In what shouldn’t even be considered “news,” it is news, because as it turns out the problems in Dallas were worse than we ever expected. You can read the whole thing here, but this is just a few highlights from Dallas News:

• The team charter left late for road games five times this season because players were late to the airport according to three sources. The total represented more than half of the eight regular season away games. Sources declined to name the late players. The Philadelphia trip was delayed by more than an hour.
• Under Parcells, players were fined $5,000 for being late to meetings, and as much as $12,000 for missing an injury treatment session.
• This season, players were fined $100 for being late to meetings or missing a treatment. During training camp, linebacker Anthony Spencer was featured on HBO’s Hard Knocks after being fined $100 for missing a treatment session. But sources said Spencer was not alone in missing such treatments.
• According to five sources, several offensive players lost respect for Garrett for his failure to corral quarterback Tony Romo in practice. Romo, sources said, often forced throws in practice and often did not treat practice work consistently.

So, in short: The Cowboys need to start all over. I mean new owner, new coach, new offensive coordinator, new defensive coordinator, new star receiver, and a quarterback that takes his games more seriously than his vacations with Jessica Simpson.

Sadly, from reading this most of the blame should fall on Jerry Jones, who pretty much gave the players a green light to be late to whatever they like. ($100 fines? That’s like slapping me on the wrist with a dollar charge every time I’m late to work; they’d never see meat 8:00 a.m.) That said, it’s just so much more fun to poke all the blame towards Wade Phillips, who really does resemble a helpless fat man with no hope in sight.