Moving On

okay so once again me and the owner of the Boys disagree about something.
its okay, he put out the big bucks to buy them so he has that right.
i hope it works out exactly how the Boys envision it and we dont miss terry glenn this year.
so now...camp is open, time to move on, work with the players you got, get better and get ready to play some football.
the great thing about sports is there is no predetermined outcome. 13-3 last year does not get you anything this year except a lower draft spot so no sense thinking about the past.
having 13 pro bowlers last year doesnt mean you have great players this year, only that you have a great chance.
so thank you Terry Glenn for your contributions, I am glad you were here, to be honest I will only miss you if nobody can stretch the defenses. Good Luck wherever you end up unless you are playing against the Boys.
oh yeah, since you could still end up here keep working out !
later Poke

Get Glenn IN !!

okay so its been like forever ( literally) since Mr. Jones has asked my opinion on
well...anything, but that doesnt mean i am not gonna offer my advice.
GET TERRY GLENN TO CAMP....drop this idea of a contract that says if your bad knee
craps out we only have to pay you this much but if its good we will pay you this much.
i know Glenn got a lot of money last year and didnt play enough to help the Boys,
but hey he had a contract that said he was owed that money so you pay him. it isnt like
they paid him just cuz he was a nice guy.
Get him into camp, work his butt off, then decide if he looks like he can play, if so
play him and pay him what his contract says, if you watch him and the knee doesnt look strong then cut him, pay him what you owe him and move on.
BUT...know this: with Terry Glenn, healthy and playing, the Boys ARE better than without him. It wasn't that long ago that he was the best at getting open deep and making great catches.
Mr. Jones usually doesnt let money get in the way of building a great team, so I will
not be surprised if he gets this all worked out but I had to let him know what my advice would be. You are welcome Mr. Jones.
of course i could be wrong...later Poke
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test run

okay, its 100 degrees, no rain in weeks, none of my baseball teams
look too impressive...so must be time for training camp !!!!!!!
1 more week, then real live football news.
not just who signed or who didnt.
not who went where with who.
not golf tournaments with QB's.
football. practices. sweat.
so i figured i better make sure i remembered how to post here.
20 of 22 starters back off a 13-3 team really has me hopin for the best.
and for the Boyz..as usual its Super Bowl or bust.
i wouldnt want it any other way.
cya in about a week.
later

At the draft party

rumors...more rumors...dang rumors

okay so its free agent/ draft time for the NFL, and the airwaves, newspapers,
and blogospheres are filled with hot off the press stories of jim bob to this team
and joe don to that team and so and so will get picked 79th if whatshisname goes
47th to a team that might trade up if they dont trade down.
and of course if you make enough predictions you can then point back and say...
"see I am a genius/ clairvoyant cuz I tole ya so !!"
in keeping with the spirit of the season I am gonna jump right in, make up some half-truths, repeat some rumors and stand in line for my turn to be a guru of all things that nobody knows.
according to my "unnamed source", (actually he has a name i just dont want to tell you)
a friend of his told a nurse they know that a homeless guy found a note in a bottle, had it taken away from him by the po-lice when he was arrested for preaching
"the end is near " too close to an all-night adult book store, the police had the note
un-encrytped cuz they thought it might have something to do with the recently disclosed
JFK papers released by the dallas DA and the note said...and I quote, " the Cowboys have acquired Roy Williams from the Detroit Lions"....so there ya have it. I believe it, and wanted the whole wide world to know about it. Now i will probably have to go into hiding for protection since a lowly blogger like myself isnt supposed to know these things before all the high priced journalists...so i think i will go to the bahamas for a bit.........later Poke

what an ending Super Bowl 42

wow, what an ending to fairly boring game.
i am pretty happy that i stink at predicting how games
will turn out.
lil eli grew up big time.
hats off to the new york football giants.
i know i am supposed to hate the giants.
and i usually do.
but....it used to be that you rooted for the team
that knocked you out, if for no other reason than it
made you look not as bad..oh yeah and maybe it was good
sportmanship too ( not that i have ever been accused of that).
so maybe now we dont have to listen to how the patsies are the
best team ever anymore...and now eli can look peyton right in the eye
and say " yeah so what i got a ring too".
so all thats left is the pro bowl...then its all over till the draft,
then training camp, then pre-season....boom football again.
now if my baseball teams can just have good years i might make it that long.
later Poke

techno geek stuff

well since the Boyz are not playing anymore I have
decided to spend my time learning more about Blogger.
apparently they have a feature where I can put youtube
on this site and show Cowboy related videos to the legions
of people who wake up every day just to see whats on here.
so i researched, hacked code, and learned how to do it
(actually you just point and click a couple of times)
and I now have youtube videos about the Cowboys that you
can view without ever leaving this blog site. We will see
how it works out, I may or may not leave it. Hope you enjoy.
oh yeah, football...uhhhh I am predicting a Patriots victory.
sometimes us journalistic types have to just really go out on
a limb. later Poke

big decisions for Cowboys....and their fans

okay..it ended badly. admit it, if the Boyz arent in the Super Bowl
a season is wasted if you are a follower of the Good Guys with the stars
on their helmets. we got spoiled a long time ago and it just wont go away.
its our burden to bear and so we do.
which brings us to the off-season. this years is gonna be especially long.
free agent moves need to be made, whataya do ?? WR ? CB ? LB ?
which of the ones on our own team do you bring back ?
then after those choices are made its on to the draft.
woohoo...hold on to your hats...could be dicey, RB in the first round ??
or CB ? surely not a WR, but who really knows ? not me.
I dont even pretend that i know which direction jerry and wade and the braintrust
are gonna go. I also dont watch enough college ball to know who will make the BIG
jump to the next level and be great. lotta talking and guessing and just plain making
stuff up in the papers and on espn. take it all with a grain of salt.
besides i have a much more pressing dilemma.
WHO DO I WANT TO WIN THE SUPER BOWL ??
do i want the cheating, dirty, over talented, patriots to win and finish the
season undefeated ?? if it happens get ready to overdose on "greatest ever" stories
from every hack, blog and talking head out there. i am not really in the mood for
all that, but i am getting my mind ready for the possibility. i mean, be honest,
the Patriots are good, very good. i have watched them some, and i think whoever they
are playing has a good chance to beat them, and then next thing you know the pats
are pulling a victory out and i am left wondering what happened.
BUT...can i really root for the giants ?? thats gonna be hard to do too, although
since shockey isnt playing it wont make me as sick. i am not one of those eli bashers
either. be real, eli is an nfl qb, he has it in his blood and his brains. he may be
goofy looking, and he throws interceptions sometimes but he can and will beat you.
but i just cant root for the trash talking giants of jacobs and ohara can i??
i also cant watch a game without wanting one team to win. seems to lose its appeal
when i try that. so i gotta choose. anybody got a coin i can flip ??
later Poke

all wrapped up

okay so an official wrap up is required.
nothing expert, professional or unbiased about
what i will say, just my feelings from watching
the game at The Tabernacle.
Looked to me like our defense got too concerned
with stopping the run and not letting anybody get
deep on us to the detriment of our pass rush.
Offensively it looked like we were bound and determined
to run the ball at the Gints and for whatever reason
that was to the detriment of our passing game. Mr. Romo
never looked comfortable throwing the ball, i dont know
why nor will i speculate
Special teams pretty much sucked kicking and receiving.
So to sum up, our team got beat by their team. I know
the stats say we did better but sometimes stats lie.
I felt good about our chances until that TD before the half,
didn't feel too bad until we kicked a FG instead of scoring a TD,
was cautiously optimistic on the last 2 drives but just didn't
have a feeling that we could score when we really needed to.
Our #3 receiver played probably his worst game of the year and
that bugs me cause I had started expecting more of him.
That only leaves the coaches and to be honest, they did not
have this team ready to play Sunday. I know million dollar men
shouldn't need to be "motivated" but I have always felt like they do
in fact need it. Theres a reason special coaches have more success than
everybody else. However do NOT take this a call for anyones job.
I am happy with the coaches who are still here and look forward to seeing the new
coaches. I am a fan, so just know I will be watching the offseason and getting
pumped up for next year cuz its gonna be good.

official wrap up

hmmmmm.......i wrote a 1500 word post game, post season wrap-up
but since i added that no-cussing, no-screaming filter to my blog
i guess none of it could be shown.
i will try again when i can use words that will squeak by the filter.
later Poke