I have argued (now that comes as a shock to most of you) since the days after Jimmy left, when this site was at a different location and had a much different look, that coaching is beholden to the players on the team. Great coaches normally have great players that execute his scheme. My argument was that Campo was never Vince Lombardi, but there is no way any of the fans could possibly know how good a head coach he was if he did not have a quarterback who could execute his scheme. Campo was not a great head coach, but what skills he might have possessed were hidden by the crap the team put on the field week in and week out.
Campo was still a doofus and lousy coach. So hear what I am saying.
I am not a Garrett fan. I think this was some laissez-faire nepotism that got him hired because he was on the team when they won. Along with an owner who had to pave the way for a GM to take credit.
All success has many fathers, but, this season is an orphan on the doorstep of questionable talent. You can make claim of the talent that is here. Lawrence is showing he might be the real deal. Jones was an excellent draft pick and will pay dividends for the next seven or eight years. Fred-beard, Zach, and Tyron Smith are certainly talents. And Collins is headed toward being one, as well.
Sean Lee is head and shoulders above everyone on this team but Romo.
But the subtraction of playmakers in Romo, Dez, and a consistent running back caused this team to fall apart.
This is the truth about the 92, 93, and 95 teams. They played a bend don't break defense, but it was the pressure the offense put on other teams that made the defense better. So with this in mind, the falling from grace of the 2015 Cowboys could have been predicted to a degree when the fact the players who drove the offense left.
I do not hold Garrett responsible for those players leaving/getting hurt. And when laying blame, Garrett should not be responsible for the subtraction of the epi-center of quality that made the team a contender the year before.
So in this debate I do not agree with JJT this aspect of the 2015 team is inconsequential and has no bearing on the outcome.
However, the premise of the article strikes at Garrett's weakness, which was there for all to see season after season when he was the OC and then ushered into the HC job. He just isn't very clever at being clever.
NEWSFLASH: Tony Romo is the reason the offense works. Not because of his skill set as quarterback, per se, but his skill set at putting the pieces in place so his talent can deliver.
And in that nugget is why Garrett was along for the ride last year, and is simply a red-headed version of Dave Campo with better talent.
