Twitter: Broaddus: MM refused to help KM with postseason offense

[Portnoy1]

We don't know the back story, it might be an arrangement imposed on him by Mr. Jones. He lobbied for Kellen Moore to stick around after Mike McCarthy was hired to give Dak some continuity. But we can already see friction in the ranks if Mike McCarthy feels he has no saying in the offensive game plan.

I have no doubt that is what is going on. I'm almost certain that KM was forced on McCarthy. On the flip side MM didnt have to take that job with those restraints. So he can't be mad.

 

[CowboyFrog]

I have no doubt that is what is going on. I'm almost certain that KM was forced on McCarthy. On the flip side MM didnt have to take that job with those restraints. So he can't be mad.

Exactly which brings into question what kind of HC would work with those restraints...not ones that feel confident or feel they have good choices...

 

[RonnieT24]

I am starting to feel more and more like the Dak/Moore marriage needs to break up. I think Moore has a vision of how offense is supposed to work and shares that vision with Dak who eats it up.. because he believes Moore is "genius." Yet the offense almost always works best in hurry up and no huddle, when the primary play caller is none other than Dak Prescott.. This is similar to how it used to go with Garrett and Romo..

Garrett was/is also a "smart football mind" who would send in stuff that looked great on paper.. but would too often get shut down by better defensive coordinators.. and the offense would take off once we were far enough behind that we had to go no huddle and let Romo call the plays.. Romo couldn't always execute the complicated crap that Garrett would send in and frankly some of what was sent in sucked. But he knew what he COULD execute and he could see where the weak points were in the defense.. especially in those last 2-3 seasons he was here.

People older than 50 will remember that back in the day nearly ALL QB's called their own plays. They were the ones who could look the linemen in the eye and see who was ready to kill the man in front of him.. and also see the fear in the eyes of a receiver who was about to be asked to go over the middle. Back then if a QB found a favorable matchup HE could call the same play to exploit it until the other team adjusted instead of having some genius on the sidelines in a hurry to display his next amazing play design..

If this team is to get where it wants to go.. Dak needs to take ownership of the offense and take it out of Kellen Moore's hands. Moore may be brilliant.. but the crap floating around in his head doesn't work against smarter DCs. If I see a team station their DBs at strategic points and then watch our route combinations basically RUN RIGHT TO THEM one more time I'm gonna hurt somebody. It's like the infield shift in baseball.. They know exactly where our guys are going before we finish lining up.

 

[Rayman70]

ding ding ding. The 2nd thing me thinks. He has a history with GB and MM. HE WAS FIRED HIMSELF while at GB..(B. Broaddus). While I like Bryan, u must be able 2 see thru his narrative at times. This 1 here I call bs. I will say, I am NO MM fan.

 

[Doomsday77]

And some of ya'll still defend McCarthy?

It sounds like he don't want to help so if things fail he can put the blame somewhere else.

It's called "Job Security"

 

[Dre11]

Are you this stupid????? What would be more important than installing the game plan???? Isn't that your most important job????

You sound like the guy that always has to make that important phone call when it's time to work.....

But go ahead.....defend the fat fraud....This ought to be good. What's more important????

No are you stupid, he does more than offense, he has to be in all phases of the game, do you know what a freaking head coach does who doesn't coordinate either side of the ball. You talking like stupid as if the man don't know the gameplan or have input. It's your boy who needs to improve.

 

[Steve007]

My understanding it's not unusual for head coaches to give their coordinators complete control but if something not working, the buck stops with him. So this take by MM is a bit surprising.

I wonder if the reason why is because Jerry gave Kellen Moore complete control of the offence. MM might not have a choice.

 

[Steve007]

well, this sounds like Jerry has made it clear than Moore is going to do his thing and no one interfere with him...he said as much during Garrett as well and it was interesting that MM kept Moore and now it sounds like there is issues between coaching ranks..Jerry gets in the middle yet again...dysfunctional organization

Exactly....That's why is doesnt matter who they get for a head coach. Jerry is pulling the strings.

 

[Cboyfan4ever]

McCarthy isn’t stupid.He saw what was going on offensively w/ Moore and knew there were flaws in the play calling.He didn’t want to accept any blame so he refused to help.Geez, you think Belicheat isn’t involved in every aspect of his team?McCarthy is a fraud looking out for # 1.

 

[CowboyFrog]

McCarthy isn’t stupid.He saw what was going on offensively w/ Moore and knew there were flaws in the play calling.He didn’t want to accept any blame so he refused to help.Geez, you think Belicheat isn’t involved in every aspect of his team?McCarthy is a fraud looking out for # 1.

Or he is letting the Owners pet OC hang himself...either could be true, and its probably both.

 

[OmerV]

I don't read this the way the headline suggests. Seems more like a show of support for MM, and it doesn't at all read as if he refused to help Moore, but rather allowed Moore to establish the game plan.

And, of course, none of this means McCarthy didn't review and discuss the game plan Moore created

 

[IceStar-D7]

Everyone in GB said McCarthy was lazy. I believe it. Your GM had to of heard these same rumors yet hired him any way Or maybe McCarthy is thinking Jerry you wanted your wonder boy to run it. Let him run it....into the ground..... So in either case. It always comes back to Jerry.

 

[DuncanIso]

McCarthy isn’t stupid.He saw what was going on offensively w/ Moore and knew there were flaws in the play calling.He didn’t want to accept any blame so he refused to help.Geez, you think Belicheat isn’t involved in every aspect of his team?McCarthy is a fraud looking out for # 1.

this is called Passive Aggressive behavior.

have worked with people like this.

 

[birdwells1]

I have to believe there is a riff here within the love triangle. Jerry and McCarthy are not on the same page when it comes to Moore's autonomy with the offense. Jerry get what he wants.

They are on the same page, Jerry told MM that Kellen will be his OC if he takes the job so he's just letting him do the job that Jerry forced on him. If he helps him then MM has to deal with looking over his shoulder after he's propped him up. This is JJ's disfunction not MM.

 

[birdwells1]

Good example of why things haven't changed. Either the HC is in control of his staff or he's not and if not then why would you hire that person to be your HC?

Uh......the person that hired him is the reason that he's not in control.

 

[birdwells1]

To make the owner comfortable, that is what this is all about, Only a certain kind of HC can work for the Cowboys. He must serve at the pleasure of his owner.

First question in the interview is "we will be very involved in all things football, do you have an issue with that?" if the answer is yes then the interview is over.

 

[buybuydandavis]

Feels like there is more to the story here, but it doesn’t sound good.

the job of the HC is to coach the coaches essentially. If MM isn’t doing that what is he doing? Clock management?

Always wait for the exact quote, in context.

The media lies about everything.

 

[plasticman]

In 2010 the Head Coach was Wade Phillips and the OC was Jason Garrett.

Does anybody remember who the DC was?

There was nobody that filled the position of DC. That task was given to Wade. The HC had to be the DC.

Jerry told us it was because Wade was a brilliant defensive coach so the team didn't need a DC.

Now, in order to "help" Wade with such a burden, Jerry required the OC, Jason Garrett, to report directly to him in terms of the offensive gameplan. Wade Phillips only interaction with the offense was during practice sessions and at games. Other than that, he had nothing to do with the offense.

First of all, here is a question........If the DC and the OC do not report to each other but both report to the same individual.....what is the title generally given to that individual.

The Cowboys started the season 1-7. When the Cowboys lost to the Packers in game #8 the team hit rock bottom. Wade was fired and Jason Garrett became interim HC.

The reason I mention this is it could very well be that Jerry and not McCarthy made the decision that Moore would call plays. It could very well be that McCarthy has found out what Phillips and Parcells found out about Jerry Jones

It could be that McCarthy has begun to comprehend just how gelded he is under Jerry Jones and his perverse management structure.

 

[RonWashington]

Broaddus doesn’t like Mike. That’s what y’all are missing here. He’s stated it countless times just FYI.

I don’t much like Broaddus either and I hope he knows it . Any radio station that continually says “ now here’s SB winning scout Brian Broadus “ is like saying the crossing guard called 911 on a shoplifter and is getting a civic award….not real interested in his exploits 30 yrs ago .

 

[cowboyed]

Sounds like MM harbors a little resentment to being told KM was going to stay and run his offense, so he let KM sink or swim on his own.

Such a well-run organization.

We don't know that for sure. It was McCarthy's choice to keep Moore based on his quoted comments. McCarthy may be a head coach that likes to defer and overestimated Moore's offensive coordinating abilities against highly competitive teams.