Bohls: Releasing T.O. colossally stupid move
Kirk Bohls of the Austin Statesman writes that releasing Terrell Owens was a colossally stupid move by owner Jerry Jones and the Cowboys.
Let’s recap this colossally stupid move.
Jones just cut his leading receiver and arguably his team’s best offensive weapon, who put up 38 touchdowns in three seasons. (Sorry, Jason Witten doesn’t get in the end zone enough, and Roy Williams has not proven he can be a No. 1 receiver.)
Jones listened to the wrong people and, against his better judgment, sent packing a no-brainer Hall of Famer who should be picked up by the New York Giants to replace their other headache receiver, Plaxico Burress. (TO would get to play the Cowboys and Eagles four times a season, and unlike the G-man packing heat, Owens isn’t facing a suspension by the league or jail time.)
If Owens was a big problem for Dallas, he was problem No. 8. Or lower.
There are so many other things wrong with the Cowboys that any annoying distraction Owens brought to the locker room should fall way down the list of the reasons Dallas hasn’t won a playoff game since 1996.
Here are the Cowboys’ four biggest problem areas:
General manager.
Head coach.
Quarterback.
Offensive coordinator.
And those are just for starters.
Bohls is dead on the money when he says that the Cowboys have bigger issues than T.O., which is why Jerry Jones’ next moves are so pivotal. If he cuts a talent like T.O., but fails to address what else is wrong with Dallas (read Bohls entire piece for how many issues the Cowboys have), then it will be all for naught. It doesn’t make sense to get rid of one destruction force, but then doing nothing to fix the other issues.
Was releasing T.O. a “colossally stupid move”? I wouldn’t go that far. But I do agree that there are bigger issues at hand and if Jones doesn’t follow through with other changes then yes, releasing Owens would have been pointless.
AMEN to that!!!! KIRK – YOU ARE ONE THE $$$$!!!
We need a GM, New Headcoach, NEW Offensive Cordinattor & a QB! Jones needs to be the owner & thats it! Not the GM as well. Wade Phillips can’t even look straight at the camera giving an interview, how is he suppost to tell players like TO what to do!
I REALLY HATE THIS! I am beyond upset that this has happened. Yes – T.O. needed to be straightend out, but.. damn…… LOOK AT THE BOARD!!!! NUMBERS DO NOT LIE!!! Is the BEST WR in the league – consistent numbers! Hall of Famer!!!
We need to get Bill Cowher as the Head Coach, someone that can put his foot down. However, with Jones trying to Micro-manage everything .. it will be hard to attract a GREAT COACH!!
This is VERY DEPRESSING as a Cowboys fan!
Two things wrong with this article. First, Bohls should have mentioned the 5th problems with the Cowboys, the clown they have for an owner. I don’t know who’s worse at their job, his plastic surgeon or him. The man just doesn’t know how to compete in the free agent era…the two superbowls they won after ‘93 were due to pre-free agent leftovers and Jones hasn’t had a sniff of the big game since. He’s great at marketing, I’ll give him that.
The 2nd thing wrong with this article is there is no way TO would be good for the Giants. They just cleaned up their lockerroom and huddle by getting rid of Tiki and Shockey, and TO would be 10x worse than the two of them combined. Regardless of his talent, he’s not a good fit for the Giants organization.
With that said, considering the cap hit the Cowboys are taking with this move, it makes no sense at all. Then again, not much does when it comes to the Cowboys.