Mavericks, Cowboys Both Have Players Dallas Fans Love to Hate

Living in Dallas, you can't get away from all of the fans or the sports radio "experts" that want to give their opinion, no matter how funny or ridiculous you think it is.

They're going to say it and you're going to listen to it.

Most days I listen just for the pure entertainment it brings me, especially after the Cowboys lose.

Mondays become fun days for me at work instead of the boring, monotonous, days we all dread at the beginning of the week.

The bandwagon jumpers start coming out of the woodwork and they start saying things that both make me laugh and shake my head at the same time.

I've heard everything from "bring back T.O." to "Tony Romo should be studying his playbook instead of going on vacation."

Yeah, just when I thought I had heard it all before.

Granted, Tony Romo isn't the only player the Dallas sports fans are hating on, they can't stop at just one player.

So, during the NBA season their attention turns to Dallas Mavericks' star Dirk Nowitzki and the lack of NBA titles he's brought to this city.

This city expects more, this city wants more, but the closest they're getting these days is the first or second round of the playoffs.

There was a small championship feel in the air this past year when the Dallas Cowboys actually made it out of the first round before being pummeled by the Minnesota Vikings.

You remember that loss don't you Dallas fans?

The loss that brought cries of "they ran up the score on us!"

Yeah, that left me shaking my head, too.

If the Cowboys were on the giving end of that beat down and they heard the Minnesota fans crying, they wouldn't have a single sense of remorse.

So, I'm not going to pretend to feel sorry for them.

As for Dirk, it seems the Maverick fans want more from him and, rightly so.

Maybe it's the lack of role players around him, or good players for that matter. Maybe it's the fact that the Mavs won't win with a jump shooting center, regardless of how good his shot is.

While there are those that will defend Dirk until they're blue in the face, there are also those who love to call in to the local radio shows and ask for the team to trade him.

Heck, they'd shout it from the highest mountain if they could.

They want him gone, they want someone that will bring a championship to the American Airlines Center, or more aptly known as the "AAC."

Nowitzki's saving grace, at this point, is the fact that Texas cares more about football than they do about basketball. 

So as long as Tony Romo continues to be a Cowboy, Dirk will always remain just barely in the shadows.

Romo gets the brunt of the hatred in these parts to the extent that it borderlines the ridiculous or even asinine.

Look, I know you fans want a championship especially since you haven't sniffed the Super Bowl since the 1995 season.

But your hatred of Tony Romo seems a bit weird if you ask me.

Fans were up in arms when they found out Romo had flown out to Vegas for some appearance and brought along wide receiver Miles Austin, or as Steve Young called him during the NFL Draft, Austin Miles.

I found myself almost driving off the road a few times on my drive home after hearing one fan called in hopping mad. 

He was of the opinion that Romo should be hold up in his house studying the playbook and shouldn't be allowed a vacation until he brings Dallas a Super Bowl.

I think someone should have called this guy's boss and told him not to give this guy a vacation until their profit goes up to a level they haven't seen in 15 years. I imagine that wouldn't have gone over very well, but I digress.

Look, I know there are lofty expectations on Tony Romo especially since he's the quarterback for one of the most popular NFL teams in the country.

He might as well be Dallas' version of New York Yankee captain Derek Jeter.

If you think Romo really cares what the fans think about him going wherever he goes on an off day, authorized by Wade Philips or Jerry Jones, you got another thing coming.

I'm curious what the Cowboy fans, or Maverick fans for that matter, think about all this.

If you're a fan of both, do you hate both players or should some of these way over the top fans check themselves?

I don't hate the Cowboys or the Mavericks, I'm not a fan of either team but I certainly don't hate either one.

I just think it gets darn right ludicrous with some of the things I hear after either team loses.

So lighten up Dallas fans. After all, there's still high school football right?