Blame Game

Ehsan Azad

The Blame Game: Blue Star Edition

                The Cowboys lost again and now enter the game vs. Philly at a very disappointing 3-5. Sound the alarm; it’s time to play the BLAME GAME!

Another season seems wasted for Owner Jerry Jones as he looks at his mediocre team. The Dallas Cowboys take losing to another level. Other teams like the Browns or the Bobcats, they just lose in an acceptable manner and don’t rouse up the fan base. In Dallas, they like to play with their fan’s emotions. They simply love to loose in the most dramatic way possible. I’m sure the fans are sick of it by now because I know I am. But what to do? Who is blame for the problems on this team and what is needed to get America’s Joke back to the top of the mountain?

First to blame on most fan’s list since 2006, is none other than the Starting Quarterback Tony Romo. He is the lighting rod of opinion on if he is truly the next great passer in Dallas.  But especially with his turnover machine on full blast this season, more and more fans demand that we go in a different direction with Romo. I honestly think Romo is the least of the worries we have here. Sure, he is having his worst season as a starter. But, he still has much more value to you in the long run, then any free agent or draft pick that is not named Peyton Manning or Tom Brady. Romo is here to stay, and will give the Cowboys a fighting chance to open that championship window.

After the quarterback, the head coach gets a lot of heat for what has transpired here in the last two years. When he took over for Wade Phillips mid season in 2010, many thought his inspirational methods and his dedication to detail would make him the perfect head coach. He would be the one to rebuild the team slowly and make it a contender. But, now he is 16-16 and coaching a mediocre team at best. He doesn't seem to get his players to be disciplined and his own time management issues have helped him lose some crucial games last year. But, a lot of flak he is getting is for his play calling. I happen to agree with the fans on this one. Garrett is not a great play caller, especially when he is doing it on top of being head coach. He is no Sean Payton, who can call plays and be a walk around head coach. Garrett needs to give up his play call sheet and hand it to Callahan and focus on the overall team. Not only does it affect his time management of the game, but recently he has become so basic in his play calling that it has made this offense very predictable. Garrett needs to give this up, before Jerry Gives him up for Sean Payton.

Lastly, the fans pick to blame the all-powerful Jerry Jones. The Owner, President, and General Manager of the Dallas Cowboys is still vilified by fans who were disgusted by his firing of Tom Landry.  Now, they focus on his terrible record as GM of the team. Fans demand a new Gm that is a football mind and want Jerry to focus on the money aspect. This was the relationship that he had with Jimmy Johnson and helped spark them to 3 Super Bowl. Now, the Cowboys have only won one playoff game in the last 16 years. But, I can’t really agree with fans here. Sure, the team is somewhat flawed with Jerry calling the shots, but it’s his team and he won’t relinquish control until he dies.  So the fans really should focus on other things than GM Jerry. Plus, he hasn’t done bad recently in drafts. Morris Claiborne, Dez Bryant, Sean Lee, Bruce Carter are some of the recent picks that showed some sort of success on the team. Also, for you guys that love Bill Parcells so much, did you know that Parcells wanted to take Marcus Spears over Demarcus Ware in the 2005 draft? Jerry overrode that decision and selected Ware first and still picked up Spears later.  Not too bad for a pick.

Look the Team has its faults, but you got to ride out the season. There should be a lot of changed with this team, but if they fix the tiny problems and once again become dedicated to playing smart football, they have the talent to take them to the Super Bowl. Guaranteed. But that is a BIG IF.