MySA: Are the Cowboys unhappy with DeCamillis?

[WoodysGirl]

Posted on 10/17/2012 (http://blog.mysanantonio.com/nfl/2012/10/are-the-cowboys-unhappy-with-decamillis/) by Tom Orsborn (http://blog.mysanantonio.com/nfl/author/torsborn/)

Jason Garrett was asked Monday whether the coverage unit relaxed with Dan Bailey’s kick going so deep.

“I don’t think that,” Garrett said. “Guys were running hard. There was great effort involved. We just didn’t get it done. We talk a lot about location of kick – it was deep, but it was in the middle of the field. That can always be a negative factor as you’re trying to cover a kickoff. There were guys with an opportunity to make a play that were unblocked. There were some guys that could’ve squeezed it a little bit tighter and sooner. There were opportunities to make a minus return and we didn’t get that done. That was certainly a big play in the ball game.”

“Well, I know what Joe is doing and how he’s trying to put the special teams together, so I’m a Joe DeCamillis supporter, fan,” Jones said after the game. “He’s an outstanding special teams coach. If it bears out with what I saw – what I think I saw – on the kickoff return, then again, we’ve got a couple of guys in there who need to stay in their lanes and that’s what happens to you. I know that reflects ultimately on the special teams coach, but I’m a big support of his.”

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[Joshmil53]

They should be. They arguably cost us two games this year.

[rocboy22]

yup, they should be. our STs suck.

[ABQCOWBOY]

I have to agree. Our Special Teams play this year has been terrible.

[Rynie]

Joe D. sucks. I want his spine on a plate!!









*too soon? :D

[tomsanders921]

I have to agree. Our Special Teams play this year has been terrible.

It's been terrible for years

[Future]

It's been terrible for years
Yep. I agree completely with anyone who says that he's only here because of the accident.

[Chuck 54]

How about cutting the guys who screwed up since they only play ST anyway...churn with more ST guys...send a message. You only fire the coach if he's not putting in the right game plan (yes, special teams have game plans and study tape) or not coaching well. If you see him doing everything the right way, but a player screws up, who's fault is it?

Should we fire the WR coach when Dez craps the bed causing a pick six?
Do we fire the OL coach when a player holds or jumps offsides?

At some point the players have to execute...even play calling is sometimes overshadowed by teams who only run 3-4 running plays all season, but execute those perfectly.

[Risen Star]

Albright didn't stay in his lane on that return TD.

[anava]

Jerry is still in his corner Joe D. is fine.

[AZBOYZFAN]

Cowboys fans are tired of him and his lousy ST

[Zimmy Lives]

As much as I am not pleased with the performance of the STs to date I would be hesitant to point the finger directly at Joe-D. I blame the personnel department even more; wide receivers and tight ends lead the team in tackles if I am not mistaken.

If the Cowboys have to rely on offensive players to excel in STs coverage then there will be more trouble down the road.

[Joshmvii]

Our ST is honestly a huge joke, and has been. The coverage teams for the most part do their jobs, though that KR against Baltimore was obviously an exception, but our return teams are just atrocious. If it wasn't for Dez being Dez, we'd just have a fair catch every punt, and our KR team is just god awful.

[BrAinPaiNt]

Want to know the sad part about it all.

As much as we have complained about the subpar play of our Special teams the last year or so under Coach D.

It really has been vastly superior to Bruce Read before him.

In other words as bad as it is right now...it has been worse.

:o:

[ravidubey]

I think Jerry fears DeCamillis will sue him if he's fired. I don't think Garrett has a say in who his ST coach is.

[rocboy22]

I think Jerry fears DeCamillis will sue him if he's fired. I don't think Garrett has a say in who his ST coach is.

why, then, when Joe wanted to leave to go to the Raiders, did Jerry not let him? seems like that would have been an easy out.

[jobberone]

Albright didn't stay in his lane on that return TD.

This.

We could use a KR and PR.

[burmafrd]

They should be

[Chocolate Lab]

why, then, when Joe wanted to leave to go to the Raiders, did Jerry not let him? seems like that would have been an easy out.

Exactly. People seem to forget that he actually wanted to leave, but we wouldn't let him out of his contract. Garrett said he was all for coaches advancing, but he had to do what was best for the Cowboys first.

[WoodysGirl]

I think Jerry fears DeCamillis will sue him if he's fired. I don't think Garrett has a say in who his ST coach is.

Jerry Jones, workers settle on collapse

DALLAS -- Companies controlled by Dallas Cowboys (http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/dal/dallas-cowboys) owner Jerry Jones have paid out about $10 million to the two employees seriously injured in the 2009 collapse of the team's practice facility, the attorney for the pair said Monday.

Attorney Frank Branson said the payments in cash and other benefits to team scout Rich Behm and special teams coach Joe DeCamillis totaled about $5 million each. The payments settle lawsuits the two brought against Cowboys Center Ltd. and Blue Star Development Co.; Cowboys Center owned the steel and fabric facility as well as the land on which it stood.

Behm and DeCamillis filed identical lawsuits last August alleging gross negligence on the part of Summit and its Canadian parent, Cover-All Building Systems Inc. They added the Jones companies as defendants in March, making the claim that the entities knew, or should have known, that the facility had structural issues that made it hazardous.

Despite the allegations detailed in the lawsuits, the relationship between the two Cowboys employees and the team has remained positive, Branson said.

"The Cowboys have been supportive of Rich and Joe from Day One, and Rich and Joe have remained supportive of the Cowboys," he said.

More: http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/news/story?id=5512609