News: Source: Cowboys expect Jerome Henderson's status to be resolved before staff leaves for Senior Bowl

[CCBoy]

Source: Cowboys expect Jerome Henderson's status to be resolved before staff leaves for Senior Bowl

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A source said the Cowboys expect Jerome Henderson's status to be resolved before the coaching staff leaves Monday for the Senior Bowl.

Henderson interviewed with Atlanta on Friday for an unspecified position. The Falcons acknowledged the interview on their official Twitter account, stressing that Richard Smith is the team's defensive coordinator and that Henderson was not being considered for that role.

This is third club Henderson has spoken to since the season came to an end. The Cowboys secondary coach interviewed with Cleveland for the head coaching job that went to Hue Jackson. He interviewed with Jacksonville earlier this week for the opening at defensive coordinator.

The Jaguars have decided to elevate defensive line coach Todd Wash into that position.

Henderson is one of six coaches on the Cowboys staff whose contract expires at the end of this season. But club officials have made it clear to Henderson that they want him to return. The two sides had entered into contract discussions, a source said, with the understanding that Henderson will only leave the Cowboys if he can become a coordinator elsewhere...

 

[RS12]

I am mystified as to what makes him such a hot commodity.

 

[Idgit]

I am mystified as to what makes him such a hot commodity.

That's because of the giant disconnect between how fans evaluate coaches and the work coaches actually do.

 

[J_Allen]

That's because of the giant disconnect between how fans evaluate coaches and the work coaches actually do.

How would you evaluate him?

 

[RS12]

That's because of the giant disconnect between how fans evaluate coaches and the work coaches actually do.

Really? Coaching at its most basic level, either you raise the level of play or you dont. When has he ever raised the level of play in the secondary? Ever?

 

[Teague31]

Not sure how we would ever be able to replace the level of production he has brought to the secondary

 

[perrykemp]

That's because of the giant disconnect between how fans evaluate coaches and the work coaches actually do.

Hard to disagree with your statement in general Idgit.

What I do question is a HC who is pleased enough with his coaching staff that collectively went 4-12 that he doesn't see the need to replace a single assistant.

Heck, we see playoff teams firing assistant coaches in an attempt to improve certain units of their clubs.

Cowboys... unless I missed something are just dandy with all of the current coaches.

 

[gimmesix]

The two sides had entered into contract discussions, a source said, with the understanding that Henderson will only leave the Cowboys if he can become a coordinator elsewhere...

If he's interviewing for an unspecified position with Atlanta that's not defensive coordinator it doesn't appear that Henderson and Dallas have the same understanding. Instead, it would appear to me that he wants out of Dallas.

 

[Idgit]

Hard to disagree with your statement in general Idgit.

What I do question is a HC who is pleased enough with his coaching staff that collectively went 4-12 that he doesn't see the need to replace a single assistant.

Heck, we see playoff teams firing assistant coaches in an attempt to improve certain units of their clubs.

Cowboys... unless I missed something are just dandy with all of the current coaches.

I agree. I can see them liking Henderson, if he's good at his job in terms of all the things we never get to see, but it's surprising they haven't made any changes to the staff. I guess Dan Campbell was in consideration at one point, but that's about all we've heard.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

How would you evaluate him?

I think the more important point is how not to evaluate anything. Second-hand hearsay and innuendo fed to us through bloggers and the DFW/national media contingent.

We have no idea how he is in the classroom or strategy sessions. That would be central. They record what goes on on the headsets during game day.

What you typically see is backdoor lazy deductions like 'we have zero interceptions and someone must be blamed. He is most responsible.' While I would like him to save the turnover day, for all we know he was advocating something else in planning sessions than what they did.

I personally evaluate how his players develop. Brent Maxie is also there working with the S so yet another grain of salt.

I was encouraged this year when Claiborne finally practiced all year. He improved and played his best pro ball. He needs to continue to stay on the field and learn zone coverage instinctually.

Patmon and White were both released. UDFA and bargain bin. Both are failures.

Since they stopped featuring him Carr settled down. He struggled to cover comebacks and not give up the top in the cover 3 scheme. Plays like a guy under a lot of pressure. Would be just fine if he was making $4m. He never misses games and sticks his nose in there.

Scandrick was the Cowboys best defender under his watch for the previous 3 years.

Jones was very good and if he continues to proceed, will make some pro bowls before it's over. A successful rookie campaign speaks very well to his coaching. Very good at press man. I was sold after the Patriots game.

Barry Church comes across to me as very well coached. I think his problem is his wheels but he is the type of player coaches strive for.

JJ Wilcox struggles with the speed of the game. He makes poor reads a lot. He overruns things and gives up cutbacks. Bad steps.

Heath is underrated and a good UDFA development.

Claiborne, Jones, and Scandrick all played well. Heath, Church, and Carr are middling. Wilcox, Patmon and White played poorly. Overall corners played better than S OTOH it shakes out by draft/contract status for the most part. UDFA failures don't bother me so much. Church and Heath are overachievers.

Wilcox is struggling with the same issues AOA had. It's easy to excuse it as small school problems but spacing is something our secondary struggles with in general. We never were able to teach the guys to play zone in concert.

Henderson appears very good at teaching technique and motivating his players. His secondaries lacked cohesion and players seemed prone to egregious mental errors. Not being aware that there is no one over the top is a cardinal sin for anyone on that side of the field. We saw that too often.

 

[Nexx]

look either commit to the team or just leave with or without a job in hand. im tired of this joker

 

[CCBoy]

I think the more important point is how not to evaluate anything. Second-hand hearsay and innuendo fed to us through bloggers and the DFW/national media contingent.

We have no idea how he is in the classroom or strategy sessions. That would be central. They record what goes on on the headsets during game day.

What you typically see is backdoor lazy deductions like 'we have zero interceptions and someone must be blamed. He is most responsible.' While I would like him to save the turnover day, for all we know he was advocating something else in planning sessions than what they did.

I personally evaluate how his players develop. Brent Maxie is also there working with the S so yet another grain of salt.

I was encouraged this year when Claiborne finally practiced all year. He improved and played his best pro ball. He needs to continue to stay on the field and learn zone coverage instinctually.

Patmon and White were both released. UDFA and bargain bin. Both are failures.

Since they stopped featuring him Carr settled down. He struggled to cover comebacks and not give up the top in the cover 3 scheme. Plays like a guy under a lot of pressure. Would be just fine if he was making $4m. He never misses games and sticks his nose in there.

Scandrick was the Cowboys best defender under his watch for the previous 3 years.

Jones was very good and if he continues to proceed, will make some pro bowls before it's over. A successful rookie campaign speaks very well to his coaching. Very good at press man. I was sold after the Patriots game.

Barry Church comes across to me as very well coached. I think his problem is his wheels but he is the type of player coaches strive for.

JJ Wilcox struggles with the speed of the game. He makes poor reads a lot. He overruns things and gives up cutbacks. Bad steps.

Heath is underrated and a good UDFA development.

Claiborne, Jones, and Scandrick all played well. Heath, Church, and Carr are middling. Wilcox, Patmon and White played poorly. Overall corners played better than S OTOH it shakes out by draft/contract status for the most part. UDFA failures don't bother me so much. Church and Heath are overachievers.

Wilcox is struggling with the same issues AOA had. It's easy to excuse it as small school problems but spacing is something our secondary struggles with in general. We never were able to teach the guys to play zone in concert.

Henderson appears very good at teaching technique and motivating his players. His secondaries lacked cohesion and players seemed prone to egregious mental errors. Not being aware that there is no one over the top is a cardinal sin for anyone on that side of the field. We saw that too often.

Good stuff, Fuzzy.