Video: Jason Garrett: "They Know Nothing Coming In Here"

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No it's easy after those playoff losses and those 8-8 season collapses. I want us to be consistently good not mediocre. Hard schedule or not this team needs to respond this year and not regress. I don't want any more excuses about how we fail. I want the Cowboys to play in championship games.
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Playoff games are as much about luck and good fortune as anything else. The goal of a good organization is to consistently put yourself in position to make a run by getting into the tournament, which is accomplished during the regular season. Then from there you hope the ball bounces your way more often then not. We made 2 of the last 3 divisional rounds and lost those games basically on one play in the 4th qtr. we were in position to win both of them, you can't ask for much more than that. The coach did his job, it's up to the players to make the plays that decide ballgames.

If we had lost those games by multiple scores and we're blown out I can hear your argument, but that's not the case

Garrett has helped engineer a complete roster rebuild which now features one of the youngest and talented teams in the league. We're set up for sustained success and are entering the brightest era as a team since the early 90s
 
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Playoff games are as much about luck and good fortune as anything else. The goal of a good organization is to consistently put yourself in position to make a run by getting into the tournament, which is accomplished during the regular season. Then from there you hope the ball bounces your way more often then not. We made 2 of the last 3 divisional rounds and lost those games basically on one play in the 4th qtr. we were in position to win both of them, you can't ask for much more than that. The coach did his job, it's up to the players to make the plays that decide ballgames.

If we had lost those games by multiple scores and we're blown out I can hear your argument, but that's not the case

Garrett has helped engineer a complete roster rebuild which now features one of the youngest and talented teams in the league. We're set up for sustained success and are entering the brightest era as a team since the early 90s
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we were in those 8-8 positions because of one person and that was Tony Romo. We all saw what happened a couple of years ago when he went down. Team couldn't win a game. Disgusting. Other teams may struggle but we collapsed. I don't blame Garrett for the loss with GB 3 seasons ago because we should have won it. That was a catch but last year is a different story. We were a running team all year and in that playoff game we went pass happy again. Not a good idea when you have a defense like ours and you're playing Aaron Rogers. I like the way the team has been rebuilt but sooner or later it has to show on the field and in playoff games. Garrett's been here a long time. He's had time for his process to take place. No more talk. We need to start winning playoff games. And we don't need to regress back to 8-8 or worse because the schedule is tougher. It is what it is in the NFL and other teams seem to contend every year.
 
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Spain ignored the Indian problem and stuck with their own version of macho...and were controlled by the Indians for over two centuries. Yea, ignore the reality of the actual causes for failure...and no, it is not just because of a poor head coach or a lack of the very top level of success.

The failure was in not understanding the basic level the Indians lived and responded towards. And until skills at beating them were gained, the frontier for them was their limits.

Now, applying a general concept...which you seem unable to do beyond complaining about frontier deaths, the Cowboys are learning the actual skills in a team concept, to beat the enemy on their level of existence. Texas acquired a deadly Texas Ranger organization, that changed history They had to continually adapt leadership and skills, for like in football, Rangers was a youthful occupation.

The Cowboys are honing the very top levels of skills needed, here and now. But they already are a worthy organization...

go ahead and cry about all that was wrong, but keep insult of good insight now, and being able to meet the enemy on their levels and win, within bounds. Numbers of final victories are coming into view now.
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Cc,you really think I complain about frontier death?I made (1) ONE statement concerning atrocities committed BACKTRACKING straight to Custer and that's sniveling? Not hardly.
I've done ceded the field to you and withdrew,but here you are digging/gouging on me, I'm not gonna kick up the forgotten dust of disease (std's included) that were pretty much nonexistent in the time before the conquest of the America's and that whole scalping thing? who cooked that little inhuman nightmare up? Just let it go bro! Really no need to start employing the cowardly "ignore" button on your fellow team fans because their take on the compiled aggregate of seasons past jolt you in the wrong way , I'm upbeat and optimistic with what's on the horizon with Dallas and where Jerry Jones has placed our battleship as it's looking like our gunboat diplomacy is fixing to put a lot of teams back in port.
Are there better / more qualified coaches than J.G.
To be calling the shots,ABSOLUTELY.
can he shake his hex / bad ju-ju in the post season? Remains to be seen, but totally destroying the Packers in regular season play this year would plot the course in that direction (IMO) do I love him?NO! but I don't hate him either but the lameness of vapor lock in post season play should indicate the quest for a new master and commander is required.
I'm gonna back back off your hilltop once again bro, leaving you the last man standing , and oh, hey! You can keep my football ,I made it from a human head and there's plenty of those around,,,:thumbup:
 
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They are called the bungles for a reason. Lewis keep getting owned in the playoffs and yet keeps coming back.
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Really, they don't have a good enough team to beat the Pats or the Broncos.

Fans for some reason think that every good HC and every good QB is going to win a Superbowl. At some point it becomes tautological and you can't have a good HC or QB who hasn't won a Superbowl. The reality is different. You need 53 pretty good players, and you need to have standout players who either make your passing game effective, make it hard for other teams to be effective, or both. A great HC helps, because they can develop players and put them in advantageous positions to be effective, but it's more than that. There's no substitute for the players. Then you need favorable matchups, health, minimal distractions, and a bit of luck.

The best thing is to get good at assembling and developing the talent and then staying in position to capitalize when the opportunity presents itself. That's tough to do, though, with all the pressure to deliver immediately. It's easy to point the finger at the wrong thing in the NFL and to change for the sake of changing. That makes getting all the rest of the pieces in place a lot more difficult.

In Lewis' case, I think he's probably saddled with a QB who's too good to let walk and not good enough to get you past the truly elite QBs. That's a tough position to be in. WAS is in that boat, too, I think. You either have to pay them and play them, or you have to let them walk and you probably end up with a lesser player for the rest of your coaching tenure because true franchise QBs are so tough to find in this league.

We really got lucky when we fell into Dak. And Tony, for that matter.
 
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The way I took the statement is whatever you may have done or what you did in college does not matter, they come in with little knowledge of the NFL. It is Garrett and the assistants coaches to break them down and build them up. Some of these guys will be asked to start day 1 yet perform as Pro, to do that they have to focus on how things are done at this level.
 
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Zordon said:
True.....but even he at least won a title w/ the Ravens as DC of an all-time great defense.

I think even the most ardent Garrett supporters have to admit the job security he has enjoyed is very unique for someone with his resume.
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I can't speak for all of us, but I don't think any team of Garrett's other than 2015 underperformed expectations, so I don't find his extension or security all that unusual. I guess it is unusual for ownership to be in a position to give somebody time to rebuild in the NFL these days, but it really shouldn't be. Many NFL teams make mistakes in cutting coaching staffs loose without really giving them the opportunity to develop.

Outside of Dallas, though, I don't think Jason Garrett has a bad reputation at all. For example, I was on another NFL site the other day, a large one that shall remain nameless, and they asked who the best coach was in each division. Garrett was universally considered the best coach (well, aside from a few silly WAS fans who think it's Gruden). Even among the majority of NFCE fans of competing teams. And not in a 'tallest pygmy' sort of way, just in a regular old 'best of the bunch' kind of way.

Cowboy fans have a stilted opinion because everybody naturally blames the QB and then the coach when a team doesn't win more. Garrett's been here a long time, and so there's a steady diet of fans who don't like him. And not many of us are willing to say 'yeah, but...' in every single thread where it comes up. The reality, though, is that he's a fairly well-regarded coach around the league.
 
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Idgit said:
I can't speak for all of us, but I don't think any team of Garrett's other than 2015 underperformed expectations, so I don't find his extension or security all that unusual. I guess it is unusual for ownership to be in a position to give somebody time to rebuild in the NFL these days, but it really shouldn't be. Many NFL teams make mistakes in cutting coaching staffs loose without really giving them the opportunity to develop.

Outside of Dallas, though, I don't think Jason Garrett has a bad reputation at all. For example, I was on another NFL site the other day, a large one that shall remain nameless, and they asked who the best coach was in each division. Garrett was universally considered the best coach (well, aside from a few silly WAS fans who think it's Gruden). Even among the majority of NFCE fans of competing teams. And not in a 'tallest pygmy' sort of way, just in a regular old 'best of the bunch' kind of way.

Cowboy fans have a stilted opinion because everybody naturally blames the QB and then the coach when a team doesn't win more. Garrett's been here a long time, and so there's a steady diet of fans who don't like him. And not many of us are willing to say 'yeah, but...' in every single thread where it comes up. The reality, though, is that he's a fairly well-regarded coach around the league.
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You don't think we underachieved last year? Are you going by pre-season expectations or do you readjust your expectations as the season progresses?

If you readjust your expectations, I don't know how one can't view last year's team as an underachieving group. AT THE VERY LEAST they should have ended that annoying NFC title game drought.

Garrett could easily be here another decade and never have a more perfect scenario setup for him to win a Super Bowl - HFA, injury riddled playoff opponent, down competition w/in the division and conference.

Fans and the media spent two weeks leading up that GB game contemplating how Dak would mess things up. Dak did his job, it was Garrett and Linehan who made questionable decisions during that game. I'm still ticked about it.

Like I said before, it's time we start cashing in on all of this continuity within the coaching staff. It upsets many fans (who are rooting for Garrett) to see coaches like Rivera and Quinn take their teams to heights the Cowboys haven't seen in 20 years with a quarter of the time afforded to Garrett.
 
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Zordon said:
You don't think we underachieved last year? Are you going by pre-season expectations or do you readjust your expectations as the season progresses?

If you readjust your expectations, I don't know how one can't view last year's team as an underachieving group. AT THE VERY LEAST they should have ended that annoying NFC title game drought.

Garrett could easily be here another decade and never have a more perfect scenario setup for him to win a Super Bowl - HFA, injury riddled playoff opponent, down competition w/in the division and conference.

Fans and the media spent two weeks leading up that GB game contemplating how Dak would mess things up. Dak did his job, it was Garrett and Linehan who made questionable decisions during that game. I'm still ticked about it.

Like I said before, it's time we start cashing in on all of this continuity within the coaching staff. It upsets many fans (who are rooting for Garrett) to see coaches like Rivera and Quinn take their teams to heights the Cowboys haven't seen in 20 years with a quarter of the time afforded to Garrett.
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I think we overachieved last year. Even with adjusted expectations, but obviously we far exceeded expectations without adjustments.

I think DAL, ATL, and GB were all good enough to represent the NFC in the Superbowl, but just getting to 13-3 was more than we had a right to expect.

But I also didn't think that GB loss had very much to do with coaching. Stop Rodgers, win game. And a pick-six gets you beat more often than not. Neither of those things was particularly a coaching failure.
 
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