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I was thinking about the Cowboys' coaching situation and I realized Wade Phillips has a lot riding on the line, yet he seems to handle the pressure well. Some might say he doesn't have the fire to be the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, but I think that's coming along thanks to pressure from the media and fans.
But I was trying to figure out what it is I actually like about Wade Phillips. He seems calm and relaxed under pressure.... OK. That's a good quality.
We've heard he hasn't won a post season game during his entire career. Yet low and behold, he's the coach of the Dallas Cowboys?
Apparently so.
This and his "football lineage" is pretty much what we know of Wade Phillips. Or it seems this is what we talk about.
Phillips doesn't bring the discussion Parcells did because of his demeanor with the media and I'm not so sure that's a bad thing, but it seems to be lost amongst us posters that we don't talk about Phillips like we once talked about Parcells. We sort of assume Jerry's running things. But I can see that he puts up with Jerry, and I envy him for being humble enough to do so.
I also envy him for sending T.O. out of here, as well as tanking The Tank and sending The Pacman packing. Perhaps now we have a more coachable team. Perhaps we don't have as much talent as we once did, but that doesn't seem to bother Wade. He seems like he has a plan and he doesn't need the doubters approval.
Phillips sort of reminds me of Jimmy Johnson--how he just lets the players come to him as he eventually sorts out the good from the bad, with the help of his coaching staff and of course scouting department.
He's a likable kind of guy. And I think he's a good coach. I'm just not sure why I think he's a good head coach. So I thought I'd start a thread in which we could discuss the positives of Wade Phillips with the hopes of getting a clearer picture of why he just might be good for this team.
Let's talk about what we like about Wade in this thread. I hope that by doing so we'll learn more about our current head coach, who seems to stay out of the limelight.
I'll start. I think Wade handles the media better than Parcells and that helps us by eliminating media distractions. These distractions seemed to cause a lot of pressure, hype and negativity--generated by the media--during Parcells tenure. But we don't seem to have the distractions this year. So I like how Phillips does a good job taking some of these high-profile situations and dealing with them on the surface.
The result is I think our team is more focused and cohesive without all the glam and glitz that came with Parcells.
Make no mistake, we're still the one and only Dallas Cowboys. But this team has such a different feel than years prior. And I think it starts with character, and that's another thing I like about Wade Phillips....
But I was trying to figure out what it is I actually like about Wade Phillips. He seems calm and relaxed under pressure.... OK. That's a good quality.
We've heard he hasn't won a post season game during his entire career. Yet low and behold, he's the coach of the Dallas Cowboys?
Apparently so.
This and his "football lineage" is pretty much what we know of Wade Phillips. Or it seems this is what we talk about.
Phillips doesn't bring the discussion Parcells did because of his demeanor with the media and I'm not so sure that's a bad thing, but it seems to be lost amongst us posters that we don't talk about Phillips like we once talked about Parcells. We sort of assume Jerry's running things. But I can see that he puts up with Jerry, and I envy him for being humble enough to do so.
I also envy him for sending T.O. out of here, as well as tanking The Tank and sending The Pacman packing. Perhaps now we have a more coachable team. Perhaps we don't have as much talent as we once did, but that doesn't seem to bother Wade. He seems like he has a plan and he doesn't need the doubters approval.
Phillips sort of reminds me of Jimmy Johnson--how he just lets the players come to him as he eventually sorts out the good from the bad, with the help of his coaching staff and of course scouting department.
He's a likable kind of guy. And I think he's a good coach. I'm just not sure why I think he's a good head coach. So I thought I'd start a thread in which we could discuss the positives of Wade Phillips with the hopes of getting a clearer picture of why he just might be good for this team.
Let's talk about what we like about Wade in this thread. I hope that by doing so we'll learn more about our current head coach, who seems to stay out of the limelight.
I'll start. I think Wade handles the media better than Parcells and that helps us by eliminating media distractions. These distractions seemed to cause a lot of pressure, hype and negativity--generated by the media--during Parcells tenure. But we don't seem to have the distractions this year. So I like how Phillips does a good job taking some of these high-profile situations and dealing with them on the surface.
The result is I think our team is more focused and cohesive without all the glam and glitz that came with Parcells.
Make no mistake, we're still the one and only Dallas Cowboys. But this team has such a different feel than years prior. And I think it starts with character, and that's another thing I like about Wade Phillips....
He is the head coach of the team i love,and as long as he is,he has my respect...GO COWBOYS