DMN: Garrett: New offensive assistant coaches can ‘really help us break through’

[jnday]

Originally Posted by BrAinPaiNt

We can be flippant and sarcastic all we want...but the fact remains is when we average out the last ten seasons we are around a .500 team...and we were one last year as well.

THAT needs to change and changing some of the things you were being sarcastic about is going to have to happen if we want to change that .500 average.

Just because we don't like some of the complaints and bullet points, just because we don't want to hear it or even agree with it...it does not mean there is not truth in it/them.

One of yor best post ever.

[Aven8]

Originally Posted by Wolfpack

We won the bye week...oh wait.

No we didn't. Matt Johnson pulled a hammy that week I think!

[Wolfpack]

Originally Posted by Idgit

Well, I might surprise you then in saying I completely agree with you. I'd heard the interview with Mickey this came from a day or so ago, and thought he came off as defensive. Maybe it's part of the rolling review he does every off season, but it sounds like he's defending his record and his pride in advance of handing over the play calling duties, to me. He'd have been better off leaving that stuff unsaid and just acknowledging the position coach changes were an attempt to get better. Let Jerry, Stephen, Callahan support his historic performance.

Thats what a confident man would have done.

Jason looks scared and is very defensive (ala Wade) in a passive-agreeisve way. That's not a man in charge of his own destiny.

[Wolfpack]

Originally Posted by Aven8

No we didn't. Matt Johnson pulled a hammy that week I think!

I think the whole team pulled some ham that week.

[gimmesix]

Originally Posted by WoodysGirl

By Jon Machota / Special Contributor
jmachota@dallasnews.com
4:04 pm on February 12, 2013 | Permalink

Since the conclusion of the 2012 season the Cowboys have hired four new offensive position coaches.

Garrett says despite good production the last six years he’s hoping those additions will give the Cowboys a chance to “break through.”

[View Full Quote]“If you look at the cumulative statistics that typically NFL teams evaluate their offense or their defense or special teams by, we’ve ranked fourth in offense over the past six years,” Garrett said in an interview that was posted recently on the team’s official website. “We’ve ranked seventh in scoring. We’ve thrown the ball more than we’ve run the ball. We’re fourth in passing. We’re 22nd in running the football. So you look at those things and say, ‘Boy, a lot of that stuff is pretty good.’ And you say, ‘OK, we want to build on that stuff. We want to continue down the track with our offensive football team.’

“But having said that, this is an opportunity to add some people, add some influence to our offense, and hopefully as a tweak for us, they can help us get a little bit better and they can help us break through as a football team. So, that’s really the approach right now. We want to stay on the same track. But also we want to add coaches to our staff that can really help us break through.”

The interview on DallasCowboys.com is one of the few Garrett has done since the significant changes have taken place on his coaching staff.

Read the rest: http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/20...-through.html/

If nothing had changed about our offense over the past six years, then maybe taking the average from that time period would be worth something.

In 2012, we were sixth in total yards (good), but 15th in points per game (not so good). We were 31st in rushing offense (terrible) and tied for 27th in rushing TDs.

Hopefully, Garrett is looking at the reasons why three of those four things were pretty bad instead of focusing on six-year aggregates and the "pretty good" stuff Dallas has done in that time period.