I do not want this to be a sports blog, but I have a couple of thoughts on the cutting of Pacman Jones. He played in 9 games and shared the team lead with Newman for pass deflections. To me that says he has potential to be a shut down corner. Much better than Michael Jenkins, anyway. Sure, he was no good at Punt Returns and he has off the field issues, but that is part of having a superstar on your team. You must deal with the problems that come with a diva.
This is what I think: Wade Phillips has been criticized (fairly in my opinion) for being too soft on the team. He claimed, in an attempt to keep his job, that things are going to be different next year. He claims he is going to be tough on players. And then a day later he cuts the first person he sees as a problem...Pacman. If he were a good coach, he would say, "Pacman has some problems, but I am going to Coach that World Class talent. I am not going to run away from it! I am going to make him be a responsible player who contributes regularly for the Dallas Cowboys!"
But no, he does the easy thing. This situation reminds of me of a junior high kid who gets grounded for not doing his chores. Daddy takes away the video games and the kid suddenly claims things will be different. The kid takes the garbage out to the curb and says, see, things will be different, I can do my chores! If that kid really wanted his video games back, he would have turned that garbage into something useful.
That's my point...
2 comments:
Wow, I hope you are being sarcastic.
If not, then you may have lost the ability to reason. The issues with Pacman are far larger than those in the realm of acceptability.
If Wade was behind this decision, which he wasn't (it only happened because there is a new story about Pacman hiring someone to shoot some people just after he was initially suspended the first time)...anyway, had Wade been behind this it would have actually been a sign of him getting tough and holding people responsible for their idiotic actions...both on and off the field.
Three players truly sucked against the Eagles. They were Roy Williams, Romo and PacRat (as Galloway calls him).
Also, you have players like Terrance Newman claiming players weren't held responsible.
And, this may be the largest sign of just how bad it was in the locker room (where a far majority of players did not want PacRat back according to pretty much every source around - as well as most strongly resenting that Pacman was allowed to come right back from his 6 game suspension to be a starter when the defense had had it's best games while he was out)...back to point, the single most glaring sign of just how bad the Cowboys locker room was- Zack Thomas voided the final years of his contract so he could play else where.
Thomas is the ultimate "team" guy who only has one mission...to win a Super Bowl. His leaving speaks more clearly than anything else written or said.
Rant for Rant
Also, I have a feeling you're only saying this to start an argument or evoke emotion....well sir, well done.
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