strongarmqb
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While i have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised with the effort that the entire team played with last night, it has become evident that this team can not continue to accept the cliches of "good effort", "keep battling and battling", "the right kind of guys" as excuses to continue rolling around in the utter essence of insanity.
You know, that little thing in the dicitionary that tells us the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same things over and over again and expect a different result.
At some point you would expect that a coach at this level who has dealt with this same personnel would start to learn from the mistakes of the past. However the review of last nights game tells us Jason Garrett has learned very little.
1) The fourth down call: In theory i didnt have a problem with going for it on fourth down. Once again though, the play selectioin was terrible. Even if the pass wasnt batted down, it appears from the camera angle shown, that Murray was well covered and had little chance to gain the needed yard. How many times do you need to be told to trust the running game just to go away from it when it mattered most?
2) Game clinching interception: Granted, Orton threw a bad pass. But why put him in that position on first down?? Wouldnt it have been wiser to spread the eagles out and perhaps surprise them with a quick run? Wasnt there a higher percentage pass play to call than that?
3) Play calling-abandoning the run: Early in the game the Eagles displayed little ability to stop the run. Murray was running with an edge not seen all year. Yet again, Garrett allows Callahan to return to his pass happy ways, ignoring the importance of staying out of 3rd and long situations. This directly lead to Orton checking down and throwing routes in the flat with no chance of gaining the first down.
4) Game Management: I dont know what could have been done about the play clock debacle, but he showed little concern for what potentially could have cost them the game.
These factors alone should be grounds to move on from the Jason Garrett era. This team is clearly missing something. The ability to get over the hump has not been shown by this coaching staff. It would only be insanity to continue down this path and expect anything different that what has happened these past three years.
You know, that little thing in the dicitionary that tells us the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same things over and over again and expect a different result.
At some point you would expect that a coach at this level who has dealt with this same personnel would start to learn from the mistakes of the past. However the review of last nights game tells us Jason Garrett has learned very little.
1) The fourth down call: In theory i didnt have a problem with going for it on fourth down. Once again though, the play selectioin was terrible. Even if the pass wasnt batted down, it appears from the camera angle shown, that Murray was well covered and had little chance to gain the needed yard. How many times do you need to be told to trust the running game just to go away from it when it mattered most?
2) Game clinching interception: Granted, Orton threw a bad pass. But why put him in that position on first down?? Wouldnt it have been wiser to spread the eagles out and perhaps surprise them with a quick run? Wasnt there a higher percentage pass play to call than that?
3) Play calling-abandoning the run: Early in the game the Eagles displayed little ability to stop the run. Murray was running with an edge not seen all year. Yet again, Garrett allows Callahan to return to his pass happy ways, ignoring the importance of staying out of 3rd and long situations. This directly lead to Orton checking down and throwing routes in the flat with no chance of gaining the first down.
4) Game Management: I dont know what could have been done about the play clock debacle, but he showed little concern for what potentially could have cost them the game.
These factors alone should be grounds to move on from the Jason Garrett era. This team is clearly missing something. The ability to get over the hump has not been shown by this coaching staff. It would only be insanity to continue down this path and expect anything different that what has happened these past three years.
