Decline and Fall of Romo
by Montecito Tex on Oct 5, 2009 12:18 PM CDT
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After throwing that incredible shin dig at the Martini Ranch in Phoenix for Super Bowl XXX, Tex never could have imagined that it would be the last meaningful celebration for the next fifteen years. Listen, Tex wants one more Super Bowl before wading off into the Montecito sunset, and it’s clear that this group isn't going to get it done.
Wade Phillips is not a leader of men, nor should he be a head coach in the National Football League. Phillips should have been relieved of his duties right after his team quit in Philadelphia last year. Running out this same group, which lacks intelligence, heart, toughness, and teamwork makes no sense. The beleaguered Phillips has allowed the same players to make the same mistakes for three years now - three of the most disappointing years in franchise history. Wade Phillips will not be the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys next year and should be fired during the bye week.
And, has there been a more disappointing player ever to put on a Cowboys uniform than Tony OhNo!? The Seattle Slip was a clear foreshadowing of his horrific career. Tex said it at the time, Romo's career was done after that play. Hall of fame chokes like Jean Van de Velde, Bill Buckner, Scott Norwood and Donnie Moore never recover - in fact, the latter shot himself. Fortunately for Romo he's got golf, reality skanks, & cocktails with umbrellas... if snatching defeats from the jaws of victory is the worst thing that ever happens to him, then he'll have lived a pretty good life.
On the flip side, the slippery-fingered quarterback has been the worst thing to ever happen to the Dallas Cowboys. His premature coronation has stunted the pursuit of a viable signal caller for five additional years. Not to mention the incredible disappointment and heartbreak that this modern-day version of Jackie Smith has brought to Cowboy fans. Tony Romo will never win a playoff game in Dallas and the franchise needs to move on.
With Phillips and Romo, this team is stuck in the worst possible place - the middle of the pack. There is no hope for playoff success; yet, at the same time, there is no hope to obtain a top quarterback in the draft. As Martin Luther King said, "We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now."
Changes at both quarterback and head coach have to be made… and the time to make them is now.
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Time to feed the troll I guess
Still waiting for the almighty “Tex” to add anything constructive to this blog. I have been here and at BSR and at TBB and still have yet to see it……tick tock Tex, add something constructive already…..
Used to be CowboyinIraq at BSR, but I am not in Iraq anymore, so that didn't really make much sense........
Not sure why he's a troll for stating his opinion.
It happens to be an opinion that increasingly more people are starting to realize is a valid one. It’s also an opinion I’ve shared since at least last season. Look back in the archives and you’ll see me saying something similar: The Cowboys will NEVER win a Super Bowl with Tony Romo.
The faster the Cowboys organization and it’s “true fans” realize that, the better off this team will be. And to be honest, in 10 years when Romo’s career is over and his stats, wins, big losses add up to nothing more than a mediocre quarterback that should’ve been a backup or at best, a journeyman starter, I can’t say I’ll be able to hold back from saying “Told you so.”
by Parl on Oct 5, 2009 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
True Fans?
True fans support the TEAM. Not by badmouthing it’s players, and maybe we have differing opinions of what a “true” fan really is. A true fan sticks by their team and actually offers something constructive instead of all these flippin’ “I TOLD YOU SO’s” So Kitna then? McGee? Who you gonna hitch your wagon to “true fan”? I am no Romo apologist but good lord….really?
Used to be CowboyinIraq at BSR, but I am not in Iraq anymore, so that didn't really make much sense........
The "True Fans" crap is really getting old
and is totally wrong, IMHO. Saying people are not “True Fans” because they are overly optimistic is garbage. Tell me Ms. Price is not a “True Fan”.
And I’m not going to sit here and say the pessimistic crowd are not to fans. Obviously, their hearts bleed for the Boys.
Tex lays in the weeds and waits for something bad to happen before he spews whatever is on his mind. But I’m not going to sit here and say he’s not a true fan. I don’t have that right. In fact, I’ve agreed with him on a few things in the past no matter how dirty it made me feel.
I fall somewhere in the middle. While I’m disgusted by our Boys losing by making the same mistakes time and again, I’ll still be there watching next week. And I won’t say Romo "can’t " win a Super Bowl. Two years ago at this time, how many of us or Giants fans, for that matter, thought Eli could win one. That’s why they’ll let the Boys finish the schedule. So we can see how it turns out.
Tex is dead on
You’re waiting for Tex to add something constructive? Tex’ analysis is dead on and his blog is highly entertaining. Which is far more than I can say about the bloggers who still drink the Romo Kool-aid, pretend like he is still a good NFL qb and in general simply repeat on this blog the same Romo-is-awesome drivel over and over and over…..
Drink up while you still can BarbersQuad! Even you may find the Kool-aid hard to swallow when Dallas is 6-10 and has an 0h-for-December ending to the 2009 season.
by Cowboy.Louie on Oct 5, 2009 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
What a glaring endorsement.
From the guy who still doesn’t believe that Jimmy Johnson was the orchestrater of the Herschel Walker move.
by The Immortal Iron Fist AKA AFB on Oct 5, 2009 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions
And you know what?
They will still be my team, even at 6-10 or 2-14. I never said Romo is the end all be all, but wow some people on here…..just wow. And no I don’t drink the Kool-Aid or whatever you want to call it (BTW that is easily the stupidest sports euphemism ever IMO) but this is the Cowboys no matter who the QB is.
Used to be CowboyinIraq at BSR, but I am not in Iraq anymore, so that didn't really make much sense........
Thanks for not jumping ship....
….like some unnamed blogger (wimp) who forsook the Dallas Cowboys today.
I know I have celebrated
to many Super Bowl wins and suffered through too many 1-15, 3-13 and 5-11 seasons to just quit on these guys now.
Oh yeah
Haha…drink up….real funny
Used to be CowboyinIraq at BSR, but I am not in Iraq anymore, so that didn't really make much sense........
I'll partake!
Jai guru deva, ommm
http://twitter.com/BloggingTheBoys
by Aaron Novinger on Oct 5, 2009 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions
HEY KOOL AID!!!
"Well, we didn't block real good but we made up for it by not tackling."
- John McKay, the first coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
To answer your question Tex about a more disappointing player I would submit
Barbie Carpenter, 1st overall pick in 05, has never cracked the starting lineup, can barely get on the field and is now losing playing time to an older linebacker. The worst parcells pick of his tenure with dallas and has done nothing to change it.
Ignore the Mainstream Media, EMBRACE THE HATE!!!!
How many games has Bobby Carpenter actually loss for the Cowboys?
um…………I’m still thinking………..
Should I ask the same question about Romo?
The more he is on the field the worse we see of him.
Jai guru deva, ommm
http://twitter.com/BloggingTheBoys
by Aaron Novinger on Oct 5, 2009 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions
How many games has Barbie Carpenter won for the Cowboys?
Now aske the same question about Romo…
Now which one is a first round draft pick, and which one was an undrafted free agent?
This response is idiotic on soo many levels.
Beware D-Ware
by WittenRocks on Oct 11, 2009 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions
At least Romo built himself up over the years and earned his starting spot. The guy had to achieve a lot
before parcells was willing to trust him with the qb spot; parcells did not like using unknown talent in the middle of the season unless he was sure it was a better option than what he had (Drew Bledsoe).
Ignore the Mainstream Media, EMBRACE THE HATE!!!!
The Drew Bledsoe bar was not set very high
But in all honesty, I wanted Romo to start from the beginning of that season.
by StillHateTheGiants on Oct 5, 2009 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions
As usual, you so overstate your case that your essential correctness is missed
Tony’s career was over after the Seattle slip? If ONLY the 2009 version of Tony were the same as the 2007 version that lit up the Giants twice and the Packers! The turning point for Tony (if anything) was the broken hand in last year’s Cards game.
Wade would be hired by no other team in the NFL as HC. Still, the costs of a mid-season firing have to be weighed. Garrett wouldn’t want the HC job on an interim basis, and we ain’t going with Campo. Also…Wade probably is a better DC than Campo.
The other thing you vastly underestimate, Tex…this is a team with 9-10 win talent, NOT a team with 11-13 win talent. It’s not like we’re a coach and QB away. If we got Bill Cowher and a Kyle Orton type next year, we’re still a 9-7 team.
+ a million
Phillips should have been relieved of his duties right after his team quit in Philadelphia last year
I was shocked they brought him back and tried to hope it would work out but all we are seeing is a gradual decline of this team until some new leadership is brought in.
We need a new head coach and a real GM or it will be another 10 years without a playoff win.
You are right - that was the mistake that PT Barnum made
"The Most Dangerous Man in the world is the one with nothing to lose"
by SaratogaRacing on Oct 7, 2009 9:12 AM CDT up reply actions
How do you fire Wade?
I wouldn’t mind elevating Garrett during the Bye, but how?
We have no Defensive Coordinator if he leaves.
Seriously, Jerry should be interviewing Shanahan and Holmgren NOW so that neither takes a job with Washington.
Here’s a swing at the pitch:
Shanahan or Jeff Fisher
David Lee or Jim Zorn – OC
Any DC with a 3-4 background (Al Groh? someone from the Steelers?)
DeCamillis
Some new Strength and Conditioning coach
"Well, we didn't block real good but we made up for it by not tackling."
- John McKay, the first coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
That will happen...
once Jerry dies.
"Well, we didn't block real good but we made up for it by not tackling."
- John McKay, the first coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
This is getting morbid.
Is it cuz Halloween is just around the corner?
There's somethin' happenin' here...what it is ain't exactly clear...
http://twitter.com/BloggingTheBoys
by Aaron Novinger on Oct 10, 2009 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions
+1
Bring David Lee in here and see if he can help Romo regain the focus that made him a starting QB in the first place.
He's doing stand up comedy at the Improv - and I hear he is pretty good
"The Most Dangerous Man in the world is the one with nothing to lose"
by SaratogaRacing on Oct 7, 2009 9:13 AM CDT up reply actions
Great idea.
That guy really helped Romo stay on and make the team every year. He’s Miami’s OC, right?
Jai guru deva, ommm
http://twitter.com/BloggingTheBoys
by Aaron Novinger on Oct 5, 2009 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm not sure it was Lee
It might have been the heavy hand of Bill Parcells. I think he intimidated Romo. He was Tony’s alpha male
by StillHateTheGiants on Oct 5, 2009 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Lee was Romo's mentor and bff before Witten.
Jai guru deva, ommm
http://twitter.com/BloggingTheBoys
by Aaron Novinger on Oct 7, 2009 8:26 AM CDT up reply actions
This team needs consistency for the long-term, imo.
Young coaches, please. No guys, like Shanahan or Cowher or Holmgren, trying to resurrect their careers. Besides, they and Jerry will just split ways in 3-4 years anyways, then the team has to start all over again.
Jai guru deva, ommm
http://twitter.com/BloggingTheBoys
by Aaron Novinger on Oct 5, 2009 8:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Jim Zorn as the OC?
No thanks I will pass.
If I had a nickel for every Super Bowl the Eagles have won, I would have zero nickels.
Dave Krieg? lol
Jai guru deva, ommm
http://twitter.com/BloggingTheBoys
by Aaron Novinger on Oct 7, 2009 8:26 AM CDT up reply actions
U can't be serious about Zorn?
The Skins offense is so inept that they hired an offensive consultant (Sherman Lewis) to help out.
No thanks to Zorn.
Celebrity or Imposter?
YOU Decide...
http://www.xanga.com/metaltometal/689036052/celebrity-or-imposter/
One.Cool.Customer thinks that the reports of the demise of the Dallas Cowboys have been greatly exaggerated
OCC concedes that the Cowboys have not played up to the pre-season hype.
OCC remains cool in the face of adversity and never throws his hat in.
OCC retains an almost Terry-esque faith in Romo.
OCC thinks the bye-week can’t come soon enough.
by One.Cool.Customer on Oct 5, 2009 4:27 PM CDT reply actions
+1000
Now I don’t think Romo has played up to the bar he set for himself but to say he is done is rediculous, lets use my most hated player as an example, Elisha Manning, that dude was done but somehow won the SB. Romo can do the same, also the Giants were down and out as well but they came back, who says the Cowboys can’t do the same, not saying they will but I will always beleive that a turn-around is coming and that we can get back to doing business the right way
"We play to win the game" - Herm Edwards
by nicholas.rodriguez on Oct 11, 2009 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions
Does anyone use the phrase...
“leader of men” more?
Maybe Tex isn’t all wrong, but this reads as more of an ode to himself and a consistent patting of the back.
by The Immortal Iron Fist AKA AFB on Oct 5, 2009 4:34 PM CDT reply actions
Told you so!
Jai guru deva, ommm
http://twitter.com/BloggingTheBoys
by Aaron Novinger on Oct 5, 2009 8:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't compare Romo to Jackie Smith
Smith was a Hall-of-Famer with 1 critical drop at the worst possible time. Romo is no Hall of Famer.
yes.
it is time to bring in the great Jon Kitna. And fire wade and promote RED Ball. We will then be dancing all the way to miami.
Our transformation into the Matt Millen Lions
will then be complete. Yay.
Tex
For those of you who would question whether Tex is a troll, trust those of us who have been listening to the same tired comments ad nauseum since before the site merger. I haven’t found anything entertaining since he tried to convince us that Drew Henson was a quality starter. At least the last post didn’t make the disproved by -ooking -at -your television charge that Romo is “pear-shaped.” I say trade Tex to Hog Haven . Throw in some signed cheerleader photos if it is necessary to get the deal done.
How can anyone take a guy that refers to himself in the 3rd person serious?
And now I find out that he may live in my home town? The horror, the horror…
Summarizing the Dallas Cowboys in two words; inconsistently amazing.
If you smelllllll what The Rock is cooking.
He talks in third person and many of people take him serious.
~Texas Massacre '09~
did you just compare The Rock to Tex
Summarizing the Dallas Cowboys in two words; inconsistently amazing.
Although Romo frustrates me...
… I feel that the right type of coaching (be it OC and/or QB coach and/or HC) will help him develop into an even better quarterback than he is now.
My only problem with #9 is disciplining himself to take what the opposing defense gives you.
For example, if the team’s well within Nick Folk’s field goal range, throw the incompletion if no one’s open rather than attempting a high-risk pass and lose out on possible points.
Celebrity or Imposter?
YOU Decide...
http://www.xanga.com/metaltometal/689036052/celebrity-or-imposter/
Rain Man 2
The shtick is still old…
Does firing Phillips during the bye week improve the team’s chance of winning? Who will coordinate the defence when he’s gone? Will throwing head coaching duties onto a third year OC make the offense any better? I think this will definitely show the players that the team is throwing in the towel on the year. Is that something a ‘leader of men’ would do?
So Romo is the most disappointing player to ever wear the silver and blue. Why is that? HE WAS A FREE AGENT ROOKIE! He’s managed to put up huge stats and wins in the first few years as a starter. OR is it that you are enamoured with his talents, but are frustrated that he hasn’t put it all together yet?
You also mention that he alone is responsible for losing games. Can you do me a favour and rhyme them off ? The real test for Tex would be to release Romo the ‘loser’ right now and watch a teams line up to sign him.
Finally, as I’ve said before I think your shtick is better suited over at the DMN blog. OR maybe you could star in Rain Man 2, a story of khaki wearing yuppie savant that has a strange fixation with an NFL QB.
Tex slinks around while scratching his head nervously as he mumbles, "Definitely Romo, ya, ya, Tex thinks it’s definitely Romo."
I think you've got Tex all wrong.....
a story of khaki wearing yuppie savant that has a strange fixation with an NFL QB
He is fixated on Drew Henson…..who was not and will never be a serviceable starter in this league
Used to be CowboyinIraq at BSR, but I am not in Iraq anymore, so that didn't really make much sense........
In a way
that would make lots of sense and explain everything.
by I_miss_Switzer on Oct 8, 2009 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Being a Steelers fan I'm sure my opinion is not warranted here
but I believe the big mistake came when Jones gave Romo that big contract before he had really accomplished anything. There’s no incentive.
BTW I think it’s fun when the Cowboys are good. Every story needs a bad guy and for us the Cowboys are the bad guys. It’s not like we can be afraid of Oakland anymore.
"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."
The Cowboys look to be heading down the same dark path as Oakland...
You might want to look to someone like the Patriots for a modern day “bad guy.”
The 2009 Dallas Cowboys: Talk to me in December.
The NFC East has won 11 Super Bowls; oddly none of those have come courtesy of the Eagles.
I don't think Jerry had much of a choice there.
Romo would have been a free agent at the end of the season, and through 12 games or whatever (the last 8 of the previous year when he took over, and the first 4 or 5 of ‘07) he looked like the real deal. Can’t say there’s not something to your observation, though, about the timing of the contract and its affecting his performance to a degree. To what degree I can’t say.
"We'll see." --Bill Parcells
But
the Cowboys are the good guys; Steelers are the bad guys. Everybody knows that!
There's somethin' happenin' here...what it is ain't exactly clear...
http://twitter.com/BloggingTheBoys
by Aaron Novinger on Oct 10, 2009 9:45 AM CDT up reply actions
I dunno bout the Steelers being the "bad guys"
they don’t seem bad, but until we have 7 SBs and they still have 6, they will continue to be hated by me.. nothing personal
"We play to win the game" - Herm Edwards
by nicholas.rodriguez on Oct 11, 2009 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions
the Ravens actually do a great job
but I like legendary matchups, not bum teams that were hi-jacked and given some gaudy new colors. Be glad you don’t have to play those guys every year. It’s terrible. Then again we only have to play the Eagles every 4 years.
"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."
Makes me kinda feel bad for the Browns' franchise...
…like they were robbed of a Super Bowl by their own Ozzie.
There's somethin' happenin' here...what it is ain't exactly clear...
http://twitter.com/BloggingTheBoys
by Aaron Novinger on Oct 10, 2009 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions
20-34 351 yards 2 TDs, ZERO ints 113.7 rating with all his receivers dropping balls left and right.
For two weeks, Tex, just two weeks…shut up about Tony.
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