So much for a boring bye-week
Ok... I really don't know what to think about this whole situation with TO. Did he try to kill himself, or was this thing just one huge media avalanche of speculation? Frankly, I am ready to put this whole thing to rest and get back to football. If TO did try to end his life, I hope he gets some help. I don't think anyone out there would want to see any person struggle with issues of that nature.
It does seem like there is always something surrounding him. Maybe you can chalk some of it to the media, but this is the kind of baggage that comes with a player of TO's magnitude. But the one thing that you can't argue is the talent that he brings to the team. He is a special player with a skill-set that the Cowboys haven't had in forever. Hopefully this will blow over and TO can get back to scoring touchdowns and helping this team get to the next level.
One thing that I did get out of this whole ordeal, was finding out that TO lives 2 blocks away from my studio in Deep Ellum. Kind of cool.
– S
posted by Shawn @ 8:29 PM
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I'll not discredit the Tuna.
He's FORGOTTEN more about football than all the rest of us will ever know, combined. But he sure seems set in his ways, as if he refuses to acknowledge that the game is evolving.
Some aspects of it never will-
sound fundamentals, good tackling, proper technique, discipline, etc.
But Tuna rarely played against anything resembling a West-Coast offense while he was winning SuperBowls in NY. Offensive play-calling has evolved mightily in the meantime, and it stands to reason he's less equipped to defend it now.
At the same time, defenses have begat tons of new innovations (Tampa-2, Zone Blitzes) to stop the traditional run, run, pass philosophy.
You can see it even in the college game.
Option-happy Oklahomahas moved on.
Even pound-it, pound-it, pound-it Nebraska finally abandoned their bread and butter.
So if coaching is ultimately to blame could it be that the paradigm has bypassed Mr. Parcells?
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