so this gives Jerry Jones a perfect opportunity to bring in the right people and show Romo how to lead. General Electric does it, Wal-Mart does it, Google does it. Why not the Cowboys?

Time to change up the QB coach..

I was under the impression he was 100% out next season, but if he wants to stay, I’ll be happy. He just needs that giant run stuffer (like Brace). That would help solve the ILB hole. Then Dallas needs to draft a kid who can play that spot to learn under Thomas. This could work out really well.

maybe i’m stupid but did we not have a rash of injuries this year? now maybe the patriots can overcome major injuries to key players but we obviously can’t. does that mean we are a bad team? no. just without depth at key positions. i think we can all assume that kosier is kind of like the qb of the o-line. he helped make sure everyone blocked the right guy. that would explain the big dropoff when he was injured. my point is with all the injuries we had this year why all the negativity? i’m not a homer but we had some pretty significant injuries at key positions this year. and we still finished 9-7. that is damn good when you take into account the injuries. i, for one, think we are in excellent shape for next year. i have every reason to believe that dallas will bounce back, barring more injuries of course.

frenzy at Romo’s expense has gotten freakish over the last few days. You’d think he lost those games all by himself (it must be a comfort to the O line, the defense, the receivers, etc., to watch him take all the heat and suffer from the negative attention).

That said, I would like to see him assume more of a leadership role. I think he has stepped aside to an extent and let others try to do it, but the QB can’t relinquish that power. I also agree that he needs guidance in that regard; someone needs to coach him up, and if Wade Wilson is letting him flounder, then find a new QBs coach.

because it seems like it so envogue to trash Tony Romo recently.

Hell I live in OKC and this guy named Jim Traber has just been in a rant here recently about how he’s just a loser and blah blah.

I’m not saying that it might not be true… but look this is his second full year as a starter.

I give it one more year and lets see how he is then.

I think too many people forget how long it took Peyton Manning to win his first playoff game.

Media spins the blow up between Boldin and Haley as a “Well gee that’s just the way we are, we’re still pals. We still wanna win..” If it was TO, it would be covered as a nuclear missile strike on an unarmed country. I guess winning really does cure all things, although if the Cards weren’t winning you probably wouldn’t have even seen this little sideline spat, beyond the Sportscenter that Sunday night.

kudos to Archer. I don’t think Romo’s reaction after the loss was not a big deal. Of course he felt bad about it. But different people handle big losses/failures in different ways. Some are emotionally devastated and show it, and some are philosophical and put it in perspective, and most probably go through stages of both and other variations. I don’t think it shows at all that he doesn’t care, just that he deals with loss (or at least was dealing with it at the time of the presser—although it’s pretty consistent with other times as well) by trying to put it in perspective, and that is a natural and healthy reaction.

I wish he was more consistent and more mature and more of a leader already, and that his development was only forward each year. But he is still young as a starter, and leadership is something that comes over time. Some people are natural leaders, but even for them there is a process of earning the respect of your teammates through example and production. So I think there’s a certain aspect of not trying to force himself into a leadership role that shows a healthy humility, but at the same time, he is the QB. He’s supposed to be the leader of the offense, and not just on the field.

I know from my own experience in completely different realms that leadership is something that does take time to develop, as you grow more confident with your role.

It sounds like he is more ready to really accept this role now and try to be a/the leader the team needs next year. Of course the proof of the pudding is in the eating, but I have a lot of confidence in Romo’s natural ability and competitive spirit and sincere passion to continually improve himself. I was disappointed overall this year, but I still would not rather have any other QB next year, and can’t wait to see if he can really take it to the next level in leadership as well as other areas of being an elite QB.

Nearly all the bloggers on this site (including me) have been complaining that there isn’t leadership on this team. The general position is that someone needs to emerge to fill that void, whether it is a current player stepping up (Romo often mentioned), a new player brought in (ex. Ray Lewis) or a change in the coaching staff (Wade must go!).

I am starting to think that perhaps Dallas does not have a Leadership void. I now believe that Jerry Jones unfortunately fills the Leadership role. I love the guy, but I think his biggest failing is that he crosses over into the role and operation of the team. I now think that the head coach and the players cannot step up and be Leaders under this structure. The Super Bowl teams of the early and mid 1990’s overcame this structure because they we simply so much better than everyone else. However, the competitive landscape of the NFL has changed and it’s just about impossible to put together a juggernaut today. That means the difference between winning and losing is razor thin and the outcome of a game or season often isn’t decided by the talent level of the team, but by intangible factors like Leadership. Jerry’s leadership of the Cowboys has several faults. Of the top of my head:

*He promotes the individual over the team
*He values exposure and money over team success (side note: the Cowboys are perhaps the only franchise whose success and cash flow does not depend on the on-field success of the team)
*He sends a strong message that players do not need to be accountable for their own actions when he brings in talented but troubled players like Pac Man, TO and Tank
*He undermines the authority of the head coach

So, if Jerry Jones provides the Leadership to this team, then (1) there is no void, (2) no other player or coach can step into a Leadership role and …..yikes……(3) the culture of this team will only change if Jerry changes. That is in a really bad place to be.

He will sell the team after he’s turned into the Jerry Springer NFL team for quadruple what he paid for it. As you can tell from reality television, it never goes away no matter how aweful or soul-less it seems to get. Maybe he picks up another Lombardi along the way to validate the madness but it appears the madness is what Jerry loves. He will never keep quiet or restrain the media because it’s counter-productive to Jerry World.