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Cowlishaw: 'I think if Dallas loses (to Vikings), they are done'
07:53 PM CDT on Wednesday, October 13, 2010
SportsDayDFW.com
Columnist Tim Cowlishaw answered your questions in a live chat Wednesday. Here are some highlights.
On if the Cowboys lose Sunday is it pretty much over: The loser of Sunday's game is 1-4. If it's Minnesota , they might be 3 1/2 games behind the Bears and 2 1/2 behind Green Bay . Their hope would be that Moss catches fire with Favre and Sidney Rice gets back in the next month. Done? Almost, not quite. But if Cowboys are the ones that fall to 1-4, it's hard to see how this team rights the ship. There are enough questions about this team's leadership, its inability not to view every victory as a prelude to the Super Bowl. I think if Dallas loses, trailing everyone in the East as the Cowboys already are, they are done.
On whether Jerry Jones will fire Phillips if the Cowboys don't make the playoffs: I think the strike is an issue and attendance is an issue. If the Cowboys are still drawing 80-85,000 sheep, excuse me, diehard fans each Sunday, then there is no monetary incentive to fire Wade. And that's a real issue in this era for a stadium that was built on as many borrowed dollars as this one. So we have to see exactly how this team misses the playoffs and whether or not most of the coaching blame falls on Garrett.
On why the Cowboys don't generate turnovers and if it's because of poor coaching: I don't know how turnovers are coaching. Turnovers are talent. Every team that gets turnovers says 'Well, we work on that in practice all the time.' The teams that don't say, 'I don't know what's happening, we work on stripping the ball in practice all the time.' Turnovers tend to come in bunches. But when you don't generate them against Jay Cutler, you know you're in trouble.
On what would it take for Wade Phillips to keep his job for next year: A return to the playoffs, even at 9-7.
Click here to read the entire chat
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07:53 PM CDT on Wednesday, October 13, 2010
SportsDayDFW.com
Columnist Tim Cowlishaw answered your questions in a live chat Wednesday. Here are some highlights.
On if the Cowboys lose Sunday is it pretty much over: The loser of Sunday's game is 1-4. If it's Minnesota , they might be 3 1/2 games behind the Bears and 2 1/2 behind Green Bay . Their hope would be that Moss catches fire with Favre and Sidney Rice gets back in the next month. Done? Almost, not quite. But if Cowboys are the ones that fall to 1-4, it's hard to see how this team rights the ship. There are enough questions about this team's leadership, its inability not to view every victory as a prelude to the Super Bowl. I think if Dallas loses, trailing everyone in the East as the Cowboys already are, they are done.
On whether Jerry Jones will fire Phillips if the Cowboys don't make the playoffs: I think the strike is an issue and attendance is an issue. If the Cowboys are still drawing 80-85,000 sheep, excuse me, diehard fans each Sunday, then there is no monetary incentive to fire Wade. And that's a real issue in this era for a stadium that was built on as many borrowed dollars as this one. So we have to see exactly how this team misses the playoffs and whether or not most of the coaching blame falls on Garrett.
On why the Cowboys don't generate turnovers and if it's because of poor coaching: I don't know how turnovers are coaching. Turnovers are talent. Every team that gets turnovers says 'Well, we work on that in practice all the time.' The teams that don't say, 'I don't know what's happening, we work on stripping the ball in practice all the time.' Turnovers tend to come in bunches. But when you don't generate them against Jay Cutler, you know you're in trouble.
On what would it take for Wade Phillips to keep his job for next year: A return to the playoffs, even at 9-7.
Click here to read the entire chat
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