2025 Cowboys Head Coach

[blueblood70]

Last hot shot college HC who did well? Jim Harbaugh. Twice.

Really how long ago was that Bob you said young up and coming like Jimmy Johnson no this is Jim Harbough second opportunity, he is not a college coach he happened to go back to college ,and back to the NFL he's a retread!! he's a very Retread that you guys say we shouldn't go after...lol

I mean he literally was here going now he's back he is not a hotshot college head coach you said New up and coming young etc etc

Jimmy Johnson was a new hire he was high risk he was Jerry's friend remember nepotism doesn't ever work does it oh wait a minute it did I'm talking about all the guys that failed first timers like some of the best like say Steve sarkisian someone like that that would be a guy you're talking about like Jimmy Johnson and I'm telling you when the last one of those that came into the NFL because we saw it didn't work with Myers, Saban ,Petrino, Chip Kelly and I can't remember some others those were hot shots that fell on their face so I'm saying that would be a bad move..

I'm waiting like I said maybe I missed something where is the new flashy up and coming high risk young gun higher that came from coaching in the NCAA to the nfl with Jimmy Johnson results?? I I can't off the top of my head remember 1..

 

[morat1959]

It doesn’t matter who the next head coach is until Jerry gives up the GM position and Dak is gone. If anyone here believes otherwise, they live in la la land.

 

[Bobhaze]

Head Coach is very important for culture etc but arguably appointing the correct defensive coordinator and offensive coordinator is as if not more important.

Eagles present a case in point. They have a bit of a clown as Head Coach but what matters this season is that they nailed the defensive and offensive coordinators which has addressed many of their issues from last season even with the said clown still as HC.

Washington nailed their offensive coordinator and have reaped the rewards.

With that being said I do think Dan Quinn was the right person to take over as the Cowboys Head Coach. The players seemed to love him and would run through brick walls for him. You can also sense that from his short time at Washington. Too many are hung up from the Packers' play off game when there were plenty of issues including injuries, the defense and an impotent offense which put a defense that was built to play from infront behind the 8 ball early on.

Good point. But in the eagles case you have to also factor in they have a very aggressive GM in Howie Roseman who has used trades for draft picks, free agent signings and some decent drafts to make this eagles roster better than the previous year.

And the eagles also have a QB making over $50 million a year against the cap. We’ve been told that having a big contract like that can’t allow us to sign FAs or make trades. When you have a GM (like Rosen) who understands how to make the cap work and be aggressive you can retool your roster often.

In Big D we have a GM and son that literally do not understand how to build a roster that wins multiple playoff games. They haven’t done it in nearly three decades. They are lazy, behind the times and reactive which easily explains the last 3 decades. And worse, they are bullet proof with life time contracts regardless of results.

 

[KingCorcoran]

Head Coach is very important for culture etc but arguably appointing the correct defensive coordinator and offensive coordinator is as if not more important.

Eagles present a case in point. They have a bit of a clown as Head Coach but what matters this season is that they nailed the defensive and offensive coordinators which has addressed many of their issues from last season even with the said clown still as HC.

Washington nailed their offensive coordinator and have reaped the rewards.

With that being said I do think Dan Quinn was the right person to take over as the Cowboys Head Coach. The players seemed to love him and would run through brick walls for him. You can also sense that from his short time at Washington. Too many are hung up from the Packers' play off game when there were plenty of issues including injuries, the defense and an impotent offense which put a defense that was built to play from infront behind the 8 ball early on.

The Eagles’ head coach is peculiar, but he might be an ideal head coach for how the team’s owner wants to run his franchise. You can call him a clown. 42-19 since he came into the league isn’t funny. And he’ll have a new OC next season. That will be four years in a row with a new OC.

 

[Swagger]

The Eagles’ head coach is peculiar, but he might be an ideal head coach for how the team’s owner wants to run his franchise. You can call him a clown. 42-19 since he came into the league isn’t funny. And he’ll have a new OC next season. That will be four years in a row with a new OC.

Fair point. I agree in that he kind of works for them but my original point being that the difference this season has been the coordinators not him. That's my view. The season they reached the Superbowl arguably was again more about the coordinators who moved on. I hold my hands up if I'm doing him a disservice.

 

[Kevinicus]

After a season like this, I think Jerry will be looking for a splash hire. He wants headlines and loves to talk. The only 2 available that would make a big splash are BB and Prime Time.

People always talk about Jerry looking to make a splash hire or to make headlines...and it never happens.
Everytime we get close to the Superbowl, it's "Oh, Jerry will want the spotlight this week."...and nothing ever happens.

I think we can put this myth to bed.

 

[gtb1943]

People always talk about Jerry looking to make a splash hire or to make headlines...and it never happens.
Everytime we get close to the Superbowl, it's "Oh, Jerry will want the spotlight this week."...and nothing ever happens.

I think we can put this myth to bed.

more likely he is unable to make a splash then not wanting to

 

[KingCorcoran]

Fair point. I agree in that he kind of works for them but my original point being that the difference this season has been the coordinators not him. That's my view. The season they reached the Superbowl arguably was again more about the coordinators who moved on. I hold my hands up if I'm doing him a disservice.

I do believe his antics will lead to his dismissal at this season’s end. His replacement will have to accept the front office selecting his coordinators, similar to the Dallas job. Nonetheless, that roster will be a coveted one among the HC candidates. Philly’s defense is the youngest in the league.

 

[Bagman]

I hate to say it because it’s not what I want, but every fiber in me points to Bill Belichick.
I would prefer an offensive minded coach who also knows how to run the ball, but …

Jerry has gone so far down the rabbit hole and finds himself in a hurricane of criticism and mockery unlike anything since his first inaugural season in Dallas with Jimmy Johnson when the media referred to both men as the Beverley Hillbillies of the NFL who had no idea what they were doing. I believe his only response that won’t be questioned will be to hire the greatest coach the NFL has ever seen. This will restore instant respect and a level of credibility that our narcissistic owner craves whether it’s best for the future or not.

Why will Bill accept the position? Because Jerry has already nurtured the relationship, Bill has had over a year to ponder it, Jerry will pay whatever it takes to avoid the criticism that comes with another poor hire, and because restoring the Dallas Cowboys to prominence by creating a tough culture and rebuilding Doomsday over the next couple of years will further his legacy rather than possibly hurting it with failure to win with another poor team.

Bill Belichick may be a little over the hill, but …

• He knows how to build a tough culture of accountability
• He will reduce the stupid penalties by non-stars in short order with his philosophy that “you aren’t good enough to compensate for your penalties.”
• He will restore the run game
• He is a genius when it comes to defense. That’s the one area where Father Time doesn’t seem to win, and he will likely have Parsons playing pass rush OLB in a switch to the 3-4
• He will never struggle to bring in GREAT assistants who want to learn under him in their quest to become head coaches.
• There are tough minded veterans out there that Bill gives us a better chance at signing

Bill Belichick is definitely not the sexy pick, not the Shannahan offensive tree, not the young boy genius coming from a great team that may have inflated his genius status, but if Jerry wants to restore his own credibility a little, give fans something to believe in, and if fans want to restore the Cowboys tradition of having a Doomsday defense and a run game that the great and good QBs can lean on and win with, Belichick may be the best answer.

I think we all realize now that this team will never win and be a serious contender until the culture first changes. If nothing else, Belichick may be the only available coach who can actually change our culture, perhaps the only coach available that Jerry would allow to change the failing culture he has created.

Thank you !! I agree 100%. I'm sick of all the people screaming for a young coach. A young guy will NOT change the CULTURE around the team. A young guy will also get eaten alive by Jerry. We need 2-3 years of positive changes orchestrated by a team builder. That's Belichick. Changing the way we draft, the type of players we get and the mental/ physical makeup of those players.

 

[erod]

Want Vrabel.

Expect Belichick.

Don't think either can fix this clown show.

 

[SuspectCorner]

Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti

 

[NeonNinja]

Yeah they sucked. Bill was basically the GM and coach there.
I would rather have Deon.

Good grief.

 

[krs1bro]

I don't think Bill is the right answer, but I will take him any day over what I think will happen - Mike Zimmer is the next HC, or Garrett is brought back, or a former Cowboy with no coaching experience who gets to train on the job.

JJ has defiantly became predictable at being unpredictable.......so our thinking here in the forum what would make sense as a good hire for HC can be tossed out the window. Just pure fan torture at this point from the JJ's.

 

[nhcowboysfan]

I don't care if there was a coach out there that was Lombardi, Landry, Shula, Gibbs, Parcells, Belichek, and Reid all rolled up into one. The problem remains who's doing the choosing and that who is Jerry Jones. Arguing for Belichek because you think he will create a better culture is like arguing that you stand a better chance of surviving the iceberg because you have the only cushioned reclining chair on the Titanic. Until this team hires a legitimate GM, speculating is a waste of time. Consider this. If hell were to freeze over, and Jerry stepped aside and hired a real GM, would you be happy if that GM's first choice for HC was BB.

 

[G2]

30 years of never making it to the NFC championship game.

Until the Owner gets an actual GM and then stays TF out of the way, nothing will change.

 

[khiladi]

I hate to say it because it’s not what I want, but every fiber in me points to Bill Belichick.
I would prefer an offensive minded coach who also knows how to run the ball, but …

Jerry has gone so far down the rabbit hole and finds himself in a hurricane of criticism and mockery unlike anything since his first inaugural season in Dallas with Jimmy Johnson when the media referred to both men as the Beverley Hillbillies of the NFL who had no idea what they were doing. I believe his only response that won’t be questioned will be to hire the greatest coach the NFL has ever seen. This will restore instant respect and a level of credibility that our narcissistic owner craves whether it’s best for the future or not.

Why will Bill accept the position? Because Jerry has already nurtured the relationship, Bill has had over a year to ponder it, Jerry will pay whatever it takes to avoid the criticism that comes with another poor hire, and because restoring the Dallas Cowboys to prominence by creating a tough culture and rebuilding Doomsday over the next couple of years will further his legacy rather than possibly hurting it with failure to win with another poor team.

Bill Belichick may be a little over the hill, but …

• He knows how to build a tough culture of accountability
• He will reduce the stupid penalties by non-stars in short order with his philosophy that “you aren’t good enough to compensate for your penalties.”
• He will restore the run game
• He is a genius when it comes to defense. That’s the one area where Father Time doesn’t seem to win, and he will likely have Parsons playing pass rush OLB in a switch to the 3-4
• He will never struggle to bring in GREAT assistants who want to learn under him in their quest to become head coaches.
• There are tough minded veterans out there that Bill gives us a better chance at signing

Bill Belichick is definitely not the sexy pick, not the Shannahan offensive tree, not the young boy genius coming from a great team that may have inflated his genius status, but if Jerry wants to restore his own credibility a little, give fans something to believe in, and if fans want to restore the Cowboys tradition of having a Doomsday defense and a run game that the great and good QBs can lean on and win with, Belichick may be the best answer.

I think we all realize now that this team will never win and be a serious contender until the culture first changes. If nothing else, Belichick may be the only available coach who can actually change our culture, perhaps the only coach available that Jerry would allow to change the failing culture he has created.

Do you guys that keep talking about Bill Bellichek not understand his ties and legacy with the Giants?

The Giants are a disaster and Daboll is gonna get canned.

 

[Chuck 54]

hard pass. what was his record after Brady left? Why would it be better here?

The defense was still stellar, and it’s more of a culture hire. He would definitely need a hot OC.
The defense has been a mess through the careers of two pretty good QBs and high flying offenses.

 

[Chuck 54]

Vrabel is BB tree guy but younger and relatableto the younger players i rayther have him.. But you're 100% correct that guy from the lions may look good with that all in just ridiculous amount of talent they have on that offense how do you know he's gonna do as a head coach trying to also concentrate on the offense or teaching it to his offensive coordinator who's not calling plays we've seen this what was the guy that came from Kansas City how's he doing I should've called dad? I got to think about his name for a minute but everybody thought he was gonna be this precious little pick but didn't realize Andy Reid was the one designing the offense calling the offense running the team you can't count on a first time head coach to do the things he's been doing as a coordinator when everything's gonna be different he gets here including the scrutiny and the pressure.. So Ben Johnson might be a sexy pic but that don't mean he's gonna be any better than kliff Kingsbury or Kellen Moore who by the way both look good at Times Now but look at what they're coaching I mean they're getting a little bit more latitude and they're being covered up as coordinators when they got these GMs filling their every need with players that can get it done and even then you can still see why they wouldn't make good head coaches and the fact that they're being overrated in a lot of ways.

What's happening with the lions is more about the entire staff working together with that group of players you're not gonna necessarily find that again wherever they all split up and go to that's been a known fact around the NFL it's very rare to get a guy that's looking like the next superstar at a coordinator's position and then make him a head coach that he finds himself in a complete different situation with a completely different set of players and somehow they're supposed to recreate that...

I prefer a hard nosed defensive minded coach and yes that might be BB or it could be vrabel I don't know man I would try to steal spagnola away from the chiefs although he's not that stupid to probably leave that situation but I want someone like that hell I haven't looked over in a while but I don't remember the coordinator that's with the Saints he's pretty good too like I would start with the defensive coordinator or defensive minded available head coach that's already done this there be stronger to be here in Dallas Dallas media the market the pressure working for this owner I don't think you'd want a guy like Ben Johnson although I wouldn't be upset if he ended up here but my first choice has to be somebody would be more of a disciplinarian and make our defense better you can work with an offense just hire the right offensive coordinator...

I would be excited with a Vrable hire. I think he could change the culture and make our defense respectable again. But like Belichick, he needs a good OC.

 

[Chuck 54]

I assume BB is a pretty intelligent guy, so why would he risk tarnishing his legacy by working for the most meddlesome owner and incompetent GM in the league?

Same as Parcells. Jerry would have to step back…..which he did with Parcells.

 

[Chuck 54]

Both QBs being choke artists had a lot to do with that. If you can't get over the hump in the playoffs it means you have a QB who can't get it done.

So it never means your defense sucks and can do nothing but rush the QB. That’s all I’ve seen on defense for a couple decades.