Matt Eberflus - Cowboys offered him D-Coordnator job

[TheCount]

The Cowboys are probably the only team in the league that fires guys by promoting them.

 

[perrykemp]

Why can’t this team just fire people like normal?

Bumping Rod to “assistant head coach” is pretty much what they did to Kiffen isn’t it?

 

[Pantone282C]

Would have been good to have kept Eberflus, but who will step up now?

 

[Zordon]

Why can’t this team just fire people like normal?

Bumping Rod to “assistant head coach” is pretty much what they did to Kiffen isn’t it?

Bc they put themselves in a bind by protecting Garrett and firing Marinelli. Could you imagine how that would look around the league for this puppet to get a 4th d-coordinator despite the defense being decent last season?

Another thing is Jerry HATES paying coaches who aren't coaching. It's not a coincidence that everyone left on the staff has money owed to them and everybody else that was let go are free agents.

 

[northerncowboynation]

Something to said for a person who respects another enough not to not cause ripples in the organization. Sounds like Eberflus is a pretty classy guy. If the report is true, his respect for Marinelli prevented him from accepting the offer of DC. Damned shame

 

[Stash]

Oh man your avatar is bad haha.

Tell me about it! I can't look!

 

[Gaede]

Team didn’t want to hurt Marinelli’s feelings by just dismissing him

Jerry Jones, real life businessman

 

[northerncowboynation]

And how do you put the genie back in the bottle?

"Yeah, uh Rod, I know we tried to give the job to Eberflus, but we'd really love to have you back..."

He was offered assistant head coach. Most would consider that a rise up the corporate ladder and probably a pay increase. I doubt there is any worry with offending Rod. He's damned close to retirement and it's a shame if he retires next year (he signed a 2 year exytensin last year) and Eberflus is no longer an option

 

[3rd_n_inches]

replacing parts of the snake, but keeping the head, Garrett, so why bother with these bits and pieces move...full purge needed..

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Anyone think Flus would turn down 4-5 year guarantee contract making him one of the highest paid coor from Jerry? Similar to how Jerry initially signed Garrett as offensive coor from Dolphins. This means his contract would surpass Garrett and Martinelli in length. I seriously doubt Flus would walk with that kind of security. Other words, Jerry want him but not bad enough to make him an offer he couldn't refuse.

 

[khiladi]

What exactly did he do here? Our defense fell apart when his LB Sean Lee wasn’t playing..

 

[Stash]

He was offered assistant head coach. Most would consider that a rise up the corporate ladder and probably a pay increase.

This isn't a "corporate ladder", it's a coaching ladder. And I don't think any added title takes away from the fact that the team would have someone else running the defense. Call it what you want, but that's not doing him any favors. He knows full well what happens to his mentor Monte Kiffin.

I doubt there is any worry with offending Rod. He's damned close to retirement and it's a shame if he retires next year (he signed a 2 year exytensin last year) and Eberflus is no longer an option

It's certainly a shame if and when that happens. Then they'll have no Marinelli and no replacement. At lest none worth anything.

And I don't rule out the fact that Rod could still retire this year. And then they'd be in a great position.

 

[Bleu Star]

According to this the Cowboys offered him the job and would give Marinelli the role of assistant head coach, but Eberflus declined because he respects Marinelli and didn't want to step on his toes.


http://www.espn.com/blog/dallas-cow...cowboys-as-they-look-to-replace-matt-eberflus

I tend to believe @BrAinPaiNt 's take that it was more like "MEH... time to move on"....

 

[iceberg]

Hillarious, we are stupid for letting him go and stupid for trying to keep him. Lol

you don't make up titles to move people around like that. it's a huge sign of confusion and lack of a common vision.

 

[Stash]

Team didn’t want to hurt Marinelli’s feelings by just dismissing him

Jerry Jones, real life businessman

As for the current Cowboys, Johnson sees problems with the way Jones has structured the team. Johnson said that in the NFL, everyone — players, coaches, general managers, everyone — is motivated by the fear of losing their jobs. But when Jones has hired himself as general manager, there’s no fear of losing his job — and also no fear of any of Jones’s family members or other personal favorites losing their jobs.

“Really, the No. 1 motivator is fear, you know, fear of maybe letting down your teammates, of being chastised or maybe losing your job. Where’s the fear in Dallas? There’s no fear in Dallas. It’s a country club where everybody’s buddies,” Johnson said.

Johnson says that Jones wants to make sure that everybody understands that he makes the final call because he owns the team. Unfortunately for Jones, everyone does know that. And everyone knows the results in the years since Jimmy Johnson’s players retired have not been good.



http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/07/jimmy-johnson-calls-jerry-jones-g-m-claims-a-crock/

 

[Big_D]

He knows staying here would only be temporary.

 

[John813]

Another thing to think about was that Matt was a 3-4 LB coach for us at first.
Colts switched to a 3-4 not too long ago(last year or 2 years ago).
He may prefer a 3-4 base team. Who knows if that had any weight in his decision too.

 

[SlammedZero]

It has been an odd season/off-season so far.

 

[Direwolf63]

Great.

Lose Eberflus this year and then Marinelli retires, this year or next.

Even if they happen to find a good one, they're never smart enough to keep them.

But the ones you don't want around? The guys who can't win after 7 years? Yeah, they'll never leave.

I interpret this as the Jones' boys being completely reactive instead of proactive. They wait until Eberflus has an offer to leave, then they try to keep him. And it's too late.

No surprise really.

 

[Haimerej]

As for the current Cowboys, Johnson sees problems with the way Jones has structured the team. Johnson said that in the NFL, everyone — players, coaches, general managers, everyone — is motivated by the fear of losing their jobs. But when Jones has hired himself as general manager, there’s no fear of losing his job — and also no fear of any of Jones’s family members or other personal favorites losing their jobs.

“Really, the No. 1 motivator is fear, you know, fear of maybe letting down your teammates, of being chastised or maybe losing your job. Where’s the fear in Dallas? There’s no fear in Dallas. It’s a country club where everybody’s buddies,” Johnson said.

Johnson says that Jones wants to make sure that everybody understands that he makes the final call because he owns the team. Unfortunately for Jones, everyone does know that. And everyone knows the results in the years since Jimmy Johnson’s players retired have not been good.



http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/07/jimmy-johnson-calls-jerry-jones-g-m-claims-a-crock/

Jimmy sounds like a Sith.