RonnieT24
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I got to this point with the Romo/Garrett marriage around 2012. It wasn't working.. and it didn't look like it every would. The only thing that changed my mind was that stretch at the end of 2013 when Romo willed us into playoff contention and basically took over play calling from Garrett from that point forward. Why do I want this to happen? I will detail them one by one.
Moore:
Reason number 1) "Yards are yards." Ever since he made this statement I have wanted him gone. He doesn't understand or appreciate the running game and it showed up again Sunday. The 49ers were averaging the same paltry ypc we were until late in the 4th quarter yet they NEVER went away from it. Meanwhile we went full Mountain West pretty much from the jump.
Reason number 2) Good DCs know our plays. Teams have been telling us for 15 years that they can tell what the Cowboys are going to run on any given play in any given situation based on offensive and defensive alignments. We see repeatedly that defenders are in our backfield immediately on run plays and they are sitting waiting for our receivers (or the ball) to come to them on pass plays.
Reason number 3) Ultimately it's his job to get the most out of his players and that includes Dak. He's certainly not getting the most out of Dak but I could add Lamb, Zeke, TP and damn near anybody else on the offense to that list.
McCarthy:
Reason number 1) Game management.. We had the ball and control of the game with a minute and a half left in the first half and he let Moore and Dak run a damn high risk pass over the middle into the teeth of the defense which led to the INT when the smart move would have been either run the ball, eat clock and make sure not only that you go into the half up and in control but you leave them no time and no momentum. And if you were going to throw it, it's a fade to the corner where your guy gets it or nobody does. I get that he may not have fully understood what that play call was.. but that's all the more reason he needs to be gone. Those game management gaffes are a recurring theme since he got here.
Dak:
Reason number 1 I still believe his biggest fault is he believes too much in Kellen Moore. HE should have been the one to shake off some of those stupid pass plays in dumb situations. He is a good pocket passer but not a great pocket passer. So get the hell out of the pocket and make plays and be great and quit sitting in the pocket and being average. I think getting away from Moore might save his career from being Tony Romo 2.0 AND it might get a QB under center in Dallas who Moore will either have to go back to the Cooper Rush game plan with or that QB will be better than Dak and take the team to that next level.
Reason number 2) He accepts losing too gracefully. I get that the QB needs to be calm and even keel but I need him to get more pissed off and fired up when guys are out there running half-*** routes or dropping balls or lollygagging going out of bounds or just not blocking up front. He also needs to RUN THE DAMN BALL MORE. I don't care if the damn critics don't consider him "elite" if he runs it 10-12 times for 50+ yards a game. If that's what is needed to win games.. then that's what you do. I would much rather see a 5-6 yard run and slide vs a last second dumpoff to Zeke or TP with 6 inches before they go out of bounds and a defender standing right next to them.
I do think that best possible solution is for Moore to leave. And take Nussmeier with him. They have not significantly improved Dak's performance over these last three years.. so I'm done with them. Let McCarthy implement his offense, bring in a QB coach who CAN improve Dak's performance and LFG. But it would not hurt me to see McCarthy gone as well. If he's not strong enough to keep Boy Wonder in check then he's not the man to lead this team to the promised land anyway.
Moore:
Reason number 1) "Yards are yards." Ever since he made this statement I have wanted him gone. He doesn't understand or appreciate the running game and it showed up again Sunday. The 49ers were averaging the same paltry ypc we were until late in the 4th quarter yet they NEVER went away from it. Meanwhile we went full Mountain West pretty much from the jump.
Reason number 2) Good DCs know our plays. Teams have been telling us for 15 years that they can tell what the Cowboys are going to run on any given play in any given situation based on offensive and defensive alignments. We see repeatedly that defenders are in our backfield immediately on run plays and they are sitting waiting for our receivers (or the ball) to come to them on pass plays.
Reason number 3) Ultimately it's his job to get the most out of his players and that includes Dak. He's certainly not getting the most out of Dak but I could add Lamb, Zeke, TP and damn near anybody else on the offense to that list.
McCarthy:
Reason number 1) Game management.. We had the ball and control of the game with a minute and a half left in the first half and he let Moore and Dak run a damn high risk pass over the middle into the teeth of the defense which led to the INT when the smart move would have been either run the ball, eat clock and make sure not only that you go into the half up and in control but you leave them no time and no momentum. And if you were going to throw it, it's a fade to the corner where your guy gets it or nobody does. I get that he may not have fully understood what that play call was.. but that's all the more reason he needs to be gone. Those game management gaffes are a recurring theme since he got here.
Dak:
Reason number 1 I still believe his biggest fault is he believes too much in Kellen Moore. HE should have been the one to shake off some of those stupid pass plays in dumb situations. He is a good pocket passer but not a great pocket passer. So get the hell out of the pocket and make plays and be great and quit sitting in the pocket and being average. I think getting away from Moore might save his career from being Tony Romo 2.0 AND it might get a QB under center in Dallas who Moore will either have to go back to the Cooper Rush game plan with or that QB will be better than Dak and take the team to that next level.
Reason number 2) He accepts losing too gracefully. I get that the QB needs to be calm and even keel but I need him to get more pissed off and fired up when guys are out there running half-*** routes or dropping balls or lollygagging going out of bounds or just not blocking up front. He also needs to RUN THE DAMN BALL MORE. I don't care if the damn critics don't consider him "elite" if he runs it 10-12 times for 50+ yards a game. If that's what is needed to win games.. then that's what you do. I would much rather see a 5-6 yard run and slide vs a last second dumpoff to Zeke or TP with 6 inches before they go out of bounds and a defender standing right next to them.
I do think that best possible solution is for Moore to leave. And take Nussmeier with him. They have not significantly improved Dak's performance over these last three years.. so I'm done with them. Let McCarthy implement his offense, bring in a QB coach who CAN improve Dak's performance and LFG. But it would not hurt me to see McCarthy gone as well. If he's not strong enough to keep Boy Wonder in check then he's not the man to lead this team to the promised land anyway.
