Just an opinion.
First, I doubt Jerry Jones offered Jason Garrett a front office position simply to keep him 'in the family'. One, he has a brother who is a team director of scouting. His father was a team scout. "Head coach to scout" does not make sense even for Jerry Jones. Two, someone who has irrationally attached himself as general manager for thirty years was not handing the title over to someone else--much less a non-family member.
Likewise, I doubt Garrett was seeking any position inside the franchise other than head coach. One, going from head coach directly to the front office
of the same franchise is not a common thing. Two, Garrett has been paid tens of millions as a coach. Why would he seek a job that would likely net him a high six-figure position, when the possibility exists he can seek and land a assistant coaching or offensive coordinator position that will pay him over seven figures?
In my opinion, the only unresolved question was whether Garrett would keep his job. Reportedly, Garrett asked for a new contract and failed. Some people have bounced around the idea Jones would gift Garrett with a front office position for months.
Yes, Jones befuddles some people but why would he give Garrett a front office position? Is the reasoning that Garrett's father and brother were given jobs as scouts? Did either go from
head coach to
scout under Jones?
Did some people think Jones would seriously make Garrett a vice-president of anything? How many people know how Jerry Jones structured his front office for three decades? Look.
That's it. Have a few minutes of your life to waste? Visit the 31 other team sites, click on 'Front Office', 'Staff Members', 'Staff', etc. Check them out. Then go to DallasCowboys.com and do the same. Or just look again at the image above.
Afterwards, reconsider whether Jones would add this
to that same webpage.
Yeah. Right.
