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..there is quite a bit of pressure with Wade's hire beyond the usually accepted topics.
Eventhough most would say in the end that BP didn't win here enough and that is why he's really gone..I'd guess that as 'desirable' as the Cowboys HC job might seem on the surface..anybody to follow BP is going to have to live up to and surpass BP's success here.
Both on the field, off the field, with the media, with the owner and with the players and then the fans.
How many of the candidates Jerry Jones interviewed 'really' wanted it..?
BP set a very high bar to have to leap over. Like BP or hate him, he enormously raised the bar for the next coach coming in. So actually, there would seem very little margin for error allowed for the next coach behind BP.
The coach to follow is replacing a winner and a 1st ballot HOF inductee.
Much the way Jimmy Johnson had to replace Landry and then Switzer had to replace Johnson.
And now Phillips replacing Parcells.
As they say in Texas.." that is a mighty tall order, son".
And usually, the coaches to follow have experienced rough sledding initially in their new jobs being subjected to constant comparision to the coach they replaced.
And the comparision wasn't usually pretty.
So my thought here is that as much as we all want to see this team take the next step and improve..the reality is that it may wobble somewhat under this change and I'm wondering if the fans are ready for that..?
BP left this team in better shape than he found it. Everybody can agree on that. But he still left some very unfinished business behind when he left.
He left his pet project, the 3-4 defense in a shambles and in disarray.
He finally had to go to Romo out of desparation, but I never got the impression that BP felt Romo was going to be the next Brett Farve.
We did.
But he constantly reeled the player and the team and the media and us back everytime we wanted to make Romo the Savior.
And he was right.
Romo may or may not be the QB of our future. And one of the reasons I think BP stepped away from 2007 with Dallas was because BP knew what lay ahead for this team.
That Romo was, is and shall be a very big project with no certainty he's really ready to do any better than Quincy Carter or Vinny Testaverde or Drew Bledsoe in leading this team into the playoffs and winning there.
And if the team took a backwards step in anyway under Romo and they went 6-10 like they did in 2004 after a playoff appearance the year before or 8-8 or even 9-7 again..
..he would be leaving then after 5 years of not winning the big games for Dallas he was brought here to do.
This would and could hurt how BP is viewed down the road.
His legacy.
Which is more important to him at this point in his life than whether Dallas finally makes it or not back to being a winner.
BP took the job because he saw it as his last chance to build a better legacy for himself that would exceed Bill Bellick and his 3 SB wins. When BP took the job in Dallas, the comparisions were rampant that he was being outdone by one of his former assistants.
BP wasn't coming here because he loved the Dallas Cowboys or Jerry Jones. It was the money Jones was willing to pay and the opportunity for BP to seal his legacy as perhaps the greatest coach of all time.
So in leaving now, what BP has done is leave with the fumbled snap in Seattle as the puncuation on his tenure in Dallas and leaving the impression that he has done all he can to get this team to win, but that there is just something missing.
Something beyond his control to find. Not his fault. But he did get us back to the playoffs and that helps his legacy and I think BP clearly thought that was as much as he could squeeze out of Jones and Dallas.
Therefore, he left.
While also turning it over to the next HC selected, that if he suceeds, the word will go out that Phillips won with 'Parcell's Team' really and Parcells will receive credit for it, eventhough he didn't remain to see it through.
Completing Parcells' job for him here in Dallas.
And if the team loses under Phillips, then it will be said that Phillips squandered the team Parcell's built and Parcells was the better coach and Parcells will go off to his HOF induction clean as a whistle no matter what over his record and job results in Dallas.
I think any coach who is aware of this, and certainly Phillips is clearly aware of it, who would take the job knowing the shoes he must fill and the role he must play in 2007 in taking over this team..
..has to be commended regardless of the outcome next season.
:clap2:
Phillips enters 2007 on the hotseast and in virtually a 'no-win' situation unless he goes deep in the playoffs and the Cowboys make their run in his first year. And even then, he won't receive all the credit if he does what BP was unable to do in a full 4+ years.
To me, when Jerry Jones was asked why he selected Phillips and Jones said " because he wanted it so badly.."
..tells me alot about Phillip's character and his confidence in himself and that given that the odds of succeeding maynot outweigh the odds of failing given that Phillips won't receive full credit for winning..
..you have to admire that and hope the weight of all this doesn't undo him eventually.
The press is going to pound on this the whole time Phillips is here and if things don't go well, Jones will be forced to undo this hire quickly.
And the whole time..BP will be counting the days until his induction in Ohio.
We'll see.
Welcome, Wade.
Thanks for taking a shot at this.
I think you are going to need all the help you can get.
I wonder if Charley Waters would quit selling knee replacement surguries and would come coach the secondary if Phillips asked him too..?
Hmmm..
RedBall Express
Eventhough most would say in the end that BP didn't win here enough and that is why he's really gone..I'd guess that as 'desirable' as the Cowboys HC job might seem on the surface..anybody to follow BP is going to have to live up to and surpass BP's success here.
Both on the field, off the field, with the media, with the owner and with the players and then the fans.
How many of the candidates Jerry Jones interviewed 'really' wanted it..?
BP set a very high bar to have to leap over. Like BP or hate him, he enormously raised the bar for the next coach coming in. So actually, there would seem very little margin for error allowed for the next coach behind BP.
The coach to follow is replacing a winner and a 1st ballot HOF inductee.
Much the way Jimmy Johnson had to replace Landry and then Switzer had to replace Johnson.
And now Phillips replacing Parcells.
As they say in Texas.." that is a mighty tall order, son".
And usually, the coaches to follow have experienced rough sledding initially in their new jobs being subjected to constant comparision to the coach they replaced.
And the comparision wasn't usually pretty.
So my thought here is that as much as we all want to see this team take the next step and improve..the reality is that it may wobble somewhat under this change and I'm wondering if the fans are ready for that..?
BP left this team in better shape than he found it. Everybody can agree on that. But he still left some very unfinished business behind when he left.
He left his pet project, the 3-4 defense in a shambles and in disarray.
He finally had to go to Romo out of desparation, but I never got the impression that BP felt Romo was going to be the next Brett Farve.
We did.
But he constantly reeled the player and the team and the media and us back everytime we wanted to make Romo the Savior.
And he was right.
Romo may or may not be the QB of our future. And one of the reasons I think BP stepped away from 2007 with Dallas was because BP knew what lay ahead for this team.
That Romo was, is and shall be a very big project with no certainty he's really ready to do any better than Quincy Carter or Vinny Testaverde or Drew Bledsoe in leading this team into the playoffs and winning there.
And if the team took a backwards step in anyway under Romo and they went 6-10 like they did in 2004 after a playoff appearance the year before or 8-8 or even 9-7 again..
..he would be leaving then after 5 years of not winning the big games for Dallas he was brought here to do.
This would and could hurt how BP is viewed down the road.
His legacy.
Which is more important to him at this point in his life than whether Dallas finally makes it or not back to being a winner.
BP took the job because he saw it as his last chance to build a better legacy for himself that would exceed Bill Bellick and his 3 SB wins. When BP took the job in Dallas, the comparisions were rampant that he was being outdone by one of his former assistants.
BP wasn't coming here because he loved the Dallas Cowboys or Jerry Jones. It was the money Jones was willing to pay and the opportunity for BP to seal his legacy as perhaps the greatest coach of all time.
So in leaving now, what BP has done is leave with the fumbled snap in Seattle as the puncuation on his tenure in Dallas and leaving the impression that he has done all he can to get this team to win, but that there is just something missing.
Something beyond his control to find. Not his fault. But he did get us back to the playoffs and that helps his legacy and I think BP clearly thought that was as much as he could squeeze out of Jones and Dallas.
Therefore, he left.
While also turning it over to the next HC selected, that if he suceeds, the word will go out that Phillips won with 'Parcell's Team' really and Parcells will receive credit for it, eventhough he didn't remain to see it through.
Completing Parcells' job for him here in Dallas.
And if the team loses under Phillips, then it will be said that Phillips squandered the team Parcell's built and Parcells was the better coach and Parcells will go off to his HOF induction clean as a whistle no matter what over his record and job results in Dallas.
I think any coach who is aware of this, and certainly Phillips is clearly aware of it, who would take the job knowing the shoes he must fill and the role he must play in 2007 in taking over this team..
..has to be commended regardless of the outcome next season.
:clap2:
Phillips enters 2007 on the hotseast and in virtually a 'no-win' situation unless he goes deep in the playoffs and the Cowboys make their run in his first year. And even then, he won't receive all the credit if he does what BP was unable to do in a full 4+ years.
To me, when Jerry Jones was asked why he selected Phillips and Jones said " because he wanted it so badly.."
..tells me alot about Phillip's character and his confidence in himself and that given that the odds of succeeding maynot outweigh the odds of failing given that Phillips won't receive full credit for winning..
..you have to admire that and hope the weight of all this doesn't undo him eventually.
The press is going to pound on this the whole time Phillips is here and if things don't go well, Jones will be forced to undo this hire quickly.
And the whole time..BP will be counting the days until his induction in Ohio.
We'll see.
Welcome, Wade.
Thanks for taking a shot at this.
I think you are going to need all the help you can get.
I wonder if Charley Waters would quit selling knee replacement surguries and would come coach the secondary if Phillips asked him too..?
Hmmm..
RedBall Express
