I think Callahan is HC in waiting

[Supercowboy1986]

Nick and I are best friends, but seriously if he ever left bama, I think his ego is big enough to want this job.

Oh you're making assumptions. Never mind then.

 

[RoyTheHammer]

Another Bill may be the future Head Coach in Dallas.

:laugh2:

 

[KJJ]

Another Bill may be the future Head Coach in Dallas.

You can see it coming.

 

[xwalker]

Multiple of his previous OL players have said they love him and that he made them better players.

As a head coach, he was a hardarse. Players in Clevland hated Belichick also.

 

[cowboyfan4life2]

Multiple of his previous OL players have said they love him and that he made them better players.

As a head coach, he was a hardarse. Players in Clevland hated Belichick also.

They didn't win in cle, when you are a hardarse and win, you can get away with it.

 

[KJJ]

Not a chance in hell.

I wouldn't go that far if Jerry is forced to fire Garrett and isn't willing to set his ego aside for a proven head coach the Cowboys next HC could very well be Callahan. Jerry likes coaches he's comfortable with and that will go along with his hands on approach.

 

[xwalker]

Garrett will only get fired if the players quit on him like they quit on Wade. Jerry believes that the assistant coaches are more responsible for wins and losses than the HC.

 

[igtmfo]

Callahan was awesome when he could COMPLETELY run the offense, which he did in the late 90s at Raiders without somebody overhead like Garrett, himself an OC, looking over his shoulder. Awesome Top-10, Top-5 numbers on offense for a few years there.

Callahan as has been said was a great HC at Oakland his first year (SB year) then there was a mutiny but there were lots of injuries and guys like Tim Brown that just want to blame him for all the Raiders' failures. As Callahan says himself, he's not the most personable or rousing speech maker for players. Maybe neither is Marinelli, Marinelli might be thought of an awesome person over time himself in the eyes of the players no matter how good he is, and Marinelli's head coaching record also wasn't good.

But at least Callahan should likewise get the chance (like Marinelli) to run the offense completely without the influence of Garrett and see what happens.

Callahan was fired so fast that Tim Brown (Tim Brown hated him) was maybe wrong - we'll never know if it was Callahan's fault as HC. Was it Callahan, Al Davis, player mutiny etc., we'll never know.

All you Garrett lovers, the Parcells test should be applied:

"Does he have proven/demonstrated ability?" Parcells used to ask, regarding a player, whether a guy on your team has ever done it, or can do it?

We have to apply the same to Garrett.

Garrett is neither good, nor bad so far. As an OC and coach he's been relentlessly average. Very predictive, don't you think? ... Middle of the pack in scoring offense. Middle of the pack in record. Every year. (Except 2010 when he was 7th as OC scoring offense - the year we went 1-7, fired Wade, Jason was interim coach .. I guess we were so far behind most games that we marched up and down the field and made points ...)

I'm like ChocolateLab on this board. We both have strong reservations about this guy.

Because Garrett's a strong note-taker, studies every coach that will tell him their secrets (probably not very many), flying to Durham and asking Coach K his secrets etc. and everyone else. A hundred or more spiral notebooks like we used to have in school, filled in with ideas, filled in by Jason.

But if you are a note-taker, it probably means you don't have much insight or strong opinions. You are searching.

Garrett is a note-taker. Smart guy in ways, but if he was one of the Harbaughs he probably wouldn't have had to take many notes.

 

[TheCoolFan]

It wouldn't surprise me one bit at this point.

 

[Risen Star]

I hope not. He's a terrible head coach.

But he would be willing to be a puppet. So yeah, it's possible.

 

[tm1119]

Haven't we already learned that lesson? Putting the guy who is in 2nd in charge and a big part of recent failures is not the answer. We need a new voice who the players haven't heard before. Hopefully its all irrelevant and Garrett wins this year, but we shall see.

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

:laugh2: @ the OP.

Bill Cowher for me.

 

[KJJ]

I hope not. He's a terrible head coach.

Makes it even more likely look at Wade Phillips.

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

Haven't we already learned that lesson? Putting the guy who is in 2nd in charge and a big part of recent failures is not the answer. We need a new voice who the players haven't heard before. Hopefully its all irrelevant and Garrett wins this year, but we shall see.

I'm skeptical he can win. He had the chance the last two years. Garrett's a loser.

 

[SaltyNovice]

:laugh2: @ the OP.

Bill Cowher for me.

Plus 1.....He's my choice

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

Plus 1.....He's my choice

He can coach any position on the field, evaluate personnel, coordinate offense and defense and call a game. How many of those things can you say about Garrett?

 

[KJJ]

Jerry believes that the assistant coaches are more responsible for wins and losses than the HC.

That will certainly be true this year with Garrett standing on the sidelines with his arms folded trying to look involved. He's bound to feel some awkwardness not being able to hide his stoic face behind a play sheet anymore which means he's going to have to at least try and show some resemblance of emotion. Hopefully he's been working on his hand clapping skills so he doesn't look like a spectator.

 

[5Stars]

That will certainly be true this year with Garrett standing on the sidelines with his arms folded trying to look involved. He's bound to feel some awkwardness not being able to hide his stoic face behind a play sheet anymore which means he's going to have to at least try and show some resemblance of emotion. Hopefully he's been working on his hand clapping skills so he doesn't look like a spectator.

Nice post, KJJ.

 

[jterrell]

Marinelli is the HCiW.

 

[CyberB0b]

lovie smith or nick saban is our head coach in waiting.

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Wouldn't mind either. Or Gruden.