Sturm's Morning After: Cowboys have a coaching mess; Garrett ignores reality of the underdog

[Sydla]

That is not the point. The issue is specific to coaching. If they were blown out in 4 games that would be terrible coaching.

And it's bad coaching that we are 0-5 in games since Romo got hurt.

So either way............ it's the same result. Bad QBing and poor coaching.

 

[texbumthelife]

About 99% of fans have no clue about anything.

Garrett's education is over-referenced. He got and English degree from Princeton. An engineering degree from Texas would be 1000x more difficult.

It's all he's bringing to the table. Outside of last season, he hasn't really been successful anywhere. The Dolphins wanted nothing to do with him when Jerry brought him here as OC. Surprisingly enough, the team played the best it has in his tenure, when play calling was taken away from him.

So, without being the smartest guy in the room, what is he bringing to the table?

 

[xwalker]

Five winnable games in a row. Not five blow outs. Not five lopsided games. Five game we could have, and three we should have won. That with two different quarterbacks. Two different starting running backs. Two different starting LG's. One with an all-world WR. The common denominator isn't the players. Cassel has won games in this league. The common denominator is the system and the men behind the headsets.

Or the coaching overachieved to keep the games as close as they've been. With a HC like Campo and his OC they would get blown out of all of them.

 

[Fritsch_the_cat]

And clock management. And gameday adjustments. If you have a coach who relies on breaks to win, you're going to lose. Period.

I'll give Jerry a call and see if he'll hire you and can Garrett.

 

[texbumthelife]

Or the coaching overachieved to keep the games as close as they've been. With a HC like Campo and his OC they would get blown out of all of them.

I don't remember Campo ever losing five in a row with a significantly less talented roster. Campo was garbage as a head coach, but that comparison won't do Garrett any favors.

 

[xwalker]

It's all he's bringing to the table. Outside of last season, he hasn't really been succesful anywhere? The Dolphins wanted nothing to do with him when Jerry brought him here as OC. Surprisingly enough, the team played the best it has in his tenure, when play calling was taken away from him.

So, without being the smartest guy in the room, what is he bringing to the table?

If you don't understand the drastic difference between him and Wade as HCs then there is no way I can explain it here.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

About 99% of fans have no clue about anything.

Garrett's education is over-referenced. He got and English degree from Princeton. An engineering degree from Texas would be 1000x more difficult.

I think you understood my point.

 

[dallasdave]

Garrett ignores reality of the underdog------------------Underdog is not going to save the day

 

[texbumthelife]

I'll give Jerry a call and see if he'll hire you and can Garrett.

Oh it's that tired argument. Has the discussion already devolved to that. Move on Donny, you're out of your element.

 

[dallasdave]

Garrett can't coach period.

This season has been bad and Garrett can't fix the problems.

 

[texbumthelife]

If you don't understand the drastic difference between him and Wade as HCs then there is no way I can explain it here.

Don't insult me because you can't make a better argument. Is Wade really the measuring stick?

 

[Dave_in-NC]

Apparently to some folks the fact that we have been close is good enough.

Same as the 8-8 seasons when we should have been way worse according to those same people.

 

[texbumthelife]

Same as the 8-8 seasons when we should have been way worse according to those same people.

And couldn't win the last game to get into the playoffs how many times?

 

[cml750]

NONE. He decides what approach he wants the week before and thats it, no changing anything. No adjustments at all. Nothing unplanned. He takes risks when he doesn't need to and then plays cautious when he needed to roll the dice. Its like he is always a game (or a half) behind. Next week I am sure he will go for it on every single 4th down just to show the media that he gets it.

You could leave a cardboard image of him out there and it would provide as much field generalship..you would just to put a speaker on him to play the clapping sounds.

Excellent post!!! Bravo!!!!

 

[black label]

Fans always want the problem to be coaching, because they believe coaching is easy to fix. Just bring in some genius and all of the problems will be solved. It's much more difficult to face the reality that your season hinges on your QB, and they are REALLY hard to find.

If it's always about scheme or philosophy it's easy to fix - just make and adjustment, yell more, go for it on fourth down. But if it's about not having guys who are good enough then you are kind of screwed. Right now, at QB we are not good enough. This is life without a top 5 QB. The team plays its collective *** off and loses anyway.

Right now we're at an extreme deficit at the most important position on the field. No scheme will fix that, no adjustment will cure the problem. But the team keeps competing with the guys we can field, and I haven't seen any hint of them giving up in spite of the fact that our QB is on the sidelines and the guys we have to replace him are, relatively speaking, scrubs.

So when we are 0-7, 0-8 or 0-9 without Romo its ok cause vanilla boy has nothing to do with it?

The theory now is that backup QB's are never supposed to win anymore in the nfl

 

[Sydla]

Fans always want the problem to be coaching, because they believe coaching is easy to fix. Just bring in some genius and all of the problems will be solved. It's much more difficult to face the reality that your season hinges on your QB, and they are REALLY hard to find.

If it's always about scheme or philosophy it's easy to fix - just make and adjustment, yell more, go for it on fourth down. But if it's about not having guys who are good enough then you are kind of screwed. Right now, at QB we are not good enough. This is life without a top 5 QB. The team plays its collective *** off and loses anyway.

Right now we're at an extreme deficit at the most important position on the field. No scheme will fix that, no adjustment will cure the problem. But the team keeps competing with the guys we can field, and I haven't seen any hint of them giving up in spite of the fact that our QB is on the sidelines and the guys we have to replace him are, relatively speaking, scrubs.

The other argument is some fans always want to blame the backup QB because he's temporary and the starter will be back, but the coach, well he's here for much longer. So it's easier to blame the back up and tougher to accept that the problems on a team go deeper than just one player at an important position.

Somehow, other teams find a way to win with backup QBs. Again, it's not really about the Seattle game. It's the entire 5 game stretch. And we've lost all 5 games and now the Garrett supporters are running around trying to blame everyone but Garrett and trying to make moral victories (hey, we kept it close with a bad QB guys!) out of this slop.

If Garrett was as good a coach as some believe, we wouldn't be 0-5 in the last 5.

 

[xwalker]

And it's bad coaching that we are 0-5 in games since Romo got hurt.

So either way............ it's the same result. Bad QBing and poor coaching.

No, not really.

They have faced teams that had their starting QB and the Cowboys had backups. The probability is that they were going to lose. They don't have a dominant defense to makeup for having a scrub backup QB.

Just because you feel entitled to win with a backup QB over teams with their starter, it does not mean that it's coaching that prevented it from happening.

 

[percyhoward]

A team needs an actual contingency plan for the QB position. There has to be some strategy for winning with your backup QB other than relying on getting 3+ takeaways from your defense

 

[texbumthelife]

The other argument is some fans always want to blame the backup QB because he's temporary and the starter will be back, but the coach, well he's here for much longer. So it's easier to blame the back up and tougher to accept that the problems on a team go deeper than just one player at an important position.

Somehow, other teams find a way to win with backup QBs. Again, it's not really about the Seattle game. It's the entire 5 game stretch. And we've lost all 5 games and now the Garrett supporters are running around trying to blame everyone but Garrett and trying to make moral victories (hey, we kept it close with a bad QB guys!) out of this slop.

If Garrett was as good a coach as some believe, we wouldn't be 0-5 in the last 5.

Pretty much my sentiments exactly. It's not as much how many, or in a row, but how they've been lost. I applaud Garrett for making some personnel moves. I think that was a good strategic decision. Then again, I think Garrett is great at evaluating talent. I just don't think he is creative in how to use that talent and lacks the ability to change on the fly. He's always going to need elite players and someone to call the plays for him. I want more than that for the head of the Dallas Cowboys.

 

[texbumthelife]

No, not really.

They have faced teams that had their starting QB and the Cowboys had backups. The probability is that they were going to lose. They don't have a dominant defense to makeup for having a scrub backup QB.

Just because you feel entitled to win with a backup QB over teams with their starter, it does not mean that it's coaching that prevented it from happening.

Excuses are like *******s.

We were leading that game and they made adjustments. We didn't. That has happened how many of the last five games? Of the five games we've lost, two were to a team with a winning record. We are losing to bad teams. Regardless of who was their QB.