He learned he couldn’t handle the pressure of the NFL. It only took him two seasons to bail on the Dolphins. He just retired because he’s too old. You actually want a 72-year-old college coach who’s burned out and hasn’t coached in the NFL in almost 20 years?
Geez….why don’t we just dig up Landry.
Who said he was burned out?????? I thought he didn't like the direction the college was going with athletes getting paid but if he's on record of being burned out then??? But I do not trust a young experienced and unproven assistant coach with Jerry or the highly-paid players. Remember Haley was hell on wheels but even he admitted he stayed out of Jimmy's way. Flashback of TO chewing up Garrett on the sideline....
He’s been coaching since 1990, at least that’s when he started in college. That was two years before the Cowboys won their first Super Bowl under Jimmy. I don’t follow college football so I don’t know what reasoning he gave for retiring but after 33 years at 72 years old, he has to be burned out. It only took two seasons for him to get burned out in the NFL. With Jerry Jones running the show no coach is going to matter. Whoever he hires is going to have to be a yes man. All we’ll be getting with a new HC is a different voice. They won’t be given near enough control to change the culture. This is why we’re seeing the same problems with the Cowboys under every HC. A different coach, the same results. Our greatest successes came with younger coaches. Bringing in experienced aging head coaches hasn’t gotten us anywhere. We won more playoff games with Jason Garrett than McCarthy.
My point is, the Jone Family won't listen to a young, unproven HC to make necessary changes
The Joneses won’t listen any head coach. There were necessary changes that needed to be made this off-season after the playoff debacle and we didn’t make them. McCarthy should’ve been fired after that game. Jerry’s excuse for not firing him was that we were close.
You know I agree with in principle but my point Jerry is more likely to respect a coach with a proven record of winning big than a young unproven assistant. I am not the assistant won't be as successful but I don't see Jerry trusting one enough to take the chance.
I get what you’re saying, but it hasn’t done any good with McCarthy who had a lot of experience. It didn’t do any good with Parcells or any of these experienced coaches he’s hired. With the three experienced head coaches he’s hired, Parcells, Wade Phillips and Mike McCarthy we only have two playoff wins to show for it. We got two playoff wins with Garrett. We had a 13 win team under Garrett, which tied a franchise record and we had 11 straight wins under Garrett, which set a franchise record. We had a terrific team with a rookie QB under Garrett. I’m certainly not trying to make Jason Garrett out to be some great head coach, but we had more success with him than these older coaches that have tons of experience. Jerry seemed to try real hard to make it work under Garrett. He wanted badly for him to succeed. If I’m in charge, I’m looking for a younger innovative head coach. The bottom line is the only way things are going to change with the Cowboys is if Jerry changes but he appears too stuck in his ways to change. He wants too much control and it’s handcuffing his head coaches.
Exactly
I’m missing something. What do those percentages represent?
They're young and hungry! Whereas, Bill is Bill and if he was all that why didn't he continue to turn NE around after Brady left? He didn't have any new ideas to jump start a team that desperately needed fresh and new ideas to compete in it's division.
I could see Belichick bringing in someone like Vrabel as a defensive coordinator and the Cowboys essentially viewing him as the head coach in waiting. Vrabel's Tennessee teams weren't great but did make it to an NFC Championship Game (mostly behind its defense) despite not really having much at QB. Of course, Belichick would probably just bring his son along with him.
