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Posted by Jim @ 11:58 AM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

Tim...I saw the interview with Bradie when he said that. Is calvin the one Bradie was looking at like he wanted to kick his....butt. I would like to have seen that...calvins articles arent that good anyway.

Posted by Nic @ 12:00 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

The media, as a whole, are no more than a bunch of sensationalist fat cats. And I am a mass comm major. It is truly a sad state of affairs in the DFW area.

Posted by scott @ 12:08 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

I agree, the media and Dallas fans in general make me ashamed to be a fan. I truly disgusts me. If these people treated their children who are involved in sports, the same way they treat their home team, I can see why people are so screwed up. Thumbs down to the fair weather fans and hometown media!!

Posted by David @ 12:11 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

I dont know about all the negative stories having an effect on the team all I do remember is that Romo reminds me of another Cowboy QB (Danny White aka The Choker).

Posted by Gee Money @ 12:11 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

Aside from Romo proving nothing yet, Wade Phillips is a problem. In his press conference he's still talking about Dallas being a better team. They need a kick in the tail, not a hug. They shot of their mouths, Romo went on vacation because he didn't respect Manning or the Giants. Crayton is a blow hard, TO is a fake, and Roy Williams can cover a practice dummy. Having said that I think the foundation is there for a competitive team. You made one mistake, this was the year to kick Philly while we were down (and you could only do that once). You're in trouble from here out.

2 mistakes, you didn't take advantage of a year when TO was low keyed. He'll be a horse's butt next year.

Never disrespect a division rival. I just saw a posting crowing about "we are still the NFC Champs"...whoppie.

Posted by JessicaKilledTheBoys2007 @ 12:11 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

Yes. Let it be written that Jessica, Tim and his media breatheren, with an on the field assist from my boy PC, did the boys in in '07. That's it in a NUTshell.

Posted by tex @ 12:14 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

The media is sensationalist, is frequently wrong, and is abrasive and confrontational.

However, this humiliating defeat has nothing to do with the media. It has to do with the terrible coaching and preparation of Mr. Cupcake and almost out of here Mr. Sparano and Garrett.

They coddled this fat-headed team who thought they won everything one they secured the #1 seed in the NFC.

To win you need a coach/manager like our good friend with the San Antonio Spurs Mr. Popovich, who knows when to be good cop (regular season) and then turn into the master motivator and game planner in the playoffs.

When your coach is a excusing making idiot, of course your players are going to follow his lead and spout off nonsense like Brady James. BTW Brady James and Crayton, STFU you silly poseurs.

Posted by Katie @ 12:17 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

You can't blame the media. It's their job to write this stuff - we the people read it and buy it. But when you are a professional you have to have thick skin and not allow a couple unfavorable stories affect your game.
The whole Jessica thing is Tony's fault. He chose to date her knowing the attention that would come with it. If he can't deal with it then date someone who isn't tipping the media off to her every move.

Posted by gpaq @ 12:26 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

i understand you point tim. it's ultimately the players & coaches. it's the media's duty to report stories but it crossed that line several times. maybe half of the attention was not football related! it distracts from what the real issues of this collapse. bottom line: report but don't sensationalize!

Posted by joel @ 12:26 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

Whether he's right or wrong about the media attention affecting play on the field, the point remains that our own guys in the media jumped all over that beach trip. On this blog, there was nothing but references to it. If you know it's irrelevant, then why report on it.

Sensationalism

Sellouts...

Posted by Quickbeam @ 12:40 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

The blame for this loss is squarely on the shoulders of the team and coaches.

Having said that, I'll agree that Dallas sports media sucks. All of Dallas media sucks. You couldn't open the paper, go to a blog or watch a newscast without seeing lead stories about Simpsomo. Especially on Fox and UPN 21...there was a story at the top of every half hour and then the anchors and sportscasters would discuss the frenzy ad nauseam. They actually had the nerve to scoff at the fans for going so ballistic when they are the very ones who've felt compelled to report this BS.

And you know where it all started? Fox TV and Troy Aikman. It was Fox TV's constant shots of Jessica and Aikman's unprofessional and constant "It's hard to play in front of your girlfriend" comments that got this crap started. And the media continues to blow it out of proportion.

The Dallas media is no better than TMZ.

Posted by KG @ 12:44 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

I love the Cowboys to a fault. But if they're fragile enough to let the media alter their level of play then I'm at a loss for words. Between Wade crying about 13-4 and being the better team in a loss as well as this nonsense about the media influence we are really looking soft.

Posted by blueblood @ 12:53 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

Oh please. Number one, scrutiny comes part and parcel with being a pro athlete. The 'Boys have it better in Dallas than a lot of other teams I can think of, the Giants included.

Number two, Romo loves the spotlight. He feeds it with the way he talks about girls he's been linked to. He's feeding it by taking up with Jessica "Date Me So I Can Get Another Magazine Cover & Tell Everyone" Simpson. Don't tell me he didn't know what he was getting into. If it really affects his team maybe that's something he needs to think about.

I'm really not liking how this team keeps trying to come up with excuses. You got beat because the other team played better when it counted. Admit it, move on, and make sure it doesn't happen again.

Posted by E @ 1:01 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

I enjoy reading the articles and blogs on the cowboys but save the Jessica bullsh$t for UsWeekly. As cheesy as it sounds let the poor guy have a relationship, and quit using Jessica as a scapegoat for poor team play.

Posted by HeWhoKnows @ 1:12 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

24 Hour News/Sports cycles,
America's Team, craving for the
next BIG story, tabloid journalism.

Media in America = MAGGOTS

I have never seen so many "analysts" and "experts."

Posted by TonyZ @ 1:15 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

Negative media only impacts results if the players read it. I suspect the same mentality that trash talks wants to know what the media thinks. There are examples of successfull teams that do neither. The 'Boys will win the SB when they no longer have the need to do either.

Posted by Brandon B @ 1:16 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

Tim, your post is the exact type of thing Bradie was talking about. Where did he blame the loss on "the media?" From what I see there, he just made a comment about the local media. Sorry, you are getting your panties in a wad, but he called a spade a spade. As for the loss, you posted this YOURSELF:

"We could have done a better job, really. It doesn't really matter what was said before the game. It's about the game and getting out there and performing."

Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe Bradie was saying the team lost regardless of what the Dallas media said before the game.

It is painfully ironic (and funny) that Tim ridicules Bradie for not being able to handle criticism yet Tim takes offense to Bradie's criticism of the media. Nice. Bradie can now rest his case.

Posted by TonyZ @ 1:18 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

Negative media only impacts results if the players have read it. The same mentality that trash talks apparently needs to read about themselves as well. There are examples of teams that do neither. The 'Boys will win a SB when they learn not to do either.

Posted by HeWhoKnows @ 1:22 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

The Cowboys organization should "shut-down" the local/national media by providing only bland, mundane answers to all of their questions. The players and coached should give short, terse responses to anything asked of them; make these media MAGGOTS really scratch for any team news. Bill Parcells' media control revisited...

I guess if I were a million dollar athlete, I would have so much fun giving them answers like "both teams played hard" and "I find that question inappropriate and to answer it would seem against the best interest of this ball club."

Media = Attention Whores (without the athletic ability of ball players)

Posted by roy @ 1:34 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

Brady is right,all the media made this out more than it was,thanks media for screwing the Cowboys,all you people are doing is trying to sale a story,what a bunch of fat morons sitting on your butt all day,never played a game of football,most can`t spell football and now you guys are going on about the T.O. LEAVE THE TEAM ALONE,go eat your burger-king and get fatter and leave the Cowboys alone

Posted by Len @ 2:41 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

There's 4 reasons the Cowboys lost the game, and the media or Jessica Simpson isn't one of them, but Garrett is.

Two are obvious and have been discussed much: Crayton's crow-eating poetic justice drops and the presence of the most targeted corner in the league, Jacques Reeves.

Beyond that though there were two deeper problems. One is whatever happened to Romo's mojo. The only media personality I saw acknowledge this during the week leading up to the game was Michael Irvin. Romo was jumpy and defensive and noticeably short on smiles in the Wednesday media session before the game. That dark mood was there on Sunday. When he came out for the 2-minute drill at the end of the game and he was frowning, not smiling, I knew the Cowboys were going to lose. What happened to Romo's mojo? Somebody needs to do some digging.

The other thing was the bad game plan hatched by two soon-to-be head coaches in Garrett and Sparano. The mega-drive in the 2nd quarter killed the Cowboys' OL more than it did the Giants' DL. That big offensive line had a week off, and in the case of some of them, two weeks off. The ball control offense trotted out Sunday would've been a challenge for this strike quick offense to adapt to at any point in the season, much less after not having played for a while. So when it came down to the end of the game, they were too gassed to block the Giants' front four.

Further, it was unnecessary. The Cowboys had learned twice before this year that a shoot out favored them. Why abandon that, especially with their secondary gimpy? Because TO was gimpy too? Apparently he was good enough to play at a high level. It's proven close games favor a team like the Giants, with their good running game, good pass rush, and bus driver quarterback. The coaching staff for the Cowboys played right into their hands.

Posted by John L. @ 5:04 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

The New York and "national" media was absolutely brutal, harsh and unforgiving of Eli Manning all season and he's now on his way to the NFC Championship Game. So please spare me the "blame the media" mantra. The Cowboys lost this because they were not as prepared for the game as the Giants.

Posted by Rob @ 7:09 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

This team just doesn't get it!!! The media didn't strap up against the Giants, they did. Until they get that, they will always be winning and making up excuses. Damn i must be getting old. I have no hopes for next year or any other year until their attitudes change.

Posted by larry giusti @ 7:27 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

Tex, very good post! The only thing more amusing than Cowsheep blaming the media for this loss, is BRADY JAMES blaming the media!!! The media weren't getting run over by Brandon Jacobs, Brady James was. This is why I think Jerry should fire Wade: He wants to be the players "buddy". He has made excuses for them all year long, so all of the players whine and make excuses for themselves also. Not one of them has stood up and said, "put this on me. I didn't play well". NO ONE!!! Not Romo, not T.O., no Offensive lineman, not Jacques Reeves, not Roy Williams, and CERTAINLY not Brady James or Patrick "BIG MOUTH" Crayton!!! They're all a bunch of immature trash talkers, and they don't have a coach who can instill discipline in them. This is why Wade needs to go. 0-4 in playoff games is a pattern, not an anomaly. Wade said in his exit press conference that he won't change how he does things next year, so why should we expect him to be 1-4 next year? If we DO get to the playoffs next year, and I for one am not willing to say that is a foregone conclusion, what would make you think that the result would be different next time? I see this team being exactly like Barry Switzer's teams, post 1995-no discipline, and each seasons record worse than the previous one. And those teams had Aikman, Smith, Irvin, and a host of other players who had Super Bowl victories and playoff victories. These clowns, except for 4 players, have NEVER WON A PLAYOFF GAME!!! So, tell me, how is this team going to be better next year, with the same "Head Coach Cupcake", and the same excuse making, trash talking, "it's everybody else's fault but mine" players? What's that saying? Insanity is doing the same things over and over, expecting different results. Kind of sums up "Coach Cupcake" and the 'Boys.

Posted by lizzy @ 8:15 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

I know this much-there are one too many Tim's as sportwriters for the DMN. My small hometown newspaper would know better than to let ONE of them even write obits.

Posted by manning hater @ 9:03 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008

why do you think manning is so successful on the road and so poor at home? the media provides the agenda for the fans.

and don't tell me getting questioned isn't a distraction. everyone knows you as timmy toiletpaper because of the crap you write.

Posted by GMenPride @ 12:52 PM Thu, Jan 17, 2008

You can say whatever you want about Manning, but you have to acknowledge the truth. Manning is a better post-season QB than Romo.

If you disagree, than answer me this. Why did Manning out play Romo? If Romo is better, than he would have outplayed Romo.

I know you are going to comment on this and say I was wrong. That's Fine. If my team sucked like yours, I would make excuses as well. You can't deny the facts, Manning Won, Romo Lost.

Posted by GMenPride @ 12:53 PM Thu, Jan 17, 2008

You can say whatever you want about Manning, but you have to acknowledge the truth. Manning is a better post-season QB than Romo.

If you disagree, than answer me this. Why did Manning out play Romo? If Romo is better, than he would have outplayed Romo.

I know you are going to comment on this and say I was wrong. That's Fine. If my team sucked like yours, I would make excuses as well. You can't deny the facts, Manning Won, Romo Lost.