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2010-2011 Regular Season: From Quitters To
Quality?
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- November 18,
2010
At 11:30 PM CST
By Eric M. Scharf
The Dallas Cowboys have always managed to keep things interesting
win, lose, or draw and the past four games have been no different.
The Cowboys were jerked around by the Giants, jacked up by the
Jaguars, and pounded into parmesan by the Packers in successive
games.
The Cowboys sat up and begged against New York, rolled over against
Jacksonville, and played dead against Green Bay in successive games.
The Cowboys lost their starting quarterback against an ancient NFC
East foe, they lost their minds against some normally tame AFC South
cats, and they lost their will to compete against an undermanned NFC
North cheese product in successive games.
The Cowboys headed into the $1.6 billion dollar stadium of their
hated rival this past weekend with new leadership, a new approach,
blind faith that they might be competitive . . . and the unwanted
expectation by exhausted fans, prognosticators, and many within
the organization that they were going to completely tank their
fourth game in a row.
While the Cowboys left no autographs on the locker room walls of the
Giants shiny new Meadowlands monolith, they did leave with an
unbelievable result expected by only the most myopic of fans . . .
a convincing 33-20 victory.
The Cowboys validated the immense expectations set loose upon their
equally immense talent for only the second time in 2010 out
of nine games played.
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- Detroit is bringing their Lions' Den
Road Show to Cowboys Stadium this Sunday, and "Garrett's Gang" has a
realistic opportunity but certainly not a given to go for two in a row.
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- The Chicken Or The Eggs The
Head Coach Or The Players?
Everyone wants to know what caused such a positive outburst from the
Cowboys in what quickly became a negative season.
The dreadful conclusion of the Green Bay game two weeks ago led
everyone to believe former Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips had
completely and finally lost control of every aspect of his team.
The entire Cowboys organization seemed in total disarray and
required some furniture moving according to NBA superstar LeBron
The Ultimate Cowboys Fan James. He does know a thing or two about
facing and making the big decision.
Neither LeBron nor the rest of Cowboys Nation was foolish enough to
believe whacking Wade was going to be the master stroke that brought
Jerrys Frankenstein monster back to life.
Neither LeBron nor the rest of Cowboys Nation was foolish enough to
believe that dangling interim head coach Garrett like a disciplinary
carrot in front of a bunch of underachievers was going to result in
anything more than more of the same mediocrity.
Only a handful of people who were aware of Garretts off-season
visit with Jimmy Johnson and Troy Aikman and none of them had any
idea how the newly adopted leadership concepts would play out with a
bunch of mentally atrophied athletes back at Valley Ranch.
Garrett must have donned a Texas Rangers uniform, because he threw a
perfect strike in his first week running practice with the players.
He opened up a vaguely familiar can of discipline following the
pathway previously shared by Landry, Johnson, and Parcells . . . and
cherished by former teammate and good friend Aikman.
Was it really that easy? Fire Phillips and everything is fine? If
only the diagnosis was that simple.
Garrett in case anyone has forgotten was present during
Phillips ultimate failure. Garrett according to many sources
was in complete control of the Cowboys offense . . . Jerrys early
season insistence to the contrary notwithstanding.
Practicing in pads, practicing with more intensity, along with a
more stringent travel dress code combine to make for a better
attitude, a re-established drive to compete, and a renewed will to
win . . . for the first time in six weeks?
The Cowboys were playing without a few of their offensive and
defensive starters and part of the game without others, but it would
appear the players still had enough talent to flip the switch
against the Giants.
Were the players merely sending a message to everyone that the
failure of this season lies exclusively with Wade (and the person
who hired him)?
Were the players actually sending a message that for all their
bellyaching through the Parcells era they actually prefer
discipline and structure?
Were the players actually sending a message that when the chips
are down and someone has to take responsibility they actually
prefer the coaching staff to do the heavy lifting?
Cowboys fans beware: the lightning rod performance of Americas Team
against the Giants was as much an indictment of the players as it
was proof of their ability to beat good teams.
If the players flipped a switch, why were they not interested in
flipping that switch much earlier in the season? Why did they not go
to Jerry, Wade, and Jason collectively or individually and
demand more structure?
Cowboys fans should be praying the players did not simply decide to
turn on their talent in celebration of a coaching change.
Cowboys fans should be praying that the true quitters within the
organization are targeted for termination rather than allowed to
blend back into the population before the next season begins.
Cowboys fans should be praying that Garrett or the next head
coach gains significantly more control of over practice and game
day performances than wandering Wade. Corralling these Cowboys may
not be as easy as it appears with a collection of misguided
millionaires . . . who have really shown up for all of two games
this season.
The alternative indicates the need for complete roster turnover
chemo for the potential cancers on the Cowboys and history shows
such roster recycling can derail even the best laid Super plans by
two to four years.
While the 2010 season has thus far been a terrible waste, no fan
wants to see any (mentally) wasted talent worm its lazy way onto the
2011 roster.
The future of the Dallas Cowboys demands that the chicken and the
head coach rule the roost instead of the players who can be ruined
by just a few bad eggs.
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- A Date With 8
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Jason Garrett and any contemporaries under the same circumstances
would certainly have preferred ascension to head coach of the
Dallas Cowboys on his own merits and through his own successes.
Life continues to prove it is not perfect and Garrett now finds
himself with 8 not-so-great opportunities to potentially become the
Cowboys long-term solution at head coach.
The Cowboys had been playing so poorly until their victory over
the Giants that everyone simply wished to see a competitive team
let alone another victory.
Everyone simply wished to witness no worse than Jimmy Johnsons
inaugural 1-15 season when his team competed on every single play
of every single game. Everything was at stake with new ownership
for the first time in almost 30 years, a superstar college coach
with no NFL experience, and a team in desperate need of a
transformation.
No one had to wonder if coaches and players were giving their full
effort in 1989 coaching and playing in fear of what might have
become of their future jobs and reputations.
The 2010 season has thus far resembled 1989 except for the small
detail of effort. This still may prove to be the case when the
season finally concludes as one big victory against a bitter rival
could be followed by seven more miserable losses. The jury is still
out and there is plenty of doubt on whether or not 2010 can end on a
winning route.
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Garrett has a date with 8 on many levels. He has 8 chances to
restore his reputation as excellent head coaching material and
restore the belief that his team does, indeed, have the mental and physical tools to
reach the top of the NFL mountain.
If Garrett can be great with the remaining 8 rather than done with
only 1 (against the Giants) he stands an excellent chance to
become Jerrys latest long-term lasso man at Valley Ranch.
If Garretts effort shows up lame through the last remaining game,
he will at best be competing with 7 more in knocking at the Dallas
Cowboys head coaching door.
Red Ball is behind the 8 Ball, but he could have it all by getting
his team to deliver a well-rounded haul instead a deeper and darker
fall.
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- Be Careful What You Ask For
Frustrated fans are famous for wanting to force ferocious figures in
front of failing franchises in order to get back into first place.
Cowboys fans are some of the most fickle and demanding of the bunch
having spent the majority of their teams history enjoying both
good and great success.
It is only natural for fans to want the strongest possible change in
leadership in order to deliver the strongest possible change in
culture and success.
It is only natural for fans to point to and demand successful
coaches who appear to be on the open market.
It is only natural for fans to want a new head coach who has proven
capable of keeping a hands-on owner at fingertips length . . . and
keeping a roster of players at the center of an iron fist.
If fans really want the best possible fit at head coach, they need
to take a good long look at the history of Cowboys head coaches and
get a refresher.
What level of skill set did they possess management, leadership,
personnel expertise, X's and O's . . . or all of the above?
What level of systems offensive, defensive, and special teams
did they have to install?
What level of coaching, scouting, and administrative support did
they receive?
What level of resources did they have at their disposal?
What level of autonomy and support did they have in drafting and
signing players?
What level of autonomy and support did they have in running the team
in practice and on game day?
What level of control and respect did they command from their owner,
staff, and players?
Take a good hard look at these former Cowboys head coaches and for
those of you who can remember back far enough think about the big
picture surrounding each and every one . . . and understand that
these guys are no longer available or interested in another go round.
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- Tom Landry was outplaying and
outcoaching the competition for several years before he joined the franchise for which he is most
famously known
worldwide the Dallas Cowboys. He was a rare innovator on offense
and defense and used that knowledge to win big for the better part
of 33 years in the NFL. Landry helped coach the Giants to three NFL
championship appearances winning one and led the Dallas Cowboys
to five Super Bowl appearances, winning two of them.
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- Jimmy "Hair Trigger" Johnson was as
sharp and precise with the Dallas Cowboys as he was with his own
hair. He brought to the Cowboys
a Hurricane of an approach in 1989 providing excellent
infrastructure, personnel expertise, and devastating discipline
and the unforgettable results speak for themselves. Back
to back Super Bowl victories could have and should have been four in
a row. Fans will always wonder in amazement what the Cowboys
could have accomplished had Johnson stayed with the organization.
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- While Switzer brought a
nearly-incomparable pedigree of college football success to the
Dallas Cowboys, he was handed a Super Bowl-ready team. Switzer
cannot be blamed for Troy Aikman's three interceptions to begin the
1994 NFC Championship game against the San Francisco 49ers nor can
Switzer be blamed for Emmitt Smith's hamstring injury to end that
game (when, in fact, the injury had lingered from earlier in the
season). While Switzer did deliver a Super Bowl victory the following season,
fans still look back at Switzer's stewardship with a feeling of
unfinished business.
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- Chan "The Man" Gailey's two year
(1988-1989) tenure with the Dallas Cowboys will always represent an
incomplete experiment. He employs a Dan Reeves-derived offensive
system (gleaned from time with Landry) that is not star-centric. His
familiar gadget plays went a long way towards keeping an aging Cowboys team competitive
at least within the NFC East. Gailey consistently got his teams from college and the NFL to
the playoffs . . . and won his fair share. While he was never able
to get the Cowboys over the playoff victory hump, he did get them to the
playoffs in both of his seasons. Fans will always wonder how much
better the Cowboys might have been in Gailey's first year if Troy
Aikman had not injured his collar bone . . . and assuming no one
else of importance got hurt, either.
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- While Dave "Camps" Campo a career
assistant coach certainly appreciated the opportunity to lead
America's team for three years (2000-2002), no one would blame him
if he went back in time and turned down that opportunity. His run as
Cowboys head coach began with such hope with a rejuvenated Troy
Aikman and newly acquired deep speed threat Joey Galloway. Campo's
run quickly turned into a horrific limp losing Aikman to a
concussion and Joey Galloway for the season in a home game blowout
(the "Pickle Juice Punch Out") to the Philadelphia Eagles.
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- Campo has always been a good teacher
of technique and X's and O's, but the stress from repeated
disastrous seasons was visibly killing him as he spent more time
yelling at players and zebras than celebrating . . . anything.
Excruciating back pain that was eventually relieved through
surgery certainly did not help.
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- Campo was widely credited with
getting the most out of an aging team, but three straight 5-11
seasons of bad timing, bad plays, bad injuries, Aikman's dreaded
retirement, and the "great quarterback shuffle" was enough for
Jerry Jones to put Campo and the fans out of their misery.
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- The camp fire was not even cooled
down in Campo's campground when Jerry Jones reeled in Bill "The Big
Tuna" Parcells for a four year tour as head coach of the Dallas
Cowboys. Parcells had long ago established himself as a two-time
Super Bowl winner with the hated New York Giants, and a third Super
Sunday appearance with the New England Patriots, as well as a successful tour with the New
York Jets.
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- Parcells is a Mr. Fix-It who has
spent much his career cleaning up other people's messes. He
continues to have a gift for taking new and making it newer and
turning crap into class . . . as was the case with the Cowboys team
he course-corrected from Campo.
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- Parcells has been one of an
exclusive group of Iron Chefs for the better part of his NFL career.
He has picked the groceries, he has cooked the meal, and he has regularly dished it
out, challenging players at every turn through a sadistic variety
of mental games to reach higher and go farther.
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- Players always
feared, then hated, then loved Parcells because though he was a
tough guy, demanding guy, imposing guy, and a Jersey guy. They
ultimately and learned and could trust that Parcells always had their common and best interests
at heart.
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- It is widely accepted that had
Parcells agreed to stay on for a fifth year, the Cowboys might have
finally won a playoff game for him. While Parcells was "that close"
to raising the Cowboys' level of play, he was also "that close" to
being exhausted after seeing his latest chance at post season
success slip away (through his quarterback's fingers) in Seattle. Fans will always wonder if The Big
Tuna could have won as many games in a fifth year as his successor
delivered in 2007.
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Wade "Player's Coach" Phillips got the Cowboys' head coaching job in
2007 partly on Bill Parcells' recommendation. The players who were
used to walking on egg shells with The Big Tuna celebrated their
newfound freedom with a 13-3 record in Wade's first year on the job.
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Parcells was no longer around to inform
his former players that their newfound freedom was actually some
serious personal and professional responsibility. While Parcells
would be only too happy to remind his players to brush their teeth
before going to bed, Wade would be equally pleased to let them find
their own way to the dentist.
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The players could not handle their
freedom, and Wade's second year reflected this fact. His third year
almost ended the same way when the players suddenly awoke from their
malaise delivering a division title and the organization's first
playoff win since 1996.
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There was no reason to believe the 2009
Cowboys could not finish turning the corner and make a bold move
towards the biggest prize in professional football . . . in their
own brand new stadium no-less.
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The players loved not being held
accountable to the Nth degree by their player's coach but it proved
to be their collective undoing with Wade being washed out to sea
after an uninspired 1-7 start and the players being labeled as
quitters. While Wade did not deserve to be quit on, he was
oblivious or in denial towards the player implosion going on around
him.
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While the players were subconsciously
searching around Valley Ranch for the firm hand of Parcells, they
may have found what they were looking for in Jason Garrett the
unassuming disciplinarian.
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Wade began his four year term as a soft
leader, a giving leader, a friendly leader and head coaching roles
may be finished with him if he wishes to remain active in the NFL.
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- He Who Would Be King
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- Take a good hard look at these
current Cowboys head coaching candidates and think about the big
picture surrounding each and every one. Some of these guys are
available, some are even interested, one even has the role on an
interim basis, but only a few are ideally
suited for what the Dallas Cowboys need to succeed long-term. Fans
need to understand that these guys will have slightly or significantly
different skill sets, resources, and support compared to their
would-be predecessors.
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- "Red Ball" spent the greater part of
his playing career as a back-up quarterback to Troy Aikman one of
his closest friends for the Dallas Cowboys. He has always been
considered a bright X's and O's guy in every NFL circle, and he was
considered a hot head coaching prospect following the Cowboys' 13-3
season in 2007.
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- He turned down head coaching
opportunities with the Atlanta Falcons and Baltimore Ravens, discussed
those positions with the Detroit Lions and Denver Broncos, and lost
out to Steve Spagnuolo for the Rams top spot. Jerry Jones rewarded
Garrett's willingness to remain head coach-in-waiting with head
coach money, but the performance of the Cowboys' offense in the
following 2-and-a-half years has put a serious dent in the belief
that Garrett will shine in the lead role.
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- Though Wade Phillips was in charge
of all game day play calls according to Jerry everyone knew and
continues to know Garrett is in charge of both the good and the bad
of the offense. Now that Garrett is interim head coach with no
chubby buffer to Wade through everyone knows the performance buck
stops with either Garrett's play calling, his players' execution, or
both.
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- Everyone also knows a successful Garrett would allow
Jerry to keep in place the "consistency of management" (READ "no
power sharing") he so cherishes
as a new head coach would potentially mean a new coaching staff,
new systems to implement, and significant roster turnover.
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- Garrett has applied his head
coaching brand to the Cowboys with a solid victory against the
Giants. Garrett needs his players to deliver equally competitive
effort win or lose for the rest of the season for him to have
any hope of going from interim to long-term.
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- "The Chin" guided the Steelers to
numerous division titles, a few conference championships, and two
Super Bowl appearances, but it took him almost 14 years to deliver
the Lombardi Trophy to Steel Town. Cowher is a tough guy's tough guy
with a defensive pedigree and a disciplined approach from top to
bottom.
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to set up the pass but he has proven flexible enough to let it fly
when necessary and he surrounds himself with quality
coordinators to fill in the few blanks that exist in his knowledge
base. He has unofficially been in "listening mode" ever since
retiring from the Steelers in 2007 and becoming an NFL commentator
for CBS.
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- "Chuckie" almost reached the Super
Bowl as head coach in Oakland ultimately setting up his successor
to reach it the next year and he finally achieved Super success in
his first year as Tampa Bay's head coach (ironically defeating no,
annihilating his former Raiders in that game). He loves offense,
"collecting" quarterbacks, toughness, and discipline across the
board.
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- His father was a football
coach, he learned the pro game from the best, and he will share that
innovative knowledge with the next team lucky enough to call him
head coach. He is enjoying life as an NFL commentator on Monday
Night Football, but "sources" indicate he could be lured back onto
the grid iron "under the right circumstances."
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- "The Walrus" shares the title of
"Quarterback Guru" with former San Francisco 49ers head coaching
great Bill Walsh. He has won everywhere he has ever coached, he has
coached some great quarterbacks in Joe Montana, Steve Walsh, and
Brett Favre . . . and he knows just a little bit about offense. He
made five Super Bowl appearances winning two with San Francisco,
one of two with the Green Bay Packers, and he made a third Super
Sunday appearance with the Seattle Seahawks.
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- He is currently President of the
Cleveland Browns and in the middle of remodeling that franchise into
his own image. The redesign according to "sources" has given
him the itch to get back into coaching. He could easily insert
himself back into that role in Cleveland, so any potential interest
in the Dallas Cowboys would have to match his presidential powers
and pricing. Jerry Jones and Holmgren would have to be incredibly
"changed men" or be equally out
of their minds to make such a commitment . . . but anything is
possible.
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- "Zim" began his NFL career as a
defensive assistant under Barry Switzer with the Dallas
Cowboys. He was promoted to defensive coordinator a short time after
that and survived numerous coaching changes at the top from
Switzer to Gailey to Campo to Parcells. While he was proficient with
the 4-3, Zim willingly adopted and installed the 3-4 defense favored by
Parcells even though he had no previous game day experience with it.
Parcells grew to admire Zim's pedigree and his approach to coaching.
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- He is well-respected in league
circles, he remains well-liked by
his former players in Dallas, and he would have been a natural
successor to Parcells. He is currently the Cincinnati Bengals'
defensive coordinator after a forgettable stop in Atlanta and he has
incredibly found a way, once again, to get
regular production out
of Roy Williams . . . former Cowboys strong safety.
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- Leslie Frazier won the Super Bowl in
1985 as a member of the Chicago Bear's defensive secondary. He was
the defensive backs coach for both Andy Reid in Philadelphia and
Tony Dungy in Indianapolis. He replaced Mike Tomlin as defensive
coordinator with the Minnesota Vikings when Tomlin left to become
the current Steelers head coach. He has been considered for head
coaching duties over the past few years and regardless of the poor
defensive performances this year by the Vikings he should continue
to draw interest.
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- Frazier has a similar pedigree to
his predecessor, and he is well-respected in league circles. He
should continue to receive increasing attention as a fresh set of
head coaching eyes . . . unless the Vikings
choose to elevate him as a replacement for the embattled Brad Childress.
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- Brian Billick followed Dennis Green
from Stanford to the Minnesota Vikings as his offensive coordinator.
The Vikings offense proved prolific during most of Billick's seven
years with the organization. An offensive unit that at any one time
featured Randall Cunningham, Brad Johnson, and Daunte Culpepper at
quarterback, Robert Smith at running back, Cris Carter, Randy Moss,
and Jake Reed at wide receiver, and a reasonably protective
offensive line helped earn Billick the label of offensive genius.
Billick was viewed during his time with the Vikings in very much
the same bright light as Garrett was back in
2007.
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- Billick was being heavily considered
by Jerry Jones back in 1998 if memory serves as the next Cowboys
head coach but nothing materialized. There was some confusion as to
whether or not then-Vikings head coach Dennis Green was going to
retire and elevate Billick as his hand-picked replacement. Billick
ended up landing as the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens a year or
so later.
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- He would go on to lead the Ravens to their and his
only Super Bowl appearance and victory in 2002, but Billick's genius
label quickly disintegrated with year after year of poor offensive
production. While the top quality defense he leaned on for his
entire Baltimore tour masked even deeper offensive issues, the
unacceptable and familiar number of (defensive) penalties in his final year
ultimately sealed his fate.
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- Billick is privately licking his
chops and hoping Garrett fails so that he can take a Cowboys
offense that is similarly matched to what he had in Minnesota and
attempt to make it back to the big show. Even if Garrett fails,
Billick may be more interested in Dallas than Jerry is in Billick .
. . this time around.
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- Jon Fox was a secondary coach for
the Pittsburgh Steelers and San Diego Chargers before becoming
defensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Raiders and later the New
York Giants with an appearance in Super Bowl XXXV against a
steamrolling Baltimore Ravens team. Fox has been the Carolina Panthers' head coach since 2002 having led them to a Super Bowl appearance in 2003 where his
Panthers suffered a narrow loss to the New England Patriots.
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Panthers are suffering through a miserable 2010 season on par with
the current Cowboys' disaster with the difference being an
incredible number of injuries, lost free agents, and much lower
expectations for Fox's squad. He is still expected to be a good draw
for off-season head coaching vacancies. His run-first mentality, a
willingness to mix in gun slinging,
a solid defensive pedigree, and a disciplined approach are not bad things to
have on the Cowboys' wish list.
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- While Garrett has a one-game lead in
the Cowboys' long-term head coaching horse race, "he who would be
king" could be any thoroughbred on this list . . . or a
surprise dark horse from a secondary stable I will detail in the
next edition of The Tortured Cowboys Fan.
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- Make 'Em Earn It
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The top draft choice in any draft is an intriguing prospect . . . if
you are a fan of a perennial loser.
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- The last time the Dallas Cowboys had
the first pick of the NFL draft, they chose Troy Aikman and he had
a great career which no fan will soon forget. While fans would not
want to find out what life would have been like without Aikman, they
also would have preferred to have a much better team in 1988. Hind
sight is 20-20.
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- The Cowboys, in fact, have made a
pretty good habit out of avoiding the top pick of most NFL drafts
due to the normally good-to-great results of their teams most of
the last decade notwithstanding.
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- If the 2010 Cowboys really do want
Jason Garrett to succeed staving off a near complete franchise
overhaul and if they really do want fans to see proof of their
desire to work hard, work together, and work successfully . . . then
they are obligated to win as many of their remaining games as
possible this season.
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- The Dallas Cowboys are also
obligated to earn back the respect of their worldwide fan base
casual, loyal, and myopic fans alike.
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- The hardest of hard core fans who
love to play dress up for every game played by America's Team have
a tough decision ahead of them: don your costumes and cheer on your
team or keep it casual and force the Cowboys to earn your respect?
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- Fans should only show blind support
for their favorite team when that team appears to be doing
everything in its power to win but keeps coming up short.
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- The 2010 Cowboys need to show fans
the goods 8 full games worth before getting any more good
vibrations for free.
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- Myopic fans: please keep your unconditional love on ice
and your costumes in the closet until the Cowboys have proven worthy of it once more,
and you will be better, happier fans because of it.
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- The alternative is looking like you
cheer for the Chicago Cubs where no matter how poorly they play,
you are always there to pat them on the head.
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- Will the Cowboys grow their newfound
success beyond one game?
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- Do the Cowboys really want Garrett
as their long-term head coach?
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- Can Mike "I Will Not Tackle" Jenkins
stop pretending he is Deion Sanders? Wearing the number "21" on his
jersey is not the same as King
Arthur wielding Excalibur . . . especially with how often Jenkins
has been ventilated on the 2010 battle field.
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- Can Mike "I Will Not Tackle" Jenkins
be benched or even released to show his teammates they can never
ever quit on a play?
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- Will Bryan "I Can Tackle" McCann
receive more playing time while Jenkins "receives treatment for his
neck injury?"
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- Will the Cowboys' secondary be able
to muzzle Calvin "Megatron" Johnson?
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- Will DeMarcus be demonstrative
against Detroit with several sacks?
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- Can the Cowboys' offensive line repeat their
Giant performance against Detroit's Ndamukong Suh and the hungry
Lions?
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- Will Kitna continue catching on,
will Dez do it all against Detroit, will Witten awaken, will Roy
realize more receptions, will Miles make more of a mark, and will
Martellus make the best with the rest?
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- Will Gronkowski continue to guard
against backfield gaffes?
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- Will Garrett finally begin using
Felix Jones more in the "speed kills" slot a la Herschel Walker?
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- When will Tashard Choice get the
opportunity to remind everyone why he is the right choice and the
people's choice?
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- Can Marion Barber just grow up and
conform to Garrett's new dress code without another word about it?
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- Will Cowboys players ever again complain
about too much discipline?
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- Will Jerry Jones stop discussing who
he thinks was in control of football operations when working with
past head coaches and start focusing on full support for his
current head coach in Jason Garrett?
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- Are the Cowboys on the verge of
converting from quitters to quality?
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