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Yes we appear to have made some improvements with the addition of Cobb and the return of Witt. Also a new OC. Sometimes appearance can be very misleading though. Let's accept that the changes will be positive including RZ performance just for easy sake.

Here is another of my things that we NEED to improve. Half time adjustments. I've seen this too many times under JG coached teams. The need to adjust defensively or offensively or both. Maybe it's the hi sugar half time drinks or not enough stalls for all the players to take a refreshing dump. Whatever it is, this team comes out flat after EVERY half time. Maybe give the players Red Bull rather than Coca Cola big gulps!

Thoughts? Innuendos? Fantasies?

Mine? Have JG, Mooreo and Mari wear Depends so they can take a dump during the game and focus on adjustments at half time

What y'all think. BTW I never say Y'all in real life, just in fantasy land ;)
 
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Wear depends? Take a dump and clear their minds? :lmao2:

Yeah, good point, we never seemed to make any adjustments. But they should be able to make in-game adjustments as well.
I do have to say, this past year, especially in the 2nd half of the year, Garrett did not seem to make any goofy decsions. If anything, he made the right calls several times.
Of course if they did not work, then he got lambasted for it, such as in the game against Houston. But he did the same thing in other games, and they worked, and fans all said, great call.
 
It frustrates me to all get out that the other teams seem to make better adjustments than we do. One reason why |I'm not worried about Moore as OC? JG was decent as an OC.

As far as Depends, depends on how much time is spent on the crapper. Pass the toilet paper:muttley:
 
It's not just halftime but all during the game. However, a coach has to have players that can make adjustments or they have to adjust the roster in game.

Adjustments speaks to tactics when strategy isn't working but the coach actually must plan ahead and know what to do and in some cases, he is committed to the strategy and must hope his players can adjust to executing better.

I am very critical of Garrett and Linehan about that game in ATL but not being a coach, I don't know the implications of moving the TE to that side to give Green some help or committing the RB to chipping, what other problems might that create? They didn't have another player to insert so they had to go with Green. I do fault them for not being better prepared than that but to think coaches wouldn't have discussed the possibility of that player not being effective is also in error.

One thing I have noticed about the entire league is the lack of in game adjustments and a lot of that has to do with a general lack of depth and reliance on the hand they've been dealt. It is easy to point our coaching as the problem when execution is the real culprit. If the players are missing tackles, how does a coach adjust that?

Making adjustments requires a certain amount of latitude and there's only one guy who builds his team with the idea of adjusting week to week and in game and even that was a struggle for him because in the SB he couldn't adjust to stop ATL from scoring and his strategy became let them run out of gas. He tried making some adjustments and that didn't work. Still all comes down to execution.
 
IMO, one of the reasons we don’t see many in-game adjustments from Coach Vanilla starts with his basic football philosophy. He coached under Nick Saban when Saban was in Miami and they had the philosophy that you put a lot into preparation and you execute it without a lot of deviation. (That works ok when you have a massive talent advantage like in Alabama, but not so much in NFL where the talent level is pretty even)

Garrett truly believes that mantra he had plastered on some T-shirts a few years ago about “Finish the fight” or just the phrase “fight”. He places a lot of value on physically beating your opponent more than surprising your opponent or changing what you do mid-game. That just the philosophy Garrett follows...And I hate it.

I think the pro game today requires lots of in-game adjustments in order to keep the opponents on their heels. How many times have opponents mentioned that they knew what the Cowboys are going to do before the play?

Let’s hope Kellen Moore can add a little flavor to the most predictable offense in football and to the most unimaginative HC in the NFL.
 
Bobhaze said:
IMO, one of the reasons we don’t see many in-game adjustments from Coach Vanilla starts with his basic football philosophy. He coached under Nick Saban when Saban was in Miami and they had the philosophy that you put a lot into preparation and you execute it without a lot of deviation. (That works ok when you have a massive talent advantage like in Alabama, but not so much in NFL where the talent level is pretty even)

Garrett truly believes that mantra he had plastered on some T-shirts a few years ago about “Finish the fight” or just the phrase “fight”. He places a lot of value on physically beating your opponent more than surprising your opponent or changing what you do mid-game. That just the philosophy Garrett follows...And I hate it.

I think the pro game today requires lots of in-game adjustments in order to keep the opponents on their heels. How many times have opponents mentioned that they knew what the Cowboys are going to do before the play?

Let’s hope Kellen Moore can add a little flavor to the most predictable offense in football and to the most unimaginative HC in the NFL.
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It is simple to me. Garrett approaches it that he is not better than the other HC and has to rely on his guys executing better. I really don't think he knows what to do when something is not working except keep doing that and hope it works better.

Bullet, if that were an easy job, 6-8 of these guys wouldn't lose that job every season. Garrett has tenure for the wrong reasons.
 
northerncowboynation said:
Yes we appear to have made some improvements with the addition of Cobb and the return of Witt. Also a new OC. Sometimes appearance can be very misleading though. Let's accept that the changes will be positive including RZ performance just for easy sake.

Here is another of my things that we NEED to improve. Half time adjustments. I've seen this too many times under JG coached teams. The need to adjust defensively or offensively or both. Maybe it's the hi sugar half time drinks or not enough stalls for all the players to take a refreshing dump. Whatever it is, this team comes out flat after EVERY half time. Maybe give the players Red Bull rather than Coca Cola big gulps!

Thoughts? Innuendos? Fantasies?

Mine? Have JG, Mooreo and Mari wear Depends so they can take a dump during the game and focus on adjustments at half time

What y'all think. BTW I never say Y'all in real life, just in fantasy land ;)
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On paper this is the best team in football. That’s right I said that. Talent wise this team has been primed for a few years. Garrett sucks and that is, was and will be a problem. This team needs to succeed in spite of him. They need to be more aggressive on both sides of the ball. Athletes galore here. This team should physically dominate teams. Look at the LBs, OL and RB. They can absolutely run opposing players over. Smith and LVE were destroying guys with regularity. Despite this Mr Vanilla (thanks Bob Hayes) has them playing too conservative and down to the competition. That won’t change.
 
I think you have to prepare before the games for possible adjustments you might need to make in game.
otherwise it is very hard and possibly not as effective.
you have to assume your game plan and schemes might not work as you hope, so have a plan B and a plan C in case you need them
and the players have to be prepared too.

If JG goes into games with just plan A then adjustments are going to be hard and players wont be ready to do those adjustments.

If you look at some of the games, it is apparent JG isnt prepared for things not working with plan A.
Everyone expected the rams to come out passing, and JG was prepared for that, but when they came out running a lot
He was unprepared, so was D coaches.
I will admit it surprised me too, but I dont get paid 6 mil a year to get the cowboys ready for these games.
The Rams had the better game plan, and it worked great, the addition of that other RB was also a good FA acquisition,
which helped them greatly in going with heavy run.

If you think about it the cowboys could have aquired that RB before the Rams and gone run heavy themselves in the playoffs.
That one is on the jones boys. Not only would dallas have had him, but the Rams would not have him.
It all adds up and that is why cowboys struggle in playoffs.
 
Whyjerry said:
On paper this is the best team in football. That’s right I said that. Talent wise this team has been primed for a few years. Garrett sucks and that is, was and will be a problem. This team needs to succeed in spite of him. They need to be more aggressive on both sides of the ball. Athletes galore here. This team should physically dominate teams. Look at the LBs, OL and RB. They can absolutely run opposing players over. Smith and LVE were destroying guys with regularity. Despite this Mr Vanilla (thanks Bob Hayes) has them playing too conservative and down to the competition. That won’t change.
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Good post, and again it shows up more in playoffs.
How many times has dallas had a 1st and goal and then passed the ball instead of running 3 times?? Have they ever ran 3 times in that situation?
Usually it is run pass pass, so the run play is futile, it just eliminates a 3rd pass chance.
I think you go all pass or all run in those situations.
 
northerncowboynation said:
Yes we appear to have made some improvements with the addition of Cobb and the return of Witt. Also a new OC. Sometimes appearance can be very misleading though. Let's accept that the changes will be positive including RZ performance just for easy sake.

Here is another of my things that we NEED to improve. Half time adjustments. I've seen this too many times under JG coached teams. The need to adjust defensively or offensively or both. Maybe it's the hi sugar half time drinks or not enough stalls for all the players to take a refreshing dump. Whatever it is, this team comes out flat after EVERY half time. Maybe give the players Red Bull rather than Coca Cola big gulps!

Thoughts? Innuendos? Fantasies?

Mine? Have JG, Mooreo and Mari wear Depends so they can take a dump during the game and focus on adjustments at half time

What y'all think. BTW I never say Y'all in real life, just in fantasy land ;)
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We cant improve something we dont even do. :lmao2:
 
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