Worst Cowboys HC since we won a championship?

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In terms of pure Xs and Os:

1. Landry
2. Parcells
3. Phillips
4. Gailey
5. Johnson
6. Campo
7. Garrett
8. Switzer

In terms of results:

1. Landry
2. Johnson
3. Switzer
4. Garrett
5. Parcells
6. Phillips
7. Gailey
8. Campo

In overall terms:

1. Landry
2. Johnson
3. Parcells
4. Switzer
5. Gailey/Phillips/Campo
8. Garrett
 
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Diehardblues said:
While we’ve had one constant leading Cowboys Football since our last championship , we’ve had 6 different HC’s unable to take us back to a Super Bowl or even a championship appearance .

How would you rank them during this time frame.

Here’s my order of worst Cowboys HC during this stretch:
Campo
Switzer
Phillips
Gailey
Garrett
Parcells

Not sure how we could place anyone but Campo with the 3 straight 5-11 seasons on the bottom. And Switzer left a mess of the dynasty Jimmy built. Wade left a mess of the team Bill had built. Gailey could possibly be ranked 2nd above Garrett as he probably did as much as anyone with what he had left . Jerry even admits cut him loose too soon.

The reason I rank Garrett that high is based on his record , division titles and playoff wins which the latter two are more than the rest combined. Despite his coaching flaws and dysfunctional situation he helped steer our franchise in a better direction and has helped influence this roster in a greater position to contend.

One of the best measurement of coaching despite records is have you left the team in a better position than when you took over. There’s only 3 HC in Jerry’s era which meet that criteria. Jimmy, Bill and Jason.
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I’m sorry but no way was Switzer the second worst coach since the Cowboys won their last championship. The team won their last championship with Switzer. I don’t care that he inherited Jimmy’s players. He kept the team together and we made it to an NFC title game in 94 and won our last Super Bowl in 95 which cemented the Cowboys as the team of the 90s. Most everyone thought the Cowboys were done winning championships after they lost the NFC title game in 94. I give Switzer a lot a credit for keeping the team together. The players could have very easily quit on him when he became the HC. The team bought in and kept playing hard. Granted Switzer had his faults but free agency eventually tore the team apart. Campo was clearly the worst coach followed by Gailey, Garrett, Wade and Parcells.
 
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Chan gailey was set up for failure by jerry and the infamous scissor gate incident. Jerry should have been forced to sell the team for that criminal action. But he put a player ahead of the team and coach.
 
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cern said:
Campo was set up to fail by the bungling jerry.
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He was set up to fail by not having a QB. Troy Aikman was done after his first season as HC. We ended up playing musical chairs at QB the next few seasons under Campo. Not having a QB caused the Joey Galloway trade to blow up in our face. Not only did we not have a QB but we had a horrible OL. The top everything off Emmitt was in deep decline. Parcells showed just how bad a HC Campo was by winning 10 games with the same team.
 
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Diehardblues said:
While we’ve had one constant leading Cowboys Football since our last championship , we’ve had 6 different HC’s unable to take us back to a Super Bowl or even a championship appearance .

How would you rank them during this time frame.

Here’s my order of worst Cowboys HC during this stretch:
Campo
Switzer
Phillips
Gailey
Garrett
Parcells

Not sure how we could place anyone but Campo with the 3 straight 5-11 seasons on the bottom. And Switzer left a mess of the dynasty Jimmy built. Wade left a mess of the team Bill had built. Gailey could possibly be ranked 2nd above Garrett as he probably did as much as anyone with what he had left . Jerry even admits cut him loose too soon.

The reason I rank Garrett that high is based on his record , division titles and playoff wins which the latter two are more than the rest combined. Despite his coaching flaws and dysfunctional situation he helped steer our franchise in a better direction and has helped influence this roster in a greater position to contend.

One of the best measurement of coaching despite records is have you left the team in a better position than when you took over. There’s only 3 HC in Jerry’s era which meet that criteria. Jimmy, Bill and Jason.
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Campo was a placeholder while the team dragged themselves out of salary cap hell. He never had a chance. I think I'd go with Phillips myself, but he's got some stiff competition in Switzer and Garrett.
 
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cern said:
Campo was set up to fail by the bungling jerry.
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He had no HC experience, was cheap and Booger knew he'd just be happy to have the title.

In the beginning of the cap and FA, the Cowboys were one of those teams that didn't get it, and they had plenty of company. The other problem was the assessment of the GM as to the strength of the club. He thought it was all about the triplets.

The Cowboys are in the conversation as best team ever but one thing they do own, imo, and that is best overall team ever assembled. The depth was unlike what any other team had put together and the ability of both lines to rotate without a lot of falloff was unmatched in my game watching time. Even had really good backups at QB.

The Cowboys were methodically picked apart as FA began and it would have taken a really experienced and savvy HC to break the fall but he wouldn't have done a lot better.

It took Booger too long to realize that FA was not the forgiveness of sloppy drafts but forced teams to be even better at drafting. Young affordable talent is the name of the game.
 
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Barry Switzer gets unfairly blamed for the demise of the Cowboys in the 90s. We won games and a championship with him until free agency started tearing the team apart which is what caused the demise. Jerry had a tough time handling the salary cap when it was first implemented. We started losing good players to free agency. We lost our depth. It’s not like once we moved on from Switzer things got better.
 
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Diehardblues said:
While we’ve had one constant leading Cowboys Football since our last championship , we’ve had 6 different HC’s unable to take us back to a Super Bowl or even a championship appearance .

How would you rank them during this time frame.

Here’s my order of worst Cowboys HC during this stretch:
Campo
Switzer
Phillips
Gailey
Garrett
Parcells

Not sure how we could place anyone but Campo with the 3 straight 5-11 seasons on the bottom. And Switzer left a mess of the dynasty Jimmy built. Wade left a mess of the team Bill had built. Gailey could possibly be ranked 2nd above Garrett as he probably did as much as anyone with what he had left . Jerry even admits cut him loose too soon.

The reason I rank Garrett that high is based on his record , division titles and playoff wins which the latter two are more than the rest combined. Despite his coaching flaws and dysfunctional situation he helped steer our franchise in a better direction and has helped influence this roster in a greater position to contend.

One of the best measurement of coaching despite records is have you left the team in a better position than when you took over. There’s only 3 HC in Jerry’s era which meet that criteria. Jimmy, Bill and Jason.
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Garrett could have done more what he had. Such inconsistent results amidst so much promise with good players and promising seasons. Lack of killer instinct and poor game management, as well as a lack of overall leadership as a HC.
How ironic that Dallas had its first three coaches win at least one Super Bowl and then experience a draught of NFC Championship Games and Super Bowls. In the 24 years since our last Super Bowl: 4-4 in 8 Wild Card games and 0-6 in 6 Divisional playoff games.
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Some, if not a lot, of the futility of the last 24 years can be laid at Jerry's feet for not hiring a qualified GM. I can only hope he defers to McCarthy and others if he continues to hold that title.
 
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Diehardblues said:
While we’ve had one constant leading Cowboys Football since our last championship , we’ve had 6 different HC’s unable to take us back to a Super Bowl or even a championship appearance .

How would you rank them during this time frame.

Here’s my order of worst Cowboys HC during this stretch:
Campo
Switzer
Phillips
Gailey
Garrett
Parcells

Not sure how we could place anyone but Campo with the 3 straight 5-11 seasons on the bottom. And Switzer left a mess of the dynasty Jimmy built. Wade left a mess of the team Bill had built. Gailey could possibly be ranked 2nd above Garrett as he probably did as much as anyone with what he had left . Jerry even admits cut him loose too soon.

The reason I rank Garrett that high is based on his record , division titles and playoff wins which the latter two are more than the rest combined. Despite his coaching flaws and dysfunctional situation he helped steer our franchise in a better direction and has helped influence this roster in a greater position to contend.

One of the best measurement of coaching despite records is have you left the team in a better position than when you took over. There’s only 3 HC in Jerry’s era which meet that criteria. Jimmy, Bill and Jason.
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Oh my god.

How long does this go on?

I thought we were trying to put this all behind us.

This reminds me of my first wife. I was head over heels for her and 25 and profoundly hormonal.

She says our 1st week together she is cooking dinner tonite. So I say fine, see you later.

Mostly I cooked or we went out. She never cooked except a burger on the grill.

I get home from the office and say I am home, taking a shower..call me when it's ready.

She had cooked enchiladas. She takes it out to cool.

I pour a beer for us and we sit.

The tortillas were hard as rocks and the cheese will not break free when you cut it.

Screwed the pooch.

That experience is like this thread. The food at worst looked promising and turned out my dog even threw up and would not eat it.

The moral of the story?

Do we really want to remember our nightmares?

Or are they better off left nightmares?

Do we want to remember bad coaches or do we just sweep them and move on?

To continue comparisons like this ultimately just ends with..

"Its Jerrah's fault." Our common denominatornator for anything wrong with us.

So what's the point if you know the answer before you ask the question.?

Got me?

:angry:
 
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If we are basing this purely on results from best to worst:

Garrett
Wade
Parcells
Gailey
Campo
 
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Pantone282C said:
Garrett could have done more what he had. Such inconsistent results amidst so much promise with good players and promising seasons. Lack of killer instinct and poor game management, as well as a lack of overall leadership as a HC.
How ironic that Dallas had its first three coaches win at least one Super Bowl and then experience a draught of NFC Championship Games and Super Bowls. In the 24 years since our last Super Bowl: 4-4 in 8 Wild Card games and 0-6 in 6 Divisional playoff games.
. :facepalm:
Some, if not a lot, of the futility of the last 24 years can be laid at Jerry's feet for not hiring a qualified GM. I can only hope he defers to McCarthy and others if he continues to hold that title.
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His line of reasoning is that everything has to be run past him anyway, so why have that person around in the first place.

Think about that for a minute. I mean....really think about it.
 

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Barry Switzer gets unfairly blamed for the demise of the Cowboys in the 90s. We won games and a championship with him until free agency started tearing the team apart which is what caused the demise. Jerry had a tough time handling the salary cap when it was first implemented. We started losing good players to free agency. We lost our depth. It’s not like once we moved on from Switzer things got better.
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That's not why I put him close to the bottom. I put him there simply because he was an absolutely awful HC.
 

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Campo was a placeholder while the team dragged themselves out of salary cap hell. He never had a chance. I think I'd go with Phillips myself, but he's got some stiff competition in Switzer and Garrett.
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Those are my bottom 3.
 
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kskboys said:
That's not why I put him close to the bottom. I put him there simply because he was an absolutely awful HC.
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If he was an awful HC the Cowboys would have never won a playoff game or SB with him. He was far from an awful HC. His NFL coaching record was 40-24 with a 7-5 playoff record which included a SB win. We reached two NFC title games with him.
 
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