I would need to know the involvement of the owner and his son in the areas that I deem critical to success. And at this time, that is all speculation, we really do not know their involvement in the on the field prep and actual game.
After following this franchise now for around 30 years i think - even if i dont know the Joneses personally - i have a good understanding of how both work. A little less of course of Stephen just because he just started to stand in the public.
To me i couldnt work with JJ. Not because he is a authoritarian owner, someone who likes to be in charge of things. The problem i would have with this guy is his limited mindset.
JJ had his most success in the oil Business. He thinks the reason of his success stems from his risky approach. That shaped his character fundamentally. Now IMO, that he had success didnt come from taking risks. If he feels like he did - which i dont deny - its just false Interpretation. You can have success by taking risk - of course. But having a sustained one ? Taking risks again and again leads to failure and not to success. That is common knowledge. If you still have success by doing so that is pure luck and not a good rational approach.
But that is something he IMO will never understand. Whats more: he will never accept. It will be an ongoing fight with him to handle this side of him. And for that i wouldnt have the strength to do so.
It seems like Garrett has it. And i raise my hat to him for having the strength to do so. I would need a surrounding - and especially the persons who are in charge - at least to share the most fundamental mindsets with me for being successfull. Else this would be a fight every day. And i dont want that. My talent, knowledge and time would be more precious to me then to convince someone of the way it is supposed to be done. In the most basic points of a strategy you must coincide.
Now Stephen is another story. He seems to have that RAH RAH mentallity like his father too. And he isnt the brightest one also. But he seems to be lacking that risk taking mentallity. And whats more he doesnt seem be have that authoritaritan "i have to control everything" mindset. He likes to be in the spotlight like his dad, but he can step aside when it comes to really important decissions. I could handle that.
This franchises is successfull again since Garrett came here and Stephen more and more handles business. SJ is able to give power away to people who actually know how to handle specific things. And he seems to listen to them when it comes to the decission making process.
I think i could work with SJ but with JJ that would be only a waste of energy.
There might be jobs that I would prefer over this one but this team has talent and as long as I thought I had a chance to contend, yes, I would coach in Dallas.
I think you make a mistake here. This team has talent. But it is talent that was build by another HC. Your job doesnt end with taking over a talented team and be successfull. That is what Wade Phillips did.
The question about being a coach here is the surrounding given by the FO. Do you want to be a HC in Dallas with this FO ? Do you want to work with those people given your values, your goals ? Everybody else is exchangeable by your power and so shouldnt be factored into the equation. Thats also how i understand the OP question. Being a HC here doesnt end after one season. Do you want to coach here for years with these kind of people being in charge ? Do you think you can achieve your goals with those people ?
I think there is this error in thinking that every HC would be treated the same. Parcells wasn't treated differently just because of his contract, there was respect for what the man had done.
Of course i do think every person as a HC will be treated differently. But then everyone will get meassured by the same values. By those FO values. And has to bend to their way of running the franchise. Because they didnt change.
