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Phillips' return is Cowboys' loss

Jerry Jones ends an era of Super Bowl-or-else expectations by bringing back coach

Updated: January 18, 2010, 3:43 PM ET
By Jim Reeves | ESPNDallas.com

At some point Monday or early this week Jerry Jones will confirm that he is bringing Wade Phillips back as head coach of the Cowboys next season and pro football as we have known and loved it here in Dallas-Fort Worth will change forever.

It will signal a sea change in the way we look at the Cowboys and, more importantly, the way Jerry Jones looks at his franchise.

Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, the Cowboys were all about championships. Not division championships. Not ...

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