Yeah! Dallas Morning News Now Calling For Wade Phillips Firing! *Merge*

[Bob Sacamano]

LMAO!!!

You guys want to make the same mistake the chargers did, be my guest.

You don't fire a guy that's record is 17-6.

Most normal teams do encounter adversity through a season. It's normal.

thanks Mr. Condenscending, Commanders fan

perhaps you could clue us in, on how to beat the Rams...

 

[kevin11]

thanks Mr. Condenscending, Commanders fan

perhaps you could clue us in, on how to beat the Rams...

lol...I can't tell you at, but I can tell you how to not give up a TD to them.

Our losses are polar opposites.

 

[jackrussell]

lol...I can't tell you at, but I can tell you how to not give up a TD to them.

Our losses are polar opposites.

And we can tell you how to score more than 14 against Cleveland.

 

[bbgun]

Too late. The damage is done. This ain't like firing a baseball manager in hopes of a spark.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

As much as I've defended Wade and felt bad for him at times I'm to the point now where I think firing a few coaches (Wade, Stewart, Read) would be the best thing right now to send a message that this is simply not acceptable.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

and if you fire wade who runs the defense?

Yes, we need his capable hand at defense.

:bang2:

 

[kevin11]

And we can tell you how to score more than 14 against Cleveland.

We were pretty bad against Cleveland. But, hey, Cleveland has NFL talent and we beat them.

 

[Phantom]

Jason Garrett would probably be worse then Phillips, and thats scary.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

We were pretty bad against Cleveland. But, hey, Cleveland has NFL talent and we beat them.

you done yet?

 

[Phantom]

You hire Rex Ryan as HC/DC.

 

[TwoCentPlain]

I remember last year everyone in NY/NJ was calling for Coughlin to get fired. And then the Giants started to win.

 

[theebs]

I remember last year everyone in NY/NJ was calling for Coughlin to get fired. And then the Giants started to win.

except they went on a 6 game winning streak and were 6-2 at the halfway point.

And they were winning in spite of their quarterback and because of a terrific running game and a good defense.

We win because our qb is out of the ordinary good and he carries the rest of the team. His terrific play is what makes up for the poor play of the defense and special teams in most cases.

 

[jimmy40]

I remember last year everyone in NY/NJ was calling for Coughlin to get fired. And then the Giants started to win.

because he was too tough, he loosened up and it worked, well that and they finally caught on to their new defense.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

I remember last year everyone in NY/NJ was calling for Coughlin to get fired. And then the Giants started to win.

Because the owner didn't buy the "coach is mean" crap and refused to fire Coughlin. The players had to man up. Coughlin did lighten up a little, but he still made the players accountable.

 

[Hypnotoad]

The Associated Press reports Dallas Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones said head coach Wade Phillips is not in danger of losing his job. "No, it is not. Emphatically, no," Jones said.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

The Associated Press reports Dallas Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones said head coach Wade Phillips is not in danger of losing his job. "No, it is not. Emphatically, no," Jones said.

Best news I have seen all day:bang2:

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Wade Phillips needs to go right now, don't wait until a freakin' bye week. His services should be terminated immediately!

 

[zeromaster]

It was interesting watching Jones speak, even though aspects of it were tight-lipped. But did any of the reporters bring up that for the Johnson and Parcells cases that Jerry mentioned, the expectations and amount of money spent for this alleged talent was nothing like his examples?

In any case, firing the HC this soon just puts the fragile psyche of this team on even thinner ice. Maybe they'd skate to safety, maybe they'd just fall in.

These next few weeks are going to be strange. It would be the supreme irony if they lose badly to Tampa and yet somehow beat the Giants. I don't see how though.

It all comes down to the cons: confidence and concentration. Both are in short supply.

 

[InmanRoshi]

Yeah, fire Wade and let Campo run the defense. Lord knows his secondary is tearing it up this year. He deserves a promotion.

And yeah, he'll strike fear into these players ... he's so respected by the players they only pull his shorts down in practice once or twice a day.:laugh2:

 

[Pick6TerenceNewman]

[SIZE=+2]Loss should be Wade Phillips' last with Dallas Cowboys[/SIZE]

[SIZE=-1]07:21 PM CDT on Sunday, October 19, 2008[/SIZE]


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ST. LOUIS – It was right there in front of Jerry Jones' eyes. And he missed it.
There is no more shining example of how the radical move of an in-season head coaching change can work than the one being offered by the St. Louis Rams.
Dead in the water at 0-4, the Rams fired Scott Linehan during their bye week and promoted Jim Haslett.
Last week's two-point win over Washington seemed a bit of a fluke, predicated as it was on gathering in three Commanders fumbles.
There was nothing remotely lucky about the Rams' thorough 34-14 destruction of the Cowboys at the Edward Jones Dome on Sunday.
What has been gathering steam for a month reached something of a crescendo as the Cowboys played by far their worst game of the Wade Phillips era. And frankly it should be the last game of the Phillips era, but Jones made it clear afterward that there will be no coaching changes made.
"It really isn't about changes peoplewise as much as it is changes within the people, within the coaches and players," Jones said.


No, Jerry, it really is about changing the people. This team is 1-3 over the last four weeks, a win over winless Cincinnati the only highlight.
Paying Phillips to fade off into the sunset would not cure all of this team's problems by any means. For one thing, the presumed next head coach, Jason Garrett, has for now removed himself from the "hot coordinators" list with his work over the last four weeks.
Phillips' low-key demeanor and aw-shucks approach might have elevated a team that had been beaten down by four years under Bill Parcells. But all of that is gone now.
It's just a team of uninspired excuse makers who take their cue from the head coach.
To his credit, Phillips didn't offer any of his trademark excuses Sunday, but, really, he couldn't. This wasn't about a break or two here or there, a blocked punt, a game that got away.
The Cowboys scored the first seven points, then just sat back and took it for more than three quarters as the Rams scored the next 34 points.
"We've all had stinkers before, but we haven't had one here," Phillips said. "That's what bothers me."
Phillips continues to coach a team that takes dumb penalties, that apparently doesn't know an illegal shift from a legal one. Brad Johnson certainly didn't cover himself in glory with his three-interception day in place of Tony Romo, but Johnson had plenty of company on both sides of the ball if you are looking for fall guys.
Rams rookie Donnie Avery looked like he could get open deep any time he wanted to. Steven Jackson (maybe we can still blame this whole thing on Parcells for not drafting him and wanting Julius Jones) ran for 160 yards.
When the defense wasn't getting lit up, "Pro Bowl" tackle Flozell Adams was getting his helmet handed to him by, among others, backup end James Hall.
The Cowboys owner talked about the need to right this sinking ship before it's too late.
"I understand the fear of continuing down the slope and not playing well," Jones said. "This sobers me up more than any game we've had. This is not the same feeling I had with the other two losses."
For those defeats, you could make excuses, and, very willingly, the head coach did.
This time he couldn't. And he shouldn't be left in place to come up with more excuses as to why a team with so much talent is heading towards the bottom of the NFC East.
There is no way to truly deliver a message of urgency to a collection of players and a coaching staff without, figuratively, cutting off the head.

JOHN F. RHODES / DMN
Dallas head coach Wade Phillips walks off the field after the Cowboys lost for the third time in the last four games.



Replacing Phillips with Garrett installed as the interim head coach would send a message to not just the football world but the locker room. It would spell out clearly that not just the results but the effort or lack thereof that produced a 1-3 stretch is not going to be tolerated.
Jones has acted boldly, swiftly, impetuously in the past.
This might be all of the above. But, really, it's the only way out of the darkness.
You could see it on the Rams' sideline Sunday. Unfortunately, Jerry wasn't looking in that direction.
Expect the Cowboys to continue heading in the wrong one.





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:bravo::bravo::bravo:

Not sure Garrett is the answer either.