Who many years do we go without a playoff win?

[silverbear]

I wasn't aware that being critical of the Cowboys meant that you hated them. Guess I should be here singing the praises of Pat Watkins or someone of the like.

Yeah, when ALL you can do is trash them, then you're a hater... you never seem to mix ANYTHING positive into your posts, all you do is gripe...

To the extent that I wonder why you even root for the team, when you seem to like nothing about it...

However, even I wouldn't go so far as to "sing the praises of Pat Watkins"... but try real hard, and try to find three things you honestly find positive about the current team...

I have a cynical hunch you can't... I'll bet you can come up with DeMarcus Ware, then you'll pretty much be stumped... LOL...

 

[silverbear]

Keep fooling yourself about this team. it's goingno where.

I thought they'd banned you... guess not... so welcome back, rock-head... I'd say we missed you, but I don't want to lie...

 

[5Stars]

Yeah, when ALL you can do is trash them, then you're a hater... you never seem to mix ANYTHING positive into your posts, all you do is gripe...

To the extent that I wonder why you even root for the team, when you seem to like nothing about it...

However, even I wouldn't go so far as to "sing the praises of Pat Watkins"... but try real hard, and try to find three things you honestly find positive about the current team...

I have a cynical hunch you can't... I'll bet you can come up with DeMarcus Ware, then you'll pretty much be stumped... LOL..

Dude! Anyone in their right mind can find at least three things about the current team....


Have you checked out the Cheerleaders? I would go to the new staidum just to see three of those cheerleaders of my choice. Pay the same price as the game itself...have myself a good time.

Me and those 3...and nobody else.

My teeth are sweating!

 

[jackrussell]

Dude! Anyone in their right mind can find at least three things about the current team....


Have you checked out the Cheerleaders? I would go to the new staidum just to see three of those cheerleaders of my choice. Pay the same price as the game itself...have myself a good time.

Me and those 3...and nobody else.

My teeth are sweating!

They'd kill you.

 

[Eldorado]

Well, at least we're not... you know... :trophy:

 

[Rogerthat12]

Who?

 

[Bleu Star]

Change man says no matter what happens it will all be ok. Peace & love. Peace & love.

 

[Idgit]

One thing I try to remember is that we all express doubts now and then. With some it has become avant garde to show off their knowledge about how long the drought has been in case you didn't know.

Hey, I'm full of doubts. Lots of good posters express doubts from time to time. I have no problem with that. There's plenty to be critical about here, and having doubts is normal.

What makes this board a lot less enjoyable than it should be is the stream of negativity from a subset of posters re: a team that won 9 games last year despite a number of obvious hardships--self-inflicted or otherwise. We've got an open window and a new stadium, and 11 picks in the upcoming draft and the general tone of the board is still 'butthurt-about-what-happened-last-December.'

How many teams go on to play well surrounded by the type of negativity that's following our Cowboys in the press and among the fans? Not a lot. If the team didn't have talent or weren't capable of playing with the very best in the league, then perhaps the negativity would be justified. I understand people are disappointed, that's only natural. We have a choice about how we handle disappointment. Right now, our fans are embarrassing themselves. Whining doesn't help anything, and it's not fun to listen to.

Honestly, if you were a player on this team, and you read the boards with any frequency at all, and let's just say for the sake of hypothesis we go on to win it all in 2009, how would you feel about our fans? I know I'd feel like the team one the Superbowl *in spite* of its fanbase. That's messed up. The fact that the fans will all jump back on the bandwagon by midseason if the team plays well would mean nothing to me. You learn about people when times are good, not when they're bad, and that goes for fans as much as it does for friends and family. The only difference is the degree. The fact is, we're a pretty faithless bunch.

Freaking out is not the same thing as being realistic and nobody gets any credit for turning on their own in my book.

 

[Hostile]

Hey, I'm full of doubts. Lots of good posters express doubts from time to time. I have no problem with that. There's plenty to be critical about here, and having doubts is normal.

What makes this board a lot less enjoyable than it should be is the stream of negativity from a subset of posters re: a team that won 9 games last year despite a number of obvious hardships--self-inflicted or otherwise. We've got an open window and a new stadium, and 11 picks in the upcoming draft and the general tone of the board is still 'butthurt-about-what-happened-last-December.'

How many teams go on to play well surrounded by the type of negativity that's following our Cowboys in the press and among the fans? Not a lot. If the team didn't have talent or weren't capable of playing with the very best in the league, then perhaps the negativity would be justified. I understand people are disappointed, that's only natural. We have a choice about how we handle disappointment. Right now, our fans are embarrassing themselves. Whining doesn't help anything, and it's not fun to listen to.

Honestly, if you were a player on this team, and you read the boards with any frequency at all, and let's just say for the sake of hypothesis we go on to win it all in 2009, how would you feel about our fans? I know I'd feel like the team one the Superbowl *in spite* of its fanbase. That's messed up. The fact that the fans will all jump back on the bandwagon by midseason if the team plays well would mean nothing to me. You learn about people when times are good, not when they're bad, and that goes for fans as much as it does for friends and family. The only difference is the degree. The fact is, we're a pretty faithless bunch.

Freaking out is not the same thing as being realistic and nobody gets any credit for turning on their own in my book.

Fans often parrot what the local media dishes out. It isn't this board, it is the normal reactions to what the local media focuses on.

 

[Clove]

I wasn't aware that being critical of the Cowboys meant that you hated them. Guess I should be here singing the praises of Pat Watkins or someone of the like.

That seems to be the theme. You criticize a player or the team, and you're not a fan or whatever people like to say.

Last year we had a better team by far, and I knew for sure we were going all the way.

The year before that, I swore we would be playoff and possibly super bowl bound.

The year before that, I just knew we were turning the corner and on our way.

This year, i'll take off the fan glasses, and put on the reality glasses. The reality is, we're just a middle of the pack team, maybe a notch below the top teams.

We're a team that will do enough to keep the fans blinded, and give us hope for the next year. We'll blow a few teams out this year, and win a couple of games we should not have won, and this will give fans a reason to make injury excuses, and simply just blame a couple of players for any failures of the year.

I think we have a chance to get out to a pretty good start, but as the year goes on, and coordinators get things figured out with us, the same implosion will began to unfold.

 

[Clove]

I thought they'd banned you... guess not... so welcome back, rock-head... I'd say we missed you, but I don't want to lie...

Talk about someone that needs to calm down. have I ever come on this board and not witnessed you going insane?

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Somebody please change the title of the thread, it makes NO sense... Shouldn't it read "How" instead fo Who?

 

[bbgun]

You learn about people when times are good, not when they're bad

I think you got that backwards.

 

[Idgit]

Fans often parrot what the local media dishes out. It isn't this board, it is the normal reactions to what the local media focuses on.

That's a possibility. I'm not subjected to the local Dallas media, but I don't doubt that it's among the worst in the country. I *do* enjoy this board, and I hate to see it negative when, overwhelmingly, this is a period where the average Dallas fan should be enjoying the ride.

I think you got that backwards.

Heh, yep. But ya'll get the point.

 

[CF74]

We will be contenders again this year, no worries here...:starspin

 

[CliffnDallas]

It depends on how long it takes Steven to smother Jerry in his sleep.

Et tu Jethro?

 

[EPL0c0]

I said EXACTLY that last year... haha

 

[5Stars]

They'd kill you.

Ya thionk?

I'd have those three cheerleaders making sounds only a Jack Russell could hear!