tr1 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/football/cowboys/stories/032709dnspoarcher.7317d625.html 02:23 PM CDT on Thursday, March 26, 2009 Late last season, Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said continuity would be a key to his team's success. Almost four months into the off-season, however, change is the operative word. Roy Williams is gone. Terrell Owens is in Buffalo. Defensive coordinator Brian Stewart is out. So to is special teams coach Bruce Read. Adam Jones is now earning money from Pros vs. Joes. Tank Johnson doesn't have a home. Anthony Henry was traded to Detroit. Chris Canty and Kevin Burnett have new homes in New York and San Diego, replaced by Igor Olshansky and Keith Brooking, which closed the door on Zach Thomas' return. Gerald Sensabaugh will replace Williams. But those "changes" are a given for every team because of how rosters turn over and coaches come and go regardless of the reason. "Obviously, there's been change already and some of it's modification. It's an adjustment," Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said Wednesday at the NFL owners' meetings in Dana Point, Calif. "That is change. Those things are change, too. Everybody is going to say, 'Hey you ought to be a tyrant instead of the person you are.' I have a lot of pride in how I work with players and how they respond to how I coach. There's going to be certainly some things that we'll do different, but I'm not going to go into everything we're going to do different. I think it'll be noticed as we go along." It appears one thing Phillips won't change is the approach to training camp. While he has been criticized in a lot of circles for running what is perceived to be a soft camp, the Cowboys have won seven of their eight games in September under Phillips. If camp was so "soft," surely it would be reflected in how the team plays early in the season, no? Phillips does not put his team in full pads often, but a lot of teams go that way now with smaller roster sizes and the practice time teams get in the off-season. "We've come out 3-0 and 5-0 out of training camp, so some of those things we don't want to change," Phillips said. "You analyze what you need to change, but you don't want to change everything just to change." But what has to change is the approach as the season goes on. Phillips proudly talks about the 22 wins the Cowboys have put up the last two years, pointing out it is almost equal to the 24 the team had in Bill Parcells' last three seasons. Well, there's also this statistic: Since the scintillating 12-1 start to Phillips' time in Dallas, the Cowboys are just 10-10 in their last 20 games, including the playoff loss to the Giants. That's the stat that matters most. The Cowboys' problem is not starting. It's finishing. And if they can't finish in 2009, then there will be even more change in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tr1 Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 Seriously, why do I spend so much time posting stuff about a team that is irrelevant? Can someone help me out here? I think I need to pick on the Eagles more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFromYellowstone Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 How's that stadium naming rights situation going for the 'Boys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tr1 Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 How's that stadium naming rights situation going for the 'Boys? Not well. http://www.extremeskins.com/showthread.php?t=283651 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIXX99 Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Seriously, why do I spend so much time posting stuff about a team that is irrelevant?Can someone help me out here? I think I need to pick on the Eagles more. No I enjoy reading of the pukes dysfuncion.:dallasuck:eaglesuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Jones Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Seriously, why do I spend so much time posting stuff about a team that is irrelevant?Can someone help me out here? I think I need to pick on the Eagles more. I think one day you will need therapy. I wonder if that is covered under your health care plan or if ES has some clause in their rules that provides mental health assistance to it's members? Considering the mental abuse you have to go through to post relevant articles on the enemy I would think you would be covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spec138 Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 How's that stadium naming rights situation going for the 'Boys? I don't get the huge deal about this, they'll get naming rights eventually. Until then Jerry will just have to try to make it by on his $1.5 billion net worth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tr1 Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 ... on his $1.5 billion net worth Link, please. I doubt he's nearly worth that much now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spec138 Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 http://www.forbes.com/2008/01/17/football-allen-billionaires-biz-sports-cz_kk_0117football.html Jerry Jones is another true "football billionaire." Fiercely competitive, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys made his first fortune in natural gas in the 1970s after leading the Arkansas Razorbacks to victory in the Cotton Bowl in 1964. He bought the then-junky Cowboys for $158 million in 1989. Jones mentored the team, led by quarterback Troy Aikman and running back Emmitt Smith, to three Super Bowl championships in the 1990s, often standing on the sidelines over the shoulder of his head coaches. Today the team is worth $1.5 billion before debt, and nearly all of Jones' $1.5 billion net worth is derived from the Cowboys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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