During Wade Phillip's daily press conference on September 24,2007, he expressed his distaste for the media's over use of the "Mr Fix-it" title Wade gave himself a few weeks back.

"One other thing, and I know it's going to come on more and more when I say something about it.  I did say, and the reason I said it, that I could come in here and coach and have helped the team get better wherever I've been, and I did say Mr. Fix-It," Wade Phillips said. "But I am getting tired of people demeaning me about it, and I know you can go ahead and do what you want to do, but, you know, I'm just being honest about it. It may be deserved, whatever, but I don't appreciate it, I can tell you that.   So at the end of the year you can write what you want to write, put that on me, but it's not going to be on my gravestone, I can tell you that."

I'm glad he mentioned that because I've noticed the media taking advantage of Phillip's "nice guy" demeanor.  I believe the media views Phillips as some sort of redneck.  Even after winning the first three games, Phillips took pot shots from the press about how poorly the defense played and that "Mr fix-it" wasn't fixing the defense after all.   Phillips soon found out the the press wasn't laughing with him, they were in fact laughing at him. 

Thanks a lot local Dallas press!  Just when Dallas Cowboys fans were starting to get some real valuable information out of a head coach for a change, you've gone and ruined it.   Phillips will now have to be very careful with his comments and not provide the in depth information that he was providing in his daily press conferences.  As a Dallas Cowboys fan for a long time, it is easy to see that Wade Phillips is doing some real positive things for this team and he is no redneck.  I don't know I can say the same thing about the local press.