plasticman
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Half my post described exactly how Jerry prevented Garrett from performing many of the critical duties of a Head Coach and how it led to the player's loss of respect.False. Did not quote your whole entire post. We get it, Jerry and his cronies are the biggest problem. But to let Jason slide and just chalk it up to Jerry? Screw that. Garrett was god awful and lost so many games because of blunders he caused. Chalk up games he lost us vs games he won us and it isn't even close. Sturm wrote an article and went through how many games he gave up just in his first 18 games and then 3 seasons total. It was ridiculous. He's god awful.
Garrett being terrible and Jerry being terrible are separate. Jason does not get to slide on how bad he was. The players did not respect him at all and saw him as a fraud.
When Garrett first became Head Coach he described his plan for success and overall philosophy in discipline and acquiring talent. He described his emphasis on competition and prepararion. Garrett's plan was routinely undermined by decisions that he should have been the one to make as the Head Coach. Tom Landry has a quote that explains the importance of sticking to a plan with everybody aligned to that plan. A plan that is followed only 75% of the time will fail.
I explained how players that are being disciplined in this franchise by their HC can go around him and talk to Jerry and get a decision overturned.
I'm not saying we should have kept Garrett, I have my criticisms of him as well and, besides, once your authority has been undermined, you really can't turn it around.
Jason was not bad or awful or any of the other exagerated expressions. It's difficult to get into a meaningful conversation when opinions are so dramatic, so over the edge. so emotionally charged. Jason was unsuccessful, that's what he was. .
An 85-67 record is not "god awful", 9 full seasons with only one losing season is not "bad". Garrett did not "suck" if he is compared to other HC careers. True, it wasn't good enough but it wasn't anywhere near as catastrophic as many are making it out to be. The New York Giants are not run by fools. Jason Garrett, they understand the circumstances as most teams do. Jason Garrett was going to have a job, everyone notice, he got another job quick.
Jason Garrett's career as a HC began with a rebuilding process under cap-hell. It began with three 8-8 seasons during this rebuilding process. He finally got the team built with real results but then nosedived the following season when Romo went down and the decision was made to let the RB with the record yardage for a single season walk and give the job to an habitual felon who wouldn't even pay for his underwear. And regadless of how Murray did on a different team that ran the ball by committee, there was no doubt what he did on a team he knew and practiced with for four seasons was pretty special. To this day he has the highest career yards per carry for the Cowboy franchise.
Jason Garrett is an ex Cowboy, he doesn't deserve to be hated or despised. I have no doubt that he gave his best effort.
Having said that, I could have qualified the statement better. Garrett's coaching wasn't the primary issue, I agree that he did cost the team a few games. However, his lack of success in getting to a championship game ran far shorter than Jerry Jones's.......but we all notice who got to keep his job