The bullish case for Scott Linehan

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I think the guy is a terrible offensive coordinator. 2 out of the last 3 years have been complete failures. His offense has no tempo, no aggression, no imagination, no flexibility. How he survived 2015 where he showed zero ability to adjust is amazing.

Can someone please explain to me what Jerry sees in him? Thanks.
 

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He is average at best just like the rest of our staff..Jerry likes a challenge I guess.
 

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I think the guy is a terrible offensive coordinator. 2 out of the last 3 years have been complete failures. His offense has no tempo, no aggression, no imagination, no flexibility. How he survived 2015 where he showed zero ability to adjust is amazing.

I too have issues with Linehan, but to blame him for not making magic with Weeden and Cassel in 2015 is a stretch. Those guys are bums - good luck.

My concern is the regression in 2017 after what we saw with Dak in 2016.
 

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I too have issues with Linehan, but to blame him for not making magic with Weeden and Cassel in 2015 is a stretch. Those guys are bums - good luck.

My concern is the regression in 2017 after what we saw with Dak in 2016.

I wasn’t looking for magic. I was looking for something better than awful. They were worse than awful at times in 2015.
 

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I too have issues with Linehan, but to blame him for not making magic with Weeden and Cassel in 2015 is a stretch. Those guys are bums - good luck.

My concern is the regression in 2017 after what we saw with Dak in 2016.
Me too and it seems evident that Romo played a large part in schooling Dak and maybe talking him off the ledge at times
 

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I think the guy is a terrible offensive coordinator. 2 out of the last 3 years have been complete failures. His offense has no tempo, no aggression, no imagination, no flexibility. How he survived 2015 where he showed zero ability to adjust is amazing.

Can someone please explain to me what Jerry sees in him? Thanks.

He's better than Garrett was at the same job so that's enough for Jerry.
 

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I would like to know why we stopped running when we're successful especially in the red zone. And I'd like to know why we scrapped the no-huddle after having some Success With It. I doubt that I would be satisfied with the answer but I would still like to know:huh:
 

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This forum has become a swirling pool of silliness and this thread yet another baseless rant.

2014, 7th in yards, 5th in points
2016, 5th in yards, 5th in points
2017, 14th in yards, 14th in points

2015 got torpedoed w/Romo's back injury. Summary? 3 years of above average performance and two seasons in the top five of scoring. Doesn't sound remotely like a failed tenure to me.

Fans keep ranting and repeating the same stuff. Doesn't make it true.

Could we add a few wrinkles to the offense? Sure. The biggest improvement will come not through scheme but from more speedy playmakers.
 

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Or you could clarify
I Didn't say or mean to imply Dak was actually ever on the ledge last year I said if he was moving towards the ledge last year that he apparently was on this year, last year Romo was there to help coach him. My point being Dak will be fine I think he just missed Romo's tutelage this year.
 

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He's got a pretty good resume for being such a bum.

Just remember one thing, at one point Sean Payton was a clueless hack around here too.

I think this is a fan crutch. Can't admit the QB sucks, so pretend it's the dang coach. We can replace him more easily.

I have no problem with Linehan other than I'd put him in a half nelson and make him promise not to ignore Zeke down by the goal line.
 

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The Atlanta game is a microcosm of Linehan’s biggest flaw.
The man has zero ability to make in-game adjustments.
Every fan of the Cowboys that has ever played high school football; coached pee-wee football; hell, just watched a few football games in their life were screaming at their TV screens to give Green some help with a TE to stop the madness. But what does this clown do?He just kept leaving Green out there on an island to get beat while Dak was getting pummeled.
Seriously, what kind of clueless moron does that???
And forget about half-time adjustments. Did anyone.....ANYONE see any adjustments based on the opposing team’s defense all year long?
It absolutely boggles my mind, for all of JJ’s genius at making insane amounts of money, how many tens of millions he has flushed down the toilet on incompetent moronic coaches over the last 22 years.
 

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I wasn’t looking for magic. I was looking for something better than awful. They were worse than awful at times in 2015.

Call it whatever you like, but the 2015 Cowboys were doomed with Weeden and Cassel playing QB. 4-12, 6-10, who cares?
 

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This forum has become a swirling pool of silliness and this thread yet another baseless rant.

2014, 7th in yards, 5th in points
2016, 5th in yards, 5th in points
2017, 14th in yards, 14th in points

2015 got torpedoed w/Romo's back injury. Summary? 3 years of above average performance and two seasons in the top five of scoring. Doesn't sound remotely like a failed tenure to me.

Fans keep ranting and repeating the same stuff. Doesn't make it true.

Could we add a few wrinkles to the offense? Sure. The biggest improvement will come not through scheme but from more speedy playmakers.
I agree somewhat. He’s not as bad as some think but he also doesn’t adjust well at all. Green was getting killed in Atlanta and he never gave him any help. We don’t get the best out of our receivers. We abandon the run in ways that amaze me. 1st and goal, I get trying to fool the defense with a pass, and the play call work because Beasley was wide open, but to pass three times is hard to defend.
We need to be more creative with our receivers to get them open. Beasley for the most part runs one route the majority of the time. I doesn’t take a genius to realize teams figured that out. Why not send him inside and up. That would put a LB on him going up the field
I know some hate everyone on the staff, and our offense has been productive but it sure looks like teams have caught up to it
We need a bit more creativity in the passing game no matter who the play caller is. We have to use our run game when we get in the red zone. We have to help a player who is over matched
I’m not a linehan hater but I don’t think he served the team well last year. The question now will he do a little self evaluation and see that the problems we had,no totally but some were on him
He’s not going anywhere next year so hopefully he can having an honest evaluation of himself and see the oline needs to play better, the receivers need to play better, the QB needs to play better and he needs to do his job better
 
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