Jerry Jones on Garrett's coaching ability

[RS12]

As long as the Cowboys continue to underachieve, Jerry Jones will face questions about his head coach.

The Cowboys owner and general manager spent nearly half of his weekly radio interview on Tuesday talking about Jason Garrett and his ability to balance coaching the entire team and being the offensive play-caller.

Jones can certainly be long-winded with his answers, but this sentence best summed up his thoughts on Garrett: "At this particular juncture, Jason doesn't have too much on his plate."

When Garrett became the Cowboys offensive coordinator in 2007, the team finished second in the league in points scored (28.4) and third in yards per game (365.7). While the yards per game climbed to a 399.4 average in 2009, the points have never gotten close to 2007. In Garrett's two years as head coach, the Cowboys have fallen to the middle of the pack when it comes to scoring average, currently sitting 11th in the NFC at 22.0 points per game.

"I think he certainly has the capacity to handle a lot of things," Jones said on 105.3 The Fan [KRLD-FM]. "I've heard all of my life that if you really want a job done right, pick the busiest person you can find to go do it. It has just always worked that way. A small percentage of people do 85 percent of the work. Those are the kinds of things that I've heard. The facts are that I know that you can cover too much ground, and you let detail drop through the cracks when you cover a lot of ground. Advantages are also there."

Jones said he believes the hardest working person in an NFL organization is the offensive coordinator

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[RS12]

"I've heard all of my life that if you really want a job done right, pick the busiest person you can find to go do it. It has just always worked that way. A small percentage of people do 85 percent of the work. Those are the kinds of things that I've heard. The facts are that I know that you can cover too much ground, and you let detail drop through the cracks when you cover a lot of ground. Advantages are also there."

Once more in English please.

[RS12]

"At this particular juncture, Jason doesn't have too much on his plate."

This guy sounds more deluded by the week.

[rags747]

I agree with basically everything he said.

[InmanRoshi]

What successful head coach is currently calling his own offensive plays? Bill Belichick isn't. Tom Coughlin isn't. Jim Harbaugh isn't. John Harbaugh isn't. Mike Smith isn't. Maybe Gary Kubiak, but Houston is really winning more on running game and defense than over the top offensive ingenuity.

On the otherhand, I do see a few offensive play calling head coaches about get fired (Norv, Andy Reid).

[Wolfpack]

Originally Posted by InmanRoshi

What successful head coach is currently calling his own offensive plays? Bill Belichick isn't. Tom Coughlin isn't. Jim Harbaugh isn't. John Harbaugh isn't. Mike Smith isn't. Maybe Gary Kubiak, but Houston is really winning more on running game and defense than over the top offensive ingenuity.

On the otherhand, I do see a few offensive play calling head coaches about get fired (Norv, Andy Reid).

Andy it up when he continued to make game management mistakes and would get pass happy. Marty M made that team a better rounded team and let Andy not screw up more clock stuff. Sound familiar?

[BringBackThatOleTimeBoys]

Originally Posted by InmanRoshi

What successful head coach is currently calling his own offensive plays? Bill Belichick isn't. Tom Coughlin isn't. Jim Harbaugh isn't. John Harbaugh isn't. Mike Smith isn't. Maybe Gary Kubiak, but Houston is really winning more on running game and defense than over the top offensive ingenuity.

On the otherhand, I do see a few offensive play calling head coaches about get fired (Norv, Andy Reid).

When I code a program, I divide them into modules that do one function well - structured programming.

Successful organizations specialize roles - not ask for a "jack of all trades"

JJ has insisted on being a jack of all trades: Owner/GM/Executive HC

Apparently he is asking his HC - Jason Garrett to also be a jack of all trades and call his plays. We have seen the results.

[Dave_in-NC]

Originally Posted by rags747

I agree with basically everything he said.

I don't even know what he said.

[rickjameschinaclub]

At least he's having to now address questions about JG's competence, when before, it was the last thing on his mind...

[Alexander]

Why does Coach Landry even come into the discussion when people are addressing Garrett's abilities and performance?

It just strikes me as desperate and quite honestly, ignorant.