MarkPSkins Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 Well sort of anyway. Sorry if this was posted somewhere down below, but I'm just getting used to the new board.<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sports_day/highschools/cowlishaw/18cowlishaw.13fbe.html" target="_blank">Tom Colishaw from the DMN.</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinking Skins Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 Can you post the article because Dallas Mornign News wont let me read the bews without an account, and I'm to lazy for all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey The Damn Redskin Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 Here's the article. There's been a lot of press here in Dallas ever since we signed Spurrier.<br /><br /> We laughed when Jerry Jones burst on the scene and<br /> announced that the second coach of the Dallas Cowboys<br /> would be worth "more than five Heisman Trophy winners<br /> and five No. 1 draft picks." <br /><br /> Five years and two Super Bowls later, we had revised<br /> Jones' suggestion of Jimmy Johnson's worth from<br /> ludicrous overstatement to mild exaggeration. And those who had<br /> scoffed at Jones toasted the Cowboys owner for his prescience. <br /><br /> In recent years, Cowboys fans have had few light moments, save for<br /> those laughs supplied by Redskins owner Daniel Snyder. Little Danny,<br /> the thinking goes, is the only thing that guarantees today's Cowboys two<br /> wins a season. <br /><br /> I'm afraid it's time for the laughter to stop. Snyder just moved out of the<br /> NFC East basement in the rankings of owner intelligence. <br /><br /> The hiring of Steve Spurrier illustrates the fundamental difference<br /> between Snyder and Jones. <br /><br /> Having initially overestimated his football IQ, Snyder is determined to<br /> learn what he doesn't know. Jones, believing he originally erred by<br /> vesting too much power in a head coach, is determined to show us that<br /> what he doesn't know can't hurt him. <br /><br /> Which approach sounds more sensible to you? <br /><br /> You can look at Spurrier's hiring in a number of lights. Did Marty<br /> Schottenheimer deserve to be fired after going 8-3 the last 11 games?<br /> Probably not. But if you can upgrade the position of head coach, should<br /> you do it? <br /><br /> Absolutely. <br /><br /> And Spurrier will. If nothing else, his game plans will cause more<br /> sleepless nights around the NFC East than the schemes employed by<br /> Schottenheimer's hire, Jimmy Raye. <br /><br /> Turning locally, does Dave Campo deserve another season of on-the-job<br /> training after being confined to salary cap jail and untested quarterbacks<br /> in 2001? Sure. It's the fair and decent thing to do. <br /><br /> But should Jones have done everything in his power to hire Spurrier? <br /><br /> If you answer no, then it's only because you believe Spurrier will fail at<br /> this level. <br /><br /> Jones will never hire another head coach with such a commanding<br /> presence. But Snyder wants to acquire the best of everything and is<br /> willing to pay whatever it costs. <br /><br /> He began by indulging in fantasy football but realized that multi-millionaire<br /> veterans at every position created something less than a hungry team. So<br /> he went another direction and hired Schottenheimer to run the show.<br /> Snyder didn't perceive the Redskins as being on the right track, so he<br /> reversed field again. <br /><br /> No NFL coach has ever received the kind of golden parachute Snyder<br /> strapped on Schottenheimer ($7.5 million), and Spurrier just broke the<br /> NFL bank to the tune of $25 million for five years. <br /><br /> Fiscally, these are not responsible moves. But if they make the Redskins<br /> better, that's what Snyder wants. <br /><br /> And if Jones is paying his head coach more than $4 million less per<br /> season than Snyder is paying his, should Cowboys fans be comfortable<br /> with that? Is Jones passing the savings on to them? <br /><br /> While the Redskins owner still has his own power trip and maintains the<br /> authority to break ties when Spurrier and the yet-to-be-hired GM bump<br /> heads, it's nothing compared to the stick Jones wields at Valley Ranch.<br /> Snyder is increasingly surrounding himself by powerful men with serious<br /> egos. <br /><br /> Jones, ever since ridding himself of Jimmy Johnson, has hired three head<br /> coaches that either were completely off the NFL's radar screen (Barry<br /> Switzer) or had never interviewed for a head coaching position (Chan<br /> Gailey and Campo). <br /><br /> You should also understand that Snyder's image of a bumbling fool is<br /> largely a product of those semiannual losses to the Cowboys. Since he<br /> became owner, the Redskins have never finished below .500 and are<br /> 26-16 against everyone but Dallas. <br /><br /> That inexplicable losing streak to the Cowboys has kept Snyder from<br /> respectability. Spurrier has the offensive imagination to change all that,<br /> even if he tries to sell the media and the NFL on an aw-shucks image. <br /><br /> In his press conference, Spurrier said: "We can run the ball all day. Or<br /> we can scatter out and pitch it," giving it his best Jethro Bodine. <br /><br /> The reality is that Spurrier's ego will take a few body blows in dealing<br /> with NFL fat-cat players, but that won't keep him from creating a better<br /> product in Washington. <br /><br /> An overpaid glorified offensive coordinator? Yes, that's what he is. <br /><br /> And when everyone else had Spurrier pegged for Carolina or Tampa<br /> Bay or any place where he could feed his golf fix, Snyder's the man who<br /> had the means and the persistence to go out and get him. <br /><br /> Cowboys fans should laugh at Little Danny at their own risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Om Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 Is it September yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF4L Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 Thanks, redskin4ever11. I had the same sentiments as blakman211 (hey, what's up with the 11's?, some kinda cult thing?).<br /><br />Anyway, that was a good read. I liked it almost as much as that very complimentary article from ESPN flip-side or whatever they call it, that gave the why's and wherefore's as to why Dan Snyder (and the rest of us Redskin people, for that matter) feel the way we do about the team. <img border="0" title="" alt="[big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" /> :<br /><br />No $hit, Om, I'm ready to rumble, too. <img border="0" title="" alt="[smile]" src="smile.gif" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey The Damn Redskin Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 RedskinFan4Life,<br /><br />11 was my uniform number in college, baseball & football. That 'handle' is my AIM one, and changed over during the upgrade process on the board. I prefer the "Damn Redskin" handle as it is what I get called most of the time living here in Dallas. I hear it with pride!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brave Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 Cool sig, Om.<br /><br />Well, what happened to it?<br /> <br /> [ January 18, 2002: Message edited by: Brave ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF4L Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 Hey Joey,<br /><br />Thanks for explaining that.<br /><br />I used to live TX too, Beaumont for awhile, then Austin (Round Rock), so I know all about being a Redskin in Cowboys country. <img border="0" title="" alt="[smile]" src="smile.gif" /> <br /><br />Hey, by the way, what position did you play in baseball? Lately, I've been punishing myself in an over 40 baseball league during spring and summer. Gotta keep fighting that big clock, ya know. <img border="0" title="" alt="[smile]" src="smile.gif" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 We sweep or split with the Cowpokes and we are payoff bound in 2k2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomahawk Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 Thanks for the Article, can't wait for next season to kick some Dallas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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