Leadership? - Tony decided he couldn't go

by Doomsday on Oct 19, 2008 7:38 PM CDT Comment 13 comments

And so went the rest of the team.

I don't believe Romo alone would have won the game today. Not unless he's allowed to put "Pinkie" in harm's way on Special Teams and Defense. But there is something to be said for the guy that stands in the face of danger with his team looking for someone to rally around.

Well it was Tony that decided he couldn't do it, for better or worse, whether it was a good decision or a bad one, it may have cost him some Leadership Points with a punchless team that sorely needs a leader.

Will The Leader Of This Team Please Stand Up

Tony Romo told the coaching staff after pregame warmups he wasn’t up to playing with a broken right pinkie. He was in uniform, giving fans false hope, but they were stuck with Brad Johnson.

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This is just garbage, sorry Doomsday

This isn’t just about this year. This is about the next 6 years.

Romo and the doctors were the ones to decide if he could play. Do you really think he wouldn’t have played if it wasn’t really, really bad?

Anyone who doubts Romo’s value to this team is just out of touch with reality.

by mhuff13 on Oct 19, 2008 7:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

+1

The finger is broken, how can you question his leadership..

A lot of people in the organization deserved to be questioned, not Romo..

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by Wmillion on Oct 19, 2008 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

well said

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Oct 19, 2008 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Selfishness vs Leadership...

If a player knows he can’t help the team does he demand to play just to satisfy his ego or to be perceived as a leader? Maybe Romo didn’t have good control of the ball in warmups. Should he have played and thrown a couple of picks to prove he was a leader? There are many who think he showed leadership by acknowledging that he couldn’t be effective. Unfortunately the rest of the team decided they weren’t going to play either.

The Red Ball Express will be rolling this year!

by BulletBob on Oct 20, 2008 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Romo shouldn't of even dressed or threw a ball this week at all

nor should jerry Jones been spouting al week how Romo could play this week. It had nothing to do with leadership. The fact was you dont risk further injury to the finger by completely breaking it by playing and end up needing surgery that would keep Romo out even a longer period of time, just ask Drew Bledsoe when he decided to play with his fractured finger and then required surgery to have a plate and pins put in and the reigns of the team was handed over to Sott Zolak, how did that work out for New England, not too well…

by Deke on Oct 19, 2008 8:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Wondering...

…if da King and Son of Bum were trying to pull a Belichick/Shanahan/other lying-a** coach by playing possun on the injury status of our starting QB.

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by silverblue5 on Oct 20, 2008 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If Romo believed he couldn't throw well enough

to be effective, that to me shows tremendous leadership to put the team first instead of being selfish and hurt the team by playing.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Oct 19, 2008 8:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

well thats a stretch

but its nuts to criticize a guy who was supposed to be out for 4 weeks for not playing the next week

by 325424 on Oct 19, 2008 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

A stretch?

In defense of others herebringing up the leadership question, several made the comment that it wasn’t up to Tony, that HE didn’t make that decision. I’m just posting information to the contrary.

But like I said, he wouldn’t have made much of a difference in the train wreck yesterday.

by Doomsday on Oct 20, 2008 12:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I disagree

Tony would have put a lot more points on the board, he wouldn’t have missed wide open receivers on a consistent basis.

The Cowboys might have still lost but the game would have been at least competitive, to say he wouldn’t have made much of a difference is quite silly. Romo is worlds better than Brad.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Oct 20, 2008 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Silly is that assumption

That Tony with 4 good digits can somehow protect the ball better than he did with 5.
Which QB up to week 6 lead the leauge in turnovers?

To assume that Tony wouldn’t have made poor throws or dropped the ball, bobbled a handoff and still put up more points is more Homerism than silly. Stick to your guns but be realistic.

by Doomsday on Oct 20, 2008 1:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

my assumption is based on Romo

being able to play like his normal effective self so no he wouldn’t have made bad throws or turned the ball over more than Brad. Thats extremely realistic.

Looks like we’re going to have to have Brad play a few more times before you begin appreciating Romo or maybe that simply isn’t possible.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Oct 20, 2008 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've never liked Romo but....

That doesn’t mean I shoot the only horse in the stable that runs.

Regardless if I think Romo is mature and stable enough to handle the biggest job in the NFL – I know which QB is the most capable on our current roster.

However, I agree with some that think he had an opportunity to take the team under his Leadership and inspire some to play better football. Heck, his deep ball with a crooked pinky is probably still better than Brad’s right? So gameplan around it. But to tell the team, coach and owner you want to play, then take away much needed snaps from Brad, (even if it was only 2) in practice and not allow coaches to gameplan for one QB, that was a huge mistake. In simple terms….S**t or get off the pot.

by Doomsday on Oct 20, 2008 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs