Volin, Owners, Sources, and Other Stuff. Maybe.

[joe dokes]

Volin is just so, so, shitty:
Why it’s important for Bill Belichick to pick one quarterback and stick with him - The Boston Globe

The football cliché — when you have two quarterbacks, you really have none — is an over-simplification. Tom Landry rotated quarterbacks on almost every play in the early 1960s, to great success. The Dolphins won a Super Bowl behind Bob Griese and Earl Morrall, and reached another Super Bowl with Don Strock coming out of the bullpen for David Woodley each game.

In the early, early 60s, (1960-64), the Cowboys went 0-11-1, 4-9-1, 5-8-1, 4-10 & 5-8-1. Great success my ass.
In 1965, when they finally got to .500 (7-7), Don Meredith threw 305 of the team's 362 passes. In 1966 (10-3-1) Meredith threw 344 of the teams 414. He got about 2/3 of the time in 1967 (Craig Morton); but in 1968 Meredith again threw over 300 of the team's 400 passes. In 1969, Morton threw 302 of the team's 350 passes.

In 1972, Griese broke his ankle in week 5 and Morrall finished the season. Griese had a cup of coffee in the last game of the season. Morrall played the 1st playoff game; they each played in the 2nd one and Griese played in the SB.

In the 1982 season, when they went to the Super Bowl with Woodley at QB, Strock played in 3 regular season games at QB. None between week 3 and week 10.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Volin is just so, so, shitty

He's the perfect type of reporter for the type of sports fans who sorta, kinda remember some names and quasi-facts and don't want to bother looking up the truth. Costas fell victim to this in the ALCS when he mentioned the Patriots taping a Rams practice. It's "I remember hearing" reporting and it works because the audience for it, for the most part, just wants to be able to say "I remember that" instead of doing the heavy lifting of finding out what ac tally happened.

 

[snowmanny]

If this were anyone other than Tom Brady, we’d say he looks finished - The Boston Globe

Volin, who eventually places the blame for the Bucs' performance everywhere *except* Brady's physical abilities, really doesn't seem to understand the meaning of the phrase "stick a fork in him."

If this were anyone other than Freddy Krueger we'd say he looks finished.

 

[hube]

Volin has always struck me as the guy who really wanted to be a sports reporter and discovers he hates the job. I can think of at least two other local scribes that fit the same profile, but it’s not a Boston thing.

Love the game, love the history, hate the present, and the job suffers no matter the pedigree or talent.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Love the game, love the history, hate the present, and the job suffers no matter the pedigree or talent.

You've hit on a key point, that Volin has neither a pedigree or talent. He's a fucking cipher.

 

[joe dokes]

If this were anyone other than Freddy Krueger we'd say he looks finished.

We might. But we wouldn't then go on and on and on about how he doesn't *really* look cooked physically and that his team sucks around him and and and.....Which is what Volin did. It's writing 101 (not just sportswriting). Show, dont tell.

"I can see why they say the weather sucks in the Pacific northwest. It was cloudy one day on my vacation to Seattle and then the sun was out for the rest. And I had the flu and dysentery and I broke my back falling off a scooter and spent 10 days in the hospital."

He's the perfect type of reporter for the type of sports fans who sorta, kinda remember some names and quasi-facts and don't want to bother looking up the truth. Costas fell victim to this in the ALCS when he mentioned the Patriots taping a Rams practice. It's "I remember hearing" reporting and it works because the audience for it, for the most part, just wants to be able to say "I remember that" instead of doing the heavy lifting of finding out what ac tally happened.

Yeah. And theres no real consequence.
Volin also came from Miami, IIRC. Likes to throw around the historical Miami FB cred.
Worst of all, while the "who played QB" question took a few minutes to look up, I didn't think it was much of a secret requiring heavy research that the Cowboys sucked for their first few years under Landry. (they were an expansion team). Landry taking them from the dumpster to the top is football lore that's almost every bit as much a part of the firmament as linking Halas with the Bears. Which makes this bingo:

You've hit on a key point, that Volin has neither a pedigree or talent. He's a fucking cipher.

 

[DJnVa]

Volin is just so, so, shitty:
Why it’s important for Bill Belichick to pick one quarterback and stick with him - The Boston Globe



In the early, early 60s, (1960-64), the Cowboys went 0-11-1, 4-9-1, 5-8-1, 4-10 & 5-8-1. Great success my ass.
In 1965, when they finally got to .500 (7-7), Don Meredith threw 305 of the team's 362 passes. In 1966 (10-3-1) Meredith threw 344 of the teams 414. He got about 2/3 of the time in 1967 (Craig Morton); but in 1968 Meredith again threw over 300 of the team's 400 passes. In 1969, Morton threw 302 of the team's 350 passes.

In 1972, Griese broke his ankle in week 5 and Morrall finished the season. Griese had a cup of coffee in the last game of the season. Morrall played the 1st playoff game; they each played in the 2nd one and Griese played in the SB.

In the 1982 season, when they went to the Super Bowl with Woodley at QB, Strock played in 3 regular season games at QB. None between week 3 and week 10.

You should respond to him on Twitter and see if he engages.

 

[Humphrey]

In 1969, Meredith had retired. QB was Morton and rookie (yeah 4 years older) Roger Staubach. They were 11-2-1 so I don't think anyone sane was screaming for Roger to take over.

 

[joe dokes]

You should respond to him on Twitter and see if he engages.

I dont do twitter.

 

[Harry Hooper]

Volin on today's game [boldface added]:

Stevenson’s rushing numbers weren’t great (26 yards on 16 carries) because the Jets loaded up to play the run. But he’s the only playmaker on offense who can consistently pick up yards on his own.

·Fellow running back Damien Harris, out the past two weeks with a hamstring injury, also was solid in his return. He had runs of 22 and 30 yards, which were more about his vision than the blocking

 

[Pablo's TB Lover]

Those damn stats getting in the way of a good narrative.