What is needed on this team, is a head coach that is a disciplirian like jimmy johnson was, he has full control of the team, he gets to hire his own offensive and defensive coordinators. And they work on all details, including special teams. Special teams hurt the cowboys last night again on a fake field goal.
Then, I point to something romo said after the game, romo said, it took the team till the 4th quarter to get a handle on the blocking assignments for the offensive line, that should have been done by halftime. That goes back to coaching, details, and having the players ready. Granted the players need to be ready too and study film.
Just like last night after the game, good ole wade said, obviously we had the wrong defensive players in the game on those 2 big ravens runs on our defense. Duh, do it once, is ok, but let it happen again, shame on me. Good ole wade doesnt get it. Thats his coaching style till its too late.
Add all of these things just like last year, when good ole wade kept saying well, we did win 13 games, and we did win a playoff game, the game of the bye week. Duh! Get a grasp people, wade is a real good defensive coordinator, but thats it.
Finally, the cowboys were shutting down the ravens in the first quarter on defense, the ravens werent getting in field goal range, but all of a sudden the cowboys changed from man to man defense back to zone that some of the players cant play, Why? Duh! Do you get a clue now people?
There is a reason why good ole wade has lost in first round in playoffs 4 times. Yes wade has lost in the first round of playoffs 4 times, wake up people, there is a reason why by the 2nd year each team wade has coached, his team playoff and history record gets worse.
Wake up and smell the roses.
Regular Season Post Season Won Lost Ties Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result NOR 1985 1 3 0 .250 3rd in NFC West - - - - NOR Total 1 3 0 .250 - - - DEN 1993 9 7 0 .562 3rd in AFC West 0 1 .000 Lost to Los Angeles Raiders in AFC Wild-Card Game. DEN 1994 7 9 0 .437 4th in AFC West - - - - DEN Total 16 16 0 .500 0 1 .000 BUF 1998 10 6 0 .625 3rd in AFC East 0 1 .000 Lost to Miami Dolphins in AFC Wild-Card Game. BUF 1999 11 5 0 .687 2nd in AFC East 0 1 .000 Lost to Tennessee Titans in AFC Wild-Card Game. BUF 2000 8 8 0 .500 4th in AFC East - - - - BUF Total 29 19 0 .604 0 2 .000 ATL 2003 2 1 0 .666 4rd in NFC South - - - - ATL Total 2 1 0 .666 - - - DAL 2007 13 3 0 .812 1st in NFC East 0 1 .000 Lost to New York Giants in NFC Divisional Game. DAL 2008 9 6 0 .615 TBD - - - - DAL Total 20 8 0 .714 0 1 .000 Total[3] 68 47 0 .591 0 4 .000
