Parcells "tired of talking about TO" (1 Viewer)

[phillzphan]

I'm in the boat that really thinks a lot of TO news is being blown out of proportion. Maybe they think that mentioning TO to add to the saga will get them more money, more visitors, or more booty but they are making a mistake. Here is yet another example.

Parcells tired of talking about TO Published Fri Oct 13 9:28:00 a.m. ET 2006

(Rotoworld) Coach Bill Parcells said Thursday that he's "tired" of talking about WR Terrell Owens.

Impact: Join the club. Parcells refused to answer Owens-related questions at a press conference. "I have no comment on Terrell. Period," Parcells said. "I don't want to talk about him anymore. I'm tired of it." You've got to give Parcells some credit: He made it through over one-third of a season before getting fed up.

This has been joined by every ESPN talk show guy talking about this too. Can someone tell me why this is a big deal? Parcells just like any other coach is tired of talking to the media about a player. Reid did it with his injured players, other coaches do it when the media continues to ask more and more questions on their players. The media though is trying to spin this is a way that says Parcells is getting fed up with TO. But in fact, Parcells is fed up with news sources talking about this and bugging him about it. Ironic, eh?

 

[Isotopes]

The soundbit of Parcells referencing Rain Man is classic!

 

[guderian]

Sports media has become a soap opera..."Coming up next hour, what does Barry Bonds' nutritionist think of TO? Also, we'll have a discussion with a university physiologist on why TO's driveway is a bad place to do situps."

 

[Mungo Burrows]

I'm in the boat that really thinks a lot of TO news is being blown out of proportion. Maybe they think that mentioning TO to add to the saga will get them more money, more visitors, or more booty but they are making a mistake. Here is yet another example.

Parcells tired of talking about TO Published Fri Oct 13 9:28:00 a.m. ET 2006

(Rotoworld) Coach Bill Parcells said Thursday that he's "tired" of talking about WR Terrell Owens.

Impact: Join the club. Parcells refused to answer Owens-related questions at a press conference. "I have no comment on Terrell. Period," Parcells said. "I don't want to talk about him anymore. I'm tired of it." You've got to give Parcells some credit: He made it through over one-third of a season before getting fed up.

This has been joined by every ESPN talk show guy talking about this too. Can someone tell me why this is a big deal? Parcells just like any other coach is tired of talking to the media about a player. Reid did it with his injured players, other coaches do it when the media continues to ask more and more questions on their players. The media though is trying to spin this is a way that says Parcells is getting fed up with TO. But in fact, Parcells is fed up with news sources talking about this and bugging him about it. Ironic, eh?

Maybe they'll stop bringing it up...Maybe he should get TO to stop yelling "Why the f--- am I here?" at him on the sidelines and in the lockerroom at important divisional games where he was targeted 13 times.

Maybe he should get TO to stop granting 37 question interviews where he talks about how he needs to be more involved to make a difference (instead of making a difference the way the coaching staff sees best to use him!)

Maybe he shouldn't allow TO to hold press conferences on team property when they concern a personal, non-football "health" issue and involve his clueless publicist.

Maybe then the media will leave them all alone.

But that's not going to happen. TO is selfish and an attention whore and his well established history of this has led to blowups on two successive teams. The Media simply knows this, continues to prod into his selfishness and TO obliges them. Then they confront the coach with his selfishness and ask what he intends to do about it. It's all fair game and TO (and by extension, Jerry Jones) brought this all on themselves.

 

[redman]

I'm in the boat that really thinks a lot of TO news is being blown out of proportion. Maybe they think that mentioning TO to add to the saga will get them more money, more visitors, or more booty but they are making a mistake. Here is yet another example.

Parcells tired of talking about TO Published Fri Oct 13 9:28:00 a.m. ET 2006

(Rotoworld) Coach Bill Parcells said Thursday that he's "tired" of talking about WR Terrell Owens.

Impact: Join the club. Parcells refused to answer Owens-related questions at a press conference. "I have no comment on Terrell. Period," Parcells said. "I don't want to talk about him anymore. I'm tired of it." You've got to give Parcells some credit: He made it through over one-third of a season before getting fed up.

This has been joined by every ESPN talk show guy talking about this too. Can someone tell me why this is a big deal? Parcells just like any other coach is tired of talking to the media about a player. Reid did it with his injured players, other coaches do it when the media continues to ask more and more questions on their players. The media though is trying to spin this is a way that says Parcells is getting fed up with TO. But in fact, Parcells is fed up with news sources talking about this and bugging him about it. Ironic, eh?

Maybe they'll stop bringing it up...Maybe he should get TO to stop yelling "Why the f--- am I here?" at him on the sidelines and in the lockerroom at important divisional games where he was targeted 13 times.

Maybe he should get TO to stop granting 37 question interviews where he talks about how he needs to be more involved to make a difference (instead of making a difference the way the coaching staff sees best to use him!)

Maybe he shouldn't allow TO to hold press conferences on team property when they concern a personal, non-football "health" issue and involve his clueless publicist.

Maybe then the media will leave them all alone.

But that's not going to happen. TO is selfish and an attention whore and his well established history of this has led to blowups on two successive teams. The Media simply knows this, continues to prod into his selfishness and TO obliges them. Then they confront the coach with his selfishness and ask what he intends to do about it. It's all fair game and TO (and by extension, Jerry Jones) brought this all on themselves.

This is the price you pay with TO. In the words of an old blues song, "Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die."

 

[phillzphan]

Maybe he should get TO to stop yelling "Why the f--- am I here?" at him on the sidelines and in the lockerroom at important divisional games where he was targeted 13 times.

Lots of players say things on the sidelines. He admitted that it was in the heat of battle and he didn't mean it to come off that way. Hes a fired up guy. This isn't news. This shouldn't be stirring any new media or coaches getting pissed off. I don't think this shows he's looking for attention at all. Do you want every single one of your players on your team to sit quietly on the bench? Other players do this too. Edge does it. Wheres the hate Edge media?

Maybe he should get TO to stop granting 37 question interviews where he talks about how he needs to be more involved to make a difference (instead of making a difference the way the coaching staff sees best to use him!)

He didn't say anything bad in that interview. Did you hear it/read it? Or hear what the newspapers had to say about it? They are completely different.

Maybe he shouldn't allow TO to hold press conferences on team property when they concern a personal, non-football "health" issue and involve his clueless publicist.

Everyone in the world wanted to know what happened. He was rushed to the hospital and people were speculating what had happened. There were rumors of suicide. You didn't want to hear him talk about it? He went to practice that same day, and it was at the Dallas facilities where he was first reachable.

 

[redman]

Maybe he should get TO to stop yelling "Why the f--- am I here?" at him on the sidelines and in the lockerroom at important divisional games where he was targeted 13 times.

Lots of players say things on the sidelines. He admitted that it was in the heat of battle and he didn't mean it to come off that way. Hes a fired up guy. This isn't news. This shouldn't be stirring any new media or coaches getting pissed off. I don't think this shows he's looking for attention at all. Do you want every single one of your players on your team to sit quietly on the bench? Other players do this too. Edge does it. Wheres the hate Edge media?

Maybe he should get TO to stop granting 37 question interviews where he talks about how he needs to be more involved to make a difference (instead of making a difference the way the coaching staff sees best to use him!)

He didn't say anything bad in that interview. Did you hear it/read it? Or hear what the newspapers had to say about it? They are completely different.

Maybe he shouldn't allow TO to hold press conferences on team property when they concern a personal, non-football "health" issue and involve his clueless publicist.

Everyone in the world wanted to know what happened. He was rushed to the hospital and people were speculating what had happened. There were rumors of suicide. You didn't want to hear him talk about it? He went to practice that same day, and it was at the Dallas facilities where he was first reachable.

@ the apologists, and @ the blindness to the fact that you're talking in circles. TO's not newsworthy . . . except when he is because he almost kills himself from pills . . . or when he's yelling on the sidelines . . . or when he's saying "non-controversial" things like that the Cowboys and Bledsoe aren't as good as the 49'ers and Eagles and Garcia and McNabb (irony of freaking ironies!) at getting him involved in the offense . . .

 

[pinequick]

I'm in the boat that really thinks a lot of TO news is being blown out of proportion. Maybe they think that mentioning TO to add to the saga will get them more money, more visitors, or more booty but they are making a mistake. Here is yet another example.

Parcells tired of talking about TO Published Fri Oct 13 9:28:00 a.m. ET 2006

(Rotoworld) Coach Bill Parcells said Thursday that he's "tired" of talking about WR Terrell Owens.

Impact: Join the club. Parcells refused to answer Owens-related questions at a press conference. "I have no comment on Terrell. Period," Parcells said. "I don't want to talk about him anymore. I'm tired of it." You've got to give Parcells some credit: He made it through over one-third of a season before getting fed up.

This has been joined by every ESPN talk show guy talking about this too. Can someone tell me why this is a big deal? Parcells just like any other coach is tired of talking to the media about a player. Reid did it with his injured players, other coaches do it when the media continues to ask more and more questions on their players. The media though is trying to spin this is a way that says Parcells is getting fed up with TO. But in fact, Parcells is fed up with news sources talking about this and bugging him about it. Ironic, eh?

Maybe they'll stop bringing it up...Maybe he should get TO to stop yelling "Why the f--- am I here?" at him on the sidelines and in the lockerroom at important divisional games where he was targeted 13 times.

Maybe he should get TO to stop granting 37 question interviews where he talks about how he needs to be more involved to make a difference (instead of making a difference the way the coaching staff sees best to use him!)

Maybe he shouldn't allow TO to hold press conferences on team property when they concern a personal, non-football "health" issue and involve his clueless publicist.

Maybe then the media will leave them all alone.

But that's not going to happen. TO is selfish and an attention whore and his well established history of this has led to blowups on two successive teams. The Media simply knows this, continues to prod into his selfishness and TO obliges them. Then they confront the coach with his selfishness and ask what he intends to do about it. It's all fair game and TO (and by extension, Jerry Jones) brought this all on themselves.

I don't like TO. But if you can't see that the media creates about 75% of the "news" surrounding him, then you're just not watching. The whole week leading up to the Philly game, it was "TO returns to Philly". And now, the whole week after the Philly game, it's "The Aftermath of TO's return to Philly." I'm sure TO was in charge of Fox's coverage of the game, where every play--EVERY SINGLE PLAY--had a camera on him with a cut shot to his reactions. TO is an idiot. But the media knows a feeding frenzy when they see it. You'd probably look like an ###, too, with that much media scrutiny on you. Maybe not as big as TO, but with that much scrutiny, anybody is going to come off looking goofy.

 

[redman]

I'm in the boat that really thinks a lot of TO news is being blown out of proportion. Maybe they think that mentioning TO to add to the saga will get them more money, more visitors, or more booty but they are making a mistake. Here is yet another example.

Parcells tired of talking about TO Published Fri Oct 13 9:28:00 a.m. ET 2006

(Rotoworld) Coach Bill Parcells said Thursday that he's "tired" of talking about WR Terrell Owens.

Impact: Join the club. Parcells refused to answer Owens-related questions at a press conference. "I have no comment on Terrell. Period," Parcells said. "I don't want to talk about him anymore. I'm tired of it." You've got to give Parcells some credit: He made it through over one-third of a season before getting fed up.

This has been joined by every ESPN talk show guy talking about this too. Can someone tell me why this is a big deal? Parcells just like any other coach is tired of talking to the media about a player. Reid did it with his injured players, other coaches do it when the media continues to ask more and more questions on their players. The media though is trying to spin this is a way that says Parcells is getting fed up with TO. But in fact, Parcells is fed up with news sources talking about this and bugging him about it. Ironic, eh?

Maybe they'll stop bringing it up...Maybe he should get TO to stop yelling "Why the f--- am I here?" at him on the sidelines and in the lockerroom at important divisional games where he was targeted 13 times.

Maybe he should get TO to stop granting 37 question interviews where he talks about how he needs to be more involved to make a difference (instead of making a difference the way the coaching staff sees best to use him!)

Maybe he shouldn't allow TO to hold press conferences on team property when they concern a personal, non-football "health" issue and involve his clueless publicist.

Maybe then the media will leave them all alone.

But that's not going to happen. TO is selfish and an attention whore and his well established history of this has led to blowups on two successive teams. The Media simply knows this, continues to prod into his selfishness and TO obliges them. Then they confront the coach with his selfishness and ask what he intends to do about it. It's all fair game and TO (and by extension, Jerry Jones) brought this all on themselves.

I don't like TO. But if you can't see that the media creates about 75% of the "news" surrounding him, then you're just not watching. The whole week leading up to the Philly game, it was "TO returns to Philly". And now, the whole week after the Philly game, it's "The Aftermath of TO's return to Philly." I'm sure TO was in charge of Fox's coverage of the game, where every play--EVERY SINGLE PLAY--had a camera on him with a cut shot to his reactions. TO is an idiot. But the media knows a feeding frenzy when they see it. You'd probably look like an ###, too, with that much media scrutiny on you. Maybe not as big as TO, but with that much scrutiny, anybody is going to come off looking goofy.

I'm just curious, but what do you think TO's reaction would have been to him having a big game and/or the Cowboys winning? If you think that he doesn't soak up every moment he possibly can in the limelight, and then duck every criticism that comes his way, you're kidding yourself. Does the media hype this? Yeah, of course. Do TO or the Cowboys have any right at this late date to express shock/surprise/disappointment with that? Hell no!

The Cowboys knew what they were getting when they signed him. Deal with it.

 

[cr8f]

All the press wants to be there when he detroys the Cowboys.

Besides Parcells is a comedian. That line "am I making ceramic ashtrays" was hilarious.

 

[pinequick]

I'm just curious, but what do you think TO's reaction would have been to him having a big game and/or the Cowboys winning? If you think that he doesn't soak up every moment he possibly can in the limelight, and then duck every criticism that comes his way, you're kidding yourself. Does the media hype this? Yeah, of course. Do TO or the Cowboys have any right at this late date to express shock/surprise/disappointment with that? Hell no! The Cowboys knew what they were getting when they signed him. Deal with it.

I'm no TO apologist--he is an attention-hound. But if you watched any of the questions that those reporters asked the other day, you saw a barrage of loaded questions. That's all they were. And he's not bright enough to give the deferential answer.How exactly would have you reacted if you were Parcells? I think his reaction is exactly appropriate:Question #1: "When TO says. . ."Parcells: "I'm not talking about Terrell."Seriously, the only way to not feed the media frenzy is to not feed it. Why is that even a story? Because the media wants/needs it to be. So now the spin is "Parcells getting fed up." Not really--he's just heading the media storm off at the pass.

 

[Mungo Burrows]

I'm in the boat that really thinks a lot of TO news is being blown out of proportion. Maybe they think that mentioning TO to add to the saga will get them more money, more visitors, or more booty but they are making a mistake. Here is yet another example.

Parcells tired of talking about TO Published Fri Oct 13 9:28:00 a.m. ET 2006

(Rotoworld) Coach Bill Parcells said Thursday that he's "tired" of talking about WR Terrell Owens.

Impact: Join the club. Parcells refused to answer Owens-related questions at a press conference. "I have no comment on Terrell. Period," Parcells said. "I don't want to talk about him anymore. I'm tired of it." You've got to give Parcells some credit: He made it through over one-third of a season before getting fed up.

This has been joined by every ESPN talk show guy talking about this too. Can someone tell me why this is a big deal? Parcells just like any other coach is tired of talking to the media about a player. Reid did it with his injured players, other coaches do it when the media continues to ask more and more questions on their players. The media though is trying to spin this is a way that says Parcells is getting fed up with TO. But in fact, Parcells is fed up with news sources talking about this and bugging him about it. Ironic, eh?

Maybe they'll stop bringing it up...Maybe he should get TO to stop yelling "Why the f--- am I here?" at him on the sidelines and in the lockerroom at important divisional games where he was targeted 13 times.

Maybe he should get TO to stop granting 37 question interviews where he talks about how he needs to be more involved to make a difference (instead of making a difference the way the coaching staff sees best to use him!)

Maybe he shouldn't allow TO to hold press conferences on team property when they concern a personal, non-football "health" issue and involve his clueless publicist.

Maybe then the media will leave them all alone.

But that's not going to happen. TO is selfish and an attention whore and his well established history of this has led to blowups on two successive teams. The Media simply knows this, continues to prod into his selfishness and TO obliges them. Then they confront the coach with his selfishness and ask what he intends to do about it. It's all fair game and TO (and by extension, Jerry Jones) brought this all on themselves.

I don't like TO. But if you can't see that the media creates about 75% of the "news" surrounding him, then you're just not watching. The whole week leading up to the Philly game, it was "TO returns to Philly". And now, the whole week after the Philly game, it's "The Aftermath of TO's return to Philly." I'm sure TO was in charge of Fox's coverage of the game, where every play--EVERY SINGLE PLAY--had a camera on him with a cut shot to his reactions. TO is an idiot. But the media knows a feeding frenzy when they see it. You'd probably look like an ###, too, with that much media scrutiny on you. Maybe not as big as TO, but with that much scrutiny, anybody is going to come off looking goofy.

The fact is, the media creates 100% of the news around these guys. Without the media they'd be playing in dusty sandlots or flipping burgers somewhere. They are entertainers and they are public figures because of their media coverage. The fact that TO consistently and repeatedly sticks his self-centered foot in his mouth and the public eats it up just means he gets more coverage. The cowboys could have realized that TO was an idiot and that the media follows him before signing him. Anyone who doesn't realize that you get the whole package with this guy just isn't paying attention. You can't attract that much attention to yourself, and then complain when that attention makes you look bad. Maybe I'd look like an ### with that much coverage, but I know that if a reporter asked me those questions, I wouldn't say that I'm not being utilized enough. I'd say we all need to play better, starting with me. Frankly, I'd probably turn down the interview in the first place, knowing that they're circling like that.

He's an idiot. There's probably lots of idiots in the NFL. But the difference is that he's also got nobody around him willing to remind him that he's an idiot and that he shouldn't be out proving he's an idiot at every available opportunity.

 

[Jedimaster21]

Maybe he should get TO to stop yelling "Why the f--- am I here?" at him on the sidelines and in the lockerroom at important divisional games where he was targeted 13 times.

Lots of players say things on the sidelines. He admitted that it was in the heat of battle and he didn't mean it to come off that way. Hes a fired up guy. This isn't news. This shouldn't be stirring any new media or coaches getting pissed off. I don't think this shows he's looking for attention at all. Do you want every single one of your players on your team to sit quietly on the bench? Other players do this too. Edge does it. Wheres the hate Edge media?

Maybe he should get TO to stop granting 37 question interviews where he talks about how he needs to be more involved to make a difference (instead of making a difference the way the coaching staff sees best to use him!)

He didn't say anything bad in that interview. Did you hear it/read it? Or hear what the newspapers had to say about it? They are completely different.

Maybe he shouldn't allow TO to hold press conferences on team property when they concern a personal, non-football "health" issue and involve his clueless publicist.

Everyone in the world wanted to know what happened. He was rushed to the hospital and people were speculating what had happened. There were rumors of suicide. You didn't want to hear him talk about it? He went to practice that same day, and it was at the Dallas facilities where he was first reachable.

It is very surprising that an Eagle's fan has the opinions that you do. I am a huge Eagle's fan, and hate TO. He is a selfish player, and cares more about attention than winning games. He tore apart two of the best franchises in the NFL, and publicly assaulted both organizations, coaches, and his QBs. He always seems to blame the media (just like those that support him), but he put himself in this position. He makes sure that he is in the spotlight, and his actions cause the media scrutiny. I think it is clear that there are already problems in Dallas. He continues to find ways to be in the media spotlight, and that will cause his teamates to resent him. In the post-game interview regarding his QB, he clearly was criticizing Bledsoe. He stated that he didn't want to point fingers, but "all of you saw who was pulling the trigger." What? He isn't going to point fingers, but he is going to blame the one throwing the ball to him? Ridiculous. TO is a phenomenal WR. I don't question his desire on the field to make plays, or his ability to take over a game. There are few, if any WR that are more dominant. However, I think his desire has selfish roots, and he wants to excel for his own goals rather than the goals of his team. He wants attention all the time, whether it be postive or negative, and everything else comes second to that.

 

[BigJim®]

The media though is trying to spin this is a way that says Parcells is getting fed up with TO. But in fact, Parcells is fed up with news sources talking about this and bugging him about it. Ironic, eh?

I don't find that ironic, and in fact I don't see any distinction between the two things you've mentioned. If T.O. was not being publically vocal about asking aloud "why am I here" and then being part of backtracking interviews to explain away his antics in a PR friendly way, there would be no story. If the story is there, largely due to the actions of Mr. Owens, I'm not seeing how people should assume Parcells is only agitated by the media.

 

[fatness]

Link #1

Quarterback Drew Bledsoe recently sent T.O. a text message saying "stay with me" after the receiver said he wasn't the one pulling the trigger.

Owens loves to point fingers. But none of the Dallas coaches or Bledsoe pointed out that on that critical interception in the fourth quarter in which Owens stutter-stepped his route and then went into fourth gear to get open, well, that isn't exactly how that play was run in practice all week. Owens improvised, and Bledsoe was made to look like a schmuck.

Owens lost 24 practice days, and maybe that explains his imprecise routes. He's rounding some routes off and, basically, wasn't where Bledsoe expected him to be on a few of the passes last Sunday.

Link #2

"I have no comment on Terrell. Period. Because I don't want to talk about him anymore. I'm tired of it," Parcells said.

Parcells refused to elaborate on whether he was tired of questions from the media or tired of Owens, who has made headlines daily since training camp.

Are we having any fun yet?

 

[phillzphan]

Maybe he should get TO to stop yelling "Why the f--- am I here?" at him on the sidelines and in the lockerroom at important divisional games where he was targeted 13 times.

Lots of players say things on the sidelines. He admitted that it was in the heat of battle and he didn't mean it to come off that way. Hes a fired up guy. This isn't news. This shouldn't be stirring any new media or coaches getting pissed off. I don't think this shows he's looking for attention at all. Do you want every single one of your players on your team to sit quietly on the bench? Other players do this too. Edge does it. Wheres the hate Edge media?

Maybe he should get TO to stop granting 37 question interviews where he talks about how he needs to be more involved to make a difference (instead of making a difference the way the coaching staff sees best to use him!)

He didn't say anything bad in that interview. Did you hear it/read it? Or hear what the newspapers had to say about it? They are completely different.

Maybe he shouldn't allow TO to hold press conferences on team property when they concern a personal, non-football "health" issue and involve his clueless publicist.

Everyone in the world wanted to know what happened. He was rushed to the hospital and people were speculating what had happened. There were rumors of suicide. You didn't want to hear him talk about it? He went to practice that same day, and it was at the Dallas facilities where he was first reachable.

It is very surprising that an Eagle's fan has the opinions that you do. I am a huge Eagle's fan, and hate TO. He is a selfish player, and cares more about attention than winning games. He tore apart two of the best franchises in the NFL, and publicly assaulted both organizations, coaches, and his QBs. He always seems to blame the media (just like those that support him), but he put himself in this position. He makes sure that he is in the spotlight, and his actions cause the media scrutiny. I think it is clear that there are already problems in Dallas. He continues to find ways to be in the media spotlight, and that will cause his teamates to resent him. In the post-game interview regarding his QB, he clearly was criticizing Bledsoe. He stated that he didn't want to point fingers, but "all of you saw who was pulling the trigger." What? He isn't going to point fingers, but he is going to blame the one throwing the ball to him? Ridiculous. TO is a phenomenal WR. I don't question his desire on the field to make plays, or his ability to take over a game. There are few, if any WR that are more dominant. However, I think his desire has selfish roots, and he wants to excel for his own goals rather than the goals of his team. He wants attention all the time, whether it be postive or negative, and everything else comes second to that.

He's made plenty of mistakes and I think he's selfish. All I'm saying is that this attention is not warranted for what he's done so far in Dallas. If something happens and he does explode I think that its because of the news predicting it and predicting it and making everyone fume. Its kinda like Macbeth or Oedipus for our literate crowd out there.

 

[Grigs Allmoon]

I'm just suprised he referred to TO by name. First time, that I am aware of.

 

[Kevin Ashcraft]

Has this been brought up yet?

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dw...s.35627a07.html

T.O.'s tardiness leads to argument with coach

Owens, Haley clashed after WR was late to Wednesday's practice

02:45 PM CDT on Friday, October 13, 2006

By TODD ARCHER / The Dallas Morning News

IRVING – There might be a reason behind Bill Parcells' decision to not talk about Terrell Owens the last two days.

According to multiple sources, Owens was late to Wednesday's practice, leading to a heated discussion with passing game coordinator Todd Haley. On Thursday, however, Owens and Haley met and squashed the issue.

Owens was not available for comment. The incident is not expected to affect Owens' playing status for Sunday's game against Houston.

During his media availability on Wednesday, Owens expressed frustration with how he was being used in the offense, which has contributed to his 17-catch, 232-yard, one-touchdown start to the season.

During Sunday's game at Philadelphia, Owens, who was held to three catches for 45 yards in his return, was seen mouthing, "Why am I here?" and, "Are you kidding me?" and had several animated discussions with Haley.

On Wednesday, Owens again questioned why he was with the Cowboys.

When asked Wednesday why he thought he was not involved more, Owens said, "I don't know. I honestly couldn't tell you. All I know is, dude, I practice hard every day. The guys know that. When I'm on the football field on Sundays, I try my best to do whatever I can to help win games. For whatever reason, that's not happening."

This is the second off-field issue involving Owens and practice. He missed a team meeting and rehab session on Aug. 25, resulting in a $9,500 fine.

Since signing a three-year, $25 million deal with the Cowboys that included a $5 million signing bonus, Owens' time with the team has not gone smoothly. He missed 21 practices during training camp with a hamstring injury, broke his right hand Sept. 17 vs. Washington and suffered an accidental overdose on painkillers on Sept. 27.

E-mail tarcher@dallasnews.com

 

[redman]

He's made plenty of mistakes and I think he's selfish. All I'm saying is that this attention is not warranted for what he's done so far in Dallas. If something happens and he does explode I think that its because of the news predicting it and predicting it and making everyone fume. Its kinda like Macbeth or Oedipus for our literate crowd out there.

This is probably the point of departure for most people. I just don't think you get a clean slate when you sign with a new team given that the who reason you were a FA to begin with was that you had poisoned the last two teams you were with.

 

[Pimpin Ain't Easy]

Link #1

Quarterback Drew Bledsoe recently sent T.O. a text message saying "stay with me" after the receiver said he wasn't the one pulling the trigger.

Owens loves to point fingers. But none of the Dallas coaches or Bledsoe pointed out that on that critical interception in the fourth quarter in which Owens stutter-stepped his route and then went into fourth gear to get open, well, that isn't exactly how that play was run in practice all week. Owens improvised, and Bledsoe was made to look like a schmuck.

Owens lost 24 practice days, and maybe that explains his imprecise routes. He's rounding some routes off and, basically, wasn't where Bledsoe expected him to be on a few of the passes last Sunday.

Link #2

"I have no comment on Terrell. Period. Because I don't want to talk about him anymore. I'm tired of it," Parcells said.

Parcells refused to elaborate on whether he was tired of questions from the media or tired of Owens, who has made headlines daily since training camp.

Are we having any fun yet?

Can't complain. We stomped the Skins in week 2 to get things back to the way Skins fans are used too.

If i was a Skins fan, I'd be worried about my team rebounding, and trying to make the playoffs in a tough division. Not T.O.

Thanks for the support though.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

If you lay down with dogs you wake up with fleas.

Parcells knew who Jones was when he got into bed with him. That Jones wanted to spice up their love life by making it a threesome with a diseased whore named T.O. should have come as no surprise to Parcells given Jones' track record and personality. Parcells could have got out with his integrity when Jones made the invitation to T.O. Instead Parcells stayed. Time to reap what he has sown.

 

[redman]

Link #1

Quarterback Drew Bledsoe recently sent T.O. a text message saying "stay with me" after the receiver said he wasn't the one pulling the trigger.

Owens loves to point fingers. But none of the Dallas coaches or Bledsoe pointed out that on that critical interception in the fourth quarter in which Owens stutter-stepped his route and then went into fourth gear to get open, well, that isn't exactly how that play was run in practice all week. Owens improvised, and Bledsoe was made to look like a schmuck.

Owens lost 24 practice days, and maybe that explains his imprecise routes. He's rounding some routes off and, basically, wasn't where Bledsoe expected him to be on a few of the passes last Sunday.

Link #2

"I have no comment on Terrell. Period. Because I don't want to talk about him anymore. I'm tired of it," Parcells said.

Parcells refused to elaborate on whether he was tired of questions from the media or tired of Owens, who has made headlines daily since training camp.

Are we having any fun yet?

Can't complain. We stomped the Skins in week 2 to get things back to the way Skins fans are used too.

If i was a Skins fan, I'd be worried about my team rebounding, and trying to make the playoffs in a tough division. Not T.O.

Thanks for the support though.

Nice attempt at deflection, Shirley. Have fun with your disintegrating locker room.

 

[Pimpin Ain't Easy]

Link #1

Quarterback Drew Bledsoe recently sent T.O. a text message saying "stay with me" after the receiver said he wasn't the one pulling the trigger.

Owens loves to point fingers. But none of the Dallas coaches or Bledsoe pointed out that on that critical interception in the fourth quarter in which Owens stutter-stepped his route and then went into fourth gear to get open, well, that isn't exactly how that play was run in practice all week. Owens improvised, and Bledsoe was made to look like a schmuck.

Owens lost 24 practice days, and maybe that explains his imprecise routes. He's rounding some routes off and, basically, wasn't where Bledsoe expected him to be on a few of the passes last Sunday.

Link #2

"I have no comment on Terrell. Period. Because I don't want to talk about him anymore. I'm tired of it," Parcells said.

Parcells refused to elaborate on whether he was tired of questions from the media or tired of Owens, who has made headlines daily since training camp.

Are we having any fun yet?

Can't complain. We stomped the Skins in week 2 to get things back to the way Skins fans are used too.

If i was a Skins fan, I'd be worried about my team rebounding, and trying to make the playoffs in a tough division. Not T.O.

Thanks for the support though.

Nice attempt at deflection, Shirley. Have fun with your disintegrating locker room.

Deflection?? So the Boys lost to the Skins in week 2??Personally, I'd rather talk about my team doing well rather than TRYING to hype up the demise of my competition/rival, but I guess if your a Skins fan, you don't have much choice.

The reason all of this media hype is outta control, is because suckers like you take the bait, and go crazy with it.

Thats cool though. To each thier own. At the end of the year when the Cowboys make the playoffs, and the Skins don't, we can compare locker rooms at that point. Give me a break.

I got some beach front property in Arizona if your interested also.

 

[Ice Cream Man]

TO is selfish and an attention whore and his well established history of this has led to blowups on two successive teams. The Media simply knows this, continues to prod into his selfishness and TO obliges them. Then they confront the coach with his selfishness and ask what he intends to do about it. It's all fair game

So the media are manipulative, shallow, vengeful, sensationalistic, and mean, and in response you say it's "fair game"? I'm sorry, but that's just disgusting behavior and it is rightly being criticized.

 

[msommer]

I can't blame Parcells - I'm also fed up...

with anything that has to do with TO, that is, except game stats.