CouchCoach
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He knew that coming in so he is fully aware of expectations because non-performance has been laid squarely at the feet of his predecessor by the non-renewal of his contract and the Joneses claiming "it's not our fault, we did our job". Then they go and get him a WR with the 1st pick.
No excuses will be accepted by the fanbase. This is a HC that was fired from his past job and his successor took them to the NFCCG in his first year.
And I think the majority of fans are just like the majority of posters here, the blame falls on coaching, execution doesn't come into play enough. Every play that fails gets questioned but what if the player that didn't make the play made the play? In evaluating play calling, execution should always be the first part scrutinized.
Wanna have some fun? Record a game, watch it and make yourself a list, keeping in mind you may not know if the play was changed by the QB, of plays executed as called, improvised or failed and why it failed like penalty, which will change the play called, player error, etc. I've never seen a coach call a penalty, poorly thrown ball, fumble or pick in my life.
McC was one of my two picks so I can hardly criticize him if this goes off the rails. I still don't think this team has the D necessary to make noise. He will have to coach like every other one has since the good old days and hope his O can cover for his D.
However, can anyone fault the fans for their expectations? The Cowboys are the only team in the league to make 3 coaching changes in a row after a mediocre or poor seasons and return to the playoffs the first full year of the new HC.
Easy conclusion is it had to be the coaching, right? How about the talent laying down on the coaching?
Not a Garrett fan and glad he's gone but a lot of that blame that fell on him last season, and the previous ones, failed to consider player execution strongly enough. I'll bet the same happens for McC should he struggle. Certainly will by the Joneses, couldn't possibly be their fault.
No excuses will be accepted by the fanbase. This is a HC that was fired from his past job and his successor took them to the NFCCG in his first year.
And I think the majority of fans are just like the majority of posters here, the blame falls on coaching, execution doesn't come into play enough. Every play that fails gets questioned but what if the player that didn't make the play made the play? In evaluating play calling, execution should always be the first part scrutinized.
Wanna have some fun? Record a game, watch it and make yourself a list, keeping in mind you may not know if the play was changed by the QB, of plays executed as called, improvised or failed and why it failed like penalty, which will change the play called, player error, etc. I've never seen a coach call a penalty, poorly thrown ball, fumble or pick in my life.
McC was one of my two picks so I can hardly criticize him if this goes off the rails. I still don't think this team has the D necessary to make noise. He will have to coach like every other one has since the good old days and hope his O can cover for his D.
However, can anyone fault the fans for their expectations? The Cowboys are the only team in the league to make 3 coaching changes in a row after a mediocre or poor seasons and return to the playoffs the first full year of the new HC.
Easy conclusion is it had to be the coaching, right? How about the talent laying down on the coaching?
Not a Garrett fan and glad he's gone but a lot of that blame that fell on him last season, and the previous ones, failed to consider player execution strongly enough. I'll bet the same happens for McC should he struggle. Certainly will by the Joneses, couldn't possibly be their fault.
