Baldinger: Cowboys lack leadership, not talent

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Baldinger: Cowboys lack leadership, not talent By NFL.com Staff |
Published: June 22nd, 2011

As far as DeMarcus Ware is concerned, the Dallas Cowboys don’t have a leadership void.

From the outside looking in, not everyone shares Ware’s perspective after a season in which the Cowboys finished 6-10, missed the playoffs and head coach Wade Phillips was fired.

“There’s a difference between being a pro — and Ware is a great pro — and being a leader. He’s not a great leader,” said NFL Network analyst Brian Baldinger. “When you watch Ware, Jay Ratliff, Jason Witten, you watch these guys practice great practice habits. They take care of their yard. But when it comes to crunch time, are they the guys who grab guys by the throat and say, ‘This is what we need to do to win the game.’ I know Keith Brooking is a great pro. There are questions about Tony Romo in the huddle. Because when Jon Kitna was in there, players on the offense said he was a better leader than Romo. That’s coming from the Cowboys themselves.”

“When it’s in-house, you know you have problems with leadership,” added Warren Sapp.

Baldinger, a former Cowboy, says the roster is full of talented players but the lack of leadership from the team’s best players is evident when the games matter most.

“There’s not a scout or a player in this league that doesn’t recognize the level of talent Dallas has,” Baldinger added. “But they have the one (recent) playoff win. There’s a reason why they get to the postseason and the games get tight, that they haven’t pulled together to win those games.

“When it comes time to come together as a team, I think there are real question marks.”
 
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Yea right. I would love to see baldinger or sapp produce the quotes that said kitna is a better leader. It was just perception.

and this is exactly the type of crap people have put on dirk. His leadership looked pretty good this spring.

Until we win the big game everyone is fair game i guess, even if it is idiotic.
 
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Theebs said:
Yea right. I would love to see baldinger or sapp produce the quotes that said kitna is a better leader. It was just perception.
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I agree. I really don't think our players confide in Baldinger.

Regarding Sapp - and this is somewhat off topic, but he's just an idiot. It's like everytime he has something to say, he's trying to entertain more than he is give insight or knowledge. If you watch him, he's so animated with his facial expressions that is just seems contrived. He'll throw up this ridiculous suprised expression if someone disagrees with him.

That, and he's just an idiot. I watched NFLTA this AM while eating breakfast, and he and Balldinger were putting up their top 5 defensive free agents.

Sapp had Jason Babin and Ray Edwards on his. When Baldinger questioned that, Sapp said to Baldy "Name me two better young pass rushers in the NFL today. You can't."

Baldinger responded that Babin has been in the league 7 years before finally breaking out, and asked Sapp if he thought Ray Edwards might have benefitted from having Kevin Williams in the middle, and Jared Allen opposite of him."

Sapp said "No", and then tried to deflect by saying something like "C'mon man you got a 5'8" safety on your list (Weddle) and you're trying to attack my list?" Stupid Sapp laughter, followed by the end of the segment followed.

Sapps retarded.

Okay, I think I'm done hi-jacking this thread.
 
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One of the main reasons I wanted us to sign an aging Ray Lewis over an aging Keith Brooking. Lewis is a leader on the field, not just the pre-game speech. Ware is quiet, some people just aren't natural vocal leaders. We need some, especially on D.
 
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Here we go with the lack of leadership bullshit again...

This lockout needs to ****ing end already.
 
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cmd34 said:
One of the main reasons I wanted us to sign an aging Ray Lewis over an aging Keith Brooking. Lewis is a leader on the field, not just the pre-game speech. Ware is quiet, some people just aren't natural vocal leaders. We need some, especially on D.
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I hate Ray Lewis.

I respect the shit out of what he's done on the field. I just hate how everytime he has something to say, he thinks he's giving a sermon.

That, and I get tired of the media acting like Ray Lewis can cure any cancer or headcase in the world. It's okay that the Ravens drafted a coke head in the first round. Ray Lewis will fix him.

:jerkoff
 
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For years we've had players who just want to collect a paycheck and nothing else so we do lack leadership. I talked to another fan who got an autograph from Bradie James in Baton Rouge at some event recently. One guy in the crowd said "I don't like the Cowboys," and James said "I don't like the Cowboys either, they just pay me handsomely." It's the way this team has been operated for a long time now.
 
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If true I wish I was there so I could tell him to go f' himself.

Who would want players like that on their team. I'm having a hard time believing it too.

That would of got back to the Cowboys organization some how, and James would no longer be on this team.

If a player doesn't want to be here, I'm sure even Jerry would make arrangements to cut or trade the player.
 
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We aren't as talented as people say, esp. on D, and we do lack that certifiable leader type. Romo can't come in being everybody's buddy then change to this no-nonsense leader. It doesn't ring true.
 
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Guys are you serious? I share something that I personally saw that related to this topic and I get posts like this?
 
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