Now , I will give full disclosure..... I am a Cowboy fan from the bottom of my soul. I grew up less than a mile from the real Dallas Cowboys practice field... No it is not Valley Ranch band wagoners!! It was at the corner of Forest and Abrams just off of LBJ and it was incredible. There as a kid I watched seffless men give thier heart to a team and a city,,, the thought of them ( any player on the roster ) playing somewhere else was unheard of... And all of the players were human and had feelings for the fans as we did for them. After practice the players would come out in shorts and half shirts,, climb into thier beat up 1975 Chevy Blazers and go home to shower. But when they saw us fresh from Junior High football practice,,, they all stopped and gave us the time to become fans. From Roger Stabauch to Ed Jones....they loved us and they loved this city.... And they were winners,,,even when they lost!!!!!
Now that my sentimental journey is over , I will get to the point. I realize that the game has changed and we are no longer in 1979,, but the Cowboys (players) don't have the same feelings for the legacy of their team that we do. To watch that game end yesterday with a trick play out of desperation sealed it for me.. I think it is gone. The magic of Clint Longley and the Ghost of the man in the Fedora are no longer with the Cowboys. Our team to a man would leave tomorrow if the money was right and they could get way with it!! The only ones that would stay can't play anywhere else ( AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE) no matter what the talent level is , they lack one ingredient,,,,,passion for our city. When we can get it into our heads that we are no ones rival anymore we can start to heal this franchise... when the Redskins came to town in the 1970's it was a fist fight for 60 minutes,... now it's just a game and as our prize QB according to a hammered owner says it's no big deal!!! You would never hear Danny White say that if a loss was the worst thing that ever happened to him he had a pretty good life!!! There is no discipline on this team , there is no leader of this team, there is just confusion as to how to spin the next loss. It is a sad day for our city!!!!!!
I agree 100% with every word of it Tim! You hit the nail square on the head and I know the entire city of natives are feeing the same way. It makes me stagger now to see a team with this level of talent go soft and throw it away.. at any point in a football game. If there was just something a fan could say to get his or her point across to their team, I feel it would go unheard and fall on deaf ears with our team. I mean, they have to feel our disappointment. Right?! Discipline is the key. You can only have that when you are working as a whole team. It's like the guys on the field and the guys on the sidelines are disconnected. And if they are connected, well then we're going to be the viewers of a sorry year for this Cowboy team.
ReplyDeleteWe just need to see the Cowboys, like Tim says, fight for 60 minutes.
For us.
Amen, Tim - amen! I remember those days when they practiced right across from the Tom Thumb. They would go to the deli there and eat lunch every day. They were part of the community. I even babysat for more than a few players and coaches. They cared for Dallas like no one has seen since.
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