Wow, It's Deja Vu all over again

Someone over at the Hive found this article on the firing of Chan Gailey from Jan 1, 2000, when the Cowboys let him go. Now read that and try not to chuckle a little.

Quote:

"I believe he was a scapegoat, but at times there were problems," said Paul Chandler, Hale Center head football coach and a former assistant at Amarillo High. "It seemed like motivation was a big part of it, and I question the play-calling throughout the year as being too conservative.

"We'd have the lead and the offense would get so conservative and we'd lose it - that was frustrating."

Tyler suggested that if Gailey had an offensive coordinator or another coach calling plays, that might have been more productive.

"I think he needed somebody up there in the press box calling plays," said Tyler, who has taped every Cowboy game since the early 1980s. "Or maybe he needed to be up there. But we'd get down to the 5, and he'd call the wrong play, I thought.

Even if you like Gailey (like me), I still had to laugh a little. Even the NFL didn't like the "NFL Mentality".

Now, we do have to look at history. The Cowboys fired Gailey after two straight playoff appearances, hired Dave Campo and proceeded to have 3 straight losing seasons. Nuff said.