Friday, February 6, 2009

A Huddle in Which Coach Wade Phillips Could Have Used Christian Bale

Wade Phillips is Bummin      Umm, guys. Yeah, huddle up please. No, you too please T.O. I want everyone in on this. Yes, I am serious. Please join us.
      Well, I don't want to name any names, but as a group, gosh darn it we're just not playing very well out there. Now I know everyone's tired and these guys are pretty good, but I'm asking you fellas to all pull together as a team and do a more professional job out there.
      Again, I don't want to pick on anybody, but Flozell that third holding call really hurt us. Remember what we talked about? No, not the ice cream pizza thing. Today. After the first two holding calls. Yeah, you kinda promised me that it wouldn't happen again. I know, I know, he is very big and fast, but golly that was a crucial ten yards there and, if you'll recall, he sacked Tony anyway. Yes he did, Flozell, he hit Tony very, very hard.
      Well T.O., I don't really think you should be chuckling at Flozell right now; this hasn't exactly been your greatest game either. What I'm "referring to," T.O. is that last first down pass you dropped over the middle there. Yes, I realize that you weren't going to be able to score on that particular play, but holy cow we really can't afford to throw the little fish back at this point. I agree that the safety did have a certain unpleasant gleam in his eye as he noticed you crossing the middle of the field, but you would have had a first down before he got there, and well, you know, we kind of pay you a lot of money to do that sort of thing. Well then, let's just agree to disagree.
      Now I know we're down 44-3, but I feel like, if we all pull together and do our jobs out there, we can still save this thing. OK, I'm not gonna ask who threw that. You know who you are, and I'm sure the shame that you're feeling right now is worse than any punishment I could come up with. C'mon now guys! Cowboy pride! Go out there and win one for...for somebody that you may have cared deeply about once.
      *sigh*
      Yes, T.O., it can be you if you want.

a tip o' the helmet to kenmorefield.blogspot.com for the inspiration.

2 comments:

Kenneth R. Morefield said...

You know, there is no logical reason why this should be the case, but I found it funnier when the score was 38-3.

Peter Waldron said...

Well, 38 is curlier than 44, so in that sense it's funnier. But the fact that the Cowboys actually trailed the Eagles 44-3 in their last game...
...well, that just makes me laugh.