Finally

Okay the preseason, exhibition, games are over. I did watch tonights game, at least
parts of it. Officially the Boys were 2-2 this year. Since I only count the the
parts of the game where people who will actually be playing when the season starts
I am gonna call it 2-1-1. I just write the last game off as a tie since neither
team ever looks like they will just a week later.
Im still optimistic about the Good Guys this year. A little concerned over injuries
that seem to be hanging on to some of our starters but hey it happens every year to
every team. The winners find a way around it.
As much as I gripe about the preseason i kind of like it. Its the only time you probably get to see a lot of these guys, and these guys are the ones giving your
starters the looks during the week as they practice, so the better they are the better
your team should be.
Anyway, strap on the helmets, get the chips and hot sauce ready...ice down a beer
if you want and lets get ready for some FOOTBALL !!
later Poke

Confession is good for what ail's ya

confession time...........i didnt watch tonights preseason game.
apparently i had as much interest in it as our players.
now i have to decide if the sky is falling or was it just a preseason game
and isn't that big a deal. feel free worldwide readers to let me know which
way i should go. i did see the td to owens, looked pretty sweet. i promise
to do better next week.

WHO ya Gonna Call..........with the game on the Line ??

i actually like Gramatica but this was too funny not to post.
Its from training camp. Enjoy

A quiet optimism

A new head coach, a few new players, new coaches on both sides of the ball.
It could be, and for most teams and in most places it would mean a not so great
season. But i just have a feeling that this is gonna be a good year for us Cowboys
fans. Now dont ask me to tell you why, X's and O's and stuff isn't my strong suit
and there are plenty of experts out there to explain all of that. Nope I am just
being a fan, a homer even, I am just liking the way this team looks put together.
I went and saw 3 training camp practices, watched the first preseason game on TV
since i was on the road that day. And i liked it, liked the overall feeling I had
while watching them. The offense looks exciting, not quite so predictable and you
have to expect Romo to be even better this year than last. The defense should be
in good hands, Wade Phillips may not be the most quotable person ( some people say
that but I enjoyed listening to him at his press confernces in San Antonio,
especially when he told us (the fans) to boo the reporters if they asked any
questions we didnt like.)but nobody can question his defensive expertise. The kicking
game should be solid if not spectacular and we just looked fast, so I am expecting
special teams to play a large role in our games this year. Anyway it feels like
spring training to me, Opening Day if you will and my optimism is growing daily.
How will it turn out ? Heck if I know, my name isn't Nostradamus. For now put me down
at 11-5 and a trip to the NFC Championship game......I will predict later how that
will turn out. Course this is all just my opinion, I could be wrong. Later Poke

staying calm before the storm

okay, the light is at the end of the tunnel. hopefully its not a train coming
straight at me. we have made it thru the dreaded off-season, with all the non football
related stories (which i refuse to even list here).
next week is the start of training camp and the week after that i am slipping off
to san antonio to take a look at this years Boyz myself. (luckily my wife needed to be
in san antonio or i doubt i would be going).
soon we get to see if Romo is the real deal, if our # 1 pick Spencer is what we need him to be ( uhh like somebody to help Ware GET TO THE QB !!), IF Greg Ellis can
make it back from his injury ( dont discount the importance of this casual fans),
if our duo of running backs can carry the load, if our great but aging receivers can
do it for one more year, and ....to me the most important IF....if our Offensive
line is as good or BETTER than last year. ohhh wait, maybe the most important IF, is
if our Secondary can stop the DEEP passes, or maybe IF our head coach does a better
job of motivating the team to play ALL 16 games, including the last 4 of the season.
Of course we do need to see IF our kicker can make more than he misses, and IF our
new holder can hold the ball while our kicker kicks.
So strap on the ol helmets, sit back and enjoy......it oughta be a great ride .

change is good

okay..how bout some changes. wow...thats a bunch of changes.
im good with wade phillips as coach, like jason garret in whatever capacity,
love hiring dat to coach the backers, so far ive seen nothing i didnt like
about the new staff. not gonna worry about who we sign in free agency, who we draft,
or who we bring back. no worries mon ( sorry that cruise i took hasnt worn off yet).
gonna take some time off from football, the sun is shining, its warm and the
pitchers and catchers have reported to SPRING TRAINING !! made it thru that dead space between football and baseball. so until something happens i wont be here
blogging about the boys...enjoy the silence cuz i will be back.
hopefully i will see minute maid park again this year because i really dont like
the rangers and i dont like the ballpark in arlington after about june 1. tell
me again why there isnt a roof on that thing ??
later Poke

round and round and round we go....

and where we stop nobody knows. least of all the talking heads on sports talk
radio, espn, sirius, local newspapers, message boards. be real. WE DONT KNOW !!
does anybody really think they have an answer for WHO IS JERRY GONNA HIRE TO BE THE NEXT HEAD COACH OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS ????????
okay jason garret is hired in some capacity, im all for that. but lets get real,
it could be wade phillips, norv turner, gary gibbs OR ANYBODY ELSE HE WANTS.
maybe he hires Dan Reeves...i could live with that, lotta history with Reeves.
but to be honest im so HAPPY that the TUNA is gone...all i can say is i dont care who the next coach is...just please let it be somebody who embraces the Cowboys
rich history not the New York Football Giants history.
please let it be someone who, when they talk, i am not reminded of that movie,
The Lords Of Flatbush. Let it be someone who does more than stare at a player when he screws up...and never utters the words..you are what you are. thats not the way a
coach talks ! a coach is guy who is convinced he can make you better than what "you are', thats his job.
and i know jerry jones would have to be hard to work for as a coach. thats why
when we were struggling finding a coach who would even come to dallas i thought
jerry should hire a great offensive coordinator and a great defensive coordinator
and just appoint HIMSELF...HEAD COACH. try it, find out if he can or cant do it.
get it out of his system. then move on.
so lets all sit back and just wait...i know thats a hard thing to do nowdays, but lets try. see who he hires, give the new guy a chance to prove himself and then
if it doesnt work...run him out of town and talk bad about him. its the american way!
later Poke

REPOST AUGUST 2005...+ GOODBYE

well it finally happened....ol Bill finally gave up. admitted he didnt have it in him
to do the year long grind. hung up his whistle.
so let me say..thanks for your effort. i hope you enjoy the house by the racetrack in jersey. you had a great career and you DID improve the Cowboys. not as much as i had hoped but you did. you also proved a real head coach could work with jerry jones.
that will help in the next search. now having said all the nice things let me
REPOST my blog from august 2005 ( i think ).


--->originally titled " out of the closet"

hah !!!! got you with that title i bet. different closet though. i just cant stand it any longer, i have a secret to tell. i want to get it off my chest before the season starts because it really has nothing to do with wins and losses. okay...here it goes. I DONT LIKE BILL PARCELLS. Ahhhhhh i feel so much better now. sure he's the coach of my favorite football team. sure i even think he is the best coach for us right now. after years of incompetence and yes men jerry jones had to get a real coach. bill parcells is definitely a real coach. until jones proved he could butt out and let a coach be the coach we were not ever going to get anybody here worth a dern. parcells is a good coach, a winning coach, a smart coach....but it still doesnt make me like him. Im not sure why. it probably comes from the fact that for years he was the coach of the NY Giants and we played them twice a year and sometimes they beat us. or it could be that its because he is a yankee..you know..the whole speech, mannerism attitude thing. just rubs me the wrong way. for too many years we had coaches who at least acted like they wanted to keep the fans happy, the media informed and project a whole "one big happy family " theme. he doesnt do that. or at least not very well. do i wish him ill will ?? of course not, i am pulling for him all the way, i hope he gets us to another super bowl win....soon really soon. and then i hope he takes his grumpy, sarcastic, joisey sounding , condescending , smart aleck butt back up there. its just a personal thing , if you dont agree i understand completely..later Poke

no clever title..sorry

well i waited all week to wake up. find out it really was a nightmare.
romo didnt really drop the snap on the field goal. but here it is saturday,
got the old cowboys sweatshirt on, turn on the TV and realize...yep it happened,
it wuz real, the Boys In Blue did lose to seattle. season over, outta the playoffs
ugggghhhhh. i wasnt ready for the year to be over. i wanted more Cowboys football.
too bad for me. Im not ready to worry about whether ol Bill will coach next year,
or if TO will be back, or who is gonna be the new Defensive Coordinator. way too
many things to worry about, who to draft, which free agents to sign, which of our own players to let go of. so im just not gonna do it yet. not my job anyway.
i am going to watch indy and baltimore battle it out, then watch the saints
beat them sorry eagles outta the playoffs. just sit back and enjoy watching LT
run wild against the Pats and then watch like everybody else and see if the bears QB
has another horrible game or the seahawks are maybe better than we gave them credit for. i am going to just enjoy watching the games for what they are. i will worry
about our Boys later, maybe next week, maybe not. heck if Big Bill doesnt have to
decide until February no sense me worrying about till then.
and truth be told i am still so DISGUSTED i hate to say anything lest i say something
i regret saying later...cuz win or lose they are still MY DALLAS COWBOYS.
so watch the playoffs, enjoy ( and keep an eye out for available free agents).
later Poke

how bout that romo ??

how bout that romo...
thru a great team effort we managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
listening to the ticket 1310....pig vomit..pour the anointing oil down the drain...
greatest choke job in team history..the cowboys dont own a linebacker..those guys are almost as mad as i am !!
oh well its too much to listen to. but it was funny and i so needed something to cheer me up. later Poke