News: PFT: Jerry Jones: I thought we would have coached it up enough to win without Romo

[popp1234]

It's clear Jerry isn't happy.

I don't see Garrett getting fired, but there will be change.

It still boggles the mind that they could only produce ONE win without ROMO. And that against a bad team. Wow!

 

[Ring6]

Quarterbacks coach is in charge of making sure backup quarterbacks are properly prepared and evaluated, right? Nobody ever mentions this as a position that should be looked at. And to me its the most obvious.

QB coach should have had the accurate evaluation of Weeden. And he should have let the OC and the HC know that Weeden was not a player to count on. He had most of two years with Weeden practicing every Wednesday with the first team while Romo rested. Plenty of time to get the proper evaluation and communicate it up the chain.

 

[Picksix]

Quarterbacks coach is in charge of making sure backup quarterbacks are properly prepared and evaluated. Nobody ever mentions this as a position that should be looked at. And to me its the most obvious.

Agreed. Can't see JG getting fired, with that contract. It'll probably be position coaches again, like QB/WR/ST.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones does not seem impressed with the job done by coach Jason Garrett this season. Jones says he thought the coaching staff could have done a better job of succeeding despite the injury to Tony Romo, and he’s disappointed that it wasn’t until Monday night in Washington that they managed to win…http://youwillnotrackme2.net/b.gif?host=profootballtalk.nbcsports.com&blog=&post=2367621&subd=nbcprofootballtalk&ref=&feed=1

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The Garrett homers may not want to hear it, but when you lose 7 consecutive games.......that's coaching

Jerry apparently agrees with this also

 

[Toruk_Makto]

I know people hate to hear this but I'm going to say it anyways....

We were unlucky.

Statistics day that in the long run teams win 50 percent of their one score games. During our 7 game losing streak we lost 5 such games.

If we won even 2 of those things are different.

That doesn't even include the Atlanta loss where we lead at halftime by double digits.

It is what it is.

 

[Beast_from_East]

I know people hate to hear this but I'm going to say it anyways....

We were unlucky.

Statistics day that in the long run teams win 50 percent of their one score games. During our 7 game losing streak we lost 5 such games.

If we won even 2 of those things are different.

That doesn't even include the Atlanta loss where we lead at halftime by double digits.

It is what it is.

The guy who owns the team disagrees

He says it's bad coaching, not bad luck

 

[BlueNSilver88]

The guy who owns the team disagrees

He says it's bad coaching, not bad luck

and I agree. At some point you got to blame Garrett's mismanagement of games, he does it all the time. I was so livid monday night. That's inexcusable.

 

[Beast_from_East]

and I agree. At some point you got to blame Garrett's mismanagement of games, he does it all the time. I was so livid monday night. That's inexcusable.

Exactly,

Blaming the losses on bad luck is just excuse making. For a coach in his 5th full season to be able to win just one dam game without his starting QB is laughably bad

Jerry apparently agrees

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I think Pollack is a goner. I wouldn't be surprised if the WR and secondary coaches are goners too.

Why is Pollack a goner? I would hope they realize the deficit in developing QBs. I can point to a lineman Pollack has developed in one year in LC. I cannot say that about Wilson since he's been here.

 

[BlueNSilver88]

Exactly,

Blaming the losses on bad luck is just excuse making. For a coach in his 5th full season to be able to win just one dam game without his starting QB is laughably bad

Jerry apparently agrees

it's not even just that, he's making basic elementary coaching mistakes in his FIFTH YEAR AS THE DALLAS COWBOYS HEAD COACH. We deserve WAY BETTER and so does Romo & Witten.

 

[Beast_from_East]

it's not even just that, he's making basic elementary coaching mistakes in his FIFTH YEAR AS THE DALLAS COWBOYS HEAD COACH. We deserve WAY BETTER and so does Romo & Witten.

Agree

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Why is Pollack a goner? I would hope they realize the deficit in developing QBs. I can point to a lineman Pollack has developed in one year in LC. I cannot say that about Wilson since he's been here.

I forgot about Wilson, but he could be gone also.

 

[SultanOfSix]

Of course, there will be another fall guy outside of Garrett, you know, because he's "family" and all.

Jones is disappointed with Garrett like a father is disappointed with his teenage son for getting bad grades one semester after doing so well in the previous one after he thought he turned the corner, and average in all his previous ones before that.

 

[Sydla]

It's going to go deeper than that.

How much deeper? You've already changed coordinators and spared Garrett before. At some point, when do you point the finger at the guy on top of the coaching hierarchy?

 

[Sydla]

Why is Pollack a goner? I would hope they realize the deficit in developing QBs. I can point to a lineman Pollack has developed in one year in LC. I cannot say that about Wilson since he's been here.

The OL has been a disappointment. Collins was a tremendous talent who was likely a first round draft pick if he didn't have the off the field situation prior to the draft. So did Pollack really develop him? It's not like Pollack took some undrafted kid from Idaho State and turned him into a starting OG. He took a kid that was likely a first round pick and would have started anywhere else from the beginning.

 

[Zimmy Lives]

It's clear Jerry isn't happy.

I don't see Garrett getting fired, but there will be change.

In his analysis of this season's disappointments, perhaps he should make reference to himself in his discourse. The lack of success (without Romo) points indirectly to the actions, or lack thereof, of the GM.

 

[Ring6]

I forgot about Wilson, but he could be gone also.

Yep, someone must take the blame for misevaluating Weeden, and the QB Coach is the closest one to him.

 

[Wolfpack]

I read in one of my management books that you do not want to work for a nervous boss. And you definitely don't want to be the one making the boss nervous.

Jerry really put himself behind the eight ball when he signed Garrett to the long term contract last year. Jerry was bidding against no one for Garrett's services. Jerry could have offered Garrett a one or two year extension after last season. No team was offering Garrett squat. One fluke season clouded Jerry's judgement along with his friendship and liking Garrett. Jerry gifted that contract to Garrett. Jerry also made the same mistake with Linehan and thought he was better than he actually was. Turns out Romo was 95% of the tactical brains behind the coaching and Garrett and Linehan just rode his coattails.

I'm not sure what Jerry can do at this stage other than eat Garrett and Linehan's guaranteed contracts. Probably around $30M overall. Jerry has enough money to just write it off since he makes around $250-300M per year roughly from the Cowboys. Perhaps there are ways to make Garrett and Linehan unhappy enough to just leave. Maybe giving playcalling to someone else, stripping Garrett of time management during game time etc. Perhaps making someone an assistant head coach (wink wink) and treating that person like a head coach during meetings.

Maybe Jerry just wants to light a fire under the inept offensive coaches Garrett and Linehan have been this year. There has been no creativeness or ingenuity at all from the Cowboys for a long time. Ray Lewis said the Ravens knew exactly what the Cowboys would do several years ago. Bellicek even said this year that the Cowboys focus on execution and do nothing to make you guess. Been that way for years and years and has gotten worse under Garrett.

Garrett and Linehan went conservative and closed the playbook up when they should have opened the playbook up and got creative and played with a nothing-to-lose mentality.

Great post. There was absolutely no need for a 5 year extension.

 

[DanTanna]

Surprise surprise!

Jerry FINALLY realizing that Romo was carrying the offense, defense, entire coaching staff AND owner on his back. We collapse like a card house when Romo goes down. We all knew that already. I'm really pissed Jerry squandered Romo's youthful years with horrible decisions.

 

[Aven8]

If anybody watched the video of Jerry's post game comments he was gushing about the defense. He must have aaid it 5 times. So Marinelli is safe.

He was also very telling about Dez. He said when Dez finally got a full week of practice and when he does he's ready. IMO he's probably pissed that he just signed him for 70 million and barely seen him. This whole offense should be built around him, especially now with a backup QB.

But if you think that canning a WR coach, or Oline coach is going to do anything your crazy.