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Tim Cowlishaw, columnist for SportsDayDFW.com and The Dallas Morning News, stopped by to chat and answers questions on Wednesday.
Here are some of the interesting things he had to say:
Does Felix Jones seems to run high between the guards and tackles?
Actually you must have asked someone else that because I haven't received that question. I don't know if it's running high as much as it is bouncing outside too quickly and too often. Jones wants to use his speed to run around people. That works better in the SEC against Vanderbilt than it does in NFL....Sorry, Commodores fans.
If it comes down to money, which it does, how long will the lockout last? I mean, who will actually make the concession? The players or the owners?
The last part of your answer shows that your general belief is wrong. The players ALWAYS have more to lose than owners. Always. Players live year to year. Even the ones that put away money wisely have short careers and can't afford to lose entire years. The owners are all wealthy and, yes, they stand to lose millions on their investment but they are in position to lose millions. The players always cave in the NFL. And they will again. I would be stunned if the lockout does anything more meaningful than canceling a pre-season game or two. There's not an issue that's important enough to wreck the season. This isn't 1987. I'm old. I was there. That was different.
Can Jerry land a big time head coach or do these candidates want to stay away from him?
I don't think there's as many that just want to stay away from Jerry as people imagine. Hey, they should want to stay away from Dan Snyder, from Bill Bidwill, from a whole bunch of owners. But I think he goes the Garrett route anyway.
So at the end of the day, was 2010 a good team having a bad season due to injury, uninspired performances, uneven coaching, etc.? Or was this an overvalued team, i.e., the strong end of 2009 was but an illusion?
Well, Zak you certainly can't chalk it up to injuries. Everyone in the NFL has injuries. The Pats have had a ton of injuries to their defense. The Packers have been hurt all over the field. Those teams didn't give up. So that leaves it to the performance and the coaching and you have to put a lot on Wade's laissez-faire approach. The players are the ones that took advantage of it, so they share in the blame. But you can see just in Garrett's approach, this team is more accountable than it was under Wade. You have to put a huge amount of blame on the GM that kept Wade here for so long.
Tim Cowlishaw, columnist for SportsDayDFW.com and The Dallas Morning News, stopped by to chat and answers questions on Wednesday.
Here are some of the interesting things he had to say:
Does Felix Jones seems to run high between the guards and tackles?
Actually you must have asked someone else that because I haven't received that question. I don't know if it's running high as much as it is bouncing outside too quickly and too often. Jones wants to use his speed to run around people. That works better in the SEC against Vanderbilt than it does in NFL....Sorry, Commodores fans.
If it comes down to money, which it does, how long will the lockout last? I mean, who will actually make the concession? The players or the owners?
The last part of your answer shows that your general belief is wrong. The players ALWAYS have more to lose than owners. Always. Players live year to year. Even the ones that put away money wisely have short careers and can't afford to lose entire years. The owners are all wealthy and, yes, they stand to lose millions on their investment but they are in position to lose millions. The players always cave in the NFL. And they will again. I would be stunned if the lockout does anything more meaningful than canceling a pre-season game or two. There's not an issue that's important enough to wreck the season. This isn't 1987. I'm old. I was there. That was different.
Can Jerry land a big time head coach or do these candidates want to stay away from him?
I don't think there's as many that just want to stay away from Jerry as people imagine. Hey, they should want to stay away from Dan Snyder, from Bill Bidwill, from a whole bunch of owners. But I think he goes the Garrett route anyway.
So at the end of the day, was 2010 a good team having a bad season due to injury, uninspired performances, uneven coaching, etc.? Or was this an overvalued team, i.e., the strong end of 2009 was but an illusion?
Well, Zak you certainly can't chalk it up to injuries. Everyone in the NFL has injuries. The Pats have had a ton of injuries to their defense. The Packers have been hurt all over the field. Those teams didn't give up. So that leaves it to the performance and the coaching and you have to put a lot on Wade's laissez-faire approach. The players are the ones that took advantage of it, so they share in the blame. But you can see just in Garrett's approach, this team is more accountable than it was under Wade. You have to put a huge amount of blame on the GM that kept Wade here for so long.