Serious coaching issues not fixed

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Number one is pregame scouting of upcoming games with game planning especially the first quarter. Shottenheimer is supposed to be excellent offensive coordinator but he is being outclassed by opposing teams in the first quarter especially.
Next, our special teams are awful on kickoff and punt coverages and returns. Sorenson was a bad special teams coach when with the Jaguars and was a reason why he was fired when with the 49ers. Turpin isn't getting the blocks in returns and he has signaled for fair catch and taking off resulting in key penalties.
Next, we have eferblus and shottenheimer refusing to play man coverage but 85 percent in zone. Our defenders are man coverage, example Murray who is totally lost in zone coverage, goes the wrong way in obvious run plays and can't get off of blocks. But we trade for decent zone linebacker wilson.but he only played 3 snaps in the lions game, why. Cowboys have one of the best blitzing linebackers in overshown, but does eferblus blitz overshown no, why not.
Are you listening and paying attention Jerry and Stephen jones?
 
Schotty has his moments, but it's mostly Eberflus and the ST coach that are dragging this team down.

I don't think Eberflus and the special teams deficiencies are talked about enough. All we keep talking about is what the offense didn't do....

And the offense is the only unit on the team who's playing good and kept the Dallas Cowboys from being winless in most cases.

Oh I forgot to mention the offense has been atleast top 3 all season. The defense and special teams were bottom feeders before the bye and special teams still currently suck.
 
Number one is pregame scouting of upcoming games with game planning especially the first quarter. Shottenheimer is supposed to be excellent offensive coordinator but he is being outclassed by opposing teams in the first quarter especially.
Next, our special teams are awful on kickoff and punt coverages and returns. Sorenson was a bad special teams coach when with the Jaguars and was a reason why he was fired when with the 49ers. Turpin isn't getting the blocks in returns and he has signaled for fair catch and taking off resulting in key penalties.
Next, we have eferblus and shottenheimer refusing to play man coverage but 85 percent in zone. Our defenders are man coverage, example Murray who is totally lost in zone coverage, goes the wrong way in obvious run plays and can't get off of blocks. But we trade for decent zone linebacker wilson.but he only played 3 snaps in the lions game, why. Cowboys have one of the best blitzing linebackers in overshown, but does eferblus blitz overshown no, why not.
Are you listening and paying attention Jerry and Stephen jones?
Slow start seems to be a habit with this team for several years
 
Number one is pregame scouting of upcoming games with game planning especially the first quarter. Shottenheimer is supposed to be excellent offensive coordinator but he is being outclassed by opposing teams in the first quarter especially.
Next, our special teams are awful on kickoff and punt coverages and returns. Sorenson was a bad special teams coach when with the Jaguars and was a reason why he was fired when with the 49ers. Turpin isn't getting the blocks in returns and he has signaled for fair catch and taking off resulting in key penalties.
Next, we have eferblus and shottenheimer refusing to play man coverage but 85 percent in zone. Our defenders are man coverage, example Murray who is totally lost in zone coverage, goes the wrong way in obvious run plays and can't get off of blocks. But we trade for decent zone linebacker wilson.but he only played 3 snaps in the lions game, why. Cowboys have one of the best blitzing linebackers in overshown, but does eferblus blitz overshown no, why not.
Are you listening and paying attention Jerry and Stephen jones?
Shottys offense, and most of the things he's done as a head coach, are better than Mike Mccarthy, that's all that matters..

he is trying to change, it's only been 13 games or whatever they played, he's had one offseason to try to turn this around, and somehow, you're putting him number one, no, I don't he's not been outclassed that much..

Can you blame him when his offensive line can't block, his quarterback is under duress all game, guys are dropping passes that his offense has created, where they can be open and get the ball to them and yet they're the ones dropping the passes, they're the one creating interceptions, they're the ones not blocking, but everyone understands that they watch football that this offense is better designed than Mike McCarthy's offense better than Garetts ever had..

You're looking at game scenarios and we're telling you it goes deeper than that, the way he married the run game to the pass game, the motion, a lot of the setup plays, they're there you can't be perfect as a play caller, nobody is, andy Reid's having problems right now maybe they should fire him I mean look how bad his offense looks.

LMao

So bad that people saying that maybe they miss Eric Bienemy, isn't that funny, that fans don't know squat, they only watching what's happening and that's what's being talked about on the field but you don't know behind the scenes Schottenheimer's offense and the way he calls plays is way better than Mike Mccarthy even though yes we've had some number one offenses we've had some positive seasons with Mike Mccarthy this is season 114 games in and I already see the differences how about you give him some time...

Sometimes the players and the rosters not good enough to run what you envisioned and hopefully they get another offseason to try to improve on his first year as a head coach and play caller which is very difficult and he's done a very admirable job in my opinion you're barking up the wrong tree.

You're right Especially the defensive coordinator how he's not fired I don't know I hope he is fired in the offseason regardless of the public rantings by the front office that they don't plan on firing him but that doesn't mean they won't And the special teams guy I mean I'm not that worried about that the way they've changed the kickoffs and you have to announce your onside kicks or whatever it's like it's just becoming special teams just kicking field goals but I think all the change in personnel constantly from one week to another a lot of those guys end up on special teams you're not that deep now you don't have as good of blockers and tacklers and sometimes it shows so whatever that is I don't even care about the special teams coach people complained about Fossil because he was so crazy and did all these crazy things and they wanted him gone fans will never be happy.

If I want to end with this,

that's what I'm going to end with,

no matter what happens all fans will never be happy they will not they're not going to be able to satisfy a 100 percent of the fan base most of the time they're jaded and angry they're know it alls and they're self-entitled egomaniacal complainers.
 
You might be onto something here.

With how good our offense has been our initial gameplan does seam to suck.

We seem to always start slow which means the initial gameplan schotty and the offensive staff came up with isn't working.
RankTeamConference/Division1st Quarter Points/Game
1LA RamsNFC West7.7
T-2Seattle SeahawksNFC West6.6
T-2Indianapolis ColtsAFC South6.6
T-4Philadelphia EaglesNFC East6.6
5New England PatriotsAFC East6.2
6Detroit LionsNFC North5.8
7Chicago BearsNFC North5.7
T-8NY GiantsNFC East5.5
T-8Buffalo BillsAFC East5.5
10LA ChargersAFC West5.4
T-11Jacksonville JaguarsAFC South5.2
T-11Miami DolphinsAFC East5.2
T-13Atlanta FalconsNFC South4.9
T-13Pittsburgh SteelersAFC North4.9
T-13Arizona CardinalsNFC West4.9
16Minnesota VikingsNFC North4.7
T-17San Francisco 49ersNFC West4.6
T-17Denver BroncosAFC West4.6
T-19Cincinnati BengalsAFC North4.3
T-19Tennessee TitansAFC South4.3
21Carolina PanthersNFC South4.1
22Cleveland BrownsAFC North3.9
T-23Baltimore RavensAFC North3.8
T-23Dallas CowboysNFC East3.8
T-23NY JetsAFC East3.8
26Kansas City ChiefsAFC West3.6
27Las Vegas RaidersAFC West3.5
28Green Bay PackersNFC North3.2
29Tampa Bay BuccaneersNFC South3.1
30Houston TexansAFC South2.9
31Washington CommandersNFC East2.2
32New Orleans SaintsNFC South2.0

And the defense is just all around trash. I just don't think Eberflus system fits the players we have starting. I kind of wish we didn't when those games vs the Eagles and Chiefs and we just kept loosing. Now I can see Jerry Jones spinning it as Eberflus beat the last 2 Superbowl winning teams and we just need more time to gel. I wanted Flus fired by the bye week that's how much I believe in his defensive system.

You will never make it far when your defense is as bad as ours.

Rank (Worst to Best)TeamPoints Per Game (PPG) AllowedYards Per Game (Yards/Game) Allowed
32Cincinnati Bengals31.8410.0
31Dallas Cowboys29.7378.6
30NY Giants28.2385.8
29Tennessee Titans27.5345.8
28Washington Commanders27.2388.3
T-26NY Jets26.8327.3
T-26Arizona Cardinals26.8332.2
25Chicago Bears25.8359.0
24Las Vegas Raiders25.5323.3
23Tampa Bay Buccaneers25.0344.9
22Baltimore Ravens24.6350.4
21New Orleans Saints24.2314.6
20Atlanta Falcons24.1318.9
19Pittsburgh Steelers23.9365.1
18Detroit Lions23.4323.9
17Cleveland Browns23.2271.3
T-15Miami Dolphins22.8345.2
T-15Carolina Panthers22.8331.1
14Buffalo Bills22.5304.5
13Indianapolis Colts21.9344.5
12Minnesota Vikings21.6306.8
11LA Chargers21.0275.3
10Jacksonville Jaguars20.9312.5
T-8Philadelphia Eagles20.8347.2
T-8San Francisco 49ers20.7335.8
7Kansas City Chiefs19.4306.7
6Green Bay Packers19.0284.8
5New England Patriots18.5296.4
4Denver Broncos18.1286.4
3LA Rams17.5315.1
2Seattle Seahawks17.4289.4
1Houston Texans16.0265.7
 
I am glad people are finally waking up to the poor special teams of the Dallas Cowboys. The blocking is bad. Getting off blocks is bad. Tackling is bad, and for some reason they seem to get penalized every time they have a run back. We have CJ Goodwin taking up a roster spot to do nothing but play special teams and honestly his best days are way behind him.

If not for the spectacular play of Aubrey and to a less degree Anger, I think the Cowboys special teams would bet a lot more scrutiny. Turpin never has a gap to run through, but he is also tip toing after he catch the ball. And how does he get called for signaling a fair catch and running twice?
 
Is it Nick Sorenson the ST coach or is it players? Not sure we have enough.
 
Schotty has his moments, but it's mostly Eberflus and the ST coach that are dragging this team down.
All we can hope is that he's gone next year. ST was never an issue, they just had bad game.
Our problem is Uberjoke.
 
Number one is pregame scouting of upcoming games with game planning especially the first quarter. Shottenheimer is supposed to be excellent offensive coordinator but he is being outclassed by opposing teams in the first quarter especially.
Next, our special teams are awful on kickoff and punt coverages and returns. Sorenson was a bad special teams coach when with the Jaguars and was a reason why he was fired when with the 49ers. Turpin isn't getting the blocks in returns and he has signaled for fair catch and taking off resulting in key penalties.
Next, we have eferblus and shottenheimer refusing to play man coverage but 85 percent in zone. Our defenders are man coverage, example Murray who is totally lost in zone coverage, goes the wrong way in obvious run plays and can't get off of blocks. But we trade for decent zone linebacker wilson.but he only played 3 snaps in the lions game, why. Cowboys have one of the best blitzing linebackers in overshown, but does eferblus blitz overshown no, why not.
Are you listening and paying attention Jerry and Stephen jones?
How about the fact that PENALTIES are still a massive issue with this team ?
 
Schotty has his moments, but it's mostly Eberflus and the ST coach that are dragging this team down.
I agree with you. Schotty though, has his moments of brilliance and others I am dumbfounded by. It's the same as when McCarthy was here. The Packers playoff game where they were starting a lot of backups and we couldn't pass at all?

Lions saw Revel and Murray were the weak links. Ran right at 59 and threw on Revel all night.

Defense has their entire secondary out? Let's focus on the run!!! Team is worst in the league against the run? Let's pass!

This team should run an up-tempo style offense early on. Do not worry about the clock. Just up-tempo and throw the ball to GP and Lamb.
 
I don't think Eberflus and the special teams deficiencies are talked about enough. All we keep talking about is what the offense didn't do....

And the offense is the only unit on the team who's playing good and kept the Dallas Cowboys from being winless in most cases.

Oh I forgot to mention the offense has been atleast top 3 all season. The defense and special teams were bottom feeders before the bye and special teams still currently suck.
100%

The D is far from being fixed, but look what happened when one elite guy was added up front? They put together two average games, and we beat two teams with a winning record.

The offense is far from perfect, but they can at least compete with good teams when they get a serviceable performance from the D.

The Special Teams coach should have never been hired. We never win the field position battle and our coverage units are atrocious and we commit a damn penalty on nearly every return

Good teams don’t suck this bad on D and STs
 
Is it Nick Sorenson the ST coach or is it players? Not sure we have enough.
Sorenson has a lot of exp as a player, D coach, and ST.

Likely our new DC when EBER gets promoted to the skybox. He can even have Monties old chair.

I had hoped they would turn over the play calling to Sorensen before the season was lost.

Shotty and Jerry are stubborn.
 
Yes, it's true, we need to stop alternating defensive coordinators, but we need to stop that trend with the next dc. FIRE UBERFLUKE!
 
If they can continue to build on the defense and make it a top 15 unit while maintaining a top 5 offense they just might have a real shot. That is a lot of if's.
 
ST problems stems from overall roster dept issues, we have soft players and thats why ST is horrendous right now.
 
You might be onto something here.

With how good our offense has been our initial gameplan does seam to suck.

We seem to always start slow which means the initial gameplan schotty and the offensive staff came up with isn't working.
RankTeamConference/Division1st Quarter Points/Game
1LA RamsNFC West7.7
T-2Seattle SeahawksNFC West6.6
T-2Indianapolis ColtsAFC South6.6
T-4Philadelphia EaglesNFC East6.6
5New England PatriotsAFC East6.2
6Detroit LionsNFC North5.8
7Chicago BearsNFC North5.7
T-8NY GiantsNFC East5.5
T-8Buffalo BillsAFC East5.5
10LA ChargersAFC West5.4
T-11Jacksonville JaguarsAFC South5.2
T-11Miami DolphinsAFC East5.2
T-13Atlanta FalconsNFC South4.9
T-13Pittsburgh SteelersAFC North4.9
T-13Arizona CardinalsNFC West4.9
16Minnesota VikingsNFC North4.7
T-17San Francisco 49ersNFC West4.6
T-17Denver BroncosAFC West4.6
T-19Cincinnati BengalsAFC North4.3
T-19Tennessee TitansAFC South4.3
21Carolina PanthersNFC South4.1
22Cleveland BrownsAFC North3.9
T-23Baltimore RavensAFC North3.8
T-23Dallas CowboysNFC East3.8
T-23NY JetsAFC East3.8
26Kansas City ChiefsAFC West3.6
27Las Vegas RaidersAFC West3.5
28Green Bay PackersNFC North3.2
29Tampa Bay BuccaneersNFC South3.1
30Houston TexansAFC South2.9
31Washington CommandersNFC East2.2
32New Orleans SaintsNFC South2.0

And the defense is just all around trash. I just don't think Eberflus system fits the players we have starting. I kind of wish we didn't when those games vs the Eagles and Chiefs and we just kept loosing. Now I can see Jerry Jones spinning it as Eberflus beat the last 2 Superbowl winning teams and we just need more time to gel. I wanted Flus fired by the bye week that's how much I believe in his defensive system.

You will never make it far when your defense is as bad as ours.

Rank (Worst to Best)TeamPoints Per Game (PPG) AllowedYards Per Game (Yards/Game) Allowed
32Cincinnati Bengals31.8410.0
31Dallas Cowboys29.7378.6
30NY Giants28.2385.8
29Tennessee Titans27.5345.8
28Washington Commanders27.2388.3
T-26NY Jets26.8327.3
T-26Arizona Cardinals26.8332.2
25Chicago Bears25.8359.0
24Las Vegas Raiders25.5323.3
23Tampa Bay Buccaneers25.0344.9
22Baltimore Ravens24.6350.4
21New Orleans Saints24.2314.6
20Atlanta Falcons24.1318.9
19Pittsburgh Steelers23.9365.1
18Detroit Lions23.4323.9
17Cleveland Browns23.2271.3
T-15Miami Dolphins22.8345.2
T-15Carolina Panthers22.8331.1
14Buffalo Bills22.5304.5
13Indianapolis Colts21.9344.5
12Minnesota Vikings21.6306.8
11LA Chargers21.0275.3
10Jacksonville Jaguars20.9312.5
T-8Philadelphia Eagles20.8347.2
T-8San Francisco 49ers20.7335.8
7Kansas City Chiefs19.4306.7
6Green Bay Packers19.0284.8
5New England Patriots18.5296.4
4Denver Broncos18.1286.4
3LA Rams17.5315.1
2Seattle Seahawks17.4289.4
1Houston Texans16.0265.7
Nice work !
 
Number one is pregame scouting of upcoming games with game planning especially the first quarter. Shottenheimer is supposed to be excellent offensive coordinator but he is being outclassed by opposing teams in the first quarter especially.
Next, our special teams are awful on kickoff and punt coverages and returns. Sorenson was a bad special teams coach when with the Jaguars and was a reason why he was fired when with the 49ers. Turpin isn't getting the blocks in returns and he has signaled for fair catch and taking off resulting in key penalties.
Next, we have eferblus and shottenheimer refusing to play man coverage but 85 percent in zone. Our defenders are man coverage, example Murray who is totally lost in zone coverage, goes the wrong way in obvious run plays and can't get off of blocks. But we trade for decent zone linebacker wilson.but he only played 3 snaps in the lions game, why. Cowboys have one of the best blitzing linebackers in overshown, but does eferblus blitz overshown no, why not.
Are you listening and paying attention Jerry and Stephen jones?
maybe shotty was told to throw the game ?? sounds stupid , but it makes sense when you look at what they did in that game.
They didnt play anything like what they did in previous 3 games, no they went back to what they did earlier.
I too wondered why wilson wasnt playing, I thought he was hurt lol.
Why no 5 man fronts ??
Maybe pickens knew and explains his attitude.

Detroit was also totally different from their previous games, it is like they got smart all of a sudden.
The game was so odd it didnt make sense.
 

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