What was the worst coaching move by Garrett in the 2018-2019 season?

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Assuming all our moves were on his idea (which of course they weren't), what would you say was the worst decision he made this past season? It could be personnel related, a particular play called, situational decision, etc.

When Garrett-Top consistently allowed Dak and Linahan to call running plays into 8 and 9 man fronts all season long. They are in shot-gun formation way too much also.

Oh, and the punt coverage play where Goodwin or Lenoir hit the ball carrier 7 yards out of bounds at the 15 yard line garnering the 15 yard personal foul penalty. When the guilty party ran across the field and onto the sideline Garrett-Top was clapping the whole time and patting the culprit on the back saying "way to go".....What IS that!!?
 

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Yeah heaven forbid fans speak out against our terrible coaching staff and a coach that was so bad at coordinating an offense that it was stripped away from him.

But they are just "haters". Got it.

Yes bit it the SAME group EVERY DAY, DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY that spews their hatred and continually whines saying the same things over and over and over and over and over. This hatred serves no purpose other than giving that group their daily fix on hatred.
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Worst coaching move last season: Not playing Dak preseason. The kid was simply not ready and needed snaps. Dak was not some vet who was ready to go.
 

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Not fixing the same old issues with the offense before the season. Remaining predictable and ignoring the chess side of football.

We're a completely player dependent team and get nothing from our offensive coaches.

They thought they could scheme guys open and figured out quickly they aren't good enough coaches to do that and had to trade away our #1 pick for Amari Cooper.

The morons identified Dez as the problem. So here we sit at the end of this year and Dez's complaints about the offense are still the main stream opinion of everyone and was validated with the release of Linehan.


Can say the same about our defense vs the rams too. Predictable, didn't make any adjustments in game that actually made a difference. Defense holding the best running team in the league to year low and then get blown up vs the run the next week.

And now we still have owner/Front office guys telling Garrett who will call plays, which coaches stay which go, etc. It's a circus show for sure.
 

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Worst coaching move last season: Not playing Dak preseason. The kid was simply not ready and needed snaps. Dak was not some vet who was ready to go.
Dak put in more snaps last preseason than in 2017 when he didn't play in 3 of the 4 preseason games. That was a bonehead move.

Obviously, the worst coaching decision that he was in control was the 4th and 1 against the Texans.
 

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When Garrett-Top consistently allowed Dak and Linahan to call running plays into 8 and 9 man fronts all season long. They are in shot-gun formation way too much also.

Oh, and the punt coverage play where Goodwin or Lenoir hit the ball carrier 7 yards out of bounds at the 15 yard line garnering the 15 yard personal foul penalty. When the guilty party ran across the field and onto the sideline Garrett-Top was clapping the whole time and patting the culprit on the back saying "way to go".....What IS that!!?

More hating with the usually hater's exaggerations. It's funny how just 2 years ago those same coaches and Prescott ran into 8 man fronts and Elliott lead the league in rushing and the Cowboys went 13 - 3. Oh wait, Elliott lead the league in rushing again last season too. Oh some more exaggeration, the Cowboys and Elliott faced 9 man fronts only on 3rd or 4th and short or goal line but then every team does that but the haters think that the Cowboys faced 9 man fronts all the time and it only happened to the Cowboys. And then there's the hit 7 yards out of bounds which would have put it at least 4 yards BEYOND the 3 yard wide sideline markers and it's funny I don't recall any Cowboys hitting any player THAT FAR out of bounds. As for the clapping the haters often bring up Garrett clapping but do they ever mention that TWICE Pete Carol in the wildcard game was shown clapping on the sidelines after his offense went 3 and out and he was clapping to get their attention and to fire them up. Funny how when Garrett does that the haters claim some other moronic reason for it fueled by their hatred.
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Assuming all our moves were on his idea (which of course they weren't), what would you say was the worst decision he made this past season? It could be personnel related, a particular play called, situational decision, etc.

Focusing on 1 decision detracts from the real issues with Garrett.

Garrett is not as bad as many people claim but he does not give the team an advantage that the elite Head Coaches give their teams.

The overall lack of adjustments in the Rams game was the worst aspect of the overall Cowboys coaching staff for the season.
 

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Worst coaching move last season: Not playing Dak preseason. The kid was simply not ready and needed snaps. Dak was not some vet who was ready to go.

I think this one goes unnoticed. I think this was a huge decision that hurt us early this year.
 

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Focusing on 1 decision detracts from the real issues with Garrett.

Garrett is not as bad as many people claim but he does not give the team an advantage that the elite Head Coaches give their teams.

The overall lack of adjustments in the Rams game was the worst aspect of the overall Cowboys coaching staff for the season.

Agree 100%

The biggest problem with Garrett is he doesn't tailor what we do to the opposition/situation. There were some play calling issues which saw us underutilize Dak as a running, Zeke in the RedZone and relying on scrubs in key plays (Brown, Rico, etc) but it was the overall strategic approach that didn't see to change game to game.
 

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Not fixing the same old issues with the offense before the season. Remaining predictable and ignoring the chess side of football.

We're a completely player dependent team and get nothing from our offensive coaches.

They thought they could scheme guys open and figured out quickly they aren't good enough coaches to do that and had to trade away our #1 pick for Amari Cooper.

The morons identified Dez as the problem. So here we sit at the end of this year and Dez's complaints about the offense are still the main stream opinion of everyone and was validated with the release of Linehan.

In fairness, in 2016 they were 5th in the NFL in both scoring and yardage, and in 2017 they dealt with a scandal all season and Zeke missing 6 games and a disaster when Tyron Smith had to sit out. Accordingly, it really wasn't unreasonable to think they might get closer to 2016 numbers with everything settled back in place, and with a better backup to Tyron. We know now that was wrong, and I don't disagree the coaching had a lot to do with that, but the reality is at the time the 2017 issues seemed to be more about personnel.

Your last sentence is an overstatement, and one that seems to get repeated a lot. The Cowboys didn't decide Dez was THE problem, they identified him as a problem, and did so based on his contract in relation to his production. There was never any indication from the team that they felt they could can Dez and all would be right with the world.
 

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And Free Agency last year proved that he was not overpaid at all.

I felt like he was overpaid until I saw guys getting 14 mill a year that are at best equal to him and they sure as heck weren’t 4 mill more a year better.

We could’ve still got Cooper. They wouldn’t have but they could have.

Cooper is playing more of T. Wills role in the offense anyways and Gallup is more of the X.

After watching Cooper and Dak its pretty clear that Dez had to go. Cooper is a REAL receiver that gets open. Dak not fond of throwing up jump balls to covered receivers. 16 million a year for Dez was ridiculous. Hence the fact that no one wanted him, but Cleveland halfway through the season.
 

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After watching Cooper and Dak its pretty clear that Dez had to go. Cooper is a REAL receiver that gets open. Dak not fond of throwing up jump balls to covered receivers. 16 million a year for Dez was ridiculous. Hence the fact that no one wanted him, but Cleveland halfway through the season.

I'm pretty sure Dez was owed 10 mill a year for the rest of his contract. I may be wrong.

I'm happy with Cooper but Dez was not the problem. The problem was coaching and not putting him in the best position to succeed.

Cooper is good but he's already done the disappearing act that receivers go through with this coaching staff and his numbers were inflated by a couple of unreal games.

Nothing against Cooper either but I just know that these coaches will make him a no show for stretches.
 

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I'm pretty sure Dez was owed 10 mill a year for the rest of his contract. I may be wrong.

I'm happy with Cooper but Dez was not the problem. The problem was coaching and not putting him in the best position to succeed.

Cooper is good but he's already done the disappearing act that receivers go through with this coaching staff and his numbers were inflated by a couple of unreal games.

Nothing against Cooper either but I just know that these coaches will make him a no show for stretches.

You keep morphing back to this angle of "the problem". I have no idea what you are talking about. Coaching sucked that has never been a debate.

Dez was no longer worth the money. Even at 10 million he wasnt. He had no rappor with Dak and he had problems getting open. Time for you to get over it already. The events of the offseason 100% case closed the Dez debate.
 

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You keep morphing back to this angle of "the problem". I have no idea what you are talking about. Coaching sucked that has never been a debate.

Dez was no longer worth the money. Even at 10 million he wasnt. He had no rappor with Dak and he had problems getting open. Time for you to get over it already. The events of the offseason 100% case closed the Dez debate.

If Sammy Watkins is worth 14 Mill then yes Dez is still worth 10.

He had an awful year by his standards and still caught 70 balls for 840 yards and 6 TD's.

Dez was put in a position to fail by his coaches. His QB cant throw into tight windows and lining him up in the same spot play after play running the same route over and over was doing him no favors.

He deserves some blame for the dropped passes but Dallas coaches failed him.
 
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