Saban defends Jason Garrett’s coaching job with Cowboys this season

[Alexander]

Saban defends Jason Garrett’s coaching job with Cowboys this season

By Jimmy Burch
jburch@star-telegram.com

ARLINGTON

Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett frequently references “the process” required to properly build a team, a core belief he incorporated from two seasons spent on the staff of then-Miami Dolphins coach Nick Saban.

Saban, now the coach at Alabama, offered praise Tuesday for Garrett, his former quarterbacks coach, despite the Cowboys’ 4-11 record this season. Alabama faces Michigan on Thursday in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl at AT&T Stadium.

Saban, who has led No. 2 Alabama (12-1) to three national championships in the past six seasons, called Garrett “a really, really good coach” and “an outstanding person” during the one-hour session at the Cowboys’ home stadium.

Saban also shared his definition of “the process” and reflected on his decision to hire Garrett over more qualified candidates to oversee the Dolphins’ quarterbacks heading into the 2005 season. In 2004, Garrett played his last of 14 NFL seasons as a backup quarterback for the Dolphins and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Because Garrett had no coaching experience at the time, Saban said he “fought it” when other assistants lobbied for him to discuss the vacancy with Garrett. Chief among the Garrett proponents: Scott Linehan, Saban’s offensive coordinator at the time and Garrett’s current offensive coordinator with the Cowboys.

http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/article52147465.html

 

[Wolfpack]

The PR team is out in full force.

 

[Sasquatch]

I can appreciate Saban's opinion and main point about losing key players in the salary cap era but there are still too many questions surrounding this season that this brief show of support doesn't address.

 

[daveferr33]

Jason Garrett is a heck of an interviewee. This man has literally made millions on his ability to interview alone. That's impressive.

 

[LittleD]

Jason Garrett is a heck of an interviewee. This man has literally made millions on his ability to interview alone. That's impressive.

Yes, we know from certainty that the man we know as Red can stand at the podium for hours saying little to nothing. Like lots of "sound & fury, signifying nothing".
The problem is Jason does not have the requisite training and chops to properly coach an NFL football team, let alone the Dallas Cowboys IMVHO. He is truthfully
the least qualified HC the Cowboys have ever employed. It's sad that his owner/gm has adopted him and anointed him as the savior of the Dallas Cowboys franchise
but, that indeed is the case. I feel for Witten and Romo because they will have been wasted for the back end of their careers with suspect coaching, scheme and
a willingness to adapt to the changing game of today's NFL. Sad!!!

 

[plasticman]

Garrett's process has been contaminated over and over by Jerry Jones and his "contributions".

 

[Aven8]

Lol, Saban to the rescue. What he is supposed to say?? He stinks?

However I would trade Nick for Jason straight up today!

 

[big dog cowboy]

“I talked to Jason Garrett for about five minutes and I knew that this is the right guy to do this job,” Saban said. “I couldn’t believe the level of intelligence, the understanding that he had of what it took to help develop a quarterback

 

[Alexander]

Before you give the thumbs up, his "success" in Miami was Joey Harrington.

 

[SultanOfSix]

“I talked to Jason Garrett for about five minutes and I knew that this is the right guy to do this job,” Saban said. “I couldn’t believe the level of intelligence, the understanding that he had of what it took to help develop a quarterback."

Five minutes, eh?

Anyone who says this is really talking out of his arse. Five minutes is no amount of time to assess whether someone is right for the job or not.

 

[cml750]

Does Red have compromising pictures of both Jerry and Saban????

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Just like Chip Kelly. A real genius. Maybe geniuses are not cut out for the NFL.

 

[Doomsday]

I respect Saban, he is a great college coach, but how much film of the Cowboys do you think he has seen?

My guess would be very little if any.

 

[NoLuv4Jerry]

I respect Saban, he is a great college coach, but how much film of the Cowboys do you think he has seen?

My guess would be very little if any.

That's it. A great COLLEGE coach. Where you can overwhelm your opponent because you have the most talent. And that is exactly who Garrett is. A coach the can win...IF....IF...everyone one the Cowboys side of the ball beats the man in front of him. Well...if that is the requirement....then ANY of us could coach the Cowboys!!!!

 

[Doomsay]

One terrible NFL coach's assessment of another terrible NFL coach.