Garrett's Thinking

[Cowboy4ever]

Exactly. In the salary cap era, you just can't 'out talent' the other team each week. Coaches need to provide a measure of an advantage as well and if they don't, they're a liability and not an asset. I would be very interested to hear about the last time Garrett and Co have out coached the guys on the other side of the field.

I want to remind you that Garrett and co won 12 games last year. So either A you can out talent teams or B they out coached other teams.

 

[big dog cowboy]

As much as I keep saying it, in the first 2 rounds, come away with a bell cow RB and a QB of the future.

It's not going to surprise me if neither happens. Especially a RB. DMC, vet, Dunbar, Turbin, late draft pick.

 

[Stash]

I want to remind you that Garrett and co won 12 games last year. So either A you can out talent teams or B they out coached other teams.

Great. One season out of five. What happened during the other four? Let me guess? Lack of talent?

The fact is that Jason Garrett as head coach does not give this team a competitive advantage over its' opponents. It says a lot to me that virtually the entire staff (including his own brother!) has been turned over, and in some areas more than once since he's been here. And he's been moved away more and more from having direct control over the dame day decisions.

He went from offensive coordinator to head coach/ coordinator to stripped of play calling, to bringing in another coordinator to "Jason's focusing on defense this year". At this point there's nothing left to take away except one of his hands to prevent his incessant clapping.

Ask yourself - when was the last time this Cowboys team out coached and outclassed an opponent? I think you'd be hard-pressed to find an answer.

 

[MissionCoach]

I want to remind you that Garrett and co won 12 games last year. So either A you can out talent teams or B they out coached other teams.

JMO, but strictly going by his record, Garrett is average at best. Years 2011-2013 he went 8-8. Last year he went 12-4, and this year he went 4-12.

 

[jazzcat22]

It's not going to surprise me if neither happens. Especially a RB. DMC, vet, Dunbar, Turbin, late draft pick.

It wouldn't suprise me either. But I hope they don't out 'cute' themselves thinking again...we got this....like last year with the RBBC crap.
I like DMC, and was in his corner as soon as they signed him. I thought he should have been the starter from game one and on, last year. He will, and deserves to go into the off season as the starter.
But I feel the team still needs that young stud bell cow RB, comes in and eventually takes over and hits the ground running, like Emmitt did.

Now I am not comparing in any way, and never would, and never will. But Elliot or Henry may be that type of RB.
DMC is what 29?, and we know that old thing, RB when they hit 30 and all that. But have DMC as the starter, and then if they draft one of those 2 RB's, they eventually take over.
It's not like, well, wouldn't put it past JJ. He will think, wow, DMC is geat, lets sign him to a 5 year extension...

Just my, well, what I think is some logical thinking anyway.
They can take care of the long term future at RB & QB and set up winning for years as opposed to lets win now, then suck for 20 more years.
But the win now theory has been going on for years with what, 2 playoff wins.

 

[big dog cowboy]

It's not like, well, wouldn't put it past JJ. He will think, wow, DMC is geat, lets sign him to a 5 year extension...

Old version JJ might have got away with that. New committee approach to roster building wouldn't allow that in a NY minute. There is a reason Murray only got offered 4 years last year.

 

[cowboyblue22]

so garrett can really think hasn't shown that much lately.

 

[Fredd]

the irony of an ivy league guy that can't think his way out of a wet paper bag on the field

 

[birdwells1]

I want to remind you that Garrett and co won 12 games last year. So either A you can out talent teams or B they out coached other teams.

I'll go with A. You can out talent teams but what happens when that talent gets injured or you run into a team that has equal or more talent (playoffs)? Then coaching makes up the difference. Last season (2014) we remained injury free thus the record, othe than that we've had bad luck with injuries and needed to out scheme and out coach other teams and we haven't.

 

[visionary]

It will work, it is basic football 101. Our players are better than your players.
Aikman often said the same thing. They had basically 3 or 4 running plays, out of some different formations. Everyone knew what was coming, they just couldn't stop it. They executed the plays very well, more so than they could be stopped.

The slant to Irvin, worked almost every time. This team needs to use Dez more in those situations. That i don't understand why Garrett doesn't see this. But I am no OC either, and if I stayed in a holiday Inn Express, it still wouldn't help me...LOL...

Dez is not smart enough to be where he needs to be when he needs to be there that is why he makes his living on jump balls instead of precision routes

 

[mrmojo]

Timing based offense and quick drops were the staple of that passing offense with the lead draw thrown in for the running game and a massive offensive line to control the clock. Defense was just the opposite, built on speed at LB and just overwhelming depth on the DL, bend but don't break, was a good defense but not dominating, very good nickel defense, sure tacklers, made big plays and TOs when game was on the line. Remember first SB Buffalo was inside the 10 twice and the D made big play to keep them out and then the sack by Haley and subsequent fumble recovery. Special teams is was what made this team a dynasty, best I ever saw, they could tackle and create TOs plus had very good return specialists in K Mart and then K Williams. Hard to duplicate because you need that type of talent and players willing to play roles. JGs teams are nothing like that so I do not see where his philosophy comes from, maybe the Giants later in his career?