End of the run: Cowboys to cut Emmitt Smith

Dallas Morning News ^ | 02/27/02 | RICHARD DURRETT/ Dallas Web Staff

[goo goo g'joob]

Beatles fan, eh?

by your recognition of the obscure, you reveal yourself as one, also...

[dfwgator]

Do you think Emmitt would like to have a do-over?

[over3Owithabrain]

We don't want him back. Sorry, he will be a HOF Cowboy, but right now the 'Boys are young and rebuilding. He can cry and preach all he wants from the deck of the Titanic (Arizona Cardinals).

[dfwgator]

I meant, I think he probably wishes he would have just retired after seeing that Arizona was the only club interested in him.

[Night Hides Not]

I predict Emmitt will wear out his welcome in Arizona by Thanksgiving. Marcel Shipp looked much better than Emmitt yesterday. Emmitt was miserable when the Cowboys were going 5-11. How happy is he going to be when the Cardinals are 2-10, and he's getting 10-12 carries a game?

In Emmitt's defense, his offensive coordinator needs to be fired for such an unimaginative game plan. No play action on first down, when everyone knew that the Pokes would be gunning for "Diamond Emmitt"?

I guess Bidwell pays only a living wage to his coaches.

Glad to see that Jerry Jones discovered that great coaches are worth the money they're paid. When he gets his new stadium, I'll call it "The House The Tuna Built".

[js1138]

The Gators could sure use him back. ;^)

[dfwgator]

The Gators' problem isn't the talent (they were good enough to be up by 23 against Miami, on their field), it's with that numbskull of a head coach, who couldn't even coach a pee-wee team. Zook is by far the worst game planner, and he doesn't even know the meaning of the word "adjustment." The good news is that the Bull Gators are already getting together to run his a$$ out of G'ville.

[dfwgator]

I would have fired the Arizona coach on the spot for running Emmitt on the first play. Everybody in the stands (and Le'Roi Glover) knew what was going to happen. They should have done play-action then threw the bomb to Boldin. I'd say if they had done that, there was a 75% chance it would have resulted in a touchdown for the Cardinals.

[over3Owithabrain]

As a 'Boys fan, I've been screaming at the TV for years telling Jerry to get a real coach in between Botox treatments.

[hunyb]

"Mr. Smith is leaving with such supreme grace"

Grace? I must've missed where calling your teammates 'trash' is a graceful exit..........Emmitt getting stuffed by the cowboys defense yesterday was great in my book.....