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April 2008
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Entries tagged with ‘Wade Phillips’Watch out!!! Jerry’s going wild!!!Superstar columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor sees the writing on the wall for Wade Phillips, and it scares the bejeezus out of him. No matter what happens from here on out, Jerry has usurped Phillips’ power and authority by creating the perception… Campo’s back … and he’s blond!!!Dave Campo and Wade Phillips were all smiles about the ex-Cowboys head coach’s return to Valley Ranch. Phillips called it “a real plum” to get a secondary coach with Campo’s wealth of knowledge and experience. Campo said he’s always considered… Garrett’s staff shaping up nicelySo much for the Tuna’s raid of Valley Ranch giving Wade Phillips an opportunity to hire “his guys.” If Jerry guy Dave Campo and Dom Capers round out the Cowboys’ coaching staff, Phillips will have exactly zero experience working with… Chill out about CampoDMN FILE Some of you folks don’t seem too fond of the Cowboys interviewing Dave Campo for the secondary coaching gig. I posted the above picture so we could go ahead and get all the Sea World jokes out… The next Cowboys’ coach?I think we all believe Jason Garrett will be the Cowboys’ head coach at some point. With the Rooney Rule, I was wondering if the Cowboys could name Garrett their coach without interviewing a minority. According to the league, yes,… Garrett probably didn’t mean it that way“I’m awfully excited to be sitting in this chair,” Jason Garrett said early in his press conference. Which chair was he sitting in? The same one Wade Phillips does during his daily chats with the Valley Ranch media horde. I’m… Coaching staff loses best butt kickerTony Sparano, a proven play-caller, was the reason I thought all the worry about Jason Garrett getting a head coaching job was overblown. All that changed when Bill Parcells scratched his football itch. Suddenly, Sparano became a hot coaching candidate,… Crayton explains critical hesitationWade Phillips usually goes out of his way to defend his players. That wasn’t the case with Patrick Crayton yesterday. “If Patrick wouldn’t have slowed down, it would have been a touchdown,” Phillips said, referring to throw to Crayton in… ‘He’s going to lead us to the Super Bowl’Tony Romo suddenly has a reputation as a quarterback who can’t win a big game. That’s the result of an 0-2 playoff record and two average-to-mediocre postseason performances. If you really want to pile on, you could point out that… Cowboys can’t take advantage of scrub CBsFor the second straight year, the Cowboys failed to exploit an injury-depleted secondary in the playoffs. And you can’t blame Bill Parcells’ conservative game plan this time. The Seahawks had so many injuries that they were forced to pull Pete… Crayton faces the musicMICHAEL AINSWORTH / DMN Patrick Crayton didn’t comment after the playoff loss other than to wish the Giants good luck, but he faced the media like a man today. Crayton said he didn’t regret providing the Giants with bulletin-board… Garrett has great potential, but …I understand that a lot of folks want Jerry Jones to fire Wade Phillips and promote Jason Garrett. Well, Jerry said that ain’t gonna happen. And it shouldn’t. You can question ol’ Wade all you want after his playoff record… Cowboys search for spark by starting BarberMore from Calvin Watkins on the Cowboys’ decision to start Marion “The Barbarian” Barber: The Cowboys will bench starting running back Julius Jones in favor of the popular backup Marion Barber, according to multiple sources for Sunday’s NFC divisional round… Shhh!! Don’t tell Giants that T.O.’s gonna playWade Phillips played a fun little game with the media today called Fibbing About T.O.’s High Ankle Sprain. Phillips first said that T.O. didn’t practice. He backpedaled a bit when informed that several players mentioned that T.O. did participate in… Who cares about Cancun?Nobody with the Cowboys seems to be concerned about the Simpson Family Bye Week Fiesta. Jason Witten, who joined Tony Romo and others on the trip, explained that the fellas just wanted to get away before the playoffs started. Romo… Cowboys not concerned about scoring slumpThe Cowboys, who were once on pace to break the then-NFL scoring record, averaged a pedestrian 15 points per game in December. Seems like that might be reason for concern, but it apparently isn’t. “I’m not concerned about anything except… Who cares? Not the CowboysThe Cowboys pinpointed their problem during today’s game. They really didn’t give a hoot what happened as long as they didn’t suffer any more injuries. Of course, the Redskins played with the passion expected of a team fighting for a… Wade’s updateCowboys coach Wade Phillips updated the status of several players at his presser: — Phillips said that it would “surprise” him if C Andre Gurode (sprained MCL) could go on Sunday. He said the chances that Jay Ratliff plays are… Dr. Wade ‘hopeful’ T.O. will be OK for playoffsT.O.’s high ankle sprain will sideline him this weekend in Washington. Everything after that is to be determined. The best-case scenario is that T.O. is ready to go for the divisional game on Jan. 12 or 13. He’ll surely crank… Statistical proof Wade should get more creditI’ve made it clear that I don’t think Wade Phillips gets enough credit for the Cowboys’ improvement this season. That’s partially because offensive coordinator Jason Garrett is seen as a rising star. I’m not slighting Garrett’s genius, but I think… Mora mouths off about PhillipsJim “Playoffs?!” Mora noted the Cowboys’ whopping total of Pro Bowlers and came to an interesting conclusion. “They better be the best team in the NFC,” Mora said on NFL Network. “Otherwise, they ought to fire the coach, for crying… Glenn could play vs. CarolinaWade Phillips said there is a possibility that WR Terry Glenn could play Saturday against Carolina. Glenn, who has undergone two arthrosopic knee surgeries since the start of training camp, ran routes during today’s practice. The plan is for him… Wade seeks rule tweakMICHAEL MULVEY / DMN S Roy Williams may be facing more serious league discipline this week, after horse-collaring Eagles QB Donovan McNabb, and drawing a penalty for it for the third time this season. After the last infraction, Williams… Family feels successStories like those of the Phillips family are few and far between. Wade Phillips and Mike Nolan are the only head coaches in the NFL now who are sons of men who also served in that capacity in the league… Let Wade go to keep Garrett?From a Chicago Tribune column on NFL coaching candidates: •Cowboys offensive coordinator Jason Garrett.He has a great pedigree. He comes from a football family, has a Princeton education, was an NFL backup quarterback for 11 years, played for Jimmy Johnson,… Can Wade get any credit?!There’s a perception that Wade Phillips is a puppet for Jerry Jones that somehow lucked into a 12-1 record. Take, for instance, this jab written by Massachusetts native/ESPN.com columnist Bill Simmons before the Cowboys’ win over the Lions: I’m just… Does Wade deserve Coach of Year?Well, as Todd Archer writes, Wade Phillips ought to at least be in the Coach of the Year conversation. Right now, he’s an afterthought, with New England’s Bill Belichick, Cleveland’s Romeo Crennel and Green Bay’s Mike McCarthy considered the primary… Wade’s not worried about angry penaltiesBradie James and Terence Newman have let it be known that they’re seeking revenge against Jon Kitna. Newman even said that he had to cash to cover whatever fines come his way if he gets a shot at Kitna. But… |
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