From PFT:
It's clear based on Jones' post-game comments that something big is coming.
"There are a lot of people here who are certainly going to suffer and suffer consequences,(1)" Jones said, per our former PFT colleague (and yet ESPN hired him anyway) Tim MacMahon of ESPNDallas.com. "I'm talking about within the team -- players, coaches who have got careers. This is certainly a setback. I know firsthand what it is to have high expectations. I think unquestionably that our expectations were thinking we're something we were not, possibly looking at what might be relative to a Super Bowl. All of those things have certainly contributed early." (2)
"But we have so many things that we need to correct and address, as this game so vividly exposed and previous games have. I've got a lot of work to do, got a lot of decisions to make. And it's not just one, two, three or four. There are several decisions. I think everybody in this country would agree that there's a lot wrong with this team(3) that we've got to address, and I'm certainly the one to address it."
So what's the problem? "I can't put my finger on it because I don't have enough fingers," Jones said.
Despite his gifts for precision and clarity when he speaks, it would have been helpful if these follow up questions were asked of Jerrah:
(1) Jerry, as far as 'a lot of people suffering'. will you be satisfied with having only coaches tortured or must entire families be drawn and quartered.
(2) Jerry, for those many fans who aren't smart enough to appreciate your eloquence, could you restate what you just said but this time pretend you haven't just drunk 27 martinis.
(3)Jerry, we just checked and, believe it or not, there are actually a couple people in the country who don't give a shit about the Cowboys.
It's clear based on Jones' post-game comments that something big is coming.
"There are a lot of people here who are certainly going to suffer and suffer consequences,(1)" Jones said, per our former PFT colleague (and yet ESPN hired him anyway) Tim MacMahon of ESPNDallas.com. "I'm talking about within the team -- players, coaches who have got careers. This is certainly a setback. I know firsthand what it is to have high expectations. I think unquestionably that our expectations were thinking we're something we were not, possibly looking at what might be relative to a Super Bowl. All of those things have certainly contributed early." (2)
"But we have so many things that we need to correct and address, as this game so vividly exposed and previous games have. I've got a lot of work to do, got a lot of decisions to make. And it's not just one, two, three or four. There are several decisions. I think everybody in this country would agree that there's a lot wrong with this team(3) that we've got to address, and I'm certainly the one to address it."
So what's the problem? "I can't put my finger on it because I don't have enough fingers," Jones said.
Despite his gifts for precision and clarity when he speaks, it would have been helpful if these follow up questions were asked of Jerrah:
(1) Jerry, as far as 'a lot of people suffering'. will you be satisfied with having only coaches tortured or must entire families be drawn and quartered.
(2) Jerry, for those many fans who aren't smart enough to appreciate your eloquence, could you restate what you just said but this time pretend you haven't just drunk 27 martinis.
(3)Jerry, we just checked and, believe it or not, there are actually a couple people in the country who don't give a shit about the Cowboys.
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