Team Site Phila. His coming was the subject of such intense expectation for hours before the the final curtain fell. By which time, Godot still hadn't showed up. He never did. The meaning of the play remains a puzzle.
Audiences file from theaters baffled by lack of conclusion or climax.
Whatever its intent, the play leaves an after-taste of being senseless. The Cowboys now may wonder if Michael Irvin had the title role. Waiting for Irvin has become the official team ritual, and not for the first time. He missed mini-camp last month and quarterback school in progress this week to the particular annoyance of teammates Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith. In a non-breaking development, Irvin held a news conference Wednesday at the Omni West Hotel to extend the Cowboys' waiting period.