Sturm - Morning After Commanders

[Coy]

This is not hard man.
Garrett is .500 in FULL seasons. In case you are lost there that is 100% middle of the road.
Last year we were picked to go 4-12 and we go 12-4.
This year the reverse. One doesn't more than the other.
Garrett is completely average. He's been below .500 once in his career. Over .500 twice now and .500 even 3 times.

Bad seasons happen to ALL coaches that last long enough in the business.

Garrett was completely lost and helpless this year as losses piled up. But Jimmy was EVEN MORE LOST in that 1 win season. He was the guy believing in Steve Walsh.

While having an elite QB, just saying.

 

[DandyDon52]

his defense hung around in games, however, collapsed in the 4th Quarter repeatedly and if they had given up 8 more points in the final quarter all season, they could have overtaken the Saints and the Giants for the league's very worst 4th Quarter scoring defense.

It appears that the 2015 Cowboys are going to chalk all of this season up to the bad luck monsters that grabbed a few of the key pieces of the puzzle. You can definitely see how they can talk themselves into that and the idea that they would be in the playoffs if they had a little "injury luck".

But, that would mean that the rest of the league is wrong. The rest of the league either gets it done or gets replaced. The exceptions of that rule are reserved exclusively for those front offices who have a trophy or two that isn't collecting dust.

This franchise no longer should enjoy that credibility. The 5-years of Garrett as full-time head coach has been one playoff year in five chances. A regular season record of 40-40 with a playoff record of 1-1. During that time, they actually have a home record of 19-21 which clearly plays into the idea that the franchise enjoys no home field advantage whatsoever.

I believe I would welcome major changes. But, I don't believe major changes will be welcomed by those who run this organization. For them, it is on to the next task under the same system that has put them here.

And I am sure by next August, the sunshine of optimism will be back in the sky.

 

[DandyDon52]

IN THE HISTORY OF PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL RECORD KEEPING, NO TEAM HAS EVER HAD FEWER TAKEAWAYS THAN THE 2015 DALLAS COWBOYS. ( not my caps)
11 take aways , due to I think, they got rid of all the guys getting and creating TO's from 2014!
The guys they got rid of had 17 of 34 to's and they played a part in creating some too.
So when they got rid of these guys, that was not factored in to what they brought to the team in 2014.

I didnt think of it, someone else pointed it out. But the jones boys may not even be aware of that fact yet.
Then on top of that 33 giveaways, lol and people were so upset with murray's 6 fumbles last year lol after touching the ball like 500 times.

The other issue this year was 3rd and short, last in league, after being first last year, and people still say murray was not needed or worth
the money.
I still think not keeping murray doomed this season in so many ways, and not because he was a great RB.
No team has ever not signed the leagues leading rusher. Much less let him go to div rival, which as it turned out didnt hurt last year,
but might have a effect in 2016.
The jones in their arrogance decided he wasnt needed for a run in 2015, and that weeden was a good bkup, and randle was perfectly
ok behind the OL, and callahan was not needed, along with the several guys on defense that got the 17 take aways last year.
That our ST coach was A ok and let harris go,too, and marinelli just needs some DL, to solve the pass rush problem, and
the 4th qtr meltdowns.
O and lets not forget the whole Dez thing where they thought they could franchise him, that to me led to a changed dez, and the foot injury.

To me all of that came back to bite them in the blank !
Worst season since 1990, and jimmy was trying to lose them all !

They had a good team that JG could coach, and win with and the jones boys decided to "fix" it when it didnt need fixing, they just
needed to keep it intact and add a few draft choices.
I will also say the players and coaches had confidence in Murray, and in the team as it was in 2014 and that was a huge factor in
Them going 12-4
That all dissipated with Murray leaving, and some others leaving, and that would have to be rebuilt, but never was , and now
in 2016 they have to build confidence again.

Other teams were clearly afraid of dallas run game in 2014 with murray the guy who wasnt worth the money lol
and this year and even 2016 teams are not afraid of the dallas run game. it is something that is more than having a good RB,
to have that rep, and the jones boys just threw that out the window.

I will shut up now lol, I know many did not care if murray left, but it was a huge mistake to let him walk at this point in time.

 

[DandyDon52]

This is interesting, It shows how predictable marinelli is on how many he rushes.
75% you get a 4 man rush, I bet rodgers loved this, brees too, any good QB.
He almost never sends 6,
and 14% sends 5 which is not enough, plus I have noticed the 5th guy does not wait for a gap and come full speed,
but just rushes at snap and usually gets picked up.

This means we play 7 in coverage most of the time but still get shredded at times.
Like the jets and wash game somehow a guy breaks wide open down the right sideline for a long gain or td.

I am no expert, but it seems like too much 4 man only rush.

 

[DandyDon52]

Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said Tuesday that he doesn't believe Bryant was rushed back too soon after his Sept. foot surgery.

"We needed him back," Jones said on 105.3 The Fan's Shan and RJ show [KRLD-FM]. "He wanted to be back. Medical, we didn't rush him back relative to medical advice.....(DUH I guess you did). And frankly he was able to play and practice at a certain level. We didn't think we were exacerbating any additional healing.......but you did now same spot needs another graft !!!!! lol

"We don't think that what he's addressing was impacted by the fact that he came back and played when he played. We don't know that. Just all at a certain point in medicine becomes a measure of just opinion,.....LOL, but we know that we haven't done anything that would impact him long term or down the road. So, we'll chalk that one up to experience. One thing about a year like this, you gain a lot of knowledge
and it's burned in your forehead.....( ouch!!) You don't ever forget it."

To me this was just another huge blunder, as now it means dez will have more time that he cant work on getting back into shape, and just the opposite
will get more out of shape.
Had they not brought him back, he would be ok now and ready to start a get in shape program, and would be ready for all camps.
Same thing for Romo, just delayed things into 2016

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

http://sportsday.***BANNED-URL***/d...01/04/sturms-morning-disappointing-year-ended

Depressing yes, but not unexpected.
But anyone with dilussions of a successful 2016 just because Romo is back is . . . dilussional.
This team is headed for many, many bad seasons until the next QB matures, be it Manziel or Goff or that intruging prospect Connor Cook of Michigan State.
Every team needs this march through the desert before it can get back on track. Dallas is no exception and the sooner we get on that long hard slog the better.

Tony is brilliant with personal stats. But he is not the future. He will be talked about by the juniors here as one of the Cowboys greats, but c,mon, TWO CAREER PLAYOFF WINS??? Danny White and backup Steve Buerlein would laugh at that.
Also, another "great" who is not: Sean Lee. Leading tackler, yes. But at that position and next year when he is in the middle, guarantee lots of tackling time like Gene Lockhart, who was ultimately shown the door. Brittle, brittle, brittle. He too is not the future.

the long walk through the desert might even be entertaining since we will not be under the illusion that we are playoffs worthy.
But we have to rebuild the team. The elders such as Romo, Witten and now brittle Lee will need to, at some point, be unloaded.

 

[jterrell]

While having an elite QB, just saying.

If you remove times when Romo doesn't play or finish the game is he is well above .500... just saying.

 

[jterrell]

IN THE HISTORY OF PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL RECORD KEEPING, NO TEAM HAS EVER HAD FEWER TAKEAWAYS THAN THE 2015 DALLAS COWBOYS. ( not my caps)
11 take aways , due to I think, they got rid of all the guys getting and creating TO's from 2014!
The guys they got rid of had 17 of 34 to's and they played a part in creating some too.
So when they got rid of these guys, that was not factored in to what they brought to the team in 2014.

I didnt think of it, someone else pointed it out. But the jones boys may not even be aware of that fact yet.
Then on top of that 33 giveaways, lol and people were so upset with murray's 6 fumbles last year lol after touching the ball like 500 times.

The other issue this year was 3rd and short, last in league, after being first last year, and people still say murray was not needed or worth
the money.
I still think not keeping murray doomed this season in so many ways, and not because he was a great RB.
No team has ever not signed the leagues leading rusher. Much less let him go to div rival, which as it turned out didnt hurt last year,
but might have a effect in 2016.
The jones in their arrogance decided he wasnt needed for a run in 2015, and that weeden was a good bkup, and randle was perfectly
ok behind the OL, and callahan was not needed, along with the several guys on defense that got the 17 take aways last year.
That our ST coach was A ok and let harris go,too, and marinelli just needs some DL, to solve the pass rush problem, and
the 4th qtr meltdowns.
O and lets not forget the whole Dez thing where they thought they could franchise him, that to me led to a changed dez, and the foot injury.

To me all of that came back to bite them in the blank !
Worst season since 1990, and jimmy was trying to lose them all !

They had a good team that JG could coach, and win with and the jones boys decided to "fix" it when it didnt need fixing, they just
needed to keep it intact and add a few draft choices.
I will also say the players and coaches had confidence in Murray, and in the team as it was in 2014 and that was a huge factor in
Them going 12-4
That all dissipated with Murray leaving, and some others leaving, and that would have to be rebuilt, but never was , and now
in 2016 they have to build confidence again.

Other teams were clearly afraid of dallas run game in 2014 with murray the guy who wasnt worth the money lol
and this year and even 2016 teams are not afraid of the dallas run game. it is something that is more than having a good RB,
to have that rep, and the jones boys just threw that out the window.

I will shut up now lol, I know many did not care if murray left, but it was a huge mistake to let him walk at this point in time.

Don, brother, I think you may have some good points there but it's mostly lost in the sauce.

Losing 17 of 34 TO's? Interesting, I think. I'd need to see who had what turnovers to know what you are pointing to. Largely, I suspect we reduced turnover numbers by being so bad everywhere. Marinelli emphasizes TOs and tries to play bend but don't break. We just werent very good and no one took nay chances since we barely got first downs most of the year.

Callahan... Dallas paid Callahan as the highest paid OL Coach in football. He wanted to leave after having play-calling removed previously. As good as Callahan was in his role he was just as bad calling plays.

Murray... just stop. Murray was not a big loss and the financial decision to pay him big would have been foolish. That's like the biggest thing Dallas got right last off-season.

They tried to keep this team as in tact as possible with the exception of adding pass rush. That plan failed miserably. The 2014 Cowboys would have sucked too minus Romo and Dez.

 

[percyhoward]

IN THE HISTORY OF PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL RECORD KEEPING, NO TEAM HAS EVER HAD FEWER TAKEAWAYS THAN THE 2015 DALLAS COWBOYS. ( not my caps)
11 take aways , due to I think, they got rid of all the guys getting and creating TO's from 2014!
The guys they got rid of had 17 of 34 to's and they played a part in creating some too.
So when they got rid of these guys, that was not factored in to what they brought to the team in 2014.

Dallas played the 3rd-toughest schedule in the league in 2015. You aren't going to get a lot of takeaways doing that. 5 of the 6 teams that played the toughest schedules (9ers, Bears, Lions, Packers, Browns, and Cowboys) were bottom 10 or tied for the bottom 10 in takeaways this year. The only team that wasn't in the bottom 10 in takeaways was the Packers, because they scored the most points, and even they only ranked 20th in takeaways.

In 2014, Dallas played 12 games against teams that ranked in or were tied for the bottom 10 in fewest turnovers. (IOW, most of our games were against turnover-prone teams). In 2015, we only had 4 such games. Huge difference. The schedule, plus the fact that most of our 2014 takeaways came when we had double-digit leads, explains the big drop off in takeaways in 2015. It wasn't a personnel issue -- unless the personnel you're talking about are Romo and Dez.

That's not to say a case against Garrett can't be built -- it can. But the takeaways wouldn't be part of that.

 

[Coy]

If you remove times when Romo doesn't play or finish the game is he is well above .500... just saying.

Actually that stat says a lot about Garrett., he just can't win without Romo.

 

[Alexander]

They tried to keep this team as in tact as possible with the exception of adding pass rush. That plan failed miserably. The 2014 Cowboys would have sucked too minus Romo and Dez.

Not exactly true. They lost some key players that were responsible for a lot of the takeaways last season, like Bruce Carter, Justin Durant and Sterling Moore.

Some players have a knack for making plays. You lose three of them and replace with players who may be more cautious, less aware or instinctual, it can have an effect.

The tweaks to the scheme and circumstance play huge roles in the swing from good to dismal, but I think the players involved do play a role.