How 'bout Them Cowboys?
The Cowboys ended a frustrating season with a frustrating performance.
Frustration # 1 TO
Why do we have to put up with TO? He makes great catches and then he drops crucial third down passes. Making first downs on third down is essential for a championship team. TO kills the cowboys in this area. He is unreliable.
He is also psycho. And he draws press attention. How can a team develop the unified will to win and work together with a guy who demands to be treated differently than everyone else and who divides rather than unites his team with his constant antics and comments.
Answer: you can’t.
Frustration # 2 Bill Parsells
A Hall of Fame coach for past accomplishments who should have remained in the past. He is burned out. Just looking and listening to him, you feel tired and depressed. His fire is gone and so are the assistant coaches of the past who provided the technical expertise to make his teams great. Many are now head coaches in the NFL.
His return to the three four defense is a disaster. His defense looks confused. Why does he have Demarcus Ware, his only pass rusher in pass coverage?
In the past would Parsells have put up with TO and treated him with kid gloves? His way of handling this disruptive personality is to ignore him while “motivating” the rest of the team with his acerbic comments. This destroys team unity.
Frustration # 3 Roy Williams
Williams was a great college player and can deliver spectacular hits, sometimes on his own teammates. However, he is too slow to play safety and is constantly exploited. On many crucial pass receptions by the opposing team, the familiar number 31 of Roy Williams is seen trailing behind the fleeing runner. He also misses crucial open field tackles trying to make big hits.
Put him on the line of scrimmage as a linebacker or on the bench.
Frustration # 4 Jerry Jones
Jones has to be the most boring interview in the league. Totally predictable in his comments, he offers no insight into the team or the game. He listens closely to the press and changes his views as he wind blows. He needs to step aside and get out of football decisions and let his soon Stephen run the team. Stephen will let football men make the football decisions.
That being said Jerry is a good businessman and his new stadium looks to be spectacular.
Frustration # 5 Tony Romo
Romo is the real deal but still in his first year as an NFL quarterback. It is virtually impossible for any first year quarterback to lead his team to a Super Bowl. Even the great ones struggle at first. The game is too fast and too complicated to master without experience.
After he mishandled the field goal snap, he was the picture of absolute dejection on the sideline.
At least he cares.
How he handles that experience will probably determine his future. Will it make him stronger or destroy him?
I predict he will become one of the premier quarterbacks in the league.
Over the course of a season a team develops their personality and they don’t suddenly change it in the playoffs.
The Cowboys are a good example. A frustrating season ended in a frustrating playoff loss.
Frustration # 1 TO
Why do we have to put up with TO? He makes great catches and then he drops crucial third down passes. Making first downs on third down is essential for a championship team. TO kills the cowboys in this area. He is unreliable.
He is also psycho. And he draws press attention. How can a team develop the unified will to win and work together with a guy who demands to be treated differently than everyone else and who divides rather than unites his team with his constant antics and comments.
Answer: you can’t.
Frustration # 2 Bill Parsells
A Hall of Fame coach for past accomplishments who should have remained in the past. He is burned out. Just looking and listening to him, you feel tired and depressed. His fire is gone and so are the assistant coaches of the past who provided the technical expertise to make his teams great. Many are now head coaches in the NFL.
His return to the three four defense is a disaster. His defense looks confused. Why does he have Demarcus Ware, his only pass rusher in pass coverage?
In the past would Parsells have put up with TO and treated him with kid gloves? His way of handling this disruptive personality is to ignore him while “motivating” the rest of the team with his acerbic comments. This destroys team unity.
Frustration # 3 Roy Williams
Williams was a great college player and can deliver spectacular hits, sometimes on his own teammates. However, he is too slow to play safety and is constantly exploited. On many crucial pass receptions by the opposing team, the familiar number 31 of Roy Williams is seen trailing behind the fleeing runner. He also misses crucial open field tackles trying to make big hits.
Put him on the line of scrimmage as a linebacker or on the bench.
Frustration # 4 Jerry Jones
Jones has to be the most boring interview in the league. Totally predictable in his comments, he offers no insight into the team or the game. He listens closely to the press and changes his views as he wind blows. He needs to step aside and get out of football decisions and let his soon Stephen run the team. Stephen will let football men make the football decisions.
That being said Jerry is a good businessman and his new stadium looks to be spectacular.
Frustration # 5 Tony Romo
Romo is the real deal but still in his first year as an NFL quarterback. It is virtually impossible for any first year quarterback to lead his team to a Super Bowl. Even the great ones struggle at first. The game is too fast and too complicated to master without experience.
After he mishandled the field goal snap, he was the picture of absolute dejection on the sideline.
At least he cares.
How he handles that experience will probably determine his future. Will it make him stronger or destroy him?
I predict he will become one of the premier quarterbacks in the league.
Over the course of a season a team develops their personality and they don’t suddenly change it in the playoffs.
The Cowboys are a good example. A frustrating season ended in a frustrating playoff loss.
posted by SnyderTexas.net at 12:14 PM
2 Comments:
The Dallas decline started with the injury to Greg Ellis. No pass rush converts to more pressure to keep receivers covered longer. No defensive back in the NFL can cover the weakest Pro Receiver for 5 seconds.
Defenses studied Romo and figured out how to confuse him. Happens to everybody, but they teach you in PeeWee football to keep both hands on the ball and if he doesn't start doing this he couldn't start for the Snyder Tigers.
Parcells is burned out and we need a younger more energetic (positive) coach. He likes old worn out quarterbacks and stays with players too long. (like not letting Julius Jones come off the bench)
T.O. is T.O. and they knew what he was when they signed him. He actually acted better this year than in the past. Give him one more year to let the finger heal up and then see. I am not a T.O. fan but in his defense, if a grown man got in my face and said to me what they say to each other, they might be lucky to get away with just spit in the face. Football does not have to take the path of Basketball and turn into a ghetto punk sport. Fine players for spitting and obscene gestures is a start but clean up the cursing and name calling. Good sportsmanship should still be important.
I agree that losing Greg Ellis was a big blow because the pass rush is so important. But I also think the 3-4 was exploited this year either because Mike Zimmer did not know how to run it, the personnel did not fit it or because it is not a good defense in today's NFL.
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