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Originally Posted by DrOldSchool
- I hope Jerry Jones sees that Wade Phillips is not the answer after the second straight season ending in complete humiliation. Yes, the defense is strong and did improve throughout the season, but this team is too prone to the same mistakes in terms of penalties and lack of concentration. This has to go back to coaching. I have to throw Jason Garrett into the fire here too. He has shown no ability to make in game adjustments when defenses are attacking and succeeding against his slow play designs. While they have been key to Dallas’s late season run, they were clearly not working today, yet Dallas never went away from them until the game was far out of reach.
What the hell are you talking about? The big "knock" on Wade Phillips is that he's laid back, well it sure as hell looked like he got the guys pretty pumped up down the stretch this year. It's a freaking joke that he even might lose his job. The guy is 34-16 as coach of the Dallas Cowboys. 34 and ****ing 16. That's absolutely amazing. That includes 2 NFC East championships, and a playoff win. Please find me another coach anywhere who has that kind of resume. That includes Cowher, or whoeever you want. (Yes I'm aware that Cowher has similar numbers to Wade's, but he had disappointments just like Wade has). If you want to talk about penalties, I suggest you look at our penalty numbers under Bill Parcells, because they sucked then to. It likely has little to do with Wade.
Any extra ability a coach might bring to our team is going to be massive squashed by losing Wade's defense, which has been absolutely amazing this year.
And why do people keep dogging on Garrett? He lost his #1 WR this year, had to play RW11 all year at one spot, and we still had one of the best offenses in the league! He's still one of the best offensive minds in the game, and I think it's reasonably likely he leaves us for a head coaching position, the concept of us firing him is absolutely laughable. Do I think he's the best OC ever? Hardly. Does he do some weird stuff sometimes? Yes. But no more than any other OC out there. But we don't have a top 5 QB, we have RW11 out there wasting space every single week, we have a lot of penalty yards, and yet we have a great offense year after year.
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- There is one overall problem with what I just said, however. I am not sure who the answer at coach would be. Cowher is not, and would not come to Dallas. Nor would any top line coach with the lockout looming. Are you going to get Bob Stoops or Houston Nutt? I’m not convinced they could be successful NFL coaches, and again the lockout being on the horizon would probably keep them from jumping. I don’t see any other assistants available that would really be any kind of upgrade.
LOL @ Houston Nutt or Bob Stoops being in the same galaxy as how Wade has done. I think you also overestimate people not coming to Dallas. Just because Jerry Jones is hands on doesn't make him a bad owner. There are lots of coaches out there(Cowher likely included) who wouldn't mind coming to coach at one of the best franchises, with a brand new stadium, enormous fan base, franchise QB, and unlimited financial resources.
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- Tony Romo is going to get killed in the media, as he did in the game thread, and on Cowboys blog sites, over his play in this game. Aside from the INT in the 3rd quarter, any criticism of him is really not justified. He was running for his life all day, and got no help downfield from the WRs. The Offensive line was flat whipped by Minnesota’s front 4, even when Adams was playing. I still think Romo has the ability to lead this team where we all want it to. The window, however, with this talent is beginning to close, and needs to be reeled in immediately.
Agreed.
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- Thinking draft, although its too early for it, a top line WR, and Safety should be the priority, followed by LB and line depth. The team's hands are a bit tied with the free agency rules this summer, so resigning all restricted free agents, like Miles Austin, will also need to take precedence. Oh, and a Kicker.
Our first round needs shouldn't include a WR. Miles Austin finished 3rd in the NFL in receiving yards and didn't play 4 games. Plus we have Witten, Bennett, and Felix. OL should be our #1 need, especially if anyone who can possibly play LT falls to us.
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Overall, NFC East champions, sweeping Philly and Washington is great, as is winning a wild card game, but it's not enough with the talent this roster has. Not when the same **** happens over and over again.
Meh. A whole lot of variance in football bro. Minny and NO are both really really sick this year. There's nothing wrong with being the 3rd best team sometimes.
Last edited by ZBTHorton; 01-17-2010 at 06:35 PM.