Wade Phillips

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Dallas Cowboys: The Defense Rests

​A proud franchise that once upon a time won Super Bowls behind a Doomsday Defense is these days shackled to the most disappointing season in team history by a defense that is simply doomed. Back in training camp down in The Alamodome in San Antonio, head coach Wade Phillips trumpeted&nb ... More >>

After Quitting on Folksy Coach Wade Phillips, the Dallas Cowboys Order Up a Shot of Red Bull.

​A proud franchise that once upon a time won Super Bowls behind a Doomsday Defense is these days shackled to the most disappointing season in team history by a defense that is simply doomed. Back in training camp down in The Alamodome in San Antonio, head coach Wade Phillips trumpeted&nb ... More >>

Wade Phillips = Fired

​Dallas Cowboys players at Valley Ranch have been told today that head coach Wade Phillips has been fired.

Whitt's End: 9.24.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Times like these make me regret that I stopped referring to Wade Phillips as "Stumbledoofus." After missing two crucial field goals in two weeks, David Buehler should be on a short leash and a l ... More >>

Whom to Blame for Oh and Two?

​Call me crazier than bat guano, but I actually think the Dallas Cowboys will be fine ... fine ... fine ... fine ... fine ... fine. Damn, all the sudden it's lonely in here. At 0-2 and an underdog on the road this week in Houston against the undefeated Texans, things don't look too swel ... More >>

Dallas Cowboys 53-Man Roster Projection: 8.23.10

​The Cowboys are 2-1 in the preseason. They've suffered numerous injuries but only one serious (tight end John Phillips). The defense has been at times dominating. The offense has been sporadic at best. Kickers Mat McBriar and David Buehler look reliable. Add it all up and - with meanin ... More >>

How Much Would You Pay For Dinner With Wade Phillips?

​So last weekend Jesuit High School holds its annual athletic banquet fund-raiser thingamabob. Up for auction: Dinner with Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips, which went for a cool $8,500. So how much do you think someone bid on a meal with broadcasters Brad Sham, Babe Laufenberg an ... More >>

Dallas Cowboys Coach Wade Phillips Gets A New Lease On Life Even After The Team's Humiliating Loss To The Vikings

​So last weekend Jesuit High School holds its annual athletic banquet fund-raiser thingamabob. Up for auction: Dinner with Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips, which went for a cool $8,500. So how much do you think someone bid on a meal with broadcasters Brad Sham, Babe Laufenberg an ... More >>

Wade Phillips: Surprise, I'm ... Back

​Whether you view it the continuation of tangible progression or merely a continuity of mediocrity, Wade Phillips is back as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. A three-year deal is imminent. Simple question ...

Whitt Says It Will Happen: The Cowboys Will Beat the Eagles on Saturday. Again.

​Whether you view it the continuation of tangible progression or merely a continuity of mediocrity, Wade Phillips is back as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. A three-year deal is imminent. Simple question ...

I Rang in 2010 Positively Positive. You?

Ready for a happy weird year? Well, c'mon!​My New Year's resolution? To be more positive. More optimistic. More don't-look-now-but-holy-hell-my-glass-is-half-full. Bear with me, this is gonna be tougher than going without a crumb of food for 10 days. Ready? Here goes. I'm open to the idea o ... More >>

Wade Phillips: From Stumbledoofus to Superdoofus?

Hey, there's a smile.​The defense is excelling. The December Demons are exorcized. The Dallas Cowboys are in the playoffs. But is head coach Wade Phillips back next season? I'm sticking to Phillips being a Dead Man Coaching, short of a trip to the Super Bowl, but it's sounding more and mor ... More >>

Whitt's End: 12.18.09

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Dallas Cowboys' fans left training camp convinced they had three above-average running backs, each of which could start for most NFL teams. But, in retrospect, is the "three-headed monster" a ... More >>

Seriously Now, You Think the Dallas Cowboys Will Make the Playoffs?

Sorry, but I believe in this guy more than the guy coaching the Cowboys.​As I've said since since, oh, I dunno, last January, this Dallas Cowboys' season was doomed the moment owner Jerry Jones decided to bring back head coach Wade Phillips. There were times when his promises to be tou ... More >>

Chargers 20, Cowgirls 17: My Top 10 Observations

​10. Now you believe me? Norv Turner > Wade Phillips. 9. Safety Gerald Sensabaugh picked a horrible time to have his first terrible game as a Cowboy. It was his oops that led to both Chargers' touchdowns: Interference at the 1 on a reverse pass set up San Diego's first touch ... More >>

Giants 31, Decemberboys 24: My Top 10 Observations

​10. This, my friends, is exactly why I wouldn't have Wade Phillips back as my head coach next season or any season. Simply put, he's just too soft. Nick Folk misses a field goal in three straight games and Wade just shrugs and says "I ain't worried." Says he won't even begin to consider Davi ... More >>

Fighting Off The Ghost of Decembers Past, The Dallas Cowboys Are About To Save Their Best For Last

​10. This, my friends, is exactly why I wouldn't have Wade Phillips back as my head coach next season or any season. Simply put, he's just too soft. Nick Folk misses a field goal in three straight games and Wade just shrugs and says "I ain't worried." Says he won't even begin to consider Davi ... More >>

Wade Phillips: Stumbledoofus or Superstar?

​Simple: Do you want Wade Phillips back as the head coach of your Dallas Cowboys next season? And beyond? I've asked owner Jerry Jones several times in several different ways about Phillips' job status. The coach's 3-year contract expires at the end of the season. Jones has an optio ... More >>

For Those of Us Who Doubted The Dallas Cowboys, It's Time To Confess Our Sins

​Simple: Do you want Wade Phillips back as the head coach of your Dallas Cowboys next season? And beyond? I've asked owner Jerry Jones several times in several different ways about Phillips' job status. The coach's 3-year contract expires at the end of the season. Jones has an optio ... More >>

The Cowboys' Wade Phillips is Deteriorating into a Bad Coach and an Even Worse Leader.

​Simple: Do you want Wade Phillips back as the head coach of your Dallas Cowboys next season? And beyond? I've asked owner Jerry Jones several times in several different ways about Phillips' job status. The coach's 3-year contract expires at the end of the season. Jones has an optio ... More >>

Wade Phillips final season as coach of the Dallas Cowboys? Sure feels that way.

​Simple: Do you want Wade Phillips back as the head coach of your Dallas Cowboys next season? And beyond? I've asked owner Jerry Jones several times in several different ways about Phillips' job status. The coach's 3-year contract expires at the end of the season. Jones has an optio ... More >>

The Dallas Cowboys: Seven Coaches and a Baby

​In this week's Dallas Observer column in which I surmise that Wade Phillips is entering his last season - win, lose or drawl - I tell the story of riding up a training camp elevator with the Dallas Cowboys' head coach. Sounds riveting, I know. But wait, there's more! Watching Wade ... More >>

Whitt's End: 7.31.09

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Been buried in Camp Cowboys all week, but looks like 103.3 FM ESPN needs a new drive-time sidekick alongside Randy Galloway. Brian Estridge is leaving to co-host mornings on WBAP 820 AM with the l ... More >>

Camp Cowboys' Prelude: Top 10 Observations

Stephen Jones, Wade Phillips, Jerry Jones and some big whig from Ford kick off Cowboys Camp '09 by pretending to drive a pickup. Cue Brent Musberger: You are looking live!!! ​Let's do this every day, shall we? Okay, some days I'll split it into five observations from two separate practices ... More >>

Dallas Cowboys’ coach Wade Phillips tries to put on a tougher face. You buying it?

Stephen Jones, Wade Phillips, Jerry Jones and some big whig from Ford kick off Cowboys Camp '09 by pretending to drive a pickup. Cue Brent Musberger: You are looking live!!! ​Let's do this every day, shall we? Okay, some days I'll split it into five observations from two separate practices ... More >>

Corporal Punishment at Dallas Lickin' High School

The board of education.I'm 44. But I'm about to sound 84. It was a better world when paddling was a part of school. A safer world when "licks" between a teacher and student were punishment rather than perverted pleasure. Hear me out: I'm not condoning the 21 "licks" allegedly applied to the b ... More >>

With T.O., the Cowboys' Loss is Buffalo's, um, Loss

The board of education.I'm 44. But I'm about to sound 84. It was a better world when paddling was a part of school. A safer world when "licks" between a teacher and student were punishment rather than perverted pleasure. Hear me out: I'm not condoning the 21 "licks" allegedly applied to the b ... More >>

Wade Phillips: Gag Me with a Spoon

It's almost as though Wade's vanishing before our very eyes.Wade Phillips should wear a skirt on the sideline next season. For never in the history of the Dallas Cowboys has a head coach been so castrated of authority, power and respect. This, my friends, is the result of Jerry Jones' pr ... More >>

The Dallas Cowboys: Change We Can Believe In?

You buyin' it? The Cowboys' changes, I mean. Pacman Jones is gone and looks like Tank Johnson won't be asked back and there are even serious organizational discussions concerning Terrell Owens. And last Friday, of course, the Cowboys announced the firing of defensive coordinator Brian Stewart. Are ... More >>

T.O. Must Go?

ESPN's Ed Werder says today that your Dallas Cowboys are seriously considering releasing Terrell Owens. Dallas' Only Daily's Jean-Jacques Taylor says if T.O. goes, then Jason Garrett stays. Me? I say that the whole fiasco could be fixed by getting rid of Wade Phillips and hiring a re ... More >>

The Cowboys' Crappy New Year!

After the most disappointing season in franchise history, how can the Cowboys' resolution be the status woe?

Eagles 44, Cowgirls 6

Shittingly. Fittingly. The most disappointing season in Cowboys' history ends with THE most embarrassing loss in Cowboys' history. Favored to make it to the Super Bowl, the Cowboys finish 9-7 and miss the playoffs. In a do-or-don't game, the Cowboys absolutely pussed out and were peed on in a 44-6 ... More >>

The Cowboys' Goals at Mid-season Are a Little Less Super

Shittingly. Fittingly. The most disappointing season in Cowboys' history ends with THE most embarrassing loss in Cowboys' history. Favored to make it to the Super Bowl, the Cowboys finish 9-7 and miss the playoffs. In a do-or-don't game, the Cowboys absolutely pussed out and were peed on in a 44-6 ... More >>

You Betcha: Week 9

Shittingly. Fittingly. The most disappointing season in Cowboys' history ends with THE most embarrassing loss in Cowboys' history. Favored to make it to the Super Bowl, the Cowboys finish 9-7 and miss the playoffs. In a do-or-don't game, the Cowboys absolutely pussed out and were peed on in a 44-6 ... More >>

Rams, I Repeat, Rams 34, Cowboys 14

Shittingly. Fittingly. The most disappointing season in Cowboys' history ends with THE most embarrassing loss in Cowboys' history. Favored to make it to the Super Bowl, the Cowboys finish 9-7 and miss the playoffs. In a do-or-don't game, the Cowboys absolutely pussed out and were peed on in a 44-6 ... More >>

The Dallas Cowboys: WWJD?

Shittingly. Fittingly. The most disappointing season in Cowboys' history ends with THE most embarrassing loss in Cowboys' history. Favored to make it to the Super Bowl, the Cowboys finish 9-7 and miss the playoffs. In a do-or-don't game, the Cowboys absolutely pussed out and were peed on in a 44-6 ... More >>

Week 1 Leftovers

Shittingly. Fittingly. The most disappointing season in Cowboys' history ends with THE most embarrassing loss in Cowboys' history. Favored to make it to the Super Bowl, the Cowboys finish 9-7 and miss the playoffs. In a do-or-don't game, the Cowboys absolutely pussed out and were peed on in a 44-6 ... More >>

Hard Knocks: Week 4

Shittingly. Fittingly. The most disappointing season in Cowboys' history ends with THE most embarrassing loss in Cowboys' history. Favored to make it to the Super Bowl, the Cowboys finish 9-7 and miss the playoffs. In a do-or-don't game, the Cowboys absolutely pussed out and were peed on in a 44-6 ... More >>

Wading Through Doubt

Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips is guaranteed nothing beyond a talented team in 2008

Lame Duck Phillips?

Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips is guaranteed nothing beyond a talented team in 2008

Three Dots … and a Cloud of Dust …

Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips is guaranteed nothing beyond a talented team in 2008

Wade Phillips Shows His Cards?

Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips is guaranteed nothing beyond a talented team in 2008

Dynamic Debut

Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips is guaranteed nothing beyond a talented team in 2008

Captain Casual

Wade Phillips ushers in a kindler, gentler, better Cowboys era

Wading Into Humor

Wade Phillips ushers in a kindler, gentler, better Cowboys era

A Dallas Cowboys Head Coach Does Interviews. Wait, That Can't Be Right.

Wade Phillips ushers in a kindler, gentler, better Cowboys era

Son of a Bum

Not unlike a pair of old blue jeans, new Cowboys coach feels like a good fit

Wade Into Change

Not unlike a pair of old blue jeans, new Cowboys coach feels like a good fit

Be Careful What You Ask For

Not unlike a pair of old blue jeans, new Cowboys coach feels like a good fit