Twitter: What Zeke feels about Moore as OC

[nightrain]

So, Linnehan was never a problem?

And, really, this “Garrett’s offense” thing is overblown. He hasn’t created something highly unusual or that is notably different than other teams have run, he’s just been a little more vanilla and the play calling has been a bit too predictable. Adding a few shifts and misdirections will make a lot of difference, as will less predictability.

I can only hope that Moore is given autonomy over the offensive scheme and playcalling so we can truly see what he is as an OC. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that Linehan's biggest impediment was Garett

 

[_sturt_]

Giving KM a shot at QB coach was a small gamble; letting him have the keys to the entire offense is old-school Jerry Jones at his wildcatting best.

Maybe, if this were going to be a traditional OC role.

This is not going to be a traditional OC role

Go back and re-read the quotes leading up to and just after KM was named OC.

He's getting a title, and surely he'll have some very specific leadership responsibilities within that... but the wildcatting term seems more appropriately applied to how they're intending to incorporate Moore with Nussemeier, Columbo, and Kitna in some kind of unspecified team approach to creating and implementing the offense... and evidently with Garrett's approval because he was in that room when they made the decisions they did.

This is Garrett's offense. This is Garrett's career at-stake, so of course it is. Moore will do some things... designing some plays, calling some plays... but everything he does will be under the scrutiny and tutelage of his boss, like you'd expect any 29 year-old (he's still not 30 yet) to be given in any other job under a 53 year-old supervisor.

It the end, Garrett either will own the success or will own the failure. It's his ship. All of which is as it should be.

 

[_sturt_]

I can only hope that Moore is given autonomy over the offensive scheme and playcalling so we can truly see what he is as an OC.

 

[Bullflop]

I didn't know that. That was really what happened?

Reportedly, Dak was anything but fond of Linehan, hence Moore was being charged with dealing directly with Dak, rather than Linehan himself. It's the type of thing not normally advertised if a team prefers not to expose its dirty laundry. The fact that Linehan wasn't well liked by some of the players became increasingly obvious toward the end of his tenure with the team.

 

[_sturt_]

"Reportedly?"

Or "rumoredly?"

Link?

 

[Stash]

Reportedly, Dak was anything but fond of Linehan, hence Moore was being charged with dealing directly with Dak, rather than Linehan himself. It's the type of thing not normally advertised if a team prefers not to expose its dirty laundry. The fact that Linehan wasn't well liked by some of the players became increasingly obvious toward the end of his tenure with the team.

I had not heard about anything so specific in Dallas, but it was well known that his players hated him with the Rams. The starting trio of Marc Bulger, Steven Jackson, and Torry Holt were all on record as not getting along with Linehan there. And Bulger went so far as to threaten retirement rather than continue to play for him.

 

[Bullflop]

"Reportedly?"

Or "rumoredly?"

Link?

Reportedly. If you're inclined to peruse diligently through a vast expanse of media archives, by all means, feel free to do so.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

I hope he's right.

 

[panchucko]

KM will listen to the players. Oh great, now the lunatics will be running the asylum. I'm in, just as long as it's entertaining.

Isn’t that what was happening in the WR room a couple years ago, I remember seeing the coach not saying much on the All or Nothing Series.

 

[northerncowboynation]

I can see Moore being an active listener. Linnehan seemed pretty set in his ways. Maybe Moore will be less set in his. As far as drawing up plays on paper in college, that don't impress me much. Can he do it in the NFL. I think it will take some time

 

[CowboyFanInLexKy]

So, Linnehan was never a problem?

And, really, this “Garrett’s offense” thing is overblown. He hasn’t created something highly unusual or that is notably different than other teams have run, he’s just been a little more vanilla and the play calling has been a bit too predictable. Adding a few shifts and misdirections will make a lot of difference, as will less predictability.

As I mentioned in another post, With Linehan, I couldn't really tell if it was Linehan's play calling or Garrett's play calling (with Linehan relaying Garrett's message). I remember how Linehan did in Detroit as their head coach so there is no telling... With Moore, we don't know what we have as this would be his first year as OC. If we see "Garrett" type plays, we'll know what Linehan's real role was last year (being solely a messenger).

 

[jazzcat22]

Putting a green horn OC under a HC in his contract year is just a recipe for failure.

Linehan was a surrogate for Garrett's ideology. That is why he lasted so long. Callahan, not so much.

Is that also why that Callahan guy has had so much success since he left here. Oh, no he hasn't.

 

[jazzcat22]

I have no idea what Moore can or can not do. If he is capable or not.
And I still do not no how I feel about it. When this was announced, I had no reaction one way or they other. I thought I would have been down about it, thinking it would be a huge mistake. Maybe it will be. Maybe not.

But most if not all got their wish, Linehan gone. And though Moore is his replacement. So I accepted that, and want to see how it turns out. I know others wanted another OC, as did I, but who would have been any better.
It could be a learning curve in year 1, then take off in year 2. We know how Jerry likes his coaches in training.

But it will be interesting to see and hopefully it will be good, then very good, then great. But they must have the talent to execute the plays. Which I think they do.
Either way it is a win win for fans. Linehan gone, and most Lilley Marinelli's last year. could be Garrett's last year too if all does not go well.
It would be a loss - win situation too. losing season, but win when Garrett is booted. Then we won't have to hear about Garrett's offense again. Unless Moore is the new HC .

 

[cowboyfan4lyfe]

If this team fails to reach the Super Bowl. It will be because of injuries and coaching which should be number 1. Have to show patience with Moore. There will be growing pains. Garrett is conservative by nature. Will he reign in the coaching staff over the pressure of losing his job?

 

[_sturt_]

Reportedly. If you're inclined to peruse diligently through a vast expanse of media archives, by all means, feel free to do so.

So vast that you're just simply embarrassed to produce a single link, it appears.

Okay. I understand completely.

 

[pansophy]

......until Garrett reminds him whose offense he is running and who the HC is.

That's why publicly told Moore to call him if he was getting stifled.

 

[Bullflop]

So vast that you're just simply embarrassed to produce a single link, it appears.

Okay. I understand completely.

I'm not embarrassed in the least. If you're so determined to prove that Linehan was one who was given a raw deal, you should be willing to do your own homework. I know what I read and I'll be switched before I do the work for someone who's too lazy to do it for himself. Prove me wrong if you're all that upset. If you're not aware that media offerings are made by the thousands, then it's simply convenient for you to ignore that fact. I don't need your trust. There are plenty of those who do to satisfy me.

 

[_sturt_]

That's fine for you, but that's not how it works for the rest of us who you clearly would like to persuade... otherwise why would you have bothered to post, right?

No, my friend. I'm willing to listen, but the person making the accusation... in this case, you... has the burden of proof.

I'm not chasing ghosts that I have no reason to believe exist.

 

[817Gill]

......until Garrett reminds him whose offense he is running and who the HC is.

We haven’t run a Garrett offense in years. Since 2014 the team changed its philosophy with an emphasis on the run and the o-line. Linehan was given most of the game plan and playcalling authority while Garrett managed the team on a more macro level.

Did we forget how much we used to kill Garrett for throwing the ball 40+ times? That’s Garrett’s offense, not the one we've been running for the last 3 years.

 

[817Gill]

That the FO would think he's made of the right stuff runs counter to the fact that they clearly were looking at other options for the better part of 3 weeks before, it seems, they had no other options... so, if they think that, it's by default.

So because the FO did their due diligence and scoured the coaching market, it reflects badly on KM?

I bet if they’d hired him immediately without looking around more you would have scolded them for not doing their job.