Wade Phillips is a hugh doosh

[kutulu 1,703]

Then there was coach Wade Phillips' take: "After looking at the tape, I feel like the best team lost the game."

 

Dude is 0-4 as a head coach in the playoffs and he can't even give props to the winning team. Jerry Jones should can his non-winning ass ASAP. How long can he get by on the rep. of his daddy.

[KSB2424 3,173]

You at least have to admire his honesty though.

[redtodd 7]

I hate when players or coaches say that crap.

[kutulu 1,703]

You at least have to admire his honesty though.

 

IF he was being honest, he should have went the distance and admitted he got outcoached.

 

again

[KSB2424 3,173]

IF he was being honest, he should have went the distance and admitted he got outcoached.

 

again

Outcoached? Puh-lease.

 

Yeah Wade was the one that kept false starting and facemasking causing 11 penalties to only 3 for the Giants. Yeah Wade was the one that dropped a wideopen pass and stopped on his route. Yeah Wade was the one that made a bonehead intentional grounding throw. Its a tip that the so called "hot coahing prospect" Jason Garret is the OC that stopped giving the rock to MBIII in the second half.

[kutulu 1,703]

Outcoached? Puh-lease.

 

Yeah Wade was the one that kept false starting and facemasking causing 11 penalties to only 3 for the Giants. Yeah Wade was the one that dropped a wideopen pass and stopped on his route. Yeah Wade was the one that made a bonehead intentional grounding throw. Its a tip that the so called "hot coahing prospect" Jason Garret is the OC that stopped giving the rock to MBIII in the second half.

 

Yeah, yer right, coaching had nothing to do with those mistakes.

[Phurfur 70]

IF he was being honest, he should have went the distance and admitted he got outcoached.

 

again

 

 

And the Cowboys were outplayed to a man.

[KSB2424 3,173]

Yeah, yer right, coaching had nothing to do with those mistakes.

A coach puts their players in the best position to succeed. If focking Flozelle Adams keeps false starting and Patrick Crayton drops a ball that is not the Coaches fault. One little break goes the Cowboys way, they win the game, and Phillips goes from being outcoached to making a breakthrough in his career in the publics mind. The truth is that it is somewhere in the middle, but the mouthbreathers have to label it one extreme or the other.

 

There were not any bonehead coaching mistakes like calling stupid timouts, or making adjustments during the game. The players did not step up to the plate. Can't put that one on the HC.

[surferskin 31]

KSB when did you become a total asshat cowboy apologist? kutulu might be a borderline retarded but he's, as patriot fan would say, 1000% correct here. if you have the stones to say the "better team" lost then you better have a good reason why...maybe like a fluke play. or maybe if they didn't have a clueless dough boy on the sidelines, he would have put their asses in check after a month of mediocre to bad play...instead he gives them a week off. "have fun in messico" how'd that work out for ya?

[Gepetto 1,454]

The better team didn't lose. The better team never loses. The better team wins. Congratulations to the Giants for being the better team.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,433]

I guess I missed all of the situations where the refs made bad calls and the ball bounced so funny that it caused the Cowboys to lose. Sure seems like the better team on that day won the game. A coach that implies anything else is just showing sour grapes.

[kutulu 1,703]

"My record stands for itself," Phillips said. "That's all I can say. I mean, we're 13-3, we're No. 1 in the NFC, we're playing a playoff game, which I think we'll win. I don't have any control over anything except how I coach and how well I feel like I coached the team."

 

Wade Phillips should take a step back and listen to...Wade Phillips.

[Phurfur 70]

A coach puts their players in the best position to succeed. If focking Flozelle Adams keeps false starting and Patrick Crayton drops a ball that is not the Coaches fault. One little break goes the Cowboys way, they win the game, and Phillips goes from being outcoached to making a breakthrough in his career in the publics mind. The truth is that it is somewhere in the middle, but the mouthbreathers have to label it one extreme or the other.

 

There were not any bonehead coaching mistakes like calling stupid timouts, or making adjustments during the game. The players did not step up to the plate. Can't put that one on the HC.

 

 

Good teams don't need breaks to win.

[kutulu 1,703]

COWBOYS HEMORRHAGING ASSISTANTS by Michael David Smith

 

Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips appears to have a long month ahead of him of reconstructing his coaching staff, as he's losing assistants left and right.

 

As everyone knows, offensive line coach Tony Sparano is leaving to become the head coach of the Dolphins, and offensive coordinator Jason Garrett appears to be leaving for either Baltimore or Atlanta.

 

But there's more. Adam Schefter of NFL Network is reporting that the Dolphins are focusing on two Cowboys assistants to add to their staff.

 

Cowboys secondary coach Todd Bowles is expected to leave to become the Dolphins' assistant head coach, and Cowboys linebackers coach Paul Pasqualoni is expected to become the Dolphins' defensive coordinator. Both Bowles and Pasqualoni first joined the Cowboys staff in 2005, when Bill Parcells was head coach, and both of those moves could be announced soon, although the Dolphins technically can't hire either until their contracts expire next week.

 

And those might not be the last Dallas assistants to leave. It seems likely that tight ends coach John Garrett will follow his brother Jason to either Baltimore or Atlanta.

 

With an exodus of assistants, the situation in Dallas is somewhat similar to what happened in San Diego last year: The No. 1 seed loses its playoff opener, and then watches as other teams hire away its assistants. That situation ultimately ended with the Chargers firing head coach Marty Schottenheimer. Phillips must be hoping things don't turn out that way in Dallas.

 

profootballtalk.com

 

Wade is gonna be left standing there alone with his cack in his hand muttering on about how the best team lost.

 

Wade = Doosh

[lickin_starfish 2,006]

Wade will be exposed as the loser that he is once his top-notch assistants are gone.

[jgcrawfish 232]

I call BS on the good teams don't need breaks to win, everybody needs luck, and anybody who doesn't realize it is deluding themselves. Just about everyone on the Cowboys sideline is culpable for that loss. And sometimes the better team does lose, however, they are usually not the better team that day. Players made mistakes with stupid penalties. Coaches made mistakes, especially on defense right before 1/2 and on offense the entire 2nd half, when they basically stopped running the ball after they couldn't be stopped in the 1st half. However, what reeks about this is the excuse making. Romo going to Cabo w/ Jessica doesn't mean a damn thing. Sh!t, the Wittens (Mr. and Mrs) are sitting in the picture next to him and nobody has said a damned word about it. And if Romo had gone with some Jennifer Nobody off the street it never would have been news, it's only a controversy BECAUSE it was Jessica. All 50 something of the rest of the team also had a short vacation, but Romo is the only one catching heat for it. If you want to blame someone, blame the coaches for giving them the furlough.

 

FWIW, I think the Cowgirls golden opportunity has just passed them buy. Sporano is gone, Garrett isn't far behind and the team has more holes than any Cowgirls fan cares to admit.

[KSB2424 3,173]

Good teams don't need breaks to win.

Worst post of the week. Congrats

 

Any Championship team in any sport will tell you that you have to be 1.Good and 2.Lucky. HTH

[jgcrawfish 232]

Worst post of the week. Congrats

 

Any Championship team in any sport will tell you that you have to be 1.Good and 2.Lucky. HTH

 

Bingo. Just ask Brady if he was lucky on that "Tuck Rule" game vs Oakland a few years ago. When there are 22 very strong, very fast and very angry men flying around a football field, there are way too many variables to believe you can plan for everything...lucky plays a huge part!

[surferskin 31]

Worst post of the week. Congrats

 

Any Championship team in any sport will tell you that you have to be 1.Good and 2.Lucky. HTH

so you're saying you have to be lucky to beat a team that you're better than?

[The Next Generation 11]

I always thought that good teams made their own breaks.

[KSB2424 3,173]

so you're saying you have to be lucky to beat a team that you're better than?

No, I was just saying the Phurfur post was incorrect and really dumb.

 

I wish Wade wouldn't have said it quite like that. It does make him look like sour grapes. But to come out and say the he was outcoached yada yada yada is totally off the mark. HTH

[KSB2424 3,173]

I always thought that good teams made their own breaks.

This can also be true.

 

Getting some breaks and making your own breaks are not mutually exclusive.

[surferskin 31]

No, I was just saying the Phurfur post was incorrect and really dumb.

 

I wish Wade wouldn't have said it quite like that. I does make him look like sour grapes. But to come out and say the he was outcoached yada yada yada is totally off the mark. HTH

again, you don't think coaching had anything to do with the #1 seed in the NFC playing like shiit the last month of the season? honestly, if they still had parcells, i don't believe they collapse like they did.

[Foghorn Leghorn 0]

again, you don't think coaching had anything to do with the #1 seed in the NFC playing like shiit the last month of the season? honestly, if they still had parcells, i don't believe they collapse like they did.

 

I agree. Just ask Buffalo Bills fans about what they think of Wade Phillips as a Head Coach.

[Jarvis Basnight 119]

Wade may have been good for 2007, but he's not the Cowboys future if they want it to be successful. He's a stopgap coach. Jerry Jones can't afford to lose Garrett and I think he will fight for him.

[KSB2424 3,173]

again, you don't think coaching had anything to do with the #1 seed in the NFC playing like shiit the last month of the season? honestly, if they still had parcells, i don't believe they collapse like they did.

The Cowboys peaked to early, it happens to alot of good teams. Wade is the HC and that has to fall on his shoulders some, sure. Along with the coordinators and the players. But we were talking about the Giants game in particular, and in the laundry list of guys to blame for that loss, Wade Philips ranks waaaaayyyy down on the list. IMO the team was prepared, they just did not execute. If any of the coaches are to blame in that particular loss I blame the wonderboy OC Garrett for totally abandoning the run in the second half.

 

In regards to Parcells. Meh, who knows. TO might have punched him by mid season and the team imploded. Who knows.

[kutulu 1,703]

I bet after GB stomps my Giants on Sunday you won't hear Tom Coughlin saying "the best team lost". He knows the buck stops with the head coach...unlike Doosh Phillips.

[jgcrawfish 232]

again, you don't think coaching had anything to do with the #1 seed in the NFC playing like shiit the last month of the season? honestly, if they still had parcells, i don't believe they collapse like they did.

 

And do you honestly believe that if they had Parcells they would have been in the position of #1 seed anyway? Part of what got them to that point was the creativity they offense was given and the changes on defense that better utilized their personnel. The only difference is that Parcells would have kept pounding the ball w/ the run game in the 2nd half. That creativity that Phillips and the rest of the coach staff was great for regular season, but it shows up as a lack of discipline in the playoffs.

 

The other thing to remember is that all of the top seeds who rested players the last week are now out. 3 weeks without a game is a LONG time.

[kutulu 1,703]

If any of the coaches are to blame in that particular loss I blame the wonderboy OC Garrett for totally abandoning the run in the second half.

 

 

Err, maybe that's because the Giants shut down the running game in the second half.

[xenophobe 1]

But we were talking about the Giants game in particular, and in the laundry list of guys to blame for that loss, Wade Philips ranks waaaaayyyy down on the list.

 

I'm not so sure of that. 11 penalties for 84 yards, very poor special teams play with extremely poor return coverage. You hear how the Cowboys dominated the stats, but the truth is, the yardage was very similar after you consider the hidden yardage. A lot of that falls on the coaching. They also didn't do a good job of dealing with the pass rush in the second half.

[jgcrawfish 232]

Err, maybe that's because the Giants shut down the running game in the second half.

 

Err, maybe not. They abandoned the run.

 

From ESPN TMQ:

What went wrong in the fourth quarter? First, Dallas offensive coordinator Jason Garrett, subject of head-coaching rumors, abandoned the run. Coming into the final quarter, Marion Barber had 125 yards rushing. In the fourth, Garrett called 20 passes (attempts plus sacks and snaps nullified by penalties) versus four rushes. Incompletion after incompletion clanged to the turf when running plays might have established rhythm and made use of crowd energy. Next, Jersey/A, a strong pass-rushing team, began blitzing in the fourth quarter. Though the Giants recorded only two sacks on the game, they regularly pressured Tony Romo into heave-hoeing the ball away in the fourth quarter. Jersey/A seemed to sense that Romo was not properly prepared for the game and would wilt under pressure, which is what happened. Romo kept trying to throw deep, rather than throwing slants, which are the standard counter to the big blitz. You sensed Romo wanted to hit a deep pass so everyone would credit him for winning the game. Garrett never straightened Romo out in the fourth quarter -- perhaps because Garrett's head wasn't really in the game, either.

[kutulu 1,703]

Err, maybe not. They abandoned the run.

 

From ESPN TMQ:

What went wrong in the fourth quarter? First, Dallas offensive coordinator Jason Garrett, subject of head-coaching rumors, abandoned the run. Coming into the final quarter, Marion Barber had 125 yards rushing. In the fourth, Garrett called 20 passes (attempts plus sacks and snaps nullified by penalties) versus four rushes. Incompletion after incompletion clanged to the turf when running plays might have established rhythm and made use of crowd energy. Next, Jersey/A, a strong pass-rushing team, began blitzing in the fourth quarter. Though the Giants recorded only two sacks on the game, they regularly pressured Tony Romo into heave-hoeing the ball away in the fourth quarter. Jersey/A seemed to sense that Romo was not properly prepared for the game and would wilt under pressure, which is what happened. Romo kept trying to throw deep, rather than throwing slants, which are the standard counter to the big blitz. You sensed Romo wanted to hit a deep pass so everyone would credit him for winning the game. Garrett never straightened Romo out in the fourth quarter -- perhaps because Garrett's head wasn't really in the game, either.

 

 

The Giants stopped the run in the second half as well as the pass.

[wiffleball 4,797]

Just told my Dallas fan buddy that if both the OC and the DC from the 'boys get hired away (likely), then we'll start to see the REAL Wade Phillips.

 

 

...Great as an affable "player's coach", but that's about it.

[wiffleball 4,797]

I agree. Just ask Buffalo Bills fans about what they think of Wade Phillips as a Head Coach.

 

 

..or Denver Broncos fans. The team's success this year was a product of the OC and DC. Did Parcells bring both of them in? When they're gone, we'll see Waddle Phillips for exactly what he is - and is not.

[jgcrawfish 232]

The Giants stopped the run in the second half as well as the pass.

 

I'm not buying it. There was a difference in the play calling. When you start chunking the ball as much as the Cowboys did, you're giving up the best thing you can do to protect your QB. By throwing more, that allowed the NYG def line to start pressuring Romo more. If you look at the Cowboys drive charts, they quit running, didn't have anything to do w/ the Giants.

 

Dallas 1st drive of 2nd Half:

Runs 8

Passes 5

Avg run: over 4.0 ypc

 

Dallas 2nd drive of 2nd half:

Runs: 1

Passes: 2

1 run, 3 yrds

 

Dallas 3rd drive of 2nd half:

Runs: 2

Passes: 6

1 run for -1 yrds, 1 run for 2 yrds

 

Dallas 4th drive of 2nd half (7 mins remaining):

Runs: 1

Passes: 8

1 run 4 yrds

 

The final drive I'll leave out, since it came starting at the 1:50 remaining mark and Dallas had only 1 timeout left. I think based on that it's hard to say that NYG had stopped the run, especially since they basically quit.

[kutulu 1,703]

I'm not buying it. There was a difference in the play calling. When you start chunking the ball as much as the Cowboys did, you're giving up the best thing you can do to protect your QB. By throwing more, that allowed the NYG def line to start pressuring Romo more. If you look at the Cowboys drive charts, they quit running, didn't have anything to do w/ the Giants.

 

Dallas 1st drive of 2nd Half:

Runs 8

Passes 5

Avg run: over 4.0 ypc

 

Dallas 2nd drive of 2nd half:

Runs: 1

Passes: 2

1 run, 3 yrds

 

Dallas 3rd drive of 2nd half:

Runs: 2

Passes: 6

1 run for -1 yrds, 1 run for 2 yrds

 

Dallas 4th drive of 2nd half (7 mins remaining):

Runs: 1

Passes: 8

1 run 4 yrds

 

The final drive I'll leave out, since it came starting at the 1:50 remaining mark and Dallas had only 1 timeout left. I think based on that it's hard to say that NYG had stopped the run, especially since they basically quit.

 

1-10-DAL22 (14:55) M.Barber right guard to DAL 24 for 2 yards (O.Umenyiora).

2-8-DAL24 (14:18) T.Romo pass short right to J.Witten ran ob at DAL 33 for 9 yards.

1-10-DAL33 (13:48) M.Barber right tackle to DAL 36 for 3 yards (A.Ross).

2-7-DAL36 (13:10) T.Romo pass short left to A.Fasano to DAL 41 for 5 yards (R.Torbor).

3-2-DAL41 (12:23) (Shotgun) M.Barber left end to NYG 49 for 10 yards (C.Webster; G.Wilson).

1-10-NYG49 (11:43) M.Barber up the middle to NYG 44 for 5 yards (C.Webster). Started up the middle then breaking outside left.

2-5-NYG44 (10:57) M.Barber right end to NYG 46 for -2 yards (R.Torbor).

3-7-NYG46 (10:12) (Shotgun) T.Romo pass deep right to T.Glenn to NYG 27 for 19 yards (R.McQuarters). Romo stepped up in the pocket prior to the pass.

1-10-NYG27 (9:32) J.Jones right tackle to NYG 25 for 2 yards (M.Strahan).

2-8-NYG25 (8:47) T.Romo scrambles left guard to NYG 14 for 11 yards (Ja.Butler).

1-10-NYG14 (7:56) M.Barber right end to NYG 11 for 3 yards (A.Ross). Ross injured on the play.

2-7-NYG11 (7:06) T.Romo pass incomplete short right to A.Fasano (G.Wilson). Pass was broken up at the goalline.

3-7-NYG11 (7:06) (Shotgun)

PENALTY on DAL-F.Adams, False Start, 5 yards, enforced at NYG 11 - No Play.

3-12-NYG16 (7:01) (Shotgun) T.Romo pass incomplete short middle to T.Owens. Pass incomplete at the NYG 5.

4-12-NYG16 (6:56) (Field Goal formation) N.Folk 34 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-L.Ladouceur, Holder-B.Johnson.

 

1-10-DAL20 (3:07) M.Barber left tackle to DAL 23 for 3 yards (M.Strahan).

2-7-DAL23 (2:23) T.Romo pass short left to J.Witten pushed ob at DAL 33 for 10 yards (G.Pope).

PENALTY on DAL-L.Davis, Unnecessary Roughness, 11 yards, enforced at DAL 23 - No Play.

2-18-DAL12 (2:06) T.Romo pass short right to J.Witten to DAL 17 for 5 yards (G.Pope).

3-13-DAL17 (1:18) (Shotgun) T.Romo pass incomplete short middle to P.Crayton. Incomplete pass to Crayton after Romo scramble at the Dallas 30.

4-13-DAL17 (1:08) (Punt formation) M.McBriar punts 45 yards to NYG 38, Center-L.Ladouceur. R.McQuarters pushed ob at DAL 37 for 25 yards (J.Rogers).

New York Giants at 00:53

 

New York Giants at 13:29

L.Tynes kicks 62 yards from NYG 30 to DAL 8. M.Austin to DAL 23 for 15 yards (Z.DeOssie).

PENALTY on DAL-J.Rogers, Illegal Block Above the Waist, 10 yards, enforced at DAL 23.

Dallas Cowboys at 13:22

1-10-DAL13 (13:22) M.Barber left tackle to DAL 12 for -1 yards (R.McQuarters).

2-11-DAL12 (12:41) (Shotgun) T.Romo pass incomplete short middle to P.Crayton. Slant pattern.

3-11-DAL12 (12:36) (Shotgun) T.Romo pass short right to J.Witten to DAL 26 for 14 yards (Ja.Butler) [M.Strahan].

1-10-DAL26 (11:53) T.Romo pass incomplete deep left to T.Owens. Fly pattern; incomplete at the New York 37.

2-10-DAL26 (11:45) T.Romo pass short left to P.Crayton to DAL 42 for 16 yards (C.Webster).

1-10-DAL42 (11:04) M.Barber left guard to DAL 44 for 2 yards (A.Pierce).

2-8-DAL44 (10:26) T.Romo sacked at DAL 39 for -5 yards (R.Torbor).

3-13-DAL39 (9:44) (Shotgun) T.Romo pass incomplete short left to T.Glenn. Pass incomplete at the New York 48.

4-13-DAL39 (9:38) (Punt formation) M.McBriar punts 58 yards to NYG 3, Center-L.Ladouceur, downed by DAL-B.Carpenter.

 

1-10-DAL44 (7:00) M.Barber up the middle to DAL 48 for 4 yards (R.Torbor; G.Wilson).

2-6-DAL48 (6:23) T.Romo pass incomplete short left to J.Witten [O.Umenyiora].

PENALTY on NYG-R.McQuarters, Defensive Holding, 5 yards, enforced at DAL 48 - No Play.

1-10-NYG47 (6:18) T.Romo sacked at DAL 39 for -14 yards (K.Mitchell).

2-24-DAL39 (6:18) (Shotgun) T.Romo pass deep middle to J.Witten to NYG 41 for 20 yards (Ja.Butler) [F.Robbins].

3-4-NYG41 (6:18) (Shotgun) T.Romo pass short middle to J.Witten to NYG 30 for 11 yards (Ja.Butler).

PENALTY on DAL, Illegal Formation, 5 yards, enforced at NYG 41 - No Play.

3-9-NYG46 (4:23) (Shotgun) T.Romo pass incomplete deep right to T.Owens (C.Webster).

PENALTY on NYG-C.Webster, Illegal Use of Hands, 5 yards, enforced at NYG 46 - No Play.

1-10-NYG41 (4:16) T.Romo pass incomplete short left.

PENALTY on DAL-T.Romo, Intentional Grounding, 10 yards, enforced at NYG 41.

2-20-DAL49 (4:09) (Shotgun) T.Romo pass incomplete short left to P.Crayton [O.Umenyiora]. Pass incomplete at the New York 45 sideline.

3-20-DAL49 (4:03) (Shotgun) T.Romo pass incomplete deep left to T.Owens [J.Tuck]. Pass incomplete at the goalline.

4-20-DAL49 (3:54) (Punt formation) M.McBriar punts 39 yards to NYG 12, Center-L.Ladouceur, fair catch by R.McQuarters.

[Joey Gladstone 33]

Why didn't Jones just have the balls to hire Garrett as his HC right off? He still could have overpayed Philips to be the DC. Now his boy Garrett will probably leave and he'll either be stuck with Phillip's worthless ass, or finding a new HC.

 

He's the saddest Billionaire in the world right now.

[surferskin 31]

Why didn't Jones just have the balls to hire Garrett as his HC right off? He still could have overpayed Philips to be the DC. Now his boy Garrett will probably leave and he'll either be stuck with Phillip's worthless ass, or finding a new HC.

 

He's the saddest Billionaire in the world right now.

that's a good question.

[Joey Gladstone 33]

HEY! Maybe after the Chargers get destroyed this weekend he can bring Norv Turner back to be his puppet coach!!

[jgcrawfish 232]

 

your point?

 

They still averaged 4 ypc in the 2nd half. You have to run the ball to get stopped running the ball, and they passed probably 2/3 of the plays in the 2nd half. You also highlighted a Romo sack and an intentional grounding...both of those would have occurred on pass plays as well. While the penalties clearly played a part, it's also clear they went away from the run.