Cowboys Need Wizard of OZ More Than New Coach

Anyone who watched part of Sunday Night’s Dallas Cowboy game vs. the Green Bay Packers (unless you’re a Packer fan or into self abuse you surely didn’t watch the whole game) realizes that the Dallas Cowboys have no heart. When the team arrives at the training complex on Tuesday (payday in the NFL) they should collect those checks wearing masks and holding guns because they are stealing! More than a new coach (which they need), more than more talent (which every team regardless of standing can use); the Cowboys need the Wizard of OZ who can hopefully grace these men with a heart.

The utter lack of professionalism and pride that the Cowboys displayed the past two and a half games, climaxing with a primetime performance on Sunday Night that has to have Tom Landry rolling in his grave, hasn’t been seen in the NFL for quite some time. The word “quit” is often thrown around a lot in sports but if you want a real example of a team quitting, watch the film of the Cowboys game with Packers on Sunday night. From Mike Jenkins watching a guy run by him into the end zone without even attempting to tackle him to Alan Ball and Gerald Sensabaugh arguing in the end zone over who’s fault it was for a touchdown pass to Miles Austin doing a disappearing act from the first play of the game; this performance was an utter embarrassment for Jerry Jones’ franchise.

At this point, there is no point in dissecting Xs and Os regarding the Cowboys because the problem goes well beyond that. There are many, many teams with less physical talent than the Cowboys in today’s NFL BUT winning in any sports is about so much more than talent. Winning is about character, selflessness, professionalism and heart among other things, this group of Dallas Cowboys are devoid of those characteristics to a man.

What’s most astonishing to this observer (fan) is that not one guy on this team gets up in other teammate’s faces and says “enough, these guys are kicking our butts up and down the field”. Instead this team sits on the bench with their heads hung, probably thinking about their off-season golf plans, hunting trips and parties with Kim Kardashian. Since the Wizard of OZ won’t be arriving this season with a heart, I have a more pragmatic suggestion for Cowboy fans, stop watching, stop buying the gear and stop showing up at games. If you want to facilitate change the only thing that can get Jerry Jones’ attention is his pocketbook.

In the interim, as Terrell Owens would say, “get your popcorn ready” because the Cowboys trip to New York next week should be a football folly that can be replayed on ESPN Classic as an Instant Classic because we should expect more of the same until the culture changes in Big D.