Report: Cowboys DBs coach Jerome Henderson to join Dolphins coaching staff

[Cowboy_Shawn]

This season was one of the secondary's worst seasons in recent memory in terms of creating creating impact plays. Some of that is on Henderson and some of it lies with the players and the defensive scheme as a whole.

That said, secondary coach has been a sore spot for this team even before Henderson's arrival. The organization has done an incredibly poor job identifying talented secondary coaches. It's hard to think of a Cowboys DB who got remarkably better under the tutelage of the Cowboys coaching staff.

It's scary how inept we are at developing players on the back end of the defense.

It wouldn't surprise me at all to see a player like Claiborne catch on elsewhere and flourish into a 4-6 INT a year guy.

 

[Staubacher]

Romo should have no say on what coach should stay. He will be 36 by next season and someone who can help develope qb for the future

Considering Romo is obviously the ONLY thing keeping this team from being horrendous, he should get all the say he wants.

 

[jobberone]

Romo should have no say on what coach should stay. He will be 36 by next season and someone who can help develope qb for the future

I disagree. You cannot put a QB with a QB coach he doesn't like or probably trust. Not one like Romo. It may very well be some well established QBs will have a cordial and professional relationship despite the above. That's an individual choice but I wouldn't insist on pushing a QB coach on Romo if he didn't want the guy.

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

Im rejoicing he sucks

 

[Risen Star]

Considering Romo is obviously the ONLY thing keeping this team from being horrendous, he should get all the say he wants.

Cmon.

 

[texbumthelife]

This season was one of the secondary's worst seasons in recent memory in terms of creating creating impact plays. Some of that is on Henderson and some of it lies with the players and the defensive scheme as a whole.

That said, secondary coach has been a sore spot for this team even before Henderson's arrival. The organization has done an incredibly poor job identifying talented secondary coaches. It's hard to think of a Cowboys DB who got remarkably better under the tutelage of the Cowboys coaching staff.

It's scary how inept we are at developing players on the back end of the defense.

It wouldn't surprise me at all to see a player like Claiborne catch on elsewhere and flourish into a 4-6 INT a year guy.

The secondary didn't get turnovers, but in terms of coverage it was probably their best season in quite a while.

Henderson was very highly regarded when we got him. He was already getting mentions as a defensive coordinator but agreed to the more limited role with Ryan. Anyone questioning Henderson's ability to coach needs to look at what he did before he came to this talent devoid roster and what he did with Scandrick and Church here--which addresses this "inability to develope players". Wilcox is trash. That's not an inability to develop, that's inability to evaluate and that doesn't fall on Henderson. He doesn't pick the players. Claiborne was constantly hurt. Carr was playing a scheme he had no business playing and had never played in previously (hence how much better he played this season). Meanwhile, you have Scandrick who became a top corner. Church who has middling athletic ability became a key player. Byron Jones came is a rookie and played admirably at two positions. Jeff Heath, of all people, actually looked somewhat viable this season. All of that is a testament to Henderson.

And Claiborne becoming a 4-6 INT a year guy somewhere else? GTFOOH. Even if that did happen, it certainly isn't within a vacuum and I guarantee it would be in an aggressive, attacking defense with man or cover-3 coverage.

If you want to project what someone does elsewhere, I suggest you watch the Dolphins, who play an aggressive, attacking scheme and see what those DB's do next year.The marriage of Marinelli and Henderson was doomed before it began, because they're philosophical opposites.

Every issue with this team right now begins and ends with the head coach and the front office. We are calling out coaches with proven track records before coming to the Cowboys... Its ridiculous.

 

[Staubacher]

Cmon.

1-11 is horrendous. Feel free to disagree but my fingers are in my ears

 

[Risen Star]

1-11 is horrendous. Feel free to disagree but my fingers are in my ears

I figured you would have to distort my stance.

No player should have say over coaching decisions.

 

[Jerryrage]

I think Jerome Henderson had enough of this entire football team/front office and left. Not saying he is great, that was the worst I've ever seen a secondary play in the history of the Cowboys.

 

[TheDude]

I don't think he did much for the safeties either.

Nobody could do much with those safeties

 

[Bluefin]

Bryan Broaddus ‏@BryanBroaddus 1h1 hour ago
Visited with Jerome Henderson- has not heard from Dolphins and told Jason + Stephen that on Sat. Good experience with CLE on interview.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Nobody could do much with those safeties

He fulfilled those requirements quite nicely.

 

[camelboy]

Since it's a coaches thread ... how about Jim Tomsula as our DL coach?

 

[Plankton]

There are other coaches on this staff that should go before Henderson, in my mind. Namely Wade Wilson, Derek Dooley and Mike Woicik, with Frank Pollack definitely a candidate to be replaced by someone who has been freed up, like a Bob Bostad (the former OL coach at Wisconsin under Bielema) or Pat Flaherty.

 

[Plankton]

Since it's a coaches thread ... how about Jim Tomsula as our DL coach?

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You mean this guy?

 

[camelboy]

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You mean this guy?

Is that Jim Tomsula?

 

[gmoney112]

There are other coaches on this staff that should go before Henderson, in my mind. Namely Wade Wilson, Derek Dooley and Mike Woicik, with Frank Pollack definitely a candidate to be replaced by someone who has been freed up, like a Bob Bostad (the former OL coach at Wisconsin under Bielema) or Pat Flaherty.

Pollack?

Yeah, lets replace a guy who had 3 lineman 2nd team All Pro.

Good thinking.

 

[Plankton]

Pollack?

Yeah, lets replace a guy who had 3 lineman 2nd team All Pro.

Good thinking.

Truthfully, two of the three didn't have seasons close to what they did in 2014. Neither Smith nor Martin were as good as last year, and I think the line took a step back this year. Frederick was at a similar level to last year. I can't say that I was overly impressed with the line this year, and I think they weren't as good in terms of technique as they were when coached by Callahan. If you think otherwise, then that's your prerogative, but I think they can do better for a coach.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

He had Carr, Mo, Wilcox, and Church to work with. I challenge you to find a worse starting 4 in the league.

This is the same guy that developed Joe Haden and TJ Ward on a Browns team that was terrible but had a top 3 pass defense.

You can't make chicken salad out of chicken poop, which is exactly what we have him. Amazing that he was able to coach the PS players to INT's, and then gave him crap at basically 4 out of 5 starting positions in the secondary, in a man scheme, and want to blame him for their poor play.

I hope we replace him with someone "better", trust me. But until we upgrade the personnel, we'rd just treading water.

So he had a solid nickel corner in Scandrick, a top 6 pick at corner and a guy in Carr who played for a great Chiefs secondary. Hardly chicken poop. Not when he got them anyway.

 

[gmoney112]

So he had a solid nickel corner in Scandrick, a top 6 pick at corner and a guy in Carr who played for a great Chiefs secondary. Hardly chicken poop. Not when he got them anyway.

Brandon Carr is so good that I'm pretty sure he set an NFL record in yards against. Henderson must have coached him to completely embarrass himself.

And the pick in the draft doesn't matter if the guy isn't that good. By that standard, we should sign Ryan Leaf this off-season because he was a high pick.