ESPN: When smart coaches make dumb calls

[Juke99]

When smart coaches make dumb calls

There's no logic to Jason Garrett's use of timeouts in the Cowboys' OT loss at Arizona



By Jean-Jacques Taylor
ESPNDallas.com
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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Late in the fourth quarter Sunday afternoon, Jason Garrett made the dumbest decision you'll ever see a smart coach make.

You don't have to take Football 101 at Princeton to know choosing to settle for a 49-yard field goal at the end of a game is a bad decision.

Dan Bailey missed the kick with two seconds left, and the Cardinals won when some Smurf-sized dude named LaRod Stephens-Howling zig-zagged through the Cowboys' defense for a 52-yard touchdown on the first possession of overtime.



http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story/_/id/7317344/dallas-cowboys-coach-jason-garrett-use-timeouts-was-dumb

[bbailey423]

I have never been a fan of JJT....but I respect the fact that he pulled NO punches in this article. It was DUMB! There is not other way to look at it. You get a few yards....or at least TRY!!!!!!!!!!

[ThreeSportStar80]

JJT made some great points, good job!

[BraveHeartFan]

One of the few times JJT has written something that I thought he actually did his job with.

My hats off to him for doing so.

[mmillman]

his learning curve is costing the Cowboys. He needs an offensive coordinator as he clearly is over his head in this area.

[Future]

his learning curve is costing the Cowboys. He needs an offensive coordinator as he clearly is over his head in this area.
I agree, but an OC would have nothing to do with game management and icing your own kicker.

The problem I have with the article is that JJT calls Red a "smart coach." The guy is smart, but he's Napoleon Dynamite when it comes to coaching.

[RXP]

This is actually a pretty fair article.