Okay,
I’ve got to address two HUGE items of Washington Redskins discussion to make
news today.
First,
Chris Cooley’s comments regarding Tony Romo, and Dan Graziano’s reaction. For
those of you who didn’t get a chance to read Graziano’s thoughts or see what
Cooley said, click here.
First
of all, I really enjoy reading Dan’s work on the NFC East blog on ESPN (and I
hate 99.9% of everything ESPN does), so I was a bit shocked at his approach to
Cooley’s comments and suggesting Cooley apologize to Romo for his actions. I
was also baffled by his incredible exclusion of the fact that this is a
rivalry!
Chris
Cooley should not be offering words of encouragement to a division rival, and a
rival that transcends the division, the conference, the NFL altogether. When
people talk about the greatest rivalries in sports, they talk the Redskins vs.
Cowboys in the same breath as the Yankees vs. Red Sox, Michigan vs. Ohio State,
Celtics vs. Lakers, Bears vs. Packers.
Chris
Cooley is the product of Joe Gibbs, who took the Cowboys vs. Redskins rivalry
to all new heights. Coach Gibbs instilled a hatred of the Cowboys in his
players, and Cooley has always been vocal against the Cowboys. When asked about
Romo choking, Cooley’s response indicated that all of the blame shouldn’t be
put on Romo, but also the coaching staff, but he made it a point to suggest
that Romo’s turnovers were also his fault.
Cooley
should cheer for his rivals to fail, especially division rivals. As long as the
Redskins are in the hunt, the Cowboys’ struggles do nothing but make the
Redskins’ hunt easier. So being upset by the enemy struggling would be ironic.
Now
the second bit of what I want to address is all of the Redskins fans who take
Tim Hightower’s expectations of winning a Super Bowl as being outrageous. The
only thing outrageous is that anyone (including Redskins “fans”) expect our
players who are “underperforming” to not talk about wanting to win the Super
Bowl.
In
the NFL, there should not be one player, coach, owner, or fan who does not want
to see their team win a Super Bowl… and it should be an expectation (realistic
or not) every single season. Last year (2010-11 season) the national media all
had the Dallas Cowboys favorited to win the Super Bowl at the beginning of the
year. When Aaron Rodgers first taunted with the imaginary belt, the Packers
weren’t even in position to enter the playoffs and had more injuries to starters
than a plane crash could have caused. Well, at the end of the year, those who
laughed at Rodgers’ outer-worldly ambitions were silenced faster than the man
whose vocal cords ruptured.
Point
being? Hightower, who was asked what his goals for the 2011 NFL season were,
said he expects to win a Super Bowl, and showed he’s got his focus on the right
prize. As farfetched and outrageous as the expectation may seem to a lot of
people, it’s still the goal everyone invested in any capacity to a football team
should have, and I commend Tim Hightower for making it clear that he expects he
and his teammates to perform at the highest level.
Anyone
who thinks Cooley should apologize or never should have said what he said about
Romo and the Cowboys, should not be watching football. Rivalries make this
sport. And anyone who has a problem with a fan or player expecting a Super
Bowl, no matter how out of favor it is, should not be involved with the sport.
What Chris Cooley and Tim Hightower did today, respectively, is enhance their
positions on the team in the eyes of the true fans, and show us that there is a
goal and camaraderie that exists in Washington that has seemingly been absent
for far too long.
Hail
to the Redskins! Hail to Chris Cooley! Hail to Tim Hightower!
You know Sean, I couldn't agree with you more!!! First off, who wants to root for a team that has no rivalries? It makes the game BORING when all you do is just go out there and throw or run the ball and then go home. Win or lose, rivalries are one of the BIGGEST parts of this wonderful nationally televised sport that we all love called football! We Redskin fans (and everyone else in the NFL for that matter) should be EXSTATIC that Cooley is trying to keep the rivalry going. As has been said, this is one of the most famous rivalries in the world of sports. I have grown up in Maryland and Virginia all of my life and I can tell you, that this type of smack talk is only a small taste of what happens between fans. PERIOD!
ReplyDeleteAs for Hightower, man, I wish the whole damn team would come out and just say it. For those who don't follow or don't know the Redskins like a true fan does (I've been rooting for them for 33 years) you can't even begin to understand the complete turn around of this team from last year. Last year, they had NO swagger...now they do. Last year, they found ways to lose games...this year they are finding ways to win games. Last year NOBODY was even hoping to get into any form of the post season...now we have players (and fans) setting the lofty goal of our players wearing a ring after Indy! I don't care who you are or what profession you are in, if all you do is hope or expect mediocrity that is all you will ever have. If you go into a job interview and tell them you have the goal of "just getting by" or "maybe someday I'll get a promotion" you will NEVER get the job. We should all be going into situations expecting, no, downright DEMANDING the best! Setting your season goal for anything less than the Super Bowl, even for teams this year like the Rams, Dolphins, Vikings or Colts who are all 0-4 means that you are letting yourself, your team mates, your coach and especially your fans down in a HUGE way!
I say HAIL to them all! Hail Cooley, Hail Hightower and Hail to the 'Skins!
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