Why are we portrayed with such disdain by the media? I'm a young Cowboys fan who is 30 and hasn't seen us win the SB. However, all I've ever known is the media absolutely picking at us. I ask this because, if we don't win the SB, I know what the narrative is going to be. Every other team is allowed to say they had a great season if they make it to the playoffs. However, in light of the Diggs injury, the chances of us making it to the SB is naturally going to severely drop. If we make the playoffs and go as deep as I think we still can (I still think we can make the NFCC), we are going to be portrayed as an awful team with loser fans and all that. Honestly, it's been getting more and more annoying. It's like the media makes it seem like we aren't allowed to love this team the way that we do. I love the Cowboys. I'm always going to be a fan of the team. I'm just wanting to know why it seems like, to the media, we are the one team who catches as much flak as we do. It seems like we aren't allowed to be fans of the Cowboys by the likes of SAS, Cowherd, and Shannon Sharpe.
Probably need more age to understand this one. Here’s the history lesson. LOL
The hate started with the America’s Team tag. (Late 70’s?) One of those ‘who do you think you are?!’ reactions. Text Schramm knew how to market the team, the popularity grew quickly… of course it helped with Tom Landry winning so much and stars such as Captain America. Before you know it, many stadiums were blue when the Cowboys came to town, and thus the hostility begins.
If you were around during the 90s dynasty, a lot of people thought that we had a bandwagon fan base. Everyone found a reason to hate us. That 1990s team was maybe the most overall dominant dynasty of the modern NFL era. Teams feared us. Since you’re young, watch the ESPN 30 for 30 documentaries on University of Miami, the most hated college football team In the 1980’s. Jimmy Johnson brought his U swag to the team as well. And once was our guys started getting caught with the party life, it was a circus. This is also the start of the sports shock jock culture with guys like Skip Bayless making a name for himself writing tabloid books about the team. But never forget that jealousy and envy makes a lot of people simply hate winners. Tom Brady has many detractors — even on this message board — and all he does is work hard and win.
I think after that, Jerry caused a lot of it with his grandstanding and merchandising. Other than Al Davis, most owners stayed in the shadows. It started with him firing Tom Landry. He probably got most of the fans back, but even now I meet people who tell me they stopped cheering for the team when Landry was removed. It’s a Midwest, Southern Baptist culture thing, you have to live there to understand it. Our owner was on TV commercials every year. I am willing to bet that Jerry Jones is the first of the modern owners too. The guys who actually had PR advisers and took lessons on public speaking. He even had a knack for the spotlight when times were darkest, like when he hired Parcells. More reasons for the haters to keep convincing themselves they were justified.
After all three of those things, Cowboys were always guaranteed ratings and sales. I think the rest of the heat comes from the media because I have heard many of them candidly talk about how they all hate that they are forced to talk about the Cowboys no matter what because it brings ratings. In other fans eyes, they see many of our stars overrated and a team that is full of themselves. And honestly, during the Garrett and Wade Phillips years, they were probably right. Coach Mac was always the right choice because of his even keeled blue collar lineman style. Are used to argue that two years ago on this board when he still had a lot of fans who didn’t like him. Bill Parcells had to change the culture, Coach Mac had to change the culture, it’s been about that since the 1990s and just another reason why fans probably don’t like us.
