ESPN: Sparano knew how to keep Romo grounded

[Rampage]

I didn't ask if it is possible to improve. I asked what evidence is there that he can improve. Jason was being slammed all year for his lack of running effectively. In the end, he never changed. He was criticized for not running against the Commanders and he was criticized for not adjusting the passing game, to the point he had to call three receivers in.

He couldn't adjust the whole damn year. The offense has always been pass heavy and the OL has never looked so bad as it did last year, when Jason Garrett took over the helm. They also brought in one of the greatest OL ever to coach the team and that didn't help.

He was one of the worse OC at making any adjustments during the game.

Like I said, what evidence is there to think he can improve. The guy has absolutely horrible peripheral vision. He cannot see the whole picture of an offense. He doesn't know how to blend an offense at all, and it is precisely because of this that all teams had to do was drop-back in coverage.

He is the second coming of Dave Schula. The only difference is Garrett has the advantage of a QB who is so good on his feet and can make ridiculous throws that it hides a lot of his flaws. If Garrett was anywhere else, like say Miami in 2005-2006, the QB production would be pathetic.

as a Cowboy fan you should give him a chance. if he sucks again next year than i'll be right behind you ranting about redball.

 

[Hoofbite]

I miss the coaches who always had cutting remarks for their players

Me too.

 

[Idgit]

I didn't ask if it is possible to improve. I asked what evidence is there that he can improve. Jason was being slammed all year for his lack of running effectively. In the end, he never changed. He was criticized for not running against the Commanders and he was criticized for not adjusting the passing game, to the point he had to call three receivers in. Even that didn't help. The Steelers had everything telegraphed against this offense, from the Polamalu INT to the INT when Romo tried to force it to Witten.

He couldn't adjust the whole damn year. The offense has always been pass heavy since he has been here and the OL has never looked so bad as it did last year, when Jason Garrett took over the helm. They also brought in one of the greatest OL ever to coach the team and that didn't help.

He was one of the worse OC at making any adjustments during the game.

Like I said, what evidence is there to think he can improve. The guy has absolutely horrible peripheral vision. He cannot see the whole picture of an offense. He doesn't know how to blend an offense at all, and it is precisely because of this that all teams had to do was drop-back in coverage.

He is the second coming of Dave Schula. The only difference is Garrett has the advantage of a QB who is so good on his feet and can make ridiculous throws that it hides a lot of his flaws. If Garrett was anywhere else, like say Miami in 2005-2006, the QB production would be pathetic.

khiladi, this post if so bizarre, I'm not sure how to respond to it. You touch on enough things that actually happened, so it's clear that you watched the games, but you draw so many wrong conclusions for such strange reasons, that the thought of disputing it just leaves me tired trying to decide where to start.

 

[khiladi]

khiladi, this post if so bizarre, I'm not sure how to respond to it. You touch on enough things that actually happened, so it's clear that you watched the games, but you draw so many wrong conclusions for such strange reasons, that the thought of disputing it just leaves me tired trying to decide where to start.

Your honestly going to say Garrett wasn't at fault?

 

[khiladi]

as a Cowboy fan you should give him a chance. if he sucks again next year than i'll be right behind you ranting about redball.

Oh, I'll give him a chance, because I have noi choice, and I have to hope he improves. I praised him when due last year, especially the second game against Washington, defending his game-plan.

The guy so thoroughly disappointed me last season, I gotta just rag on him, especially considering it made us release a guy that had such a deep impact on how teams were defending us. he could have exploited that, but he didn't. That shot-gun draw and refusal to run despite the fact he was being criticized for it, showed me it was all Garrett's inability to adjust and really had nothing to do with his personnel. He had nothing to offer the whole year and it revealed to me, the guy may be able to intellectualize a game-plan when given time, but when the season starts, he is severly limited. He doesn't seem to have any adjustment potential. He may make a good position coach, but I think he is horrible when it comes to seeing the whole picture.

When I read an article that said it was wade that actually had to go to Houck to see if Holland was ready to play, I realzied Garrett was in over his head. he can't see the big picture. What was even more ridiculous is when McQuinistan was inserted in the last game to replace Proctor, when it could have been done ages ago. If Proctor was that bad all year long, why the hell did it take Garrett so long to put him in? And even then, there was no game-plan to counteract the rush Romo was receiving. If you always got to rely on personel, then what use is coaching? You can't have pro-bowl players at every position. Roll Romo out to the right and throw some short passes to counteract the rush from that side. But we saw none of that.

I'm not even concerned about the draft, because I thought we had all the pieces in place with the exception of safety. We even rectified that this off-season. I'm concerned about the coaching, because that is what prevented us from exploiting the talent. Jerry rectified one aspect by forcing Wade to actually coach the defense.

 

[Idgit]

Your honestly going to say Garrett wasn't at fault?

There's plenty of fault to go around. I thought adjustments by the OC specifically cost us the first WAS game, and he was really late getting out of max protect against BAL (though Garrett wasn't the reason we lost that game). Beyond that, our problems last year were mostly with execution. Either b/c backups were unprepared, starters weren't playing as well as they had previously, or because we were hampered by some specific injuries. Some of that's on Garrett, too, but it's way too simplistic to say last year was his fault.

I think he's a good coordinator who's still learning, and I think he'll be a better HC one day. I hope it's in Dallas.

 

[Matt]

We just need to wait for Cowher. It will be a disaster until then.

 

[Idgit]

We just need to wait for Cowher. It will be a disaster until then.

Ask him to bring Lebeau, too, so he won't suck.

 

[jobberone]

There are less excuses to be made this year. The offense clearly rests on RJ's shoulders. If he fails I will blame him. Even Kitna should be able to lead the Cowboys to the playoffs.

 

[theebs]

Sparano's biggest influence was on our offensive line, he kept them motivated. Our sideline is lifeless from a coaching standpoint.

To be fair, skip peete, who seems to be a very good coach and ray sherman are pretty animated guys from what I can see on sundays.

 

[Rampage]

To be fair, skip peete, who seems to be a very good coach and ray sherman are pretty animated guys from what I can see on sundays.

damn Theebs, I expected more from you in this thread.

 

[Ken]

Ya, I mean, if Sparano was around, Romo would have never gone to Cabo before the most important game of the year with Jessica.....oh wait.....



One of the dumber articles I've read...

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Wade Phillips and Garrett need to remind Romo of the dumb plays.

 

[THUMPER]

Sparano was in Dallas in 2007. Parcells was gone.

I don't think Sparano knew how to keep Romo grounded. He has been inconsistent late in the season just like the rest of the team. This past season was not much different than 2006 or 2007.

DOH! You are right. Well just for the record THUMPER got it WRONG! :bang2:

I just remembered Garrett being the OC in '07.

 

[dbair1967]

Oh he kept him "well grounded" all right.

Maybe he's referring to "grounding him" during that Seattle playoff game, when Sparano and Parcell's masterminded the worst offensive game plan in the history of the NFL. We have a hot throwing QB, two 1000+ yd WR's and an all-pro calibar TE and hardly throw a single pass beyond 10 yds against a team with street free agents lined up in their secondary due to injuries of the starters.

Mosley is a turd sometimes.

 

[McCordsville Cowboy]

Just for the record, Romo's best season to date, 2007, was AFTER Sparano left.

And with TO.

 

[superpunk]

And with TO.

He also had his worst season to date..."with TO".

Wrap your head around that one for a minute.

 

[SMCowboy]

I didn't ask if it is possible to improve. I asked what evidence is there that he can improve. Jason was being slammed all year for his lack of running effectively. In the end, he never changed. He was criticized for not running against the Commanders and he was criticized for not adjusting the passing game, to the point he had to call three receivers in. Even that didn't help. The Steelers had everything telegraphed against this offense, from the Polamalu INT to the INT when Romo tried to force it to Witten.

He couldn't adjust the whole damn year. The offense has always been pass heavy since he has been here and the OL has never looked so bad as it did last year, when Jason Garrett took over the helm. They also brought in one of the greatest OL ever to coach the team and that didn't help.

He was one of the worse OC at making any adjustments during the game.

Like I said, what evidence is there to think he can improve. The guy has absolutely horrible peripheral vision. He cannot see the whole picture of an offense. He doesn't know how to blend an offense at all, and it is precisely because of this that all teams had to do was drop-back in coverage.

He is the second coming of Dave Schula. The only difference is Garrett has the advantage of a QB who is so good on his feet and can make ridiculous throws that it hides a lot of his flaws. If Garrett was anywhere else, like say Miami in 2005-2006, the QB production would be pathetic.

khiladi, with the talent we had/have at WR and TE, when a team stacks the box like Washington did they are inviting you to throw the football, to continue to run the ball into what is alot of times even a 9 man front, is crazy.

The biggest problem comes down to execution. You complete the passes against Washington, then you force them to play you head up. Was the play calling and coaching great last year, absolutely NOT. Even with 8 and 9 men in the box, 8 times is still to few times to run the ball. But, the lack of execution, was the biggest issue we had on offense last year. After that the large amount of injuries and our inability (because of poor depth) to put in capable guys to replace the injured starters, and finally the poor coaching/playcalling.

 

[superpunk]

Recipe for an ESPN article;

Step 1; Collect quotes from a former coach that are ALL positive about Tony Romo. Really anyone should look at those and think "Man, it's good that we have a guy like that at QB."

Step 2; Relate an anecdote that "somebody" told the reporter about the previous coach's interaction with Tony Romo. Sparano ribbed him about his girlfriend. This is typical joking in the close setting of a football team.

Step 3; Conclude that this was how the previous coaching staff kept Tony "grounded", as well as concluding that there is noone on the current coaching staff who is capable of keeping Tony "grounded", otherwise known as ribbing him about his girlfriend.

If you are wondering where the logical connection between the three steps is, you're not alone.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

I always thought the terms "grounded" and "down to earth" were silly.