No argument can be made that those were 8-8 teams with the QB and offensive talent we had. We also had the top pass rusher in the league on defense and we still underachieved. No way should a team with Tony Romo, Jason, Witten, Dez Bryant, Tyron Smith and Demarcus Ware go 8-8 three straight seasons. A number of the losses we had those seasons were due to huge coaching mistakes by Garrett including icing his own kicker. We could have gone 12-4 in 2011 if it wasn't for the 4 games we blew to the Jets, Lions, Pats and Cards. Garrett has had a lot to do with the defense. He was a big influence with the signing of Ryan, Kiffin and Marinelli and it hasn't worked out with any of them.
We've used at least two #1 picks on defense including a top 10 pick under Garrett and none of the players have turned out. The jury is still out on Jones but so far he's looked like a JAG. We spent three #2's on defense and Lee is the only one who could play. We released Ware under Garrett who was still a great player only to watch him go to Denver and help them win a SB. Now our pass rush is our weakest area. It's been a follie of errors by this team under Garrett who's been the least qualified head coach in franchise history.
He wasn't successful at any level of coaching when he was HANDED the job. Take Romo away from him and he's 1-14 as the full time head coach. Even with Romo he can't win consistently. Give Garrett the teams and QB situations Fisher and even Dave Campo had and he wouldn't sniff 5 wins. As for the question I asked I wanted to see if anyone could name a coach who's had a worse record than Garrett over the past "5 years" with the same. You came up with Fisher but he's only been coaching the Rams 4 full seasons and he's had a pretty good excuse for his record, the lack of a solid QB.
What good is your team if all you have is offense and no defense though? You can bringing up 5 playmakers we had......I can go down and name plenty of teams with just as many that were as good or worse than us. Chargers were throwing out Phillip Rivers, Antonio Gates, Ryan Matthews, Mike Tolbert, Vincent Jackson and Eric Weddle and have nothing to show for it.
A lot of those losses came from the personnel on this team. Whether its Romo throwing a timely pick, Ware being MIA against backup left tackles or in the 4th quarter of games or Witten with a costly false start penalty or holding or Dez with a drop.
Garrett has no say in the defense. Let's don't kid ourselves. Even if we want to pretend like he had say on DC's he didn't hire some bums. He hired reputable coaches who underachieve just like most of the people that come through Dallas. Rob Ryan being a Garrett hire is laughable. I'll concede Kiffin and Maranelli.
Ware hasn't been a great player in 6 years. He's looked solid playing alongside Von Miller but he wasn't nearly that player in his last couple of years in Dallas and surely wasn't worth the salary he was being paid.
I don't know what Garrett would do with Fisher's teams but I do know the personnel would more than likely be far better than it is now. Bringing up Campo is a joke.
