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March-27th-2009, 02:58 PM
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Has Wade Phillips lost too much credibility in Cowboys' locker room?
Cowboys coach Wade Phillips is entering the final year of his contract. And the lack of support from Cowboys owner Jerry Jones in the form of an extension is bad news, says Dallas Morning News columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/football/cowboys/stories/032709dnspotaylor.368a3fb.html).
He reports that Cowboys players have lost respect for Phillips after he failed to address the team after its season-ending 44-6 loss in Philadelphia and after firing former defensive coordinator Brian Stewart.
Without backing from the owner, Taylor says it will be very difficult for Phillips to regain control of the locker room -- especially if the Cowboys slog through a tough stretch early next season:
"There's no tangible evidence to suggest Phillips can stop this organization's downward spiral.
"Look at his track record.
"In Denver, he followed a 9-7 season with a 7-9 year before getting fired. In he went 21-11 in his first two seasons in Buffalo before dipping to 8-8 and getting fired.
"It's not my job to be the eternal optimist and paint a rosy outlook. I deal in reality.
"It's hard to see Phillips convincing the players that he's going to be considerably more demanding in Year 3 than he was in Years 1 and 2."
Phillips said earlier this week that the timetable for a coach putting together a Super Bowl-caliber team is about four years.
"It takes about four years to get a championship-type team put together," Phillips told reporters, in his first comments since the season ended. "We were expected, because of Dallas, to do it in one, maybe two years, and we haven't done that. I'm disappointed we haven't, but I think we will."
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Has Wade Phillips lost too much credibility in Cowboys' locker room?
Cowboys coach Wade Phillips is entering the final year of his contract. And the lack of support from Cowboys owner Jerry Jones in the form of an extension is bad news, says Dallas Morning News columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/football/cowboys/stories/032709dnspotaylor.368a3fb.html).
He reports that Cowboys players have lost respect for Phillips after he failed to address the team after its season-ending 44-6 loss in Philadelphia and after firing former defensive coordinator Brian Stewart.
Without backing from the owner, Taylor says it will be very difficult for Phillips to regain control of the locker room -- especially if the Cowboys slog through a tough stretch early next season:
"There's no tangible evidence to suggest Phillips can stop this organization's downward spiral.
"Look at his track record.
"In Denver, he followed a 9-7 season with a 7-9 year before getting fired. In he went 21-11 in his first two seasons in Buffalo before dipping to 8-8 and getting fired.
"It's not my job to be the eternal optimist and paint a rosy outlook. I deal in reality.
"It's hard to see Phillips convincing the players that he's going to be considerably more demanding in Year 3 than he was in Years 1 and 2."
Phillips said earlier this week that the timetable for a coach putting together a Super Bowl-caliber team is about four years.
"It takes about four years to get a championship-type team put together," Phillips told reporters, in his first comments since the season ended. "We were expected, because of Dallas, to do it in one, maybe two years, and we haven't done that. I'm disappointed we haven't, but I think we will."