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The Cowboys are keeping embattled coordinators Bill Callahan and Monte Kiffin, but head coach Jason Garrett didn’t promise they would return in the same roles.
“We’ll keep looking at how we can be better as a staff and what roles everybody’s in and what we’re asking them to do,” Garrett said Tuesday at the Senior Bowl, asked if he had to be convinced by owner Jerry Jones to keep the veteran assistants for another year. “But those guys are really good football coaches.”
Speaking a day earlier, Jones said he did not feel as inclined this year to make major staff changes as he did last year, when he brought in Kiffin to change the defensive scheme to a 4-3 and also declared that Callahan would take over play-calling from Garrett.
Garrett sidestepped the idea that Kiffin and Callahan wouldn’t have returned.
“Those guys are under contract. We feel good about that,” he said. “We’re always going to try to do things that are in the best interest of our football team. … We’ll keep looking at what everyone’s roles are and however it settles down.”
The Cowboys have two vacancies on the staff. Garrett said Carlos Polk’s deal to become the assistant special teams coach, replacing Chris Boniol, has not been finalized but that he is impressed by Polk, who worked with Rich Bisaccia in San Diego.
“He’s someone who really was a good addition to our team this year,” Garrett said. “He really came in and played a very prominent role for us on that special teams unit. That was a good group of guys back there – Rich, obviously leading it, and Carlos and Chris Boniol. So we like those combinations. He certainly made a very favorable impression.”
Asked if he is considering former Giants assistant Mike Pope for the vacant tight ends coaching position, Garrett said, “There are a number of guys that we’ve talked about in that situation. Mike’s a good friend of mine, though. Obviously a very good coach.”
Garrett said there is no timetable to hire a tight ends coach.
“We do have some coaches who are out of contract. We’re trying to get those things settled,” Garrett said. “We’re just in the process of those conversations right now.”
-- Carlos Mendez
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“We’ll keep looking at how we can be better as a staff and what roles everybody’s in and what we’re asking them to do,” Garrett said Tuesday at the Senior Bowl, asked if he had to be convinced by owner Jerry Jones to keep the veteran assistants for another year. “But those guys are really good football coaches.”
Speaking a day earlier, Jones said he did not feel as inclined this year to make major staff changes as he did last year, when he brought in Kiffin to change the defensive scheme to a 4-3 and also declared that Callahan would take over play-calling from Garrett.
Garrett sidestepped the idea that Kiffin and Callahan wouldn’t have returned.
“Those guys are under contract. We feel good about that,” he said. “We’re always going to try to do things that are in the best interest of our football team. … We’ll keep looking at what everyone’s roles are and however it settles down.”
The Cowboys have two vacancies on the staff. Garrett said Carlos Polk’s deal to become the assistant special teams coach, replacing Chris Boniol, has not been finalized but that he is impressed by Polk, who worked with Rich Bisaccia in San Diego.
“He’s someone who really was a good addition to our team this year,” Garrett said. “He really came in and played a very prominent role for us on that special teams unit. That was a good group of guys back there – Rich, obviously leading it, and Carlos and Chris Boniol. So we like those combinations. He certainly made a very favorable impression.”
Asked if he is considering former Giants assistant Mike Pope for the vacant tight ends coaching position, Garrett said, “There are a number of guys that we’ve talked about in that situation. Mike’s a good friend of mine, though. Obviously a very good coach.”
Garrett said there is no timetable to hire a tight ends coach.
“We do have some coaches who are out of contract. We’re trying to get those things settled,” Garrett said. “We’re just in the process of those conversations right now.”
-- Carlos Mendez
Twitter @calexmendez
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