Wade Phillips isn't much to look at, but Cowboys owner Jerry Jones didn't hire the Son of Bum to model puffy jackets. He hired him for his football acumen. The bloodlines and several successful stints as a defensive coordinator suggested he was up for it, even if Phillips doesn't exactly exude confidence. I often think owners and general managers fall in love with potential head coaching candidates because of their assistant coaching track record, even though the biggest part of the job usually has more to do with, in Mike Tomlin's words, "leading men," than it does with Xs and Os.
Which goes a long way in explaining why some fans aren't sold on Phillips as the long-term answer in Dallas. And some media types, too. Like, say the Dallas Observer's Richie Whitt, who uses a recent Phillips radio appearance to illustrate the point.


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Former Steelers head coach Bill Cowher was often accused of running a soft training camp. Veterans were excused from practice, there wasn't much in the way of physical contact, and you could almost guarantee that at least one morning the team would skip a workout to take in a movie.
The offseason can be summed up in two words: Vick, Favre. At various points this spring and summer, it seemed that neither player would ever take another
Last month, Bloomberg News (of all places),
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