AUDIO: Big Nate talks Cowboys with Smoaky
Originally Posted by dcfanatic from a sports forum:
Here's Nate Newton talking Cowboys with David Smoak about Ray Lewis and The Gag order out at Valley Ranch...
Big Nate talks with Smoaky
Nate makes an excellent point about Ray Lewis trying to come in here as a leader. These players haven't learned how to step up in big games for themselves, their head coach and their fans.
So why would we expect Ray to make a huge difference if he came to Dallas? I know Ray is a great leader, but this team and these players who have been flopping around for three years now have to learn how to win on their own.
And if they can't do so then maybe it's time to break down the roster and start over.
Nate also makes a very valid point about Wade being hushed up not really being that big of a deal in the big picture either because it's not like he was the voice of the team as it was.
Now I do hate the idea that the supposed head coach is muted publicly with a gag order because it just looks silly, but in the long run it probably won't mean much as far as the way the players look at Wade anyway. They know he's a dead man walking and they should know by now that there is no real head coach of this team.
As for Wade finally getting tough on these players and demanding great effort from them everyday in practice. I just don't see Wade Phillips not being Wade Phillips.
If he's going to do a 180 on these players then he's going to be looking at a whole lot of guys talking about him not being 'true to who he is really is' based on the philosophy he just instilled throughout this team over the last two seasons. And you can't blame them for thinking that way. You asked them to buy into it and when they did in wound up being a disaster in 2008.
Maybe in the end these players find a way to come together as a group and be their own 'head coach' in charge of leading this team to the next level when the 2009 seasons rolls around.
Here's Nate Newton talking Cowboys with David Smoak about Ray Lewis and The Gag order out at Valley Ranch...
Big Nate talks with Smoaky
Nate makes an excellent point about Ray Lewis trying to come in here as a leader. These players haven't learned how to step up in big games for themselves, their head coach and their fans.
So why would we expect Ray to make a huge difference if he came to Dallas? I know Ray is a great leader, but this team and these players who have been flopping around for three years now have to learn how to win on their own.
And if they can't do so then maybe it's time to break down the roster and start over.
Nate also makes a very valid point about Wade being hushed up not really being that big of a deal in the big picture either because it's not like he was the voice of the team as it was.
Now I do hate the idea that the supposed head coach is muted publicly with a gag order because it just looks silly, but in the long run it probably won't mean much as far as the way the players look at Wade anyway. They know he's a dead man walking and they should know by now that there is no real head coach of this team.
As for Wade finally getting tough on these players and demanding great effort from them everyday in practice. I just don't see Wade Phillips not being Wade Phillips.
If he's going to do a 180 on these players then he's going to be looking at a whole lot of guys talking about him not being 'true to who he is really is' based on the philosophy he just instilled throughout this team over the last two seasons. And you can't blame them for thinking that way. You asked them to buy into it and when they did in wound up being a disaster in 2008.
Maybe in the end these players find a way to come together as a group and be their own 'head coach' in charge of leading this team to the next level when the 2009 seasons rolls around.
posted by The Gryphon at 8:08 PM
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