Sick

The "sick" title is for two reasons.

1. I was sick this weekend. I'm a bit of a hypochondriac, but I was legitimately sick for the first time in a while. At one point, my fever actually rose to 101.7...which was a bit worrisome. In the same half-hour, I was burning up and shivering. It sucked. Luckily, there wasn't any nausea.

But being sick sucks. Really bad.

2. I'm a bit sick of the Cowboys, and I'm hoping that Jerry Jones is pretty sick of his choice of head coaches three years ago. As some of you might remember, Jerry Jones had his choice between Wade Phillips and Norv Turner as his head coach, and he chose Wade. Norv proceeded to go to San Diego.

I'm not saying that Norv Turner is the best coach in the world, and I'm not saying the Cowboys would've won a playoff game with him. But for his entire career, Wade Phillips-coached teams have failed in December. Since he arrived in San Diego, Turner's Chargers are undefeated in December. If only that part was fixed, the Cowboys would be a much more dangerous team.

I know the circumstances. Wade was brought in to fix the defense that was seen as incomplete under Bill Parcells. At the same time, Jason Garrett had already been brought in to be the genius for the offense. Since Turner is an offensive-minded coach, it wouldn't have made a lot of sense to have two offensive gurus...still having to find someone to run the defense.

Of course, there was thinking back then that Turner could mentor Garrett and the team could bring Mike Singletary in to coach the defense. It would've been a very expensive coaching staff, but it also would've been really awesome.

But here's the thing. Wade Phillips didn't fix the defense...it's still not up to the level of a defense with so many top picks. Jason Garrett made the offense look great one year, but it's struggled a lot since. I realize the Cowboys get a lot of yards, but they can't score. Jason Garrett is now Mike Schultz. Congratulations.

The Wade Phillips era has just been a disappointment in every way. The team is undisciplined, it underachieves, and there is zero accountability. Take a look at the Nick Folk situation...he misses some field goals and it's the holder's fault. They change the holder, and he still misses a field goal.

Communication is a mess. Wade Phillips doesn't know that his starting RB is hurt and can't play. Patrick Crayton finds out that he's lost his starting job through the media.

And I know it all starts with Jerry Jones. He's the main problem, but that's not the issue. And it's only not the issue because Jerry will always be there. He owns the team, he named himself GM, and he's not dying anytime soon.

So, until then, I'm gonna be mad at Wade. And mad at Garrett. And mad at the entire coaching staff. Because they can be changed...and until they find people who can work with Jerry's fascist system, we'll keep looking.