The World According to Carl

I told you so.

I predicted way back that Terrell Owens would be a disruptive problem with the Cowboys organization and I was right. I told you that the Cowboys had zero chance of making it to the Super Bowl with Owens’ prima donna, self-centered attitude causing so many disruptions on and off the field. And I was right. I predicted Owens’ would be released from the Cowboys based upon reports I had read and once again I was right.

See? I told you so.

Face it, Terrell Owens is an example of what it extremely wrong with many NFL players and any team who adds him to their roster is inviting more trouble than he’s worth. Every team that has employed Owens thus far has reached the same conclusion. Terrell Owens is a classless, clueless, self-centered individual who has always placed his interests before his team. And he isn’t going to change. It stands to reason that a low-ranked team who is well under their salary cap will sign Owens to a 1- or 2-year contract. However whichever cellar-dweller signs him will still have a dismal record and I predict Owens will whine, moan, pitch hissy fits, etc. just as he has always done.

Sports columnist Mike Wise put it this way:

The Dallas Cowboys have cut everybody’s favorite athletic malcontent, Jerry Jones releasing him from his contract. Which, if you think about it, is all you have to know about why T.O. would be an abject disaster for the Washington Redskins or any franchise that believes supreme talent supersedes genuine chemistry.

If pro football’s Father Flanagan — the man who thinks Tank Johnson is a plus and originally thought Adam Jones was a good idea — boots you to the curb, it’s a pretty good sign the negatives outweigh the positives.

The way things began for the Cowboys in early September, I was willing to be converted. I believed Owens had finally gotten it. I thought his gargantuan need for attention and acceptance had finally been trumped by his desire to fit in and win.

But then adversity set in, and T.O. did what he always does: When the going gets tough, he blames others.

Dallas Cowboy fans, unite in wishing Terrell Owens a hearty and enthusiastic “good riddance!“

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