Conspiracy Theory: Cowboys & Urban Meyer

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rocknrobcowboy said:
2 Things... XWalker..It wasn't special teams coach that was fired for spousal abuse, It was wide receivers coach Zach Smith that was fired for spousal abuse,plus Urban Meyer is not a marriage counselor..UM has a job and only one Job is was to get hes former team Buckeyes ready to play.. Fact was there marriage was on the rocks of and on during there full marriage..

Myers in fact had on going meetings with the receiver coach about there rocky marriage and in fact,Myers & Ohio St provided school counseling.The receiver coach didn't provide full details of the extent of the abuse to Myers so its not Myers job to act upon as a marriage counselor.Conspiracy theorist and a investigation,Myers may have covered up portions of the abuse and what ever there findings of the investigation found,Meyer was suspended for 3 games..We will never know the full details of what may have happen..However, we are here today and as a life time Buckeye Fan,I truly believe Meyer would be a great fit for the Cowboys HC Position....Nuff Said..
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Meyer was required to report any accusations of domestic violence to the University. He knew and didn't report.

Literally part of his job.
 

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xwalker said:
Sorry this is very long.

Note: It will give me great satisfaction if trolls fail to read this post. It will prove my point that they are not literate enough to do it. They'll claim it's not worth their time but we'll all know the truth.

For non-trolls that really don't have time to read everything, skip to the last section "Summary of Conspiracy Theory" but please come back and review the reasons for my theory.

Urban Meyer stepped down as Head Coach at Ohio State after the 2018 college season.

After the 2018 NFL season the Cowboys did NOT renew Garrett's contract which had 1 season remaining.

Stephen Jones in that time frame (early 2019) made extensive comments on the radio about Garrett. S.Jones said that Garrett had failed up to this point. S.Jones strongly implied that Garrett had been given an all-or-nothing type of mandate for 2019 (The comments are pubic record but I don't have a recording of them).

Meyer might not have been ready to take another job in 2019.

He probably didn't want to be seen as running from the ordeal that had resulted in him getting suspended for the first 3 games of the 2018 season (His special teams coach was fired for spousal abuse and Meyer was considered to have known about it for some period of time before the coach was fired).

The press conference to open training camp was very odd with regards to Garrett. Jerry basic said "no comment" although Jerry's version of no comment was to pretend he didn't hear the questions.

Just my opinion:
Garrett looked uncomfortable at that press conference and has looked uncomfortable this season in both press conferences and on the sidelines. Going for it on 4th down from the Cowboys own 20 yard line early in a game when they had the lead was signs of a Head Coach responding to pressure. It did work and modern "analytics" do indicate teams should go for it on 4th down more often; however, analytics do NOT point to an increased chance of winning by going for it in that situation, especially considering that Garrett does not strictly follow the analytics approach to 4th downs.

Trivia that might be related:
  • In Feb of 2018, Stephen Jones "took Linehan's side" over Garrett with regards to running the offense.

  • Stephen Jones basically gave Linehan "full control" over the offense. He said on the radio that it was "not fair" to not give the O-Coordinator full control. He even referenced when they made Bill Callahan the OC but gave him no control over which players were on the field and those types of issues. He said in retrospect that they should have given Callahan "full control".

  • Linehan & Garrett were at odds much like Garrett and Bill Callahan were at odds which caused Callahan to depart as the OL coach despite Jerry attempting to get him to stay.

  • The point being that Linehan "had the ear" of Stephen Jones at that time.

  • There is a link between Scott Linehan and Urban Meyer:
  • When Meyer got his first head coaching position at Bowling Green, he took trips to visit John L. Smith and Scott Linehan at Louisville, Randy Walker and Kevin Wilson at Northwestern, Bill Snyder at Kansas State, Joe Tiller and Jim Chaney at Purdue, and Rich Rodriguez at West Virginia, all of whom ran some version of the spread offense.

Background Stephen Jones as Acting GM:
Stephen Jones has taken control of all other football operations (other than the Head Coach issue) by knowing how to work around Jerry which often means making Jerry feel like things are his decision and by continuing to push the concept to the media that Jerry is still the "GM".

Obviously, the acting GM would be the person to negotiate mega-contracts and Jerry was NOT involved in the DLaw negotiations and has not been involved in the Dak & Cooper negotiations.

Stephen Jones does all of the contract negotiations now.

The Cowboys approach to the draft and free agency has followed the blueprint that Stephen Jones has often outlined in radio interviews for the past several years. It appears that the last time Jerry over-ruled Stephen was when they signed Dez to the big contract. Stephen resisted doing that and wanted to keep Dez on the Franchise Tag.

Everything since the Dez contract has followed the Stephen Jones approach. That includes cutting Dez, not drafting Paxton Lynch, not spending big in free agency. In other words they moved away from the Wildcat Oil Well Drilling approach to a more managed approach.

Summary of Conspiracy Theory:
Stephen Jones has planned to hire Urban Meyer to replace Garrett since before the 2019 season started.

Stephen Jones knew that Jerry would be resistant to just firing Garrett after the 2018 season and even in 2019 if they made the playoffs.

I am NOT saying that Stephen Jones did anything to intentionally sabotage the 2019 season; although, keeping the kicker does make me wonder about that...(actually I think they're just enamored with the kicker's long field goals AND his low salary).

It does bring up a great question:
"If you were Stephen Jones, would you sabotage the season if that was required to keep Jerry from forcing you to give Garrett a new contract?"
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Nicely done.

It makes sense.
 

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TwoDeep3 said:
I enjoyed this very much. Especially since it requires getting rid of Garrett.

I find it difficult to undermine the team and essentially tank the season so you can get rid of a coach. Garrett is perfectly capable and has shown in the past he is incompetent enough to scuttle a season when he has talent amassed for him by the brain trusts.

If they truly are going to bring in Meyer, then everyone needs to go. Marinelli, Richard, Moore, Colombo. Rowdy, the entire lot. Stephen needs to allow his head coach to name his assistants. But that would be with any head coach. The one fact Jimmy Johnson had which was a bonus was he AND his staff knew the college players, and had tried to recruit them or game plan against them. The synergy of a coaching staff who knows the players coming into the league, for drafting purposes and game planning is almost priceless in my eyes.

It's just difficult to believe, taking into consideration contracts and players, that a management guy would tank a season.

The one thing which bothers me is if what you say is fact, facts you've gleaned through study, but not stated facts. Stephen appears to be a chip off the old blockhead and will think of himself as a football guy, like his father thinks the same of himself.

Good job, xwalker.
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A mgmt guy who cannot be fired.
 
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acr731 said:
His feeble mind seizes up when faced with a wall of text. He'd probably have a heart attack if he ever visited the Vietnam War Memorial in DC....
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Untrue. I have visited the Vietnam War Memorial. It was majestic. No heart attack.
 
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If this is true, thank god at least stephen gives a flying $&@ about winning!
 
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LatinMind said:
For one Stephen Jones has been the guy whos handled the contract negotiations since he started with the team. He actually was involved in the negotiations for buying the Cowboys.
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He was 24 when Jerry bought the Cowboys. What exactly was Stephen involved in?
 
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I don't get it. Stephen supposedly has all real power now, but he has to sabotage the season to avoid Jerry making him extend Garrett? The simpler explanation is that Stephen is just about as cluless as his daddy.
 
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I don't think its that deep. I simply believe Stephen knows JG isn't that SB coach and would hang himself.
 
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