OT: Cowboys' Garrett Takes Play From RR Coaching Plan
How long until Jon Kitna transfers to the San Diego Chargers?
Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett wants his rookies to earn their spots on the roster in so many different ways.
And to emphasize what it means to play for the Cowboys, Garrett won't even allow the rookies -- from first-round pick Tyron Smith all the way down to the undrafted free agents -- to wear the star decal on the side of their silver helmets.
And Smith is the projected starter at right tackle.
"The star is very important to us," Garrett said after Monday's walkthrough practice. "The star is an international symbol. It's the Dallas football Cowboys. And the players hear me say that a lot. The star means something.
Almost everyone is destroying this as a gimmick well below the standards of professional athletes. Agree? Disagree? Slow Tuesday?
...backfire on Garrett. Not the way you treat pros, IME.
If it was for vets I'd agree, it would backfire. But I don't think any vet would object to seeing rookies earn it.
Garrett is helping the vets haze the rookies. The rookies hate it now, but will love this rite of passage and they are on the "other side." It could become a tradition. RR wasn't the first coach to use symbolic gestures for newcomers, and Garrett won't be the last. LIfe goes on.
Dez Bryant, who says F off?
http://www.aolnews.com/2010/07/26/dez-bryant-on-cowboys-rookie-hazing-ritual-im-not-doing-it/
That's gotta be uncomfortable, especially because it's not Garrett's team, it's Jerry Jones' team.
Cowboys and Alienated
Can't stand the cowboys, Jerry is the devil, Dallas is the ND of pro football.
That is pretty harsh against the Cowboys. Dang!
Nick Saban tried stuff like that, twice, and promptly returned to the college sideline. Pros mock it.
Actually, isn't this standard procedure with a lot of teams? Maybe not so much the "earning it" aspect of it, but don't a lot of teams leave their decal off until the first pre-season game? I think the idea is if you put it on during training camp, it's just going to get jacked up and have to be replaced by the start of the season anyway. Here's a pic from Saints training camp:
The Lions do the same thing. I think pretty much every team with decals does this. My high school team left the decals off through training camp.
Are there any NFL teams (besides the Browns who don't have one) that paint a logo on their helmets? I can't think of any.
Nice. Here's hoping Romo fumbles a field goal snap in a key game again...
Would hate to be a rookie on that team. This sh*t and having to deal with Dez Bryant - who has to be one of the biggest dicks to rookies. Sort of like your sophomore year of college, right when you get a hold of that first fall pledge class.
All that being said - rich peoples' problems.
Did anyone else read the thread title and think Garrett was going to incorporate a spread n'shed, read action play for the cowboys?
That is precisely what I thought. I love me some Xs & Os
I thought Garrett might start running the QB Lead OH NOES with Tony Romo. That would be interesting, to say the least.
I thought it meant he hired an inept defensive coordinator who has a fetish for stuffed animals but great hair.
About as stupid as Lou Holtz making the Jet's sing "rah-rah" songs. We know how that turned out as well.
I thought he hired Gerg
The star thing has been going on for quite some time now here in Dallas. Garrett is a no nonsense type of coach. I think he is going to be one heck of a coach in the NFL but I don't see the Cowboys doing anything this year.
Slow Tuesday.
even made first round draft picks get him a cup of water during drills.
Jason Garrett is going to be a very successful coach.
This actually came from Bill Parcells when he was in Dallas in the 2000s. Does seem a bit childish and unprofessional, given that the players have made it all this way to the NFL. Then again, they aren't guaranteed a spot on the roster, so it's not exactly totally ridiculous.
He didn't take that from RR, Bill Parcells made the Cowboys rookies earn thier stars.
August 2nd, 2011 at 11:35 PM ^
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