Texas : Montgomery County : A Dallas Cowboy Profile in Courage: A Special Teams Hero!
Stunning, isn't it? Cowboy stadium in all of its glory, and the Cowboys? Well, I dunno. Who will "show up" tomorrow again the Indianapolis Colts. Should be "some" game.
I mean, how inconsistent can they get? Picked to not only play on the Super Bowl---but WIN the Super Bowl. What happened?
So many expectations, yet so much disappointment. Players let us down, coaches let us down. But let me say this: The special teams coach, Joe DeCamillis, is an amazing man and an amazing coach.
Now, I do not pretend to be any kind of expert about football--but, let me say, I know people, and I know courage, excellence and an impregnable spirit when I see it. He is quite a coach as demonstrated by the quality of the calls and successes he has had during this season.
Tom Landry is in a class all by himself, but DeCamillis is amazing also.
Last season----yikes. It was May 2nd, 2009 at the Dallas Cowboy's practice facility. There was a terrible storm, the skies turned black over Valley Ranch in Irving TX and the life of the Cowboy Special teams Coach and scouting aid Rich Behm changed significantly. Decamillis suffered a broken neck and the scout, Behm became paralyzed from the waist down. Many others barely escaped major injuries.
The practice facility kind of looked like a big white condom---but not as strong. It was decimated as a result of a "microburst" during a terrible TX storm. Why was it built that way?
It looked like a mammoth tent with support mechanisms that, when jarred out of place, became projectiles. Yet the covering, the shelter providing portion of the "building" was made like a "pop-up camper," or a Coleman Tent from Target. The contrast between the "material" and the supports is a combination that does not take a "rocket scientist," "civil engineer," or even a Realtor to figure out the safety compromise being inside such a structure in violent Texas weather would be.
Ay-Yi-Yi---THINK!
So, GO COWBOYS! Be safe, be strong, and be courageous. Follow the lead of your fearless Special teams Coach Joe DeCamillis. You know, I find myself continuing to watch the Cowboys this season to check in on Coach DeCamillis----to see how erect his head is sitting on his shoulders. He coached through the pain. He is one of my heroes! Thanks Coach!
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