What can be done to fix the team?

Sydla said:
I don't think there is much they can do.

Talent issues aside, this is a poor coaching staff by any measure. And you can't change that 5 games into a season.

For for full disclosure, I was a Parker guy when he was hired. I was happy we went with a young, up and coming name. It looks like my excitement was misplaced. He clearly is struggling to keep his head afloat. You can't tell me, if the guy on the other sideline, Todd Bowles, was coaching our exact defensive roster, they wouldn't be a much better defense. They would.

I'll say it until I am blue in the face but Jerry's biggest issue over 30 years hasn't been his roster decisions. It's been a three decade track record of hiring bad or the wrong coaches over and over and over and over and over.

There is a reason Schotty was in the league for decades without a sniff of a HC gig.

Really depressing feeling knowing in the first week of October that there is nothing that can fix that and that we are likely to live this nightmare for another few years as there is zero chance Jerry makes wholesale changes to the coaching staff this offseason.
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The fact that the offense was totally unprepared to handle a Tod Bowles blitzing defense is bizarre. I’d fire the DC and get a new offensive play caller now and then after the year sell the damn team to Mark Cuban or something.
 
Sydla said:
By the way SchizoRockport has surfaced again.

He spends all offseason ripping fans who criticize Jerry and the decisions he made and then once the season goes to poop, he suddenly wants to criticize Jerry and the front office.

LOL.
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Pound that little chest of yours.
 
DallasBlockersClub said:
That’s the sad thing. Harbaugh would never take this job.
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I'm pretty sure you are right. We have to forget about the days of "It's the Dallas Cowboys, every coach on the planet wants to coach this team". We could get back to that at some point, but not how the team is currently operated.
 
Rockport said:
The fact that the offense was totally unprepared to handle a Tod Bowles blitzing defense is bizarre. I’d fire the DC and get a new offensive play caller now and then after the year sell the damn team to Mark Cuban or something.
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The offensive play caller is the headcoach. Are you calling for him to be fired or stripped of that responsibility and who are you replacing him with?
 
Before Schott was hired I wanted a proven HC with clout. We seen enough of these Jerry "puppet HC's". WE need a HC that isn't buddy buddy with his players but one they actually fear. Jimmy/Parcells types who aren't going to mess around. Make a mistake, it can cost you your job!

Problem is Jerry wants to run the show and gives his HC zero authority. Every player knows the buck stops with Jerry not their HC. Until this changes, expect the same product.
 
It needs to start at the top. If that stays the same, nothing else matters.

Not Barry Switzer, Chan Gailey, Dave Campo, Bill Parcells, Wade Phillips, Jason Garrett, Mike McCarthy, or Brian Schottenheimer at head coach.

Not Troy Aikman, Anthony Wright, Quincy Carter, Ryan Leaf, Clint Stoerner, Chad Hutchinson, Vinny Testaverde, Drew Henson, Drew Bledsoe, Tony Romo, or Dak Prescott at quarterback.

Not Ryan Stewart, Paul Pasquoloni, Rob Ryan, Monte Kiffin, Rod Marinelli, Dan Quinn, Mike Zimmer, Matt Eberflus, or Christian Parker at defensive coordinator.

The Jones family has been the common denominator for 100 percent of the past 31 years. Any fix means they have to go. And they are not.
 
Reality said:
In all seriousness, I don't know you can fix this team without a complete front office replacement.

They've replaced coaches, coordinators, players and training staff many times over the years.

Jerry needs to retire or sell the team. Stephen needs to shift into owner mode and hire a real intelligent and no-nonsense GM.

They need to fire all of the scouts and draft/personnel staff and start over with a new mindset and philosophy.

They need to stop trying to remake the 1990s teams and they need to stop chasing the latest Super Bowl winning team trends.

After 30 years, it's time for an organizational reset, not just a coaching or player reset.
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Unfortunately, that will never happen. Stephen has a bigger ego than his dad.
 
Unfortunately, no respectable, qualified and competent coach would agree to be a HC for old Jerry. Like trying to do your job with your.hands tied behind your back and blindfolded. Destined to fail and then fired.

We all know what needs to be done. This ain’t brain surgery, but we do need smarter brains in the FO.
 
its not going to happen.

you know this, 30 years of evidence has told you this, Jerry and Stephens lifestyle has told you this. Mainly JERRY HAS SAID THIS.

The Cowboys is like Rome, Rome starts as the Republic of Rome than transitions to the Roman Empire.

You saw the same thing, Jerry has rings, that goal is completed, than the Dallas Cowboys start as the Dallas Cowboys football team than becomes the Dallas Empire. 24 7 365, the park is always open. Making money and keeping his family flush. Thats all it is now. accept it or dont, he doesnt care.
 
Rockport said:
The coaching is obviously the biggest issue. The Cowboys have enough talent on defense to play better than they have. You can tell the defensive players have no confidence. They don’t know what they’re suppose to do. Parkers Master class has failed miserable.

On offense and on paper, the team has more than enough talent to be a top 3 offense yet last night they were totally inept. Dak was getting blitzed on almost every play and the OC had NOTHING prepared to face a Tod Bowles defense.

Jerry’s build the best, plushiest training facility at the Star. Everything and anything the players could want. He coddles the stars and lets it be known the buck stops here. Well Jerry, since the buck stops with you and you’re THE problem what are you going to do?

For the fans, what would you do to fix the team at this point in the season? Is there anything? The Cowboys have become the laughing stock of the NFL so something needs to change. Defense gave up the most yards they have all season to an undrafted QB making only his 2nd start on a 0-4 team. As the stadium worker said and so accurately, “Embarrassing.” Dak knows it and is why he got upset because he’s frustrated there’s nothing he can do. Every player should be pissed.

I’m not one to give up and I’m not, but something needs to change or they’ll continue to be the laughing stock of the NFL.

Go Cowboys!
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This is what some of your critics have said. It needs to be acknowledged thank you
 
Rockport said:
Pound that little chest of yours.
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Ironic that above is exactly what you do all offseason when people try and tell you to what you are now complaining about and "pointing out" (and rightfully so) is exactly what will/may happen. So maybe finally show a little humility and point out that others actually were, gasp, right about many aspects of this (your culture change throwdown being front and center).

It's entirely okay to be optimistic, guarded, and a little jaded, by this team, all at the same time (as many currently are).

Its not like this isn't the first year this has happened, your treatment of it is, as you just mentioned earlier about Jones, the definition of insanity, itself.
 
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Reality said:
In all seriousness, I don't know you can fix this team without a complete front office replacement.

They've replaced coaches, coordinators, players and training staff many times over the years.

Jerry needs to retire or sell the team. Stephen needs to shift into owner mode and hire a real intelligent and no-nonsense GM.

They need to fire all of the scouts and draft/personnel staff and start over with a new mindset and philosophy.

They need to stop trying to remake the 1990s teams and they need to stop chasing the latest Super Bowl winning team trends.

After 30 years, it's time for an organizational reset, not just a coaching or player reset.
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Once again, the voice of reason on this forum.

It’s really quite simple what the problem is in Dallas. It’s been discussed to the nth degree. And you bring up a rarely mentioned problem.. the scouting department. It’s vastly overrated. Especially on the defensive side.

If this isn’t rock bottom for this franchise I don’t know what is. They repeatedly set records for team and NFL futility.

It truly blows to be Cowboys fan these days when a preseason silver of hope gets extinguished repeatedly.
 
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