If you are a Cowboys hater, like me, these are our glory days. Yes, they beat the winless Chiefs on Sunday but few would argue that the on-the-field product is headed in the right direction. As it stands five games into the 2009 season the Cowboys are on the outside of the playoffs looking in and barring injuries it’s hard to imagine a scenario in which they would play better than Atlanta or Philadelphia to take a spot away from one of them.
So this season will mark 13 years since the Cowboys won a playoff game. Calls to dismiss Wade Phillips are growing louder but it’s not his fault. Imagine you manage a team at your place of business and the boss of you makes the final hiring decisions and encourages your employees to come to him their issues and grievances. Don’t you think your credibility would be undermined a bit? You think they would truly have respect for you?
We all know that no coach of the Cowboys will be successful unless Jerry changes his ways. Do we really think they guy who just put down close to $1B of his own money on some new diggs is about to stop micro-managing the product that plays under that roof? That’s why this is so great for us Cowboys haters — this could realistically last until Jerry steps aside. He’s only 62 years old! As Cowboy haters we should continue to stir up the discontent felt by Cowboys fans, but let’s not blame it on the owner. Let’s use reverse-pyschology and Jerry’s ego to keep him fired up and going.
As Cowboys haters we should be eternal optimist with Jerry’s man Tony Romo. Let us step forward and bombard talk radio and message boards about letting TO go was such a bad idea — remember it was Stephen Jones, Jerry’s son, who pushed for TO to go. Stephen may just be smart so let’s convince Jerry otherwise. Wade is a defensive genius alright but don’t you think Jerry should have some more input on blitz packages?
If you look at the successful teams there’s no doubt who’s in charge. You think the Rooneys are jacking around with Tomlin in Pittsburgh? Josh McDaniels rolled into Denver, laid down the law and All-Pro and All-Universe Douchebag Jay Cutler was traded to Chicago. He instilled discipline from day one and was able to win over Brandon Marshall with a tough love approach. In your wildest imagination could you ever dream of a scenario where say Bill Cowher takes the Cowboys job, has an argument with Romo and is able to move him to another team? Hell no!
A coach in charge is not the only key to success — see Kansas City, Cleveland and Tampa Bay — but no franchise has shown an ability to win without it. So Cowboys haters let us extol the virtues of Jerry’s fabulous new stadium, his football acumen, his coaching decisions and player selection. If we keep stroking the ego we can keep these glory days rolling!
