Since the NFL regular season started, I was predicting the winners each week and except for last week, was doing fairly well. I've decided to discontinue it.
Why? Well, it wasn't creating much interest. I understand I don't have a lot of visitors to this blog and I'm fine w/ that, but I did hope that I'd get a few hits/comments on the posts. That's not the main reason, though.
After last night's debacle - the Dallas/Chicago game - my heart's not in it. I'll always be a Cowboys fan, but I never have enjoyed watching the games when Dallas played poorly. I turned the channel shortly after the second half started and then drifted off to sleep. I refuse to let how a football team does affect my life...and esp. my sleep.
I'm also done with frequenting the Cowboy websites and reading the comments. I'm sick of the constant criticisms from people who know little or nothing about the game. I'm tired of reading comments such as "Fire Garrett!" "Romo needs to go!" "Jerry Jones knows nothing about football!"
In the first place, Garrett is a good coach but to expect him to be mistake-free is short-sighted and an ignorant way of thinking. I like his "RKG" approach and think he needs another couple of years to put his stamp on the team. If he hasn't taken the team to the playoffs in five years at the helm, then perhaps he should be let go, but not until then. People have no patience and expect wins right away. That's not realistic.
People also show their lack of knowledge about football in blaming Romo for the losses. Last time I checked, there were ten other players on the offensive side of the ball, plus a defense that has blown some of the leads the offense and Romo had in games. Sure, he's made some egregious errors, but I bet there are a dozen NFL teams which would love to have Tony Romo as their QB.
Lastly, I get angry at Jones too, but it IS his team and with his two + decades of owning the team, he has to have soaked up some football smarts via osmosis if in no other way. In fact, I imagine he's probably forgotten more about football than most of the whiny pukes on msg. boards will ever know. JJ's worst fault is being too loyal to certain players as well as handing out overpriced contracts to under-performing athletes.
Why? Well, it wasn't creating much interest. I understand I don't have a lot of visitors to this blog and I'm fine w/ that, but I did hope that I'd get a few hits/comments on the posts. That's not the main reason, though.
After last night's debacle - the Dallas/Chicago game - my heart's not in it. I'll always be a Cowboys fan, but I never have enjoyed watching the games when Dallas played poorly. I turned the channel shortly after the second half started and then drifted off to sleep. I refuse to let how a football team does affect my life...and esp. my sleep.
I'm also done with frequenting the Cowboy websites and reading the comments. I'm sick of the constant criticisms from people who know little or nothing about the game. I'm tired of reading comments such as "Fire Garrett!" "Romo needs to go!" "Jerry Jones knows nothing about football!"
In the first place, Garrett is a good coach but to expect him to be mistake-free is short-sighted and an ignorant way of thinking. I like his "RKG" approach and think he needs another couple of years to put his stamp on the team. If he hasn't taken the team to the playoffs in five years at the helm, then perhaps he should be let go, but not until then. People have no patience and expect wins right away. That's not realistic.
People also show their lack of knowledge about football in blaming Romo for the losses. Last time I checked, there were ten other players on the offensive side of the ball, plus a defense that has blown some of the leads the offense and Romo had in games. Sure, he's made some egregious errors, but I bet there are a dozen NFL teams which would love to have Tony Romo as their QB.
Lastly, I get angry at Jones too, but it IS his team and with his two + decades of owning the team, he has to have soaked up some football smarts via osmosis if in no other way. In fact, I imagine he's probably forgotten more about football than most of the whiny pukes on msg. boards will ever know. JJ's worst fault is being too loyal to certain players as well as handing out overpriced contracts to under-performing athletes.
