Of course he wants him to succeed. Jerry would have looked foolish to extend him now only to have a tough season.
It’s a sound move for Jerry and the Cowboys but labeling it as a make or break lame duck season is totally manufactured. And simply not a fact.
Well, it could be a fact. I don't think we need to just dismiss that. I don't believe Jones has publicly promised Garrett more than this season, so this could be a make-or-break year. I wouldn't label it lame duck because that indicates, at least to me, that he's gone no matter what.
Here's what Jerry said in January on choosing not to extend Garrett then that I think presents both sides of it, where Jones both praises Garrett, but says the team needs to do better:
"None of that is anything that I would talk about in this forum in any way and so we won't get there," Jones
told the station. "I think I've made clear how I feel about Jason in terms of where he is right now as far as our ability to help us win football games. I think if you look at what we've done over the last few years you'll see a pretty good winning record there. [But] it's not enough, not enough."
Now, the question is what is "enough"? Jones doesn't quantify it and I'm not sure it's quantifiable to him. At this point, I think we have to consider the possibilities that we could be worse than we were last year and Garrett could get extended or we could be better and Garrett could still end up being fired. I'm not going to spend too much time trying to puzzle it out because I can't pretend to fully understand Jones logic.