2020 Random Cowboys Stuff Thread...

[Chocolate Lab]

You could see in the 2006 game -- didn't realize at first that was Romo's first start -- but Parcells just looked really old and beaten down. Michaels and Madden even talked a lot about how Bill wasn't the old fiery Bill they'd always known, how he seemed subdued and frustrated, almost despondent.

Of course he perked up a lot once Romo took over and they started winning, but the point is, I think Bill was just done. His personality was so high strung and stressed out, it just wore him out and aged him. Don't think it was Jerry or Romo or anyone else.

 

[bbgun]

His personality was so high strung and stressed out, it just wore him out and aged him.

I don't think it's a coincidence that we improved dramatically in 2007 under affable Wade. Tuna's hardass persona had grown stale.

 

[Simpleton]

I don't think it's a coincidence that we improved dramatically in 2007 under affable Wade. Tuna's hardass persona had grown stale.

That was part of it although a full year of Romo and a defensive scheme that wasn't completely preposterous and stuck in 1985 being run by a 4-3 coordinator was part of it too.

 

[GShock]

I don't think Parcells wanted to coach. I understood it just be a money grab for him for his divorce.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I don't think it's a coincidence that we improved dramatically in 2007 under affable Wade. Tuna's hardass persona had grown stale.

True, but I meant more the effect on him than on the team. I remember seeing him interviewed years later and he actually looked younger than he did five years or whatever earlier in 2006. He was just so stressed, probably barely slept, ate poorly, etc.

I don't think Parcells wanted to coach. I understood it just be a money grab for him for his divorce.

I remember hearing a radio host float that idea to Gary Myers a couple of years after Parcells left, and he didn't deny it. Which made me think there was a lot to it.

 

[DontCryWolfe]

You could see in the 2006 game -- didn't realize at first that was Romo's first start -- but Parcells just looked really old and beaten down. Michaels and Madden even talked a lot about how Bill wasn't the old fiery Bill they'd always known, how he seemed subdued and frustrated, almost despondent.

Of course he perked up a lot once Romo took over and they started winning, but the point is, I think Bill was just done. His personality was so high strung and stressed out, it just wore him out and aged him. Don't think it was Jerry or Romo or anyone else.

I read the most recent book on him that came out a few years ago, and him being wore out, and his personality wearing himself out was a big part of it, I would bet.

For some of us, Parcells was the first bit of sunlight that we had seen for this franchise. That 10-6 year, I still remember like it was yesterday. Starting off 5-2 I believe it was, that was the coolest crap I had seen yet as a Cowboys fan.

Funny how much things change, they also stay the exact same.

 

[P_T]

You could see in the 2006 game -- didn't realize at first that was Romo's first start -- but Parcells just looked really old and beaten down. Michaels and Madden even talked a lot about how Bill wasn't the old fiery Bill they'd always known, how he seemed subdued and frustrated, almost despondent.

Of course he perked up a lot once Romo took over and they started winning, but the point is, I think Bill was just done. His personality was so high strung and stressed out, it just wore him out and aged him. Don't think it was Jerry or Romo or anyone else.

I'll say... I was at the game in Charlotte (Romo's first win), when Bill kissed Tony after the game.

 

[data]

I'll say... I was at the game in Charlotte (Romo's first win), when Bill kissed Tony after the game.

~sigh~

What could’ve, what should’ve been.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I'll say... I was at the game in Charlotte (Romo's first win), when Bill kissed Tony after the game.

He even kissed Keith Davis! Michaels got a huge kick out of that.

Speaking of, Al was so much better then. He's pretty much mailed it in the last couple of years. I'm sure those huge checks are hard to turn down.

 

[Cotton]

He even kissed Keith Davis! Michaels got a huge kick out of that.

Speaking of, Al was so much better then. He's pretty much mailed it in the last couple of years. I'm sure those huge checks are hard to turn down.

Madden carried Michaels.

 

[mcnuttz]

I'll say... I was at the game in Charlotte (Romo's first win), when Bill kissed Tony after the game.

My brother was at that game, too...I think he was sitting at the very last row.

 

[Cotton]

 

[Cotton]

 

[bbgun]

 

[Cotton]

 

[bbgun]

funny how his "pain" magically went away @ home

 

[Genghis Khan]

 

[Genghis Khan]

Funny how he just magically had problems on the road when he got to Dallas.

 

[bbgun]

Right. Garrett and Moore instructed him not to get open on the road. Makes sense.

 

[Simpleton]

The contract they signed him to is basically 2 years/34 million, if they want to get out of it after two years he'll just count 6 million against the cap, while saving 16 million, so is it really that big a deal?

He's a bit inconsistent, and I suspect a bit soft when it comes to playing in inclement weather, but he's still a top 10 WR who has come through in some big moments.

People have recency bias and just want to remember the last thing they saw, which was the abortion of a game in Philly, which was just an encapsulation of the abortion of a season as a whole. The team was a complete mess so it's hard for me to single out Cooper, we'll see what happens the next year or two under a real staff.