My Ticket-Related Criterion for the Next Cowboys Head Coach

He has to be someone that Gordon or George, or hey, maybe even Craig, can mimic.  I'm sure we'll continue to have visits from Garrett and Wade, but we need someone helming the Cowboys who possesses a distinctive timbre or manner of speaking or pet phrases. 

Whatever we may think of Wade Phillips and Jason Garrett, they blessed the P1 with a decade-and-a-half of comedy gold at the hands of Gordon and George.

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Parting Garrett shot:  Everyone is careful to say what a nice guy he was before they dump on him.  Some are even saying that they now feel sorry for him for having coached under Jerry's stifling conditions. 

I'm not sure about that.  I'd feel a lot better about him if I ever heard him take any responsibility for poor game management, spotty preparation, failure to hold players to account, and all manner of other managerial weaknesses. 

As passive as the guy seems, my take is that he has an absolutely massive ego that demanded fealty to his primitive "processes" -- whatever they were -- despite the growing evidence that they were putting the Cowboys a decade behind the rest of the league.   Stubbornness can be a virtue, until it ossifies into not knowing what else to do.

Ahh, whaddya expect from a Princeton guy?

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Wishing all Confessors a happy and safe New Year.  Thanks for coming along for the MTC ride in 2019.

                                                                                       -- Plainsman

Will The Ticket Report . . .

.  .  .  on the passing on one of the greatest and most colorful sportsmen -- I'd call him an athlete -- of our time?

 

Junior Johnson, RIP

AMENDMENT:  If you're out of free New York Times articles, try this:

Sporting News Junior Johnson Obit 

Last post's red didn't get enough exposure, so here she is again:

 

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A Very Happy 54th Birfday . . .

.  .  .  to Craig "Junior" Miller.

Advise Whether I Have Inaccurately Noticed Something

I've done a fair amount of Ticket listening over the past several weeks, and it was only today that I heard the word "drydock" used (Sean Bass mentioned it this morning).

In fact, it seems to me that the shows have downplayed the fact that substitute hosts would be appearing through the New Year.  

Don't want to read too much into this, but I'm wondering if the crew has been instructed not to emphasize the fact (which they used to trumpet extensively when year-end rolled around) that regular programming is going away for a couple of weeks.

With The Ticket appearing suddenly vulnerable in the ratings -- whether because of crappy ratings procedures or otherwise -- perhaps they're taking care not unnecessarily to drive off listeners.

Or has the term been used a lot, and I've just missed it?  

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My Jah, what is the deal with Troy Aikman's horribly bloodshot eyes on the Fox broadcasts?  

 

I had a personal encounter with Aikman a year or so ago (cue Vivaldi) and he looked great.  But at least in recent months he looks like he has an allergy to Joe's hair-plug fertilizer or something.

Hope your holidays are proceeding satisfactorily.

Scattershooting, While Wondering . . .

.  .  .  at 9:30 a.m., minutes after the firing of Jim Montgomery, whether The Ticket, the Official Radio Station of the Dallas Stars, is "leveraging" (to use an overused bizspeak word) its relationship to track down Daryl "Razor" Reaugh, or ANY Stars-connected person, to comment on this startling development.

It would be understandable if the Stars, including semi-independent employees like Razor, don't want to comment on their understanding of the "unprofessional conduct" that got him fired.  But someone is going to have to say something.  There will be a presser a little later.

It'd be rich if it was one of his Ticket or White Elephant interviews.  Nah, they were harmless fun, actually reflected well on the Stars. 

Inquiring hockey minds want to know.

Actually, posted this just because the redhead was so appropriate:

Cheap White Elephant Comment String

 

Pretty good so far (9:30 AM at this writing).

Corby's good on these shows.  Jake's a good writer.  Junior laying back.  Donovan doubling down on his "Magic did not have HIV/AIDS" conspiracy theory.  Stevie Wonder theory makes more sense.

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