Oh, I do. In fact I can go over it point by point if you like.
The old "trainee HC" argument, now tell me are all head coaches ready from day one? Sure you could name a few, but I could name many more that were not such as Pete Carrol and Bill Belichick. I am sure none of those coaches every made a bad in-game decision, I would go as far as saying every great coach has made a bad in-game decision from time to time. There are a few things that you fail to mention in your beginning argument, first the "undisciplined team". Yes the team was undisciplined, but I am sure that once Garrett took over that was suppose to change over night. Garrett had the monumental task of changing a teams culture and attitude. This takes time and what do you know it took three years because the second part, his guys. When Garrett took over he had to cut many players, mostly aging vets with a sense of entitlement who did not have the right attitude. It took time to draft and sign players that fit the mold that Garrett wanted on his team.Lastly, it took time to accumulate young, hungry, and smart talent that were his RKGs, the kind of team he wanted that is disciplined. This team is still incomplete, but are playing well, hard and more disciplined. Now on to the 8-8 seasons argument, I am not sure if you realized, but this team has been rebuilding over the last three years. The fact that we didn't have a losing season and were in contention for the division crown each year is, I believe, quite remarkable. For some reason some people fail to realize that so I would like to know, do you believe this team was so enriched with talent that we should have been over .500 and going to the NFC Championship every year?
I am glad you gave Garrett some credit, but then you will only go so far. I hate to break the news to you, but Lineham is running the same offense that Garrett has run since he became the OC. I will say Lineham is a better play caller than Garrett, but Garrett is a far superior head coach. If you believe for one second that Garrett is not in on the game planning and play calling than I have some beachfront property in Wyoming that is for sale. The reason for this success crosses over into your next argument, that this success came be "attributed to Jerry". First of all, I commend you for having so much hate for Garrett that you would rather give the credit to Jerry, it makes me smile from ear to ear. So you are telling me that Romo went to his GM asking for lineman? That's crazy, I am sure no player has ever asked for more talent in the history of the NFL. Of course once you make that argument you open your self up to acknowledging that you take what Jerry says in interviews to heart. Now, moving on, Garret has said before that his first priority was upgrading the OL because he wanted to run and the past few years he has had to use smoke and mirrors to have any semblance of a running game. So this success you attribute to Lineham is just a product of the team finally having the Oline that Garrett has wanted since he took over the team. So now that you admit you take what Jerry takes as gospel you conveniently forget to mention that he talks of the influence from the people around him, including Garrett. Jerry only mentions Stephen by name because he is his son.
Next lets talk about your argument that it was Kiffin and Marinelli were recommended by others to Jerry. What you fail to see is that the OC and DC all have connections to Jason Garrett. Kiffin was the DC and Marinelli was the DL coach at Tampa Bay in 2004 in whcih Garrett was a backup QB, his last year as a backup QB in the NFL. Lineham was the OC at Miami who hired Garrett as the QB coach, in fact Lineham was so impressed with Garrett that he hired him 10 hours after meeting him. When Lineham became the HC of the Rams he even tried to hire Garrett as the OC. All three coaches have ties with Garrett and Garrett is the reason all three coaches wanted to come to Dallas.
The problem with many people is that they want instant gratification and do not have the patience to let a plan unfold. Ever heard the saying can't see the forest for the trees? Garrett's vision for this team is finally coming to fruition and I am not only excited for this year, but for the future.
