Dallas Cowboys: Why Wade Phillips Needed the Boot

November 8, 2010   ·   John Krenek   ·   Jump to comments

Jerry Jones said he wasn't going to fire Wade Phillips. He preached continuity by saying, "I would never consider doing that [firing Phillips] during the season," but as of 3:46 p.m. CST, Jerry did just that: He fired Wade Phillips.
I grew up playing the second-highest classification of high school football that can be played in Texas: the 4A level. The school that I went to has never won a state title, but that doesn't mean I don't know what a competitive team looks like.
The Cowboys are not competitive. Not even at the most basic levels of football: blocking, tackling, catching and running.
When we would play or practice poorly, the film didn't lie. I'm not sure what film "Coach Jones" has been watching for the last four years, but that film surely told no lies, either.
There's a saying coaches use: "We're just going through the motions."
Translation: You're uninterested and only doing this because you have to, not because you want to.
Such has been the ...

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