Juke99;3011222 said:
ON THE NOSEY.
We've been hearing this stuff for the longest time...Switzer had to go, Campo had to go, Gailey had to go...Parcells went.
It's never going to change.
Wade can't help being who he is. The real problem is with the guy who decided to give him a job here and then stand by him for the sake of continuity after that debacle vs the Eagles that ended last season.
You are right. Phillips cannot be held accountable for being what he is. If he tried to be something else, the players would see right through it.
Sadly, he's what everyone knew he would be from the minute he was hired and he hasn't disappointed.
Jones is the one to blame for any of his faults. He hired him, rendered him powerless from the first minute he had Garrett already installed and since has refused to allow him to simply run the team. The general point though is that we shouldn't have expected otherwise. It is Wade Phillips and Jerry Jones is doing exactly what should have been expected with that kind of hire.
Continuity is simply a buzzword, one that I don't think he was truly serious about. If he was, he would have extended him and kept him from lameduck status. If he was interested in what Phillips was developing, Jones also would have given him the help he wanted in Dan Reeves. Instead, Jones took Reeves as a threat and sabotaged the entire setup.
From the second he walked off the field in Philadelphia there were dozens of reasons why he wouldn't be fired. Mainly, I don't think Jones was interested in eating his salary after going into hock for the stadium. He also wasn't willing to give up his figurehead just yet. He's still sowing his head coach oats and won't give up on that special type of "continuity" until he's decided that he needs a new scapegoat.
