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Cowboys have no issues with Greg Hardy, of any kind


The Cowboys publicly have made it clear that they want to keep Greg Hardy beyond 2015. Privately, they’re making it clear, too.
Per a league source, the Cowboys have in response to the recent media and fan criticisms of Hardy reached out to his representatives to declare that they have no issues with Hardy, on or off the field. The Cowboys also made it clear that they want to extend Hardy’s contract.
It may not be the best way for Hardy to build leverage. Then again, how much leverage does he really have? The line for his services wasn’t extending out the door and down the block.
Regardless, the Cowboys love the guy. They have no problem with his behavior during the Giants game, his comments prior to the Patriots game, the reported absence from practice on Thursday, or presumably anything else he has done or will do — including his very recent re-tweet of an article that stands for the proposition that we should simply accept the fact that Hardy is a villain.
“You need people like me, so you can point your finger and say that’s the bad guy,” declares the caption to the photo of Tony Montana, in the tweet that Hardy shared with his followers.
The Cowboys have accepted the fact that their star pass rusher has warts that are irrelevant to his ability to apply contusions to quarterbacks. Because the Cowboys agreed to a term that prevents them from using the franchise or transition tag, Hardy will hit the market unless the Cowboys sign him to a new deal. And the better he does his job over the balance of the season, the more willing someone else will be to pursuing him.
Which is making the Cowboys willing to sign him to a new deal, sooner than later.

The spineless Cowboys won't discipline Greg Hardy for violent outburst


After spending the last 24 hours making every excuse possible for Greg Hardy’s violent sideline outburst in which he nearly fought special teams coach Rich Bisaccia, the Dallas Cowboys have made their decision on how they’ll discipline their out-of-control defender who’s suspended for 19 of his past 21 games.
They’re going to do absolutely nothing.
“We addressed how he can [handle his emotions] better,” coach Jason Garrett said, insisting that Hardy’s apparent rage issues are something that the outside world focuses on too much. (Like the court that found him guilty for assault last year, I suppose.)
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(AP)
But we all know Garrett is dangling from marionette strings and that any decision not to discipline Hardy almost certainly came from the top. Therefore it’s no surprise Hardy didn’t even get a slap on the wrist for slapping at the wrist of a coach. Jerry Jones couldn’t wait to defend his big acquisition after the game on Sunday:
“He’s just getting guys ready to play in my view. I don’t have any issue with him being involved in motivating or pushing in any part of the football team, because he plays and walks the walk. […]

Since everything comes from the top in Dallas, the rest of the team toed the party line too, including the man who had the most to be upset about.
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“Well, no, he wanted to get in there and kind of get after some of the guys a little bit, maybe get them fired up,” Bisaccia, the aggrieved special teams coach, said. “It was just not the right time. It’s really not an issue. I just had to communicate what we were going to do next on the return, so I just really wanted him to move on so we could get going.”
Just some bad timing. That’s all.
The comments of safety Danny McCray summed up most of the Cowboys’ public feelings pretty well (at least those who went on record).
“He’s such a passionate player, he’s just all over the place. I know when he came he pushed me a little bit, and I just didn’t realize who it was. I was like, ‘Who is this?’ Once you realize it’s Greg, it’s, ‘We need to make a play.’ We understand it was our fault to give up that lead. He was just showing us the passion.”
(USA TODAY Sports Images)
(USA TODAY Sports Images)
Passion, passion, passion. That’s all we’ve heard from the Cowboys in regards to Hardy over the past day — not about a man with a short, violent temper or someone possibly unfit to be on an NFL sideline anywhere. Just passion. So how did that passion work out? It must have turned around the game, inspiring the Cowboys to greater heights and a crucial NFC East win.
Nope. Hardy’s passion, the kind that’s so important it excuses shoving a superior, something that should get any athlete suspended for at least one week, did absolutely nothing. The Cowboys were down 27-20 when Hardy charged Bisaccia and would end up losing 27-20. Passion, even the nonsensical, excuse-making kind, isn’t everything.
Despite evidence to the contrary, Jerry Jones explained the importance of that passion on Sunday (per Lorenzo Reyes of USA TODAY Sports):
“[Hardy is] of course, one of the real leaders on this team and he earns it and he earns it with respect from all of his teammates. That’s the kind of thing that inspires a football team.”
(AP)
(AP)
First of all, leaders don’t snap. Leaders don’t fight. And I don’t care what canned soundbites there are in the locker room; nobody respects someone who doesn’t respect others. That laughable assertion aside, it’s just as ridiculous to call Hardy a leader because he’s only been there for two games! He’s played a total of eight quarters! He’s been on the field for 46 minutes and played just over 100 snaps. And he’s a leader of the team? No wonder Dallas is in last place.
But no one should be surprised Jones balked at punishing Hardy. Anybody who followed the 1990s Cowboys and their White House infamy knows how this team is run. There’s no accountability, no spine and no sense of justice. Maybe the Cowboys truly are America’s Team.

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