Trent Dilfer on Jason Garrett

[dfense]

He was not a good OC here either.

That's completely inaccurate. A shakeup is in order, but his offense was top ten every year he was a coordinator. Look before you jump.

 

[MissionCoach]

I totally understand why Garrett is respected around the league. He is a class act, very intelligent, an overall decent person, organized, articulate, a very good backup QB who knew his role, and a team player,. However he is not an elite tier, X's and O's, game time adjustment, strategist Head Coach. The experiment, or the "Process" has been average at best. Just my opinion.

 

[cowboyblue22]

good news so when the cowboys move on to a different coach then he wont have any trouble finding a job in the league with another team

 

[shabazz]

He's one of the greatest coaches of this era in any sport.

Hes neck and neck with Freddie Kitchens

 

[shabazz]

Actually, hes a pretty cerebral guy and I can see him joining the NFL broadcasting teams or media in some fashion

 

[Doomsay]

Please let this nightmare end.

 

[JW82]

Garrett might be a good coach, but he's not a good HEAD COACH.

He’s a good motivator. He’s a terrible game manager, clock manager, adjustment maker, offensive play caller, delegater. They are 0-7 when trailing at the half. If that doesn’t spell it out clearly I don’t know what could. If the original game plan is working they are world beaters, if they are reliant on making half time changes or ANY in game changes, you might as well turn the channel, its over.

 

[shabazz]

He's one of the greatest coaches of this era in any sport.

I forgot to add that he will be nominated for the Marvin Lewis lifetime Achievement Award.........on the first ballot of course

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Folks, you should know how this works. Had Dilfer said “Dak sucks” all this thread would be about is “Dilfer sucks...he’s just jealous...:who cares what he says!”

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

He’s a good motivator. He’s a terrible game manager, clock manager, adjustment maker, offensive play caller, delegater. They are 0-7 when trailing at the half. If that doesn’t spell it out clearly I don’t know what could. If the original game plan is working they are world beaters, if they are reliant on making half time changes or ANY in game changes, you might as well turn the channel, its over.

Garrett is tailor-made to lead a college program.

 

[camelboy]

I admired him and revered him fro 8+ years. It just wore on me and cannot keep doing the same thing .. too much and too long hope is not a good thing

 

[Sydla]

What's his underlying point here? That Dallas would be stupid to fire a coach that would have been here nearly a decade and only has two playoff wins (assuming we lose on Sunday or get bounced in that first playoff game)?

 

[ctrous25]

All that’s true from Dilfer. His inability to change and adjust during games has our fan base pissed and ready to move on though

For quite sometime too

 

[JW82]

Garrett is tailor-made to lead a college program.

I can see him better for college but still need help managing the game. Its been 9 years without improvement.

 

[acr731]

That's completely inaccurate. A shakeup is in order, but his offense was top ten every year he was a coordinator. Look before you jump.

They're top 10 this season because of garbage time stats, and even Dak agrees with that. Don't believe me? Read this.... https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/game...know-which-numbers-matter-in-rams-at-cowboys/

 

[EJK24]

Let me just throw this out there about Garrett and the people in the media... he wins one game and all of a sudden we have these people crawling out to sing his praises. I'm not saying they never liked the guy but where were these people a few weeks ago when he was being ripped apart?

Even Aikman was ripping our coaching during the NE game and I know he respects Garrett and it wasnt only a dig at him but just the point that these people werent all jumping to Garrett's defense weeks ago.

Be consistent at least. I, for one, hope we move on from Garrett. I think his tenure has been long enough and hes done a good job with some not so great years.

If he take us to a championship or superbowl and Jerry extends him I guess he deserves it at that point although I dont see either one of those things happening. If he was sent packing today I would be happy to see us going in a new direction.

Point is when we win a game like last week I dont jump on here defending him then the following week hate the guy. I'm not a fan of Garrett personally but these media people are as bad any fair weather fans there are. When we win he could potentially take us to superbowl, when we lose, they say he should be fired. The inconsistency is madness.

 

[Zordon]

Jerry told a story of how he gave a speech at a league meeting and he said the room was dead silent, everyone was listening.

The guy will have a job. he speaks exactly how every front office wants their coaches to speak to players, media and front office people.

I still think he will end up in New York if they do not hire Matt Rhule.

Garrett checks a lot of boxes with his persona, demeanor, philosophy. If he leaves here and wins big elsewhere, Jerry might drop from heartache.

 

[erod]

Garrett might be a good coach, but he's not a good HEAD COACH.

You can't judge players based on their time in Oakland or Miami, and you can't judge coaches based on how they did under the crushing omnipresence of Jerry Jones.

 

[SDCowboy]

He can go coach somewhere else then.

 

[HungryLion]

I can see him better for college but still need help managing the game. Its been 9 years without improvement.

I actually think Garrett’s way of playing would work well at a major college program.

If he recruited well. He could build a roster that is just more talented than the competition, and then play his opponents straight up and win.

That doesn’t work in the NFL due to the salary cap and how close the talent levels are between good teams.

In college he could build a program that just runs the ball down opponents throats and they can’t stop it because they don’t have the same talent level.