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Bowles was already in Miami when the HC gig in Dallas opened up. Then he was on the short list of people Jerry interviewed before taking the "interim" tag off of Garrett in 2011.

Very few first time HCs are going to install a first time DC who was a finalist for their job underneath them when putting together a staff.

2013. Bowles was looking for a job, Dallas fired bozo the clown. He was a perfect fit, players like him, he has the right demeanor, the team would have stayed in the 3-4 etc.

Not talking about 2011.
 

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2013. Bowles was looking for a job, Dallas fired bozo the clown. He was a perfect fit, players like him, he has the right demeanor, the team would have stayed in the 3-4 etc.

Not talking about 2011.

Ah. But that was right after the CBA, where they'd decided to go the SEA route and simplify the defense to accommodate the lack of practice time and to copy what had been so successful for the Seahawks. I agree, the Kiffin hire was ridiculous, but the direction overall made some sense, at least. And Marinelli made the deal palatable.
 

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Ah. But that was right after the CBA, where they'd decided to go the SEA route and simplify the defense to accommodate the lack of practice time and to copy what had been so successful for the Seahawks. I agree, the Kiffin hire was ridiculous, but the direction overall made some sense, at least. And Marinelli made the deal palatable.

that was the justification. Jerry was convinced by his out of touch cronies as Stretch smith talked about at the time. Not hiring bowles in that moment was absurd and we are still paying for switching defenses.

Not to mention keeping ryans assistants to coach in Kiffen's defense.

meanwhile Bowles had a couple of really good defenses in Arizona.
 

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My friendly reminder that Todd Bowles wasn't a good enough Defensive Coordinator to work for Jason Garrett somehow someway but is a pretty damn good coach in NY in a tough situation.

I still dont understand it. He was a very well liked assistant under parcells here but Garrett apparently would not hire him.

That's not that hard to understand. JG only likes coaches he feels "comfortable" with regardless of their talent. Meaning he doesn't like coaches that may be a threat to him and possible show him up. That's the reasons he got rid of Bill Callahan.
 

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How excited does it make me? Maybe a 3. Redecorating the Titanic.

I've learned to enjoy small battles while losing wars as a Cowboys fan the last two decades. Let me bathe in the glory of Hitchens on the bench.

That's incredibly optimistic
 
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