Maybe he's good. Maybe he's ok.
Maybe he's not. Maybe he's just another part of the Cowboy family, another "good enough".
I don't see how we can tell.
On the bright side, I have a lot of trust in the pro bowl trio to coach themselves and each other. And Colombo has been here with them for years. He may be just the right guy to keep what's working going. Unlike a guy from elsewhere, he won't feel the need to rock the boat and bring in his own technique from elsewhere.
Alexander should have looked for ways to augment what was already working, instead of upend it. As Garrett should have made clear to him on his interview, and thereafter, if necessary. Bringing in a guy with Alexander's experience is really the ideal, *if* you use him right. Which we didn't. Colombo just doesn't have his experience.
I always liked Colombo as a player, and he has always seemed like a stand up guy. But really, how many teams would hire him as their oline coach? I'm thinking not many.
Linehan is the worst, and Moore and Colombo are the hometown former player hires. At least Sanjay had some experience and respect elsewhere. But I'm not seeing a dream team. I'm seeing more "good enough", "we like our guys". I do feel better about Colombo than Moore, but that's a pretty low bar to clear.
I worry that he was hired much in the same way I'm thinking about him now. "At I like him."
http://www.5pointsblue.com/5-things-to-know-about-marc-colombo/
Colombo Has Been Working His Way Up the Coaching Ladder
Although he retired as a player following the 2012 season, Colombo re-joined the Cowboys in 2014 as an assistant in the personnel department/scouting.
In 2015, he was named ‘Offensive Assistant Coach’ and helped Frank Pollack who had taken over as offensive line coach from Bill Callahan. In 2016, Colombo was officially named Assistant Offensive Line coach and worked two more seasons under Pollack. He began the 2018 season working under Paul Alexander and now takes over for Alexander in Week 9 of the regular season.