Wade Phillips Defends Himself

Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips defended himself on Wednesday.

"If you want to go on records," Phillips said. "I don't know what the determining factor is, I've never known. I didn't know when I was in Buffalo and we were 29-19 in three years that I was going to get fired. I thought I did a heck of a job.

"All I do is try to do the best I can as a coach. I work hard at that. I don't think I get a lot of respect for that, but that's the way it goes.

"I've won 75 games as a head coach so far in eight years. That's not bad compared to a lot of other people.

"Now, I understand the playoffs and so forth. I understand all that. But I think – I think, and it's my opinion – that winning breeds winning. If you're a winner, you're going to come out fine whether it's regular season or playoffs sooner or later.

"If you learn to coach and win games, then you're going to do well. And I'm confident we're going to do that."

I've never been a big fan of Phillips, and have compared him to the kid in this commercial, but I like to see him defend himself.