Not everyone in Dallas is thrilled with the team’s acquisition of free agent defensive end Greg Hardy.
In fact, at least one of them is mad as hell and not going to take it any more.
Longtime WFAA sportscaster Dale Hansen took Hardy, the Cowboys and the NFL to task last night, unmoved by the possibility of double-digit sacks considering Hardy’s previous domestic violence charges.
“Is there no crime you won’t accept?” he said at one point, just getting warmed up.
“Greg Hardy’s jersey is being sold at the Cowboys online pro shop now,” Hansen said. “You could get one for your sister or daughter and then explain to her that Hardy beats up women, but we’re cheering him now because he’s really good on game day, and game day is all that really matters to me.
“Your daughter will understand.”
Hansen made reference to NFL justice as “Barney Fife,” and said coach Jason Garrett is either “a fraud and a hypocrite,” or has no say in the matter and is “a puppet.”
“It was Jason Garrett’s dad, Jim — a former Cowboys scout — who famously said, ‘This isn’t the Boy Scouts; this is professional football,” Hansen said. “Well, it’s not Carolina football, Jim. They let Hardy go. The team that knows him best didn’t want him anymore . But it is your son’s professional football.
“It’s the Cowboys’ way now. You taught him well, Jim, . . . you taught him well.”
Many in North Texas might feel that way. Few have the same kind of pulpit and reach of Hansen on the local level.
And he’s right that the first time Hardy records a sack to help them win a game, many will forget all about his track record, and cheer for the star the way they have so many times before.
