Will Wade show that he is tougher come Monday?

[cowboyjoe]

I have read some on star telegraph that several players are slowly getting it, that they had better do their job and not play lackluster, but play with intensity and desire. Even some coaches are being said to be tougher on the players.

My question is, will Wade start showing some things about how his plan is going and be tougher. Or do you think Wade will be the same, not change and let the other coaches be the bad boys?

Since, it has been reported that some players and coaches attitudes are changing, I am hoping that Wade will show some tougher policies too. He can if he wants too.

You just have to put your mind to it and be positive.

So, what do you think? Will Wade starting Monday start coming down on players and have tougher practices and hold players accountable?

 

[Jon88]

I think he'll have a different attitude. It's much leaner team now. I think things will be a lot different.

 

[cowboyjoe]

From what I am hearing, I think he will, but im not sure, but I got some rays of hope when i read where other players and coaches are getting it, practicing, working harder, etc.

So, if those players and coaches are changing, so can wade. Heres to hope!

 

[TheBeast]

Someone has a very fitting signature with a duck in it, look there to get your answer

 

[cowboyjoe]

lol the beast, thats cute,

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My faith in Wade is outlined below.

i saw the duck with wade on crutches

i see what your saying, but im trying to believe and have some hope wade will change like he said he will, so im trying to give him the benefit of doubt with the changes that have been going on at valley ranch

 

[NeonNinja]

We will find out soon enough.

 

[twentytwo]

I have read some on star telegraph that several players are slowly getting it, that they had better do their job and not play lackluster, but play with intensity and desire. Even some coaches are being said to be tougher on the players.

My question is, will Wade start showing some things about how his plan is going and be tougher. Or do you think Wade will be the same, not change and let the other coaches be the bad boys?

Since, it has been reported that some players and coaches attitudes are changing, I am hoping that Wade will show some tougher policies too. He can if he wants too.

You just have to put your mind to it and be positive.

So, what do you think? Will Wade starting Monday start coming down on players and have tougher practices and hold players accountable?

I think that's his best bet. He can be tougher on the team without completely changing his attitude and demeanor.

 

[CM Duck]

if Wade is to be "tougher" it will only work if Jerry has his back, instead of constantly babying the players when they go crying to him.

Saying that, I think jerry would be tougher as well, being the players he has sent packing.

 

[sonnyboy]

I have read some on star telegraph that several players are slowly getting it, that they had better do their job and not play lackluster, but play with intensity and desire. Even some coaches are being said to be tougher on the players.

My question is, will Wade start showing some things about how his plan is going and be tougher. Or do you think Wade will be the same, not change and let the other coaches be the bad boys?

Since, it has been reported that some players and coaches attitudes are changing, I am hoping that Wade will show some tougher policies too. He can if he wants too.

You just have to put your mind to it and be positive.

So, what do you think? Will Wade starting Monday start coming down on players and have tougher practices and hold players accountable?

I advocated this in the past. You don't always have to have a really tough task master HC. Sometimes a few bad cop assistants can get the job done.

They just have to be empowered.

 

[dcfanatic]

I have read some on star telegraph that several players are slowly getting it, that they had better do their job and not play lackluster, but play with intensity and desire. Even some coaches are being said to be tougher on the players.

My question is, will Wade start showing some things about how his plan is going and be tougher. Or do you think Wade will be the same, not change and let the other coaches be the bad boys?

Since, it has been reported that some players and coaches attitudes are changing, I am hoping that Wade will show some tougher policies too. He can if he wants too.

You just have to put your mind to it and be positive.

So, what do you think? Will Wade starting Monday start coming down on players and have tougher practices and hold players accountable?

You know I love ya Joe.

But I have to ask.

This stuff you were reading.

Did it actually come in through a telegraph?



And Wade isn't going to be anything but Wade.

 

[cowboyjoe]

love ya too DC, here is the article through star telegraph

Post Dallas Cowboys are finally focusing on football again Gives Reason for HOPE to me!
Dallas Cowboys are finally focusing on football again
By RANDY [email protected]elated Content


Valley Ranch remains under lip lockdown as Jerry Jones continues to demand only one off-season football voice be heard — his.

There was an exception granted last week for head coach Wade Phillips at the NFL owners’ meetings in California. Big mistake.

Just to prove it’s not just me picking on poor ol’ Wade, longtime pro football writer Don Banks of SI.com described Phillips’ interview session this way:

"Now I can see why they gagged him in the first place."

Enough, however, about Wade being sensitive, defensive and talking in circles. (And, hey, I do like the guy. Nice man.)

But other voices at Valley Ranch, who at the moment have to fly under the media radar, remain available to offer occasional and current observations. No, Jerry, it’s not Ed Werder’s dreaded Valley Ranch Sources.

Let me tell you, man. It’s suddenly positive stuff surfacing after months of lingering gloom and dissension that had toxic-spilled throughout the locker room and the hallways over there in Irving.

I’m not saying a sudden case of sunshine and daffodils is my opinion. Not even close, really. But there has been a drastic change in what is now being heard internally, and that’s interesting to note.

As one guy proclaimed last week, "We are a better football team right now than what we were last season, and we will be a better football team next season."


Oh, yeah. Why?

"The only focus now is strictly on football," he said. "All the other internal B.S. is gone. A cloud has lifted. The atmosphere is, in a way, relaxed, but at the same time, the people who needed to be more assertive, or needed to kick butt, you are seeing that happen."



Sounds like, huh, a rehash of my favorite Valley Ranch story line:

Eldorado Owens was the rat who ate Valley Ranch.

"Yes, Owens had to go, no question," came the answer. "But too many people allowed that situation to get to a point where it became a huge problem. Those people have to be held accountable also. Those people have to change. We are seeing that."


Any names?

"Jason Garrett," he said. "We are now seeing a side of Jason Garrett I wasn’t sure was there. He’s really getting after people."


Good to hear. Now, hopefully, one butt being kicked by Garrett belongs to Tony Romo.

But that’s why it’s best to remain leery about the Cowboys. Even if there’s definitely a better team concept, there’s also a quarterback question. There’s also a head coach question. And an offensive coordinator question. And a No. 1 receiver question. And an offensive line question. And an overrated defense question. But first things first.

Owens, or no Owens, Romo should not have regressed the way he did last season. Tony is to blame, but Garrett also can’t skate. Jason is the guy in charge of keeping Tony right.

In addition, there’s Wade, which means the Cowboys have a pretty solid defensive coordinator but not a real head coach.

There you go. A weak head coach and a talented, yet flighty, quarterback. No team can possibly have bigger issues than those two.

But here’s another current Valley Ranch explanation on why change is already coming:

"Most coaching staffs are comprised of good cops, bad cops. That’s a long-standing concept," said another voice. "But our staff has been all good cops and that, of course, starts with Wade.

"What we have now, however, are jobs on the line. If you want to continue to be the good cop coach, you might not be around here much longer. Already, there are coaches I didn’t think would change, but you can see that they have. Right now they are trending more to the bad cop side."



Even Wade? "Well, no. Not yet," was the answer. "But even if Wade doesn’t change, and he probably won’t, his staff could help him by being much tougher. We’ve got players right now, some of them so-called Pro Bowlers, but when you break everything down from last season, they didn’t have good years.

"In fact, some of them got lazy. That’s a reflection, in a way, on those coaches. The coaches know that. And I agree, the pace has now picked up out here when it comes to the coaches and the players bringing more intensity and a harder edge."

One more thing for our friendly "voices."

Noticed any locker-room "attitude" from those players who publicly bemoaned the departure of Eldo?

"Not even a hint so far," was the answer. "If there’s going to be any finger-pointing like that, it will come if we have a bad season. But that’d be the same people who are always looking to blame somebody else. That’s the people we’re trying to weed out. Really, we have a great locker room right now. All good guys, and I don’t think that will change."

It’s late in March. Positive stuff at Valley Ranch has surfaced. Clip and save for December.

Randy Galloway can be heard

3-6 p.m. weekdays on

Galloway & Co. on ESPN/103.3 FM.

Randy Galloway, 817-390-7760
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[NextGenBoys]

"Jason Garrett," he said. "We are now seeing a side of Jason Garrett I wasn’t sure was there. He’s really getting after people."

Which is why I'm in favor of JG getting the head coaching job. He will not make excuses for going 13-3 and losing in the first round. He wont make excuses for going 9-7 and missing the playoffs.

For a coach who wants to preach "no excuses" Wade sure does have alot of them.

 

[Rampage]

they're just going to run and lift some weights. what do you want Wade to do?

 

[cowboyjoe]

well im thinking like some people said about garrett, he probably was alittle to smart last year for his own good and he had to learn some things

i think, now i could be wrong, but you saw a glimpse of garrett changing in the phily game on a certain play

remember the one where wade thought we were going to punt, and all of a sudden we went for it on 4th down;

wade looked confused and lost on the sidelines, but they showed a shot of garrett, he looked determined on his face, and he spit.

thats to me is the look a a coach getting it, going for it, in certain situations

i think garrett grew up alittle right there, he saw that if this team is going to have to change, coaches making players more accountable and not worry if garrett is stepping on his toes or not,

now your hearing that garrett is changing, making players accountable as well as himself,

i think thats all a positive, now if wade will do alittle bit of that too, this team can go somewhere

 

[cowboyjoe]

they're just going to run and lift some weights. what do you want Wade to do?

i want if say for instance, flozell adams who reports say he doesnt work hard in offseason, etc, then wade gets on him during offseason and tells him, your job isnt secure, if you dont work, show me you want it, i will put in doug free or whoever i have too

make players accountable, i think thats what all of us fans want

just like after the arizona game, most of the offensive line, said we stunk the place up, all except for flozell, he said he thought he played a pretty good game

i want flozell to be held accountable

now how you do that, is up to the head coach, offensive line coach etc

we dont need to know how you do it but do it, make those players accountable, when those players stunk up the place, make them accountable and just dont brush it offf and say everything is ok,

 

[theebs]

no doubt.

Spankings are in order tomorrow morning.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

they're just going to run and lift some weights. what do you want Wade to do?

Um, that's what I was thinking. It's just the first day of lifting and some conditioning. It's not like it's training camp or even OTAs. This isn't even football yet.

 

[theebs]

Um, that's what I was thinking. It's just the first day of lifting and some conditioning. It's not like it's training camp or even OTAs. This isn't even football yet.

come on cl.

you know he is going to open a can on em tomorrow. He is going to be like that trainer from the cardinals that works with the guys at the combine.

and then he is going to get on the sled and make all the loudmouths push him to whataburger for a quick meal between meals.

 

[Bleu Star]

Go get em tiger! RAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRR

 

[CF74]

"We are now seeing a side of Jason Garrett I wasn’t sure was there. He’s really getting after people."

Good to hear. Now, hopefully, one butt being kicked by Garrett belongs to Tony Romo.

Owens, or no Owens, Romo should not have regressed the way he did last season. Tony is to blame, but Garrett also can’t skate. Jason is the guy in charge of keeping Tony right.

Well you know...

well im thinking like some people said about garrett, he probably was alittle to smart last year for his own good and he had to learn some things
they showed a shot of garrett, he looked determined on his face, and he spit.

thats to me is the look a a coach getting it, going for it, in certain situations

i think garrett grew up alittle right there, he saw that if this team is going to have to change, coaches making players more accountable and not worry if garrett is stepping on his toes or not,

now your hearing that garrett is changing, making players accountable as well as himself,

i think thats all a positive, now if wade will do a little bit of that too, this team can go somewhere

I'm starting to see Garrett in a different light. The guy was being undermined by his players through Jerry. Now that certain players are no longer around, Garrett has his authority back. The rest of the malcontents are starting to realize the party is over and they might be sent packing also. The authority of leadership has been restored. I'm feeling very optimistic right now and I'm almost convinced we are going to see a leader emerge in one Jason Garrett. Yep that's right, we are down to where the rubber meets the road folks.

You can't have two heads, Jerry is gonna sit back and let Garrett do his thing. Why else would the man swallow his pride and take a $10Million loss?