RELEASED Cowboys Are Not Retaining Secondary Coach Kris Richard

jazzcat22

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The Cowboys Secondary improved when they got rid of one of the coaches years ago. They had 2 I wanted out so bad, but can't remember his name. The other was Henderson, they dumped him the next year. So both were out. Then when they brought in Jackson it was better, then they drafted all the other DB's. Richard's 1st year they looked better but also had better players. But I wonder if that was from Jackson still. But this year they looked like trash again.
Now I can't remember who Richard replaced. All that doesn't matter now though.

I have not heard any thing if Jackson will be retained or not.
 

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He is a good DB coach on a team with a good D-Coordinator.

He has not been good as a D-Coordinator (Seattle) or pseudo D-Coordinator (2019 Cowboys).
I think it is very unfair to judge Richard when you saddled him with Marinelli as the co-DC.

For us to hammer him for failing with this setup.

McCarthy also got info on his disagreement with Bloom. That was not good either for Richard who is supposed to be controlling his staff.

At least you assume that.

But who knows how that pieced together staff really worked.

Errr..problem is it didn't work..did it ?

Which is why its history..huh?

Again..I do not blame Garrett on this stuff

The aborted staff was built by Jerrah's desire.

So he has now admitted with this McCarthy hire his way was not going to work.

Only took 25 years..oh my.

People who want a real GM are going to have to settle for a real coach instead with McCarthy.

At least that is something for now.
 
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He is a good DB coach on a team with a good D-Coordinator.

He has not been good as a D-Coordinator (Seattle) or pseudo D-Coordinator (2019 Cowboys).

I think two things came into play:

1) He was sharing the position here with Marinelli and I don't think their styles exactly meshed.

2) Richard's additions to the defense improved the unit in 2018. However, when offenses adjust to what he is doing, he doesn't have a countermove. As a coordinator, you have to be able to counter. Richard essentially was a one-trick pony.
 

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He is a good DB coach on a team with a good D-Coordinator.

He has not been good as a D-Coordinator (Seattle) or pseudo D-Coordinator (2019 Cowboys).

This is a dumb post.

You don’t know anything about him.
 

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I know some will be determined to keep saying Marinelli ran the defense but he was not the actual DC, but by title only.

- The defense is primarily on Richard, not Marinelli (who handles the front four - while Richard handled the back seven) Cowboys knew the defense needed to be in another coach’s hand.
and there's a reason why the Cowboys got Richard with the idea to mimic the Legion of Boom style Seahawks defense, and they knew the players were already griping
about the way Marinelli was running the defense when he overseeing the defense.

- Hell Marinelli still had all kinds of troubles and issues with just the front four itself, how will he have coordinated the defense. LOL

- But with all the issues with DL, run gap lapses, lack of a consistent pass rush, rifts with both coaches (Bloom) and players (Jaylon, chido, etc.) injuries, (LVE) non support of management (not hirng Kris’ own LB coach) Richard’s suspect blitzes, ..lapses in coverages and continued flat lack of turnovers, and the losing got so much the best of the players, that they even gave up on him. (see Bears game)
Once that happens to you as a coach, You’re done for as a coach.
and I really believe that was the beginning of the end for Richard here.

- Too bad he was forced into working with Marinelli and his issues,
as well as forced into working with a LB coach over his own preferred LB coach en routed to rifts and internal clashes
and these poor ball hawk DBs were already here before he arrived and you just cannot teach ball hawk skills -even with Byron who he did successfully converted from safety to CB.

- But Richard’s own ill- designed blitzing tendency were the leading reason he was fired by Carroll in Seattle and he didn’t’ seem to be any better here in that area.

- I still wonder about the previous report that the Cowboys were interested in retaining Richard but since we never heard what occurred behind the scenes, I had assumed that an
agreement could not be reached and thus the Cowboys bid him farewell and moved on to other candidates.
 

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Good. I remember when the narrative was "he's gonna build up Brown, Lewis, and Awuzie so good that we can easily let Byron walk"

Here we are now and I don't even feel comfterable with any of those 3 as the #2 corner......... (lol)
 

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I remember last year when everyone (ok a lot of people) was touting this guy as a great coach because he was intense and yelled at people. They thought he should be the DC and Marinelli should be fired. I asked then what it was that he brings to the table that Marinelli doesn't. What specific changes had he made since arriving that made people feel that way. I never got an answer. Oh well, I guess I never will now.
 

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perhaps the corners can now learn to turn and locate the ball. Im not sure anyone can change their stone hands
 

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Dont know if it's scheme or players...or both, but the secondary has been bad....for a long time. No sleep lost seeing any and all coaches associated with it being shown the door.
 

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Not surprised. Maybe Kellen Moore will be spared.

Or maybe they are simply saving him for last.

Like desert after the meal.
 
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