DMN: Garrett to lose his job if the offense doesn't "maximize its potential"

[Jay]

Is this really any kind of surprise?

Defense folds late again, doesn't play to potential, Phillips is gone.

Same goes for Garrett, in my opinion. Look, I love Jason Garrett, love the idea that we could be grooming a future great one. But.. watch that playoff game against the Giants, and tell me with a straight face that he didn't look like he was in too far over his head. That 2nd half playcalling was atrocious, absolutely sickening.

No one's job is safe anymore.. besides some of our star players. But for coaches? No one is safe. Not after all the bashing that our coaches have received the past offseason.

Really should not come as a surprise to anyone.

 

[MC KAos]

in other news, 4 quarters equals 1 dollars, that is all

 

[sonnyboy]

"The strongest aspect of this team is its running backs."

Good article, but I still see Romo as the strongest aspect of the offense. And our pass rush (Ware/Ratliff) is the strongest aspect of the team.

Don't know why people keep running out this stat that 6 of the top 10 running teams made the play-offs in 2008.

So what. Where's the significance in this stat?
I'm surprised more of the top 10 rusing teams didn't go to the playoffs. I bet that on the average 8 or more of the top 10 rushing teams go to the playoffs and that 2008 was an exception.

Either way, teams don't win because the run the ball more often. Teams with leads, teams that are winning, run the ball more.

With that said, I do agree that .43 and .41, for a team that won 13 and 9 games the past two season is not enough.

That's the type percentage you'd expect from a team that won 6-8 games the past two years.

Balance is important. Running the ball more often will keep a defense honest and improve the effeciency of your passing game. Which of course is where the game is won or lost.

Teams don't run to win the game. Under the current rules, no team can win with their runing game.
They run to keep their QB alive and make passing the ball easier and safer.

People who think we should run the ball 60% of the time have little understanding of todays game and less of this teams talent.

We have an elite QB and an OL that pass blocks better than it run blocks. We need to play to our strength and pass more than run.

We just need a little better balance.

 

[theogt]

Don't know why people keep running out this stat that 6 of the top 10 running teams made the play-offs in 2008.

So what. Where's the significance in this stat?
I'm surprised more of the top 10 rusing teams didn't go to the playoffs. I bet that on the average 8 or more of the top 10 rushing teams go to the playoffs and that 2008 was an exception.

Actually, since 2000 an average of 5.4 of the top 10 rushing teams also end up in the playoffs. It's surprisingly low (well, surprising to some). This has been discussed ad nauseum on the board, but you can run statistical studies that show that being a better rushing team has almost no correlation whatsoever with winning percentage or making the playoffs.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

I would not be shocked, in the least, if this were the case but this particular article about it is nothing more than speculative.