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2008-2009 Regular Season: During The Game - An
Unexpectedly Poor Performance Rammed Down Our Throats
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- October 19, 2008 At
3:26 PM EST
- By
Eric M. Scharf
I have to switch over to the AFC game before I pass out from the
dreadful display being put on by the Cowboys against the Rams.
Martellus Bennett is a complete knucklehead on 4th-and-1, and Nick
“Rare Miss” Folk is starting to look at little too folksy.
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- I would
rather watch Detroit self-destruct right now. Why? Because I know
what they are capable of; they are consistent; they will not tease
me with a glimmer of hope; they are not the most talented team on
paper. And, the Cowboys? They do not believe in rising to the
occasion; only lowering themselves to just a step below the
competition.
The last time I saw the Cowboys rise to the occasion in a game,
especially one of consequence, was against the Eagles in Philly,
where Roy Williams made that final interception of McNabb (who was
really beaten down all game). The Cowboys fought, really fought in
that game.
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- They do not have the guts or the nerve to bring that kind
of effort this year. And, go ahead: compare the rosters of this year
and that year. Not a peep about better talent for that season. And,
if they had as many injuries as this team does, their back-ups would
probably still have put on a more inspired performance than our
current crop. Yes, Parcells certainly had something to do with it.
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- Now, before I decide to get into the popular bashing of marshmallow
boy (the loving nickname affixed by so many fans to our embattled
head coach), do you REALLY think Jerry would put his own ego before
the Cowboys being able to win (which means more games, more Super
Bowls, and more profit for the organization)? Jerry, admittedly,
loves the Cowboys far too much to ever do that.
Hey, there is absolutely nothing wrong with trading for Roy
Williams. Getting another cornerback, according to how the Cowboys
are playing RIGHT NOW (down 31-7 to the Rams), does nothing to
relieve an entire defense that is playing as poorly as the Cowboys'.
Roy Williams can run go routes all day long, and, again, take at
least one defender away from T.O., Witten, or Crayton.
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- It does not
work that way with the additional cornerback so many fans were
screaming was necessary for turning our season around. Only Deion
Sanders was able to pull that off (playing half the field), but it
helped him greatly when his teammates managed to do their jobs, on
the other half of the field, as well.
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- We have no Deion, we have no
Newman (who happens to be injured and who is no Deion when healthy),
we have no Pacman (who is no Deion or Newman), and only a few
members of our defense are consistently doing their jobs.
So, with the idea that there are only a handful of NFL players as
on-the-field dumb as Pacman is off-the-field, it is apparent that
all corrective efforts rest firmly in the hands of the coaching
staff: they are responsible for inspiring the players, they are
responsible for calling the best plays for their available talent,
and they are also responsible for instilling a great attention to
detail within the players (towards having no penalties and following
through with their assignments).
Responsibility of the coaching staff, in this case, means policing
the respect-first-performance-second-players on our team as if they
were a bunch of pre-school children.
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- NFL coaching jobs already
involve enough pressure and stress, without putting blind faith into
a roster of players being able to seriously police and learn
themselves to the playbook, game-planning for an opponent, and being
aware of your teammates’ assignments (as team captains and leaders
must do).
So, if the coaches apparently have not gotten through to enough of
the players, and some of the players have not gotten through to
their teammates (even though it is the responsibility of the
coaches), Jerry may need to begin making appropriately violent
threats in the direction of the entire coaching staff, not just
Wade, so that they all understand the following: if the teachers
cannot teach, the children will never be as equipped and capable as
they are supposed to be.
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- You cannot count on a child, errr, player
to continuously fill in the blanks on his own without an eventual,
untimely, and regrettable mistake.
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