Strahan on Fox Pre-Game Show

[dallasdave]

That was great !!!!

 

[dallasdave]

You know my thoughts. If I could have one sports wish it would be to free the Cowboys of the Jones family. He will always be something you have to overcome to win anything. Which is the sign of any quality GM.

Write it down. Jerry was uncomfortable with Jimmy and Big Bill. He's comfortable with Garrett. You don't need to know any more than that to know how much power the head coach has here.

 

[Direwolf63]

This is why I stopped watching ALL pre-game shows a long time ago. I turn on the TV when the games start, not before.

 

[Idgit]

What decision does he think needs to be made? Our starting quarterback is nursing a broken collarbone, the defense is playing lights out since ATL, and our star receiver just returned to the lineup after three practices in full with a fresh backup QB.

Puzzling narrative.

Pretty clearly, Jason wants to be making the decisions that would lead to wins, and Jerry and Stephen aren't letting him. I would think Strahan made that really clear. Honestly, I'm not sure how anybody can watch the season and *not* conclude that's what's going on.

Not really. That's a horsecrap opinion, if that's what he really said in context.

 

[coult44]

What decision does he think needs to be made? Our starting quarterback is nursing a broken collarbone, the defense is playing lights out since ATL, and our star receiver just returned to the lineup after three practices in full with a fresh backup QB.

Puzzling narrative.

"Lights out"? Really? One take away In how many weeks? 475 yards to New Orleans? 30 points to NE and they moved ball at will. Couldn't stop Wilson when they needed to the most?

I'll admit. They've been better. But not anywhere close to lights out. We have several guys who aren't even showing up in the stats , and that's not good at all. Church might be the worst safety in football. We payed one guy like a top 5 talent , and he wouldn't start on any good team.

 

[Fritsch_the_cat]

I knew better than to click on a thread with Strahan's name in the title.

Exactly, the guy is a Cowboy hater 100%

 

[texbumthelife]

Honestly I feel exactly the opposite of Strahan. That narrative is old, tired and needs to be put down like Old Yeller.

I am more down on Garrett now because I feel like this is his team finally. He constructed this roster. He may not be calling the plays, but it is his offense. He isn't calling the defense, but he wanted a bend, don't break defense that didn't take chances. This is Garrett's team top to bottom.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Pretty clearly, Jason wants to be making the decisions that would lead to wins, and Jerry and Stephen aren't letting him. I would think Strahan made that really clear. Honestly, I'm not sure how anybody can watch the season and *not* conclude that's what's going on.

Not really. That's a horsecrap opinion, if that's what he really said in context.

It's easy, when we win it is because Jerry lets Jascum do his job. when we lose, it is because Jerry meddles. Prototypical heads I win, tails you lose scenario.

 

[rags747]

Paraphrase: "You get the sense the head coach isn't making any of the main decisions on that team." This was followed by a discussion negatively comparing Jerry to Kraft, with special disdain for JJ's radio show.

Thoughts?

I kinda call bs on that, if Jerry were making the calls Dmac would have been the starter from day 1 guaranteed.

 

[visionary]

Paraphrase: "You get the sense the head coach isn't making any of the main decisions on that team." This was followed by a discussion negatively comparing Jerry to Kraft, with special disdain for JJ's radio show.

Thoughts?

Other than "he's right"? NO

 

[DandyDon52]

JG is a well paid puppet coach.
Who decided JG should not be the playcaller ?? Jerry did.
Who decided Dez should play sunday? Jerry did.
Jerry made the statement "he" hired the ex HC's to help JG.

But I know JG isnt going to be fired., but we can still bash him!
And if they did fire JG, or he quit to get a real job, then no telling who they would hire, probably another puppet dummy,
so we are just stuck with the jones boys from now on, even when jerry isnt around it will be steven, and then some other jones person.
It will just go on and on , it will never end.

Other franchises have dumb owners too,(SF) and the ones that have good owners are the ones winning most of the time.

SF is maybe the dumbest right now, they had a good coach and were going to nfc title games, SB's, and they just blew that up,
Thinking they were smart enough to do same without that coach and players.

NFL teams are actually toys for billionaires, so they just do what they feel like doing, it is their toy so.......

 

[DandyDon52]

I kinda call bs on that, if Jerry were making the calls Dmac would have been the starter from day 1 guaranteed.

first of all you dont know who jerry favored, randle or dmc.
there are also 2 jones running things, jerry and stevey, aka "the jones boys"
They dont boss JG around totally, and they listen to him and the other coaches and may go along with them to a point.
Randle was never replaced as starter, he got hurt, dmc did really good, so that put him in the starting role.

The switch to cassel was from the jones boys, something they demanded I imagine. JG wanted to stay with weeden.

 

[Staubacher]

Honestly I feel exactly the opposite of Strahan. That narrative is old, tired and needs to be put down like Old Yeller.

I am more down on Garrett now because I feel like this is his team finally. He constructed this roster. He may not be calling the plays, but it is his offense. He isn't calling the defense, but he wanted a bend, don't break defense that didn't take chances. This is Garrett's team top to bottom.

Yup and Romo isn't there right now to hide what a failure it is.

 

[cowboyschmps3]

Won't happen he's here too stay.

 

[Sportsbabe]

Paraphrase: "You get the sense the head coach isn't making any of the main decisions on that team." This was followed by a discussion negatively comparing Jerry to Kraft, with special disdain for JJ's radio show.

Thoughts?

Refrigerator please. This old narrative again. I know when the Cowboys are doing good or bad ...all is right in the world of media.

Don't eat the cheese.

 

[Sportsbabe]

Well, when your owner says Cassel should get a chance to start before your head coach announces it, what would that lead one to think?

Look, I'm not going to lie. I had high hopes for Garrett, and I do like the direction the franchise is headed in terms of its emphasis on the draft and building the trenches.

But I have this overarching feeling that Jerry was simply searching for a coach who could let him be him and one who simply was happy to coach the Cowboys. I also think he was looking for his "Tom Landry," a coach he could trust and one he could grow into a great coach.

He found that coach in Garrett. And this may disappoint the "Fire Garrett" crowd, but he's here to stay. He's the Marvin Lewis of Dallas. He works well with Jerry and as long as he doesn't, basically, hit on the owner's wife, he's probably looking at a long tenure as the Cowboys coach.

I have not been impressed with him this year nor his coaching decisions or his ability to coach us to one win during Romo's absence. But this was a Super Bowl or bust season, really. And we aren't nearly as healthy as we thought we would be. So ...

I'm willing to write this season off (I'll leave a sliver of hope seeing how bad the NFC East is) with the knowledge that Dallas will get a few more draft picks and, with health, contend for a Super Bowl in 2017.

But I'm not even going to consider Garrett getting canned because it's not going to happen any time soon.

I guess you're not familiar with company meetings and agendas moving forward. Maybe not. Its to easy to blame somebody rather than look at it rationally and unemotionally.

 

[chris1995]

What decision does he think needs to be made? Our starting quarterback is nursing a broken collarbone, the defense is playing lights out since ATL, and our star receiver just returned to the lineup after three practices in full with a fresh backup QB.

Puzzling narrative.

Great points

 

[boyzjunkie]

Wonder how McCarthy would do without Rodgers, Belichek without Brady, Sean Payton without Brees. etc etc.

The list goes on for all the "brilliant" coaches who are one injury away from being JAC.

Belichick did pretty good without Brady for one season. Of course he had Cassel to fall back on.

OOPs.

 

[Redball Express]

I think that Linehan has a lot of influence on the Offense and I think that Marinelli has a lot of influence on the Defense. I think that there are only a few head coaches in the NFL who are good enough or smart enough to influence coordinators in a meaningful way. Garrett might not be one of those guys, I don't know. Doesn't mean he can't be successful. I don't really think Jimmy was that kind of a head coach either. Norv ran his Offense back in the day and Dave Wanstedt ran the Defense. The difference that I see in Jimmy and Jason Garrett is that Jimmy would take control of a critical series and make the hard call. He was usually more right, in those situation, then he was wrong. I haven't seen that form Jason Garrett to this point (or at least it hasn't been reported on). Either way, I don't know that Garrett is a lot different, in that regard, then a lot of head coaches in today's NFL.

Its always easy to critizize the coach but this was the same coach who should have been a coach of the year for what he and his staff did in 2014.

But that sort of respect only comes when you do it 2 years in a row..which won't happen.

While I'm disappointed like everybody else..you just can't control everything.

On the bright side..our #1 pick is now starting and doing well..

Collins is starting and doing well..

our #2 pick has been injured but still has time to contribute and is starting..

so the season has not been a complete waste.

We still have issues at QB, RB and special teams as far as needing a return threat.

We'll see.

 

[tyke1doe]

I guess you're not familiar with company meetings and agendas moving forward. Maybe not. Its to easy to blame somebody rather than look at it rationally and unemotionally.

I don't quite understand how what you're saying applies to what I've said. Please explain. Thanks.