Do you guys really think a new coaching staff is going to fix everything within one offseason?

Hypothetically speaking, lets say Dallas gets your dream staff (HC, DC, OC, and ST coordinator). Rather it be Riley, Rivera, Rhule, Meyer, etc.

Do you really believe they can change this team within an offseason?
The new HC will have to bring a modern playbook and a new scheme. That is not easy in itself. After that, comes the players....

As we all know, the culture of the Cowboys is a major problem. A new HC may help with this, but it will not solve the problem completely, especially not in one offseason. Think about it. What is one thing our players lack? Leadership. Brotherhood. Wills to win. Compassion for the game. Thinking as a unit/team rather than an individual.

You look at the Ravens and you see a classic football team. A team that has each others backs (brotherhood). Everyone in that locker room gets along. Everyone in that locker room plays for the team rather than themselves. Everyone in that locker room has energy, passion, and most of all, they have fun at the end of the day. Even though all these players chase money, contracts, and likes on social media, they don't put it ahead of football.

Our players do NOT do this. Rather it be because Jason Garrett allows it, or the culture of Jerry Jones, it will not be an easy fix AT ALL. Look at Jaylon Smith or even Zeke this season. Shannon Sharpe made a good point on Undisputed Today when talking about Le'Veon Bell and his stupid bowling situations. He said "Players today don't care about winning. They could care less about winning. They care about social media and likes." That perfectly represents our team.


Not only does the new HC have to create a new playbook, gameplan, and scheme, along with changing the culture and attitudes of our players, they have to adjust to the team themselves. Settling into a new team is very hard, especially if we grab a college HC. On top of that, our players will have to adjust as well. Some players struggle more than others when it comes to change. That will be our team next year.


On top of THAT, we have like 20 or 30+ players to resign or let go of. That likely means we will likely have a lot more new players on our team through the draft, free agency, or trading. This team may look very different from what we see today (hopefully for the better).


New players, new HC, new scheme, new culture, new attitude, new gameplan, etc. 2021 may be our year, but along with our schedule (we play the NFCW (YIKES), the NFCN (Browns may improve, Steelers look good even with injuries, and the Ravens may still be redhot), possibly the Saints if we win our division, Packers or Vikes, and more, 2020 does not look like our season at all.


I would NOT raise my expectations beyond anything we feel right now for 2020 no matter what HC or player we pick up. If you do, you will be disappointed.

Everything? No
Progress? Yes

If we bring in a staff thats about winning you're going to see several new faces to replace the pets.

Excluding the draft and FA we can benefit from "addition by subtraction". Some don't want to go down that road, but this will be the most exciting off-season and season since the 2014 season (which is also the time I quit defending JG completely) if we bring in the right HC and all new staff across the board, excluding OL and WR coach. But I fear I may be setting myself up for massive disappointment if we dont even hire a decent HC.

It is possible, yes. We are a good team, and really are not far off from being a super bowl contender.

A good one - yes.

There is plenty of talent there...

It is not a hard fix. Schemes the D can believe in and a bit of inspiration!

There's no chance for everything to get fixed as long as our dysfunctional egomaniac owner is still around.

I think if we get a coach with NFL HC experience the curve will be shorter. Getting Ron Rivera for example, will probably lead to a winning season not not necessarily a championship season. If they pick a college coach with no NFL experience, I think it will take an extra year to two to see results and there is a great potential for a Chip Kelly type downside.

What a competent new head coach can bring in his first year is better game management, situational stuff. But we could see confusion early on as the players learn a new system.

A good coach can absolutely change things rather quickly. Does it mean they will win a Super Bowl next year? No.

but just a recent example.

The eagles recently switched coaches from Chip Kelly to Doug Pederson.

Pederson’s system and way of doing things is entirely different from Chip Kelly. The eagles won a super bowl two years after the change.

Switching coaches doesn’t guarantee anything of course. But it can absolutely lead to relatively quick positive results. If it’s the right coach and if the front office keeps drafting and signing the right players.

They’ll enjoy an uptick based on the change, it won’t be sustained, because of the way this whole mess is run i.e the Jones twins culture/hierarchy/mismanagement

I would imagine nearly any candidate to replace Garrett will not like the fact that we payed top contract to Zeke, but not having signed Dak might entertain some.
Don't just think that being a candidate to coach the Cowboys comes with some kind of free pass for Jerry to hire anyone because everyone wants to coach this team.
That's quite the polar opposite, it has always been difficult to find one of the top prospects, because no real coach worth their salt wants to be nor ever has been a puppet
coach.
That's why Jerry will recruit from within the college ranks, and try and land a big fish, but he may find hard pickins there as well.

Your going to see a team with a ton of confidence. I was just posting in another thread that we lost that this year and our lame duck staff did nothing to get it back or keep them even. I think this team is in the weeds. No leadership. The player leaders need to feel they are being led by the HC and staff. Put some confidence and fire in this team. The players are trying to do it themselves.

Bro, JG is literally just standing there. He showed one ounce of anger this year and got flagged for it. I don’t think JG will be a HC again. His hands have been tied for his 10 years here some what. But still got the team ready to play. Now they just look like they are walking through the games.

Fix everything? Of course, not. But look at what Parcells did in one season--from three time 5-11 losers to 10-6 playoff birth with Quincy and Hambrick.

The right Head Coach could fix everything within a week by restoring integrity to the franchise.
The team would perform better with the talent there and with the same coordinators if they had competent leadership from the Head Coach.

AmariChill said:

Hypothetically speaking, lets say Dallas gets your dream staff (HC, DC, OC, and ST coordinator). Rather it be Riley, Rivera, Rhule, Meyer, etc.

Do you really believe they can change this team within an offseason?
The new HC will have to bring a modern playbook and a new scheme. That is not easy in itself. After that, comes the players....

As we all know, the culture of the Cowboys is a major problem. A new HC may help with this, but it will not solve the problem completely, especially not in one offseason. Think about it. What is one thing our players lack? Leadership. Brotherhood. Wills to win. Compassion for the game. Thinking as a unit/team rather than an individual.

You look at the Ravens and you see a classic football team. A team that has each others backs (brotherhood). Everyone in that locker room gets along. Everyone in that locker room plays for the team rather than themselves. Everyone in that locker room has energy, passion, and most of all, they have fun at the end of the day. Even though all these players chase money, contracts, and likes on social media, they don't put it ahead of football.

Our players do NOT do this. Rather it be because Jason Garrett allows it, or the culture of Jerry Jones, it will not be an easy fix AT ALL. Look at Jaylon Smith or even Zeke this season. Shannon Sharpe made a good point on Undisputed Today when talking about Le'Veon Bell and his stupid bowling situations. He said "Players today don't care about winning. They could care less about winning. They care about social media and likes." That perfectly represents our team.


Not only does the new HC have to create a new playbook, gameplan, and scheme, along with changing the culture and attitudes of our players, they have to adjust to the team themselves. Settling into a new team is very hard, especially if we grab a college HC. On top of that, our players will have to adjust as well. Some players struggle more than others when it comes to change. That will be our team next year.


On top of THAT, we have like 20 or 30+ players to resign or let go of. That likely means we will likely have a lot more new players on our team through the draft, free agency, or trading. This team may look very different from what we see today (hopefully for the better).


New players, new HC, new scheme, new culture, new attitude, new gameplan, etc. 2021 may be our year, but along with our schedule (we play the NFCW (YIKES), the NFCN (Browns may improve, Steelers look good even with injuries, and the Ravens may still be redhot), possibly the Saints if we win our division, Packers or Vikes, and more, 2020 does not look like our season at all.


I would NOT raise my expectations beyond anything we feel right now for 2020 no matter what HC or player we pick up. If you do, you will be disappointed.

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If this team gets a coach who can coach the funadmentals and have this team listen this team is ready to make a run. Before the yr everybody was talking about this being the yr. Not just Jerry but media talk heads ex players bloggers. These coaches just lost this team plain and simple.

If Jerry can get a coach who can keep the team focused and lose the bullshhhhhh, then this team is scary.

If Jerry can go out and get a player or two in FA who can change the game preferrably on defense then this team is ready.

This team doesnt need a rebuild, theyre already one of the youngest teams in the NFL. They need veteran leadership. Id rather have a guy with a attitude on the DL then a rookie who is learning. Give me a DT with a nasty attitude.

Give me a DC who isnt playing cute, but just playing hard nose defense and keeping this team from being stupid on 3rd downs.

Give me a OL coach who is going to use this OL the way its supposed to be used. Attacking and blowing people up, not dancing laterally reacting to defense.

Give me a beast like Isaiah Simmons

This core doesnt need to be blown up.

Whats needs to be blown up is this coaching staff.

AmariChill said:

Hypothetically speaking, lets say Dallas gets your dream staff (HC, DC, OC, and ST coordinator). Rather it be Riley, Rivera, Rhule, Meyer, etc.

Do you really believe they can change this team within an offseason?
The new HC will have to bring a modern playbook and a new scheme. That is not easy in itself. After that, comes the players....

As we all know, the culture of the Cowboys is a major problem. A new HC may help with this, but it will not solve the problem completely, especially not in one offseason. Think about it. What is one thing our players lack? Leadership. Brotherhood. Wills to win. Compassion for the game. Thinking as a unit/team rather than an individual.

You look at the Ravens and you see a classic football team. A team that has each others backs (brotherhood). Everyone in that locker room gets along. Everyone in that locker room plays for the team rather than themselves. Everyone in that locker room has energy, passion, and most of all, they have fun at the end of the day. Even though all these players chase money, contracts, and likes on social media, they don't put it ahead of football.

Our players do NOT do this. Rather it be because Jason Garrett allows it, or the culture of Jerry Jones, it will not be an easy fix AT ALL. Look at Jaylon Smith or even Zeke this season. Shannon Sharpe made a good point on Undisputed Today when talking about Le'Veon Bell and his stupid bowling situations. He said "Players today don't care about winning. They could care less about winning. They care about social media and likes." That perfectly represents our team.


Not only does the new HC have to create a new playbook, gameplan, and scheme, along with changing the culture and attitudes of our players, they have to adjust to the team themselves. Settling into a new team is very hard, especially if we grab a college HC. On top of that, our players will have to adjust as well. Some players struggle more than others when it comes to change. That will be our team next year.


On top of THAT, we have like 20 or 30+ players to resign or let go of. That likely means we will likely have a lot more new players on our team through the draft, free agency, or trading. This team may look very different from what we see today (hopefully for the better).


New players, new HC, new scheme, new culture, new attitude, new gameplan, etc. 2021 may be our year, but along with our schedule (we play the NFCW (YIKES), the NFCN (Browns may improve, Steelers look good even with injuries, and the Ravens may still be redhot), possibly the Saints if we win our division, Packers or Vikes, and more, 2020 does not look like our season at all.


I would NOT raise my expectations beyond anything we feel right now for 2020 no matter what HC or player we pick up. If you do, you will be disappointed.

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I usually allow myself gray area for expectation levels but I have reached a stage with the Cowboys where it’s kind of an all or nothing level.

The team is either sold

Or Jerry steps down and away from ALL football operations, appoints Stephen and Stephen IMMEDIATELY hires a GM/coach

or things remain the same

That’s where I’m at

A great HC can do wonders for a team in one year. Remember the 49ers before Jim Harbaugh showed up? They where an average 7-9 win team for the last few seasons. Harbaugh walked in and they went 13-3 his first year. Had a couple NFC championship games and one Superbowl appearance before he bounced. Now, do I think Jerry is going to hire a great HC... well that remains to be seen. But to answer your question... yes, I think a coaching staff can fix everything in one season. Just depends on what kind of coach the Cowboys get.

cowboy_ron said:

There's no chance for everything to get fixed as long as our dysfunctional egomaniac owner is still around.

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23 years 1 constant, you hit it on the head, JJ, so I don't expect much but more of the same.

I never understand this question. Just because you can't fix everything means you shouldn't at least fix what you can?

And it doesn't take years on end to turn teams around, especially ones with talent. We see it all the time in this league.

Now I do agree about a window closing as the OL gets older and the Zeke and Dak contracts kick in. The next coach won't have personnel as good as what Garrett has had the last few to several years.

Everything?

Likely not.

But it fixes a big problem. With a new coaching staff, however, there is likely going to be a shifting of values in certain kinds of players, which means the roster made need some tweaks. For example, the next HC and DC might put a premium on dominant DT play, demanding we put more resources into the position.

No, thats why im ok if some players want to walk.

However, i do want to see a new culture installed first. New ideas and strageties put into place, starting at scouting and drafting. I want a sleek team that runs on all cylinders, not just 1 cylinder per game.

No, but a Jimmy Johnson 4 year plan with right coaches and personnel decisions, yes.