WFAA Blog: Maybe Jerry should have put gag order on Cowboys players

[WoodysGirl]

9:58 AM Wed, Apr 01, 2009 | Permalink
Aaron Chimbel
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Has Wade Phillips ever said anything controversial?

But boy when the Cowboys players speak it all gets out of hand.

If Cowboys owner Jerry Jones really wanted to control the chaos at Valley Ranch, he would have put his now infamous gag order, not on the front office personnel and coaches, but on the players.

The funny part is, as my colleague Ted Madden pointed out here, it's not so much with what guy like Greg Ellis or even Patrick Crayton have said (read Crayton's latest from the Star-Telegram) it's that everything they say is dissected to the extreme.

The controversy over Greg Ellis is nonsense. Crayton is a little bit of a different story because he was a main figure in the T.O. camp, but even his comments in the Star-T are pretty tame. He wants no more finger pointing.

"All of that is in the past," Crayton told the Star-T. "As a group, there are no more excuses, no more scapegoats to put the blame on. It's all on us that are here to get the job done. There is nobody here to point the finger at. You understand the business. They made it more [offensive coordinator] Jason Garrett and [quarterback] Tony Romo friendly. Again, no more excuses."

No more excuses. Not a bad idea.

Here's the dilemma: We want athletes to be candid, open, honest and tell us things besides the tired cliches. Then they do and it becomes a big deal because it leaves room for interpretation. And boy do they have lots of time to talk about it on sports talk radio.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I've never seen a team talk so much, and the people who are doing the talking aren't that good

Greg Ellis - solid
Crayton - solid
Bradie James comes close, he's a Pro Bowl caliber player, but he isn't one of the best at his positions
Newman too, although he's a top 5 player

just...shut...up

 

[cowboyjoe]

9:58 AM Wed, Apr 01, 2009 | Permalink
Aaron Chimbel
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Has Wade Phillips ever said anything controversial?

But boy when the Cowboys players speak it all gets out of hand.

If Cowboys owner Jerry Jones really wanted to control the chaos at Valley Ranch, he would have put his now infamous gag order, not on the front office personnel and coaches, but on the players.

The funny part is, as my colleague Ted Madden pointed out here, it's not so much with what guy like Greg Ellis or even Patrick Crayton have said (read Crayton's latest from the Star-Telegram) it's that everything they say is dissected to the extreme.

The controversy over Greg Ellis is nonsense. Crayton is a little bit of a different story because he was a main figure in the T.O. camp, but even his comments in the Star-T are pretty tame. He wants no more finger pointing.

"All of that is in the past," Crayton told the Star-T. "As a group, there are no more excuses, no more scapegoats to put the blame on. It's all on us that are here to get the job done. There is nobody here to point the finger at. You understand the business. They made it more [offensive coordinator] Jason Garrett and [quarterback] Tony Romo friendly. Again, no more excuses."

No more excuses. Not a bad idea.

Here's the dilemma: We want athletes to be candid, open, honest and tell us things besides the tired cliches. Then they do and it becomes a big deal because it leaves room for interpretation. And boy do they have lots of time to talk about it on sports talk radio.

yep, if you want them to talk, then you cant complain when they do;

saying that, i think the main thing, the locker room stuff that is talked about in the locker room, that SHOULD STAY IN THE LOCKER ROOM! Its none of our business or anyone else's