Eric Davis Nailed It

[Stash]

Unless they win the East, I never thought I´d be saying this but right now I am not sure if I´d like that. I want this guy out of here.

There's no point to it.

What is winning this terrible division and a playoff beat down worth if it means more of the same?

Not worth the trade-off, not by a longshot.

 

[Wood]

Just said that if Romo calls a better play than Garrett and gets great results that Garrett is more than happy to take all of the credit... This time it didn't work and he quickly threw him under the bus... You gotta take the good with the bad... If it wasn't for Romo (yes, I know he has plenty of flaws) we wouldn't even be in playoff contention in the first place...
Davis said he would never trust his coach again and I agree with him...
Garrett is a coward...

I think neither has given this franchise anything to be proud of.

 

[Coy]

There's no point to it.

What is winning this terrible division and a playoff beat down worth if it means more of the same?

Not worth the trade-off, not by a longshot.

My only concern is that we could get the worst of both worlds, miss the playoffs and Garrett stays for another year, that´s not out of the question.

If I knew he would get fired if we miss the playoffs then I think I´d be leaning on agreeing with you.

 

[TINGS21]

Garrett has headsets on. Tell Romo to pound it no matter what. How hard is that? Basically he said he had no part of anything. So why are you HC?

To expand on your idea and I totally agree.
Let's say that only 1 play was called in and it was a RUN play. So Garret is assuming there will be a run no matter what and does not say anything. But I'm sure there is a handful of plays Tony can audible into at anytime so he decides to do that when he sees the D tight to the line. Well if you're the coach and you hear the audible why they heck don't you call a TO and get everyone on the same page?

 

[DOUBLE WING]

Garrett has headsets on. Tell Romo to pound it no matter what. How hard is that? Basically he said he had no part of anything. So why are you HC?

Can you imagine Bill Belichick saying that after a game? "Hey, we called a play and he changed it. Not my fault. I dunno what to tell you guys."

 

[Stash]

My only concern is that we could get the worst of both worlds, miss the playoffs and Garrett stays for another year, that´s not out of the question.

If I knew he would get fired if we miss the playoffs then I think I´d be leaning on agreeing with you.

Nothing is for certain, but I think there's a much better chance to be rid of him if we lose out, rather than some meaningless playoff appearance.

 

[Coy]

Nothing is for certain, but I think there's a much better chance to be rid of him if we lose out, rather than some meaningless playoff appearance.

I agree

 

[Ender]

Just said that if Romo calls a better play than Garrett and gets great results that Garrett is more than happy to take all of the credit... This time it didn't work and he quickly threw him under the bus... You gotta take the good with the bad... If it wasn't for Romo (yes, I know he has plenty of flaws) we wouldn't even be in playoff contention in the first place...
Davis said he would never trust his coach again and I agree with him...
Garrett is a coward...

i agree, Garret should not have eve answered the question. He sounds like a guy that knows he's job is on the line. Romo still should have not changed the play.

 

[mmohican29]

I mean, obviously I don't like Garrett and was never sold on him from the start. But this just still burns me up even the next day. I can't believe he so blatantly threw his QB under the bus like that -- the same QB who has saved his butt for his whole career here. If anything Garrett owes Romo millions of dollars. Hey Jason, let your old pupils Joey Harrington or Cleo Lemon run the team and see how your process works.

I hate Garrett, and frankly I'm glad he threw Romo under the bus. A) Romo needed to be thrown under the bus and B) It's so stupid to shirk responsibility as a HC that maybe it puts this idiot one more step toward the door.

 

[Fansince64]

To expand on your idea and I totally agree.
Let's say that only 1 play was called in and it was a RUN play. So Garret is assuming there will be a run no matter what and does not say anything. But I'm sure there is a handful of plays Tony can audible into at anytime so he decides to do that when he sees the D tight to the line. Well if you're the coach and you hear the audible why they heck don't you call a TO and get everyone on the same page?

Maybe because you would be out of timeouts about 5-6 minutes into the half?

My personal belief is that Tony has been conditioned to believe (through 7 years of instruction and indoctrination from JG and Wade Wilson) that:
1. 7 or less in the box = freedom to use run or pass as the situation or defense seems to dictate.
2. 8 or more in the box = must be a pass 100% of the time. No exceptions! Running plays absolutely cannot work when there are 8 or more in the box.

This would fit perfectly with Tony's natural gunslinger mindset. I love Tony and believe without him this would have been a 3-5 win team ever since JG became HC - but I also believe what Bill Parcells said about Tony needing to be constrained from his natural impulse to throw the ball on every down. In JG's "take what the defense gives you" offense, Tony has no constraints and is allowed to change the called play at any time he sees fit. This means that Tony is partially responsible for this mess since he absolutely has to realize when to practice sound situational football, but it is mostly on JG for giving Tony complete freedom to change the playcall to whatever Tony wants.

My $0.02.


Monte Sliger

 

[Dodger12]

This is moronic. Garrett has taken the heat for tony many a time.

There comes a point where enough is enough. Maybe romo will learn when the blame is placed on him.

I'm not dissolving Garrett from any of the blame. He deserves plenty of it as well. But to blame Garrett for calling tony out-absolutely not. Much needed, IMO.

Maybe you haven't been paying attention but the story line is ALWAYS Romo. Garrett always seems to get a pass no matter if the play calling comes into question. Joe Buck piled on the play calling wagon somewhat yesterday but I just think because it makes for a good story so he played it up. At the end of the day, the headlines are all about Romo. Yesterday was about quality coaching, or lack thereof. Most coaches taken a lead like we had into the 3rd quarter and know what to do with it. This isn't Garrett's first rodeo. he's seen this before in Detroit but the game unfolded pretty much the same way right in front of our eyes.

At the end of the day, the only reason Garrett isn't more on the hot seat in the national media is because of Romo. He takes the heat and he carries the team enough to save Garrett's sorry, disloyal, ***. We keep hearing about this master plan and at the end of the day this team is more of a wreck today than it was when the buffoon took the helm. Freaking dolt......

 

[Dodger12]

Baseball Eric Davis?

Big ups to Garrett for exposing Romo as the one goes away from the running game! I believe Romo did it all game long.

Maybe Romo did. But at what point does coaching take over? At what point do you have a plan coming out of the half? At what point do you try and outsmart the opposing HC? At what point do you set up play action and take some second half shots down field in a tactical way after pounding the rock? We get none of that. Garrett can point out the time Romo audibled out of the run but this happened the whole second half. When does the red headed Princeton grad genius step up and take charge of the game?

 

[Bleu Star]

Yes. Eric nailed that one about as hard as you can without splitting something in half.

Just said that if Romo calls a better play than Garrett and gets great results that Garrett is more than happy to take all of the credit... This time it didn't work and he quickly threw him under the bus... You gotta take the good with the bad... If it wasn't for Romo (yes, I know he has plenty of flaws) we wouldn't even be in playoff contention in the first place...
Davis said he would never trust his coach again and I agree with him...
Garrett is a coward...

 

[JBS]

Maybe you haven't been paying attention but the story line is ALWAYS Romo. Garrett always seems to get a pass no matter if the play calling comes into question. Joe Buck piled on the play calling wagon somewhat yesterday but I just think because it makes for a good story so he played it up. At the end of the day, the headlines are all about Romo. Yesterday was about quality coaching, or lack thereof. Most coaches taken a lead like we had into the 3rd quarter and know what to do with it. This isn't Garrett's first rodeo. he's seen this before in Detroit but the game unfolded pretty much the same way right in front of our eyes.

At the end of the day, the only reason Garrett isn't more on the hot seat in the national media is because of Romo. He takes the heat and he carries the team enough to save Garrett's sorry, disloyal, ***. We keep hearing about this master plan and at the end of the day this team is more of a wreck today than it was when the buffoon took the helm. Freaking dolt......

two different discussions here...romo takes the brunt of the blame when it comes to late game interceptions and not being clutch...thats not what im discussing here...im talking game management...Garrett has taken the heat for romo many times...he has had enough of Romo checking out of obvious running plays and screwing it up

 

[Bleu Star]

Perhaps he should never have given Romo that much rope. Not every QB can handle that type of responsibility. As a matter of fact, QBs that virtually manage their own situational play calling are few & far between. Romo is a solid QB but he is no Peyton in terms of ability to put all of that together in a package that creates positive yardage situations within the confines of the play clock.

two different discussions here...romo takes the brunt of the blame when it comes to late game interceptions and not being clutch...thats not what im discussing here...im talking game management...Garrett has taken the heat for romo many times...he has had enough of Romo checking out of obvious running plays and screwing it up

 

[wileedog]

.Garrett has taken the heat for romo many times...he has had enough of Romo checking out of obvious running plays and screwing it up

That's pure speculation. We know for certain it has happened one time. That doesn't in any way mean it happens constantly.

And even if it does it just shows Garrett is too ineffectual as a head coach to make it stop happening without whining to the media about it. Think that's the way Parcells would handle it? Jimmy?

 

[Aurican]

But the team fights for him, RKOG, process etc

 

[JBS]

That's pure speculation. We know for certain it has happened one time. That doesn't in any way mean it happens constantly.

And even if it does it just shows Garrett is too ineffectual as a head coach to make it stop happening without whining to the media about it. Think that's the way Parcells would handle it? Jimmy?

how many times have we as fans complained that this team doesnt run enough? way more than 1 time...give me a break...

romo has full throttle at the line of scrimmage and it has been known for quite some time now that he ultimately decides if we are running or passing

dont make excuses

 

[wileedog]

how many times have we as fans complained that this team doesnt run enough? way more than 1 time...give me a break...

romo has full throttle at the line of scrimmage and it has been known for quite some time now that he ultimately decides if we are running or passing

dont make excuses

Excuses? You are the one blaming the playcalling on the QB instead of the HC or OC. In the long line of hysteria against Romo, I think that's a first.

 

[ohiocowboysfan25]

If Romo has constantly changed the runs to passes at the line wouldn't that give JG MORE of a reason to get on his headset and tell Romo he has to run the ball? JG should know Romo's tendency to get pass happy so why not tell him he has to run it 3 times here no matter what the defense is showing. I just don't get how JG would ever get a pass with play calling because isn't he involved during the week at all as hc or did he wash his hands of that completely?