I appreciate the civil debate. Really. We just need to agree to disagree. I'm not going to try to read minds or vague indirect conversations. If you haven't noticed many teams are going to the 12 and 13 more as these hybrid TEs create a lot of problems for defenses. So no Jones didn't dictate that. That's the HC and his offense doing that. I'm certain Jones and all made the decision together to jettison Ryan for a turnover creating D. And no doubt Jones is on board with using the 12 a little more. If you go back and look at our use of the 12 you'll find this is not a new thing and we've had a decent amount of success with it. So I don't agree Jones is dictating anything other than he almost certainly told Garrett that things needed to change and 8-8 wasn't acceptable, which is close enough to verbatim what he's said in public.
No, its not the head coach and the offense dictating that. It was Jones clearly dictating that to the Garrett. Go watch the video of the Draft again.
Jones was quite clear when the season ended. " its going to very uncomfortable for those at valley ranch" Do you think he meant everyone but Garrett?
His first move was to fire Garretts brother. Do you think that was Garretts decision? It would be blind to think that. This was Jones way of saying, were doing it my way now. A clear signal directed at Garrett. No other way to look at that. His next move was to fire the DC and bring in Kiffin. Who do you think was talking to Kiffin behind the scenes at the end of the season? Garrett? While he was coaching the team down the stretch? I doubt it. Did Garrett agree with the replacement? Im sure he did. But he probably had no choice. Was he going to tell Jones no? Would Garrett have done it on his own? Who knows. And certainly it wasnt Garreetts decision to strip himself of play calling. Garrett ego wanted to call the plays. That was also obvious. And any doubt was cleared up by Garrett himself. When in an interview he said the there was a "pull" between him and jones on that decision because there had been successful coaches that have done both. To act like this was all part of Garretts plan and he wanted to do it all is naive I would say.
But those that defend the hapless Garrett will say there is no way to be sure. And they will listent to Garrett puppet out that "we all talked about it", or that he acts like it was just the natural process. But obvious to anyone looking at the situation what really went down.
Jones gets pissed after two years of disappointment, warns that there will be changes, fires Garretts brother, fires Garretts hand picked DC and brings in his own guy, strips Garrett of play calling and hands the offense over to Callahan and Romo. In the draft he again shows he is in command by making it obvious he is calling the shots and even goes as far as to tell Garrett he is now changing to the 12 formation with the TE in the 2nd round.
