DMN: Report: Jason Garrett pulled trigger on Cowboys' coaching changes; Bill Callahan 'not thrilled'

[Little Jr]

If we had our normal 1-2 td's on defense/st instead of 6 td's it drops us down to about 11th in points per game just below #10 NO( who had zero defensive pts) This is one of the reasons why we are 4th in off/points per drive this year with so few yards.

If you consider the additional defensive scores from 2012 to 2013 and take out the Denver game for what it really was.. a one time thing, we are middle of the pack on offense in ppg, off/ppd and bottom half in TOP, plays from scrimmage, yards, rushing, 3rd down conversions, etc. However we did improve in red zone efficiency.

The net drive stats and scoring differential without these facts being considered is one big spin job for the pass happy Garrett band.

But did you take away every teams d and st scores?

 

[noshame]

If I was Callahan, I'd love to get sent packing. I'll get my check from Jerry for next year, plus get hired to coach another team, meaning two checks.

I think it's becoming abundantly clear, finances are a major impact in how things are playing out this year. Everybody, I believe, is in their last year of their contracts, which probably means that all these coaches were brought on board to see if Garrett could get the job done with an experienced staff. Looks like Jerry is attempting to bandage one more wound until the last year plays out.

No, all Jerry has to do is grant permission for Callahan to be interviewed and he will accept a new position and resign. Jerry won't have to pay his salary. At some point Jerry will realize he has too many egos on this offense and let Callahan go, it will never jell.

 

[Fredd]

1) I am fine with Linehan being the guy to get a shot at upgrading the offense (something needed to change)
- Linehan has been very good at moving the ball inside the 20's (his ypg are good)
- Callahan made some strides last year inside the 20
- the combination could provide some improvements from last year
2) On defense, the Marinelli promotion and Kiffin's ride off into the pasture works well...give Marinelli his shot, while letting Kiffin, whenever he isn't napping, reminisce about past days during TC
3) This is my only real problem. I know most that pay attention know/see this. The FO always seems to focus on one thing and one thing only. Two years ago, they chose to go with CB and grabbed Carr and Claiborne instead of the OL. Last year, they bring in Fred (great choice), get Leary on the field, salvage Free, and bring in Waters. This year, they are trying to fix the coaching staff.

the bottom line on #3 is that they have no long-term plan. They are the little dutch boys sticking their fingers in the dam hoping to hold back the waters. They never think of fixing the entire levee. This is a monumental problem that has been well documented by people in here (and elsewhere). But, until they realize that there is a larger problem (no GM with a plan other than greenbacks), then this team will continue to hope that they can keep enough water out

 

[jobberone]

I don't think they are trying to fix the coaching staff. On the offensive side the team scored about 430 points last year. So they can get better but I wouldn't use the term fixing it. I'd say improving it. And that does need to happen because they have been killed on the DL and LB and they're going to need to score a lot of points unless everything comes together.

The biggest problem is defense and the FO has put us in a bind. So did Ratliff. And Jerry may be in a small part responsible for that. Spencer was a good player. I won't get into split milk about long term contracts or franchising him but his loss and the loss of cap space is a problem. Now add in Ratliff gone although that's a lesser blow mostly absorbed but still problematic going forward. Add in Ware not being as good as he was and his cap hits. When you add the likely loss of Hatcher then you end up with an uncertain performance from Ware and Selvie then you have to hope Crawford and Bass are all that. So at best you need four DL. There may be one or two here or nearby who can help that unit. You still need to find two more.

And you have to have at least one LB preferably two. Add in at least one CB and one maybe one S and you can see the problem on D. It could all come together and be good. Or it could be marginal and a few injuries could torpedo it again. So don't expect the defensive coaches to work miracles if things go south. Hopefully you'll see enough players on the field where you can actually see some modern Tampa 2 hybrid schemes. It may be that Carter, Claiborne, Wilcox and Johnson play well. That'd help.

 

[RastaRocket]

You see, here is the rules based on outcomes around here.

1. Outcome is likely bad (or situation seems stupid): Jerry Move
2. Seems like a good idea: (Insert coaches name) move
3. The original decision maker (or trigger puller) can change upon the outcome of the move.

Example: Lets say Kiffin wins coach of the year or something crazy awesome; well.... It was obviously (insert coaches) move to hire Kiffin.

 

[Brooksey]

But did you take away every teams d and st scores?

No, but we are leaders in that dept, I did look at NO, who had none. 30 points on the year is huge in rankings, and the Denver game was an anamoly. So taking that game out since we never repeated the performance or applying our real avg 24/ppg seems like a true assessment.

Maybe Linehan will provide that Offense we had against Denver, more down the field passing, we shall see.

 

[Alexander]

Maybe Linehan will provide that Offense we had against Denver, more down the field passing, we shall see.

It will just be like what Garrett has run before. There might be a few tweaks here and there. There is a lot more made of this "change" than there needs to be.

All in all, it looks like the west coast concepts Callahan squeezed into things did not make Garrett very comfortable and he wants the vertical game back.

 

[tecolote]

Garrett now has 3 former head coaches and a 73 year old defensive coach under him to help him learn on the job. Talk about a secret sauce. I actually like Linehan and Marinelly as OC and DC but this yearly rearranging of assistant coaches to fix what is obviously a head coaching problem is getting ridiculous.

 

[perrykemp]

Callahan should be happy he still has a job.

Why should he just be happy to have a job? In fact the Cowboys are preventing him from leaving. He managed to field a Top 5 scoring offense in the NFL, has been instrumental is putting together a dramatically improved offensive line, and in general has not embarrassed himself.

 

[Idgit]

Why should he just be happy to have a job? In fact the Cowboys are preventing him from leaving. He managed to field a Top 5 scoring offense in the NFL, has been instrumental is putting together a dramatically improved offensive line, and in general has not embarrassed himself.

He's also working in the exact capacity they originally contracted him for. He's the OC, but not the playcaller.

 

[Doomsay]

Has Garrett met expectations? If Jones thinks that he's been successful for his 7 plus years here, this is why I have no hope for this franchise. He chooses who he wants to keep around here, and it's not based on success.

Great Expectations. Over a 3 year period, he has successfully stacked more different assistants and coordinators between his incompetence and the players on the field than any HC in the the history of the game.

 

[Doomsay]

Why should he just be happy to have a job? In fact the Cowboys are preventing him from leaving. He managed to field a Top 5 scoring offense in the NFL, has been instrumental is putting together a dramatically improved offensive line, and in general has not embarrassed himself.

I'm sure you only need to look back about a year ago to find many of Callahan's current detractors lauding Jerry's and Jason's collective (caugh, caugh) elevation of him to the position of play caller.

 

[DenCWBY]

Report: Jason Garrett pulled trigger on Cowboys' coaching changes; Bill Callahan 'not thrilled'

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It was Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett -- not owner/general manager Jerry Jones or executive vice president Stephen Jones -- who decided to change the Dallas Cowboys' coaching staff,according to an ESPN report.

On Tuesday, the organization announced Scott Linehan had been hired to be the Cowboys’ offensive play-caller, Rod Marinelli has been promoted to defensive coordinator and Monte Kiffin has been given a new title of assistant head coach. Bill Callahan remains the offensive coordinator.

Why did Cowboys show Jay Ratliff more respect than Bill Callahan?

• Delusional, dishonest or insulting? Garrett: New staff a 'clean structure'

• Sherrington: Playoffs or bust? Garrett low on excuses after coaching changes

• Here's a breakdown of coaching roles for Linehan, Callahan, Kiffin, Marinelli

• 10 things you might not know about new Cowboys DC Rod Marinelli

• 10 things you might not know about new Cowboys play caller Scott Linehan

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It's apparent that JG finally passed his "Picking Asst. Coaches 101" class after 3 hard years of studying under prof Jones. Hopefully he can now focus on "Play Calling 101" with his new tutor he just picked up. Then he'll take "Game Management 101" next semester if they can find a professor and "Leadership 101" if they can find a professor to teach this course. JG is on the Blutarski plan to graduate in 7 years for those of you old enough to remember Animal House.

 

[Gaede]

It's apparent that JG finally passed his "Picking Asst. Coaches 101" class after 3 hard years of studying under prof Jones. Hopefully he can now focus on "Play Calling 101" with his new tutor he just picked up. Then he'll take "Game Management 101" next semester if they can find a professor and "Leadership 101" if they can find a professor to teach this course. JG is on the Blutarski plan to graduate in 7 years for those of you old enough to remember Animal House.

Excellent post all around

 

[trueblue1687]

Of course Callahan isn't thrilled. Who can blame him?

It was a mistake for Jerry to not let him leave. Forcing him to stay when he doesn't want to be there is an invitation for even more dysfunction than there already is.

I thought it was the concensus of the board that the mistake is Jerry not letting his HC hire coaches???

I agree there's likely some more to this, but it could also come down to contractual issues. Why let the guy walk if you have to pay the same potentially? I don't buy the point some have made that Callahan will purposefully tank or lay down because he doesn't want to stay. That would happen more at say, Wal-Mart than a coach with any aspirations of being hired somewhere else....they're known by their body of work.

 

[theogt]

Garrett has thrown people under the bus (deserved or not) to save his own reputation throughout his coaching career, so it's not surprising Callahan is upset.

 

[Little Jr]

No, but we are leaders in that dept, I did look at NO, who had none. 30 points on the year is huge in rankings, and the Denver game was an anamoly. So taking that game out since we never repeated the performance or applying our real avg 24/ppg seems like a true assessment.

Maybe Linehan will provide that Offense we had against Denver, more down the field passing, we shall see.

I thought the same thing until I looked it up. You have take away all teamd d anf st scores. When you do we were still #5 in offensive ppg. #4 in offensive tds per game. Here's a link

http://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/offensive-points-per-game

 

[Direwolf63]

I thought it was the concensus of the board that the mistake is Jerry not letting his HC hire coaches???

I agree there's likely some more to this, but it could also come down to contractual issues. Why let the guy walk if you have to pay the same potentially? I don't buy the point some have made that Callahan will purposefully tank or lay down because he doesn't want to stay. That would happen more at say, Wal-Mart than a coach with any aspirations of being hired somewhere else....they're known by their body of work.

I'm pretty sure that if Callahan (or any other coach) leaves one team for another, the contract to the first team is replaced by the new team. He won't be paid by 2 teams. Otherwise what's to stop a coach from moving around like a nomad and collecting 5 checks?

Of course Garrett should be able to hire his own assistants, but he should be able to get rid of them too. As it stands now, the Cowboys are creating titles to keep all these guys around.

OC - passing game
OC - running game - assistant HC
Assistant DC - Co assistant HC
Head water boy - assistant quality control coach - associate marketing (passing game only) - chief accountant.

It all just seems so silly. If Callahan wants to go, just let him go. Garrett has his guy now.

 

[khiladi]

No, all Jerry has to do is grant permission for Callahan to be interviewed and he will accept a new position and resign. Jerry won't have to pay his salary. At some point Jerry will realize he has too many egos on this offense and let Callahan go, it will never jell.

He won't cause he can't afford to go back to sucky OL play.

 

[khiladi]

It's apparent that JG finally passed his "Picking Asst. Coaches 101" class after 3 hard years of studying under prof Jones. Hopefully he can now focus on "Play Calling 101" with his new tutor he just picked up. Then he'll take "Game Management 101" next semester if they can find a professor and "Leadership 101" if they can find a professor to teach this course. JG is on the Blutarski plan to graduate in 7 years for those of you old enough to remember Animal House.

You win the internet today.