Jason Garrett must go if this team wants a SB

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Game was tied up.......twice. We have no idea how it went, what lost the game was a 35 yard completion on 3rd and 19 to get in FG range. Period.
It was one of many factors. If Garrett would have used the clock better GB never would have gotten the ball back and it would have went in OT. You don't give Rodgers any time when you have a defense as bad as ours.
 

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We've built something good with Garrett.. You keep him.
As most likely one of the (if not THE) largest critics of Garrett over the years, I completely agree here. I've done a complete 180 on him. Once he was stripped of his OC duties and given a true role as the overall strategist, he began to improve. As a Head Coach, he elevated this team this year.

I blame Linehan and Marinelli. Hopefully Linehan gets a HC spot so we can get some fresh blood in there and Marinelli gets better groceries. I'm more inclined to give Marinelli one more pass given the lack of talent on his side of the ball this year.
 

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It was one of many factors. If Garrett would have used the clock better GB never would have gotten the ball back and it would have went in OT. You don't give Rodgers any time when you have a defense as bad as ours.
It was 3rd and 19 dude with l less then 10 seconds on the clock. You can't blame anything but giving up that pass
 

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Zeke being off the field on 3rd down situations ha to be part of the game plan reviewed by the HC

If he didn't know that was going to happen he really needs to go

Yeah no idea why the empty backfields on third and short, especially with a rookie QB. You are doing him a complete disservice by running these sets. Give the defense something to think about at least.
 

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Jason Garrett isn't going anywhere anytime soon -- we all know this beyond a doubt. Wishing and hoping for it to change anytime soon is nothing other than setting oneself up for a letdown. If anyone has their doubts about that, all they have to do is refer to Stephen Jones' comments in the recent past on the subject. Both he and Jerry are committed to maintaining his leadership. I don't see it happening within the next few years.
 

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Believe it or not he has produced 2 of the best seasons in our history. 12 and 13 win seasons. I personally want to see Linehan gone, you can't fire a coach that just went to 13 wins with a rookie and expect someone to sign here. Had we made the comeback and won yall wouldn't be talking about getting rid of Garrett

we arent talking about something new that happened. Coach 1 and done built that name. We are talking about this because if you gamble, this was the heavy favorite to win, surprise, it won. WE are talking about it because yes, hes had 13 win teams, and still made 0 noise in the play offs. How do you do that and keep your job? Oh the number defense for him, "if Garrett has great players at every position, he ll win" Dear lords if only bad coaches had that dream boat scenario.

I didnt make him 1 and done. I didnt tell the team to come out flat, to give up on their game plan. Dallas neutralized the best RB in the league, HES ON THEIR TEAM.
You get in Rods face "you keep pressusing that SOB" nope
You get in linehans face "keep running" nope
You look at your roster "why am i playing butler in a playoff game"? check.
"good news guys, this is the only roster in the NFL to have Lance " I havent done anything " Dunbar on the roster" check,
"hey guys, we dont have much going for us, but we got the RKGs thing going for us" check
"hey guys, the other team lost their saftey, lets not exploit that" check.
The list goes on and on.

He has been giving every excuse under the sun, he has had a coaching staff do over. Somehow somewhere at sometime Jerry or Stephen has to point the finger at Garrett.
 

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If Marty Schottonheimer can be canned/fired after great regular seasons but terrible post seasons then so can Garrett.

Garrett gets a pass this year for having rookies lead this team and getting 13 wins. But that shouldn't be the case next year. If we are relatively healthy, win the division and go 11-5/12-4 and still get a divisional round exit you seriously have to consider it.

The only problem is Garrett works well with Jerry's meddling. I can't see another HC being ok with this not named Sean Payton.
 

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The Chargers did not really benefit from firing Schottenheimer. They ended up replacing him with someone else who had to be fired, too, and now they're a trash fire. I don't know why teams keep bringing up his firing as a good example.
 

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I guess some will always want a new coach. Is Garrett a great coach, nope, not by any means. Other than the Pats Bill B, there isn't any currently. The question for me is would I rather have Garrett or would I rather be a Cleveland. Easy answer!
 

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The Chargers did not really benefit from firing Schottenheimer. They ended up replacing him with someone else who had to be fired, too, and now they're a trash fire. I don't know why teams keep bringing up his firing as a good example.

They at least went to the conference title afterwards and Rivers played through a torn ACL against one of the greatest teams in the NFL that season.
 

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Unanimous coach of the year. Yeah, lets get rid of him. I hear Chip Kelly is looking.
 

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we arent talking about something new that happened. Coach 1 and done built that name. We are talking about this because if you gamble, this was the heavy favorite to win, surprise, it won. WE are talking about it because yes, hes had 13 win teams, and still made 0 noise in the play offs. How do you do that and keep your job? Oh the number defense for him, "if Garrett has great players at every position, he ll win" Dear lords if only bad coaches had that dream boat scenario.

I didnt make him 1 and done. I didnt tell the team to come out flat, to give up on their game plan. Dallas neutralized the best RB in the league, HES ON THEIR TEAM.
You get in Rods face "you keep pressusing that SOB" nope
You get in linehans face "keep running" nope
You look at your roster "why am i playing butler in a playoff game"? check.
"good news guys, this is the only roster in the NFL to have Lance " I havent done anything " Dunbar on the roster" check,
"hey guys, we dont have much going for us, but we got the RKGs thing going for us" check
"hey guys, the other team lost their saftey, lets not exploit that" check.
The list goes on and on.

He has been giving every excuse under the sun, he has had a coaching staff do over. Somehow somewhere at sometime Jerry or Stephen has to point the finger at Garrett.
He is 1-1 in the playoffs going into this year.........he had rookies at the most important position on the team. It would be idiotic to fire Garrett this offseason
 

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He is 1-1 in the playoffs going into this year.........he had rookies at the most important position on the team. It would be idiotic to fire Garrett this offseason

Ok, heres my take, than you tell me if you agree or disagree. The reason i would be ok with firing Garrett is because everyone is right, its a young (gotta lose rookie now) Qb and RB. and we ll have rookie pieces coming in. This is a great time for a young new coach to come in, build up his staff, build up his culture and take the reigns for a while. We have the making a good young core. I personally think to give Garrett one or two more years can be a waste of time that we will never get back with this core.

Does that make sense?
 

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And has one playoff win in those 7 years. In the end, at some point results matter and outweigh things like the team liking him or playing hard for him. You don't get rings and trophies for playing hard.

We are quickly reaching the point where there has to be results. Never quitting isn't good enough anymore.

I agree, but I think the defense is the Achilles heel of this team, not the coaching. I would hate to get rid of Garrett and start all over with a new coach, when I think the defense just needs to be fixed, for us to be truly competitive.
 

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I agree, but I think the defense is the Achilles heel of this team, not the coaching. I would hate to get rid of Garrett and start all over with a new coach, when I think the defense just needs to be fixed, for us to be truly competitive.

i would agree with this if we were keeping the same defense. I dont believe we are since we will be hopefully bringing in new rookies and hopefully a stud DE. For this and being another core, i would want a new DC to work and get it in place. Have a new coaching staff ready to take the core of Dez, Dak and EE, plus bring in a new crop of defensive players, a chance at FA and have years to build on this.

To me this is much better than 3 years down the road saying "welp, we gave Garrett and chance and it still didnt pan out, i guess we just get steak at every position and he ll be the bestest best HC eva"

Get in a new crew now.
 

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I agree, but I think the defense is the Achilles heel of this team, not the coaching. I would hate to get rid of Garrett and start all over with a new coach, when I think the defense just needs to be fixed, for us to be truly competitive.

The defense will likely improve this offseason. So next year is it for Garrett. It's time to produce. If he can't make the playoffs or bombs out early again, it's time to start over with a new coaching staff.

I think it's insane people would defend Garrett again (obviously barring any serious big injuries) if Garrett can't finally make some noise in the 2017-18 postseason.
 

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He's not the Unanimous coach of the year. Quinn might get some action in Atlanta.
He may get some action, but we're not talking about woman. :)

Garrett lost his starting QB the week before the regular season and beat every team except the Giants, including two teams in their house that both might be in the SB.

You honestly believe he won't get it?
 
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