News: Why Cowboys Have a New DB Coach

[waving monkey]

“Scooped up” from Seattle? Wasn’t he fired?

yes to our benefit

 

[sideon]

It was past time to make a change and credit the Cowboys Front Office and Jason Garrett for pulling the trigger on Baker and several other assistants whose units were not performing up to standards.

Just wow

 

[Chrispierce]

I don’t even need to read it. I think it’s obvious why. We stink at turnovers,and physical aggressive play. This guy WANTS them up in your face. He’s dictating to the offense,not the other way around. I bet he’s our new DC by next year.

 

[Chrispierce]

I'm just hoping the day Sean Lee retires from playing football, he's hired by the Cowboys to be a coach.

If they don’t? They are the worlds biggest idiots. He’s the best film guy in that building. He’s better than the coaches at breaking down the X’s and O’s I’ve learned.

 

[stilltheguru88]

Why Cowboys Have a New DB Coach
http://profootballtalkline.com/nfl/.../115630/why-cowboys-have-a-new-db-coach.html/




The Dallas Cowboys have a new DB Coach and Passing Game Coordinator they scooped up from the Seattle Seahawks and all the right things are being said in regards to the new hire (Kris Richard). What’s not being said is, ‘why the change?’

An example of ‘why’ is a flashback to the Giants scoring a go-ahead TD while the defensive coverage that was called was not able to enact effective coverage on the play and Sean Lee knew it. Unfortunately, his coach was in the dark and again, this is just an example of what Dallas had been experiencing for several seasons with the back seven in the current scheme. Sub-par results caused by design rather than the player’s performance.

Why is Sean Lee so important to Dallas? Here’s the in-game conversation between Lee & Joe Baker (was let go by Dallas this offseason) after NYG scored a TD to go up 10-3. Cowboys coaches called a defense that was physically impossible to execute, and Lee had to tell him so.

10:08 AM - May 10, 2018

It was past time to make a change and credit the Cowboys Front Office and Jason Garrett for pulling the trigger on Baker and several other assistants whose units were not performing up to standards.

Db unit looked better than every offensive unit on the team, but hey

 

[pavalley]

I got a raise that way...

 

[Aviano90]

I got to challenge that a bit.

I saw it as he didn't like the snickering and undermining of his message.
Like it or not, he's the HC. If the players see that the assistants don't respect the HC,
eventually, they won't respect him either.

Now, I'm not saying I buy into his message. He seems a bit corny to me... like a fake tough guy act.
However, he's the HC and he should be respected.

I'm pretty sure there's basically "one voice" in New England.

I just wonder why that wasn’t addressed during the season. Considering the announcement the staff would be changing due to one message needing to be given was shown at the end of the series, they would have shown conversations addressing the dissension as a build up.

From what it appears, he let the staff fall apart around him and dealt with the disaster afterwards instead of doing something to salvage it. Sort of like he does during the games. Lets the game slip away, needs to go watch the film, and then realize they should have done something different.

 

[ItzKelz]

I love that we got Kris but a lot of fans are acting as if he if a god and incapable of making mistakes. Certainly he is an upgrade but many Seahawks fans were bashing the guy all the way out the door. I just hope that our fans are realistic with their expectations.

 

[Aviano90]

I love that we got Kris but a lot of fans are acting as if he if a god and incapable of making mistakes. Certainly he is an upgrade but many Seahawks fans were bashing the guy all the way out the door. I just hope that our fans are realistic with their expectations.

Different expectations. Seattle is used to a dominant defense. We are used to a team marching up and down the field on us hoping we get lucky the other team eventually makes a mistake. Being an upgrade is welcomed, even if he is not God-like.

 

[ItzKelz]

Different expectations. Seattle is used to a dominant defense. We are used to a team marching up and down the field on us hoping we get lucky the other team eventually makes a mistake. Being an upgrade is welcomed, even if he is not God-like.

Same expectations. We have improved every season since Rod took over in all aspects. Even with players that didn't fit his system. It seems to me that most or a lot of Cowboys fans didn't appreciate that and wanted a Legion of Boom defense....just like Seattle fans

 

[Aviano90]

Same expectations. We have improved every season since Rod took over in all aspects. Even with players that didn't fit his system. It seems to me that most or a lot of Cowboys fans didn't appreciate that and wanted a Legion of Boom defense....just like Seattle fans

So, you don’t want a dominant defense? You want one where the players have to coach the coach because the coach thinks the player should be in 2 places at once and fans just need to appreciate that?

 

[ItzKelz]

So, you don’t want a dominant defense? You want one where the players have to coach the coach because the coach thinks the player should be in 2 places at once and fans just need to appreciate that?

Keep in mind that you're talking about one play. Facts are we have improved every year on defense. Adding Kris by no means will make us perfect. Sean Lee will continue to have a great football IQ and will likely disagree with a play call made by Kris. With that said i would love for us the have the #1 defense, offense and special teams but my expectations are based on what we did the year before and if we are improving from a season ago.

 

[Aviano90]

Keep in mind that you're talking about one play. Facts are we have improved every year on defense. Adding Kris by no means will make us perfect. Sean Lee will continue to have a great football IQ and will likely disagree with a play call made by Kris. With that said i would love for us the have the #1 defense, offense and special teams but my expectations are based on what we did the year before and if we are improving from a season ago.

Disagreeing with a play call is one thing. Having a coach that is completely clueless on the sidelines is another. Players should get confused in the heat of a play. Coaches need to be the one that clear up the confusion, not the other way around.

And I agree improvement is the goal from one season to the other. One way to accomplish that is through better players and coaches. I think we took another step towards improvement for next season with this move.

 

[ItzKelz]

Disagreeing with a play call is one thing. Having a coach that is completely clueless on the sidelines is another. Players should get confused in the heat of a play. Coaches need to be the one that clear up the confusion, not the other way around.

And I agree improvement is the goal from one season to the other. One way to accomplish that is through better players and coaches. I think we took another step towards improvement for next season with this move.

I disagree that we have had clueless coaches. How can we improve every season on defense with clueless coaches? Not saying you can't find better coaches which we are lucky to have Kris who easily could have gotten either a DC or head coaching job. Sean Lee will challenge Kris just like he always have.

 

[Aviano90]

I disagree that we have had clueless coaches. How can we improve every season on defense with clueless coaches? Not saying you can't find better coaches which we are lucky to have Kris who easily could have gotten either a DC or head coaching job. Sean Lee will challenge Kris just like he always have.

Was the coach clueless in that clip or not?

 

[CCBoy]

Just wow

You don't agree that some fresh but good coaches have been added? I sure do...but one gives credit where it is earned. The change makes the Cowboys stronger right now.

Straight up, I'm not a blame directed person...especially when much ridicule and nasty talk really isn't based upon complete facts.

Dallas was caught in a situation where depth was not nearly as good as the starters, when major pieces were removed through the season. But depth where failure occurred, has been addressed there strongly, as well....

 

[ItzKelz]

Was the coach clueless in that clip or not?

Honestly I have no idea if Lee is right because I don't have all the information. And even if Lee is right it's just one play.

 

[CCBoy]

Keep in mind that you're talking about one play. Facts are we have improved every year on defense. Adding Kris by no means will make us perfect. Sean Lee will continue to have a great football IQ and will likely disagree with a play call made by Kris. With that said i would love for us the have the #1 defense, offense and special teams but my expectations are based on what we did the year before and if we are improving from a season ago.

lol, the weak side linebacker is the dominant linebacker in the Dallas defense. He is generally kept clean, and the Dallas weak side is manned by Sean Lee. That is very good...

 

[Aviano90]

Honestly I have no idea if Lee is right because I don't have all the information. And even if Lee is right it's just one play.

It’s one play we know about. And one play is too many.

 

[ItzKelz]

It’s one play we know about. And one play is too many.

This happens on every team in the NFL. As long as players have great football IQ it will continue to happen. Again no one even knows if Lee was right in this situation. Sounds very knowledgeable though.