Why is Scott Linehan still here?

[superonyx]

Im curious to hear some people’s perspective on why Scott Linehan is still calling the shots on offense in Dallas.
I know Garrett isn’t much better but let’s face it, he is a puppet who really doesn’t do anything but talk. He doesn’t call plays, formations, or really anything...

So we have lost or shown the door to offensive position coaches. Why does this guy get to keep his job?

He stood right next to JG and watched Claiborne continually sack Dak over and over and he never shown the basic common sense to change his formation to protect Green from himself. He stayed the course.

Doesn’t it seem that our offense requires our guys to be far superior talents to the opposition in order to move the ball. Has this guy earned the right to have any input on who we bring in? Are we making personnel decisions to fit his “scheme” when he shouldn’t even have a job?

Or is he really some frustrated offense genius who is being forced to run a 1992 offense by JG and the Jones boys?

We see Peyton, Peterson, MCVey, McDaniels ect scheme lesser talent open while we seem to lack the ability to make a simple effective half time adjustment.

I just don’t get it.

Interested in hearing other opinions on this guy.

 

[robjay04]

Because from the owner’s prospective...

We have had arguably our two best offensive years in the last two decades since he has done to town and as recently as 2016, we had a rookie backfield lead an elite offense with Linehan at the helm.

I’m not defending him but I’m speaking from the front offices prospective...one year with tons of distractions doesn’t erase the year before when you go to judge a coaches performance.

I’ll add one more thing. Dak has a lot riding on him this year and changing coordinators at the drop of a dime is never in a young QBs best interest even if you hate the system.

 

[JoeKing]

OP, you aren't going to like this answer but here goes... they have to have an internal person to be the interim HC after JG is fired. There is no one else on the coaching staff that can handle that responsibility. Rod is just an old fart that can barely manage the D.

 

[sdfidaho]

It’s a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma

 

[superonyx]

Because from the owner’s prospective...

We have had arguably our two best offensive years in the last two decades since he has done to town and as recently as 2016, we had a rookie backfield lead an elite offense with Linehan at the helm.

I’m not defending him but I’m speaking from the front offices prospective...one year with tons of distractions doesn’t erase the year before when you go to judge a coaches performance.

I’ll add one more thing. Dak has a lot riding on him this year and changing coordinators at the drop of a dime is never in a young QBs best interest even if you hate the system.

Unless that young QB is getting a better system like 1st year vs 2nd year Jared Goff. But I get what you are saying. I just have a hard time imagining Linehan has the mental ability to adjust quickly. It seems like we are out coached at the half by every team.

Looking for some hope.

 

[speedkilz88]

Do people still complain about the play calling since Linehan has been here? I rarely have a problem with the calls. Now the actual scheme is too vanilla but that is because it's still Garrett's offense. Although that may be changing.

 

[superonyx]

Do people still complain about the play calling since Linehan has been here? I rarely have a problem with the calls. Now the actual scheme is too vanilla but that is because it's still Garrett's offense. Although that may be changing.

Is this accurate? Is this just Linehan calling Garrett’s plays and scheme?
If so then there may be some hope...

 

[phildadon86]

It’s a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma

E-Nigma. Well played. Love meeting fellow comic fans

 

[CATCH17]

Is this accurate? Is this just Linehan calling Garrett’s plays and scheme?
If so then there may be some hope...

Linehan was just brought here to make sure we run it more then 5 times a game.

 

[cowboyec]

E-Nigma. Well played. Love meeting fellow comic fans

I know a really,really good detective who can figure it out....takes awhile to get in touch tho...he works at knight.

 

[dwreck27]

He was kept this season because SJ didn’t want an excuse of a New O and D coords to influence letting go of JG if we have a poor season

 

[DHCBF66]

Im curious to hear some people’s perspective on why Scott Linehan is still calling the shots on offense in Dallas.
I know Garrett isn’t much better but let’s face it, he is a puppet who really doesn’t do anything but talk. He doesn’t call plays, formations, or really anything...

So we have lost or shown the door to offensive position coaches. Why does this guy get to keep his job?

He stood right next to JG and watched Claiborne continually sack Dak over and over and he never shown the basic common sense to change his formation to protect Green from himself. He stayed the course.

Doesn’t it seem that our offense requires our guys to be far superior talents to the opposition in order to move the ball. Has this guy earned the right to have any input on who we bring in? Are we making personnel decisions to fit his “scheme” when he shouldn’t even have a job?

Or is he really some frustrated offense genius who is being forced to run a 1992 offense by JG and the Jones boys?

We see Peyton, Peterson, MCVey, McDaniels ect scheme lesser talent open while we seem to lack the ability to make a simple effective half time adjustment.

I just don’t get it.

Interested in hearing other opinions on this guy.

Green and Bell protecting the left side. Belecheck would cry!

 

[conner01]

Because from the owner’s prospective...

We have had arguably our two best offensive years in the last two decades since he has done to town and as recently as 2016, we had a rookie backfield lead an elite offense with Linehan at the helm.

I’m not defending him but I’m speaking from the front offices prospective...one year with tons of distractions doesn’t erase the year before when you go to judge a coaches performance.

I’ll add one more thing. Dak has a lot riding on him this year and changing coordinators at the drop of a dime is never in a young QBs best interest even if you hate the system.

That’s exactly the case. While we may not agree with it, there is logic behind their decision. The real question is can he develope a more Dak friendly, spread it around offense. If he can and can learn to adjust during games like the falcons game he might be able to make it work

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Cause he produces top 5 offenses when his QB and LT are healthy.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Do people still complain about the play calling since Linehan has been here? I rarely have a problem with the calls. Now the actual scheme is too vanilla but that is because it's still Garrett's offense. Although that may be changing.

I question why the scheme was so "vanilla?"

Was it due to the limitations of the OC?

Or was it due to Witten's loss of speed/quickness combined with a very young QB combined with a former #1 WR who didn't have the motivation or the mental approach to improve his game.

 

[phildadon86]

I know a really,really good detective who can figure it out....takes awhile to get in touch tho...he works at knight.

Too obvious my dude lol

 

[speedkilz88]

I question why the scheme was so "vanilla?"

Was it due to the limitations of the OC?

Or was it due to Witten's loss of speed/quickness combined with a very young QB combined with a former #1 WR who didn't have the motivation or the mental approach to improve his game.

The Cowboys scheme in the 90s was vanilla, but they beat people anyway. They were just better than everyone else they played. Garrett basically has been doing the same with a tweaked version with bits of other offenses he's been involved with.

 

[CATCH17]

Cause he produces top 5 offenses when his QB and LT are healthy.

Doug Pederson wins Superbowls when his QB & LT aren't healthy.

Linehan shouldn't lean so much on the health of players if he's such a good coordinator.

 

[LucaBrasi]

Been watching that All Or Nothing show on Amazon Prime, and none of these coaches are terribly impressive from a "presence" standpoint. Garrett says the same thing over and over without really saying anything. Dooley and Linehan both seem like they should be in another line of work.

Bisaccia is most impressive, Gary Brown relates well to his group, and Pollack actually had a little fire in his belly.

Yes, I understand a few of these guys are no longer here, very soon these other guys likely wont be either.

 

[GhostOfPelluer]

Yeah, the scheme was vanilla because Dez couldn't get open, and when he did would drop the ball (or worse, tip it into the air for an easy pick). It was vanilla because we didn't have a serviceable left tackle. It was vanilla because we were playing musical running backs. It was vanilla because we didn't have a player defenses had to fear when Zeke wasn't there.