WFAA: No Excuses: How Jason Garrett Became NFL Coach Of The Year

[visionary]

How long was it before Murchisan gave Landry the vote of confidence contract and Dallas, THEN became entrenched with winning and playoffs? Five years? Well Garrett has had 12 and 13 win seasons in two of the past three seasons.

Then there being the best percentage of talent drafted over the past 10 years, belonging to the Dallas Cowboys. Something else is being indicated, but one also can't discount having to completely rebuild an offensive line and get the cap cash flow back in order as well...

Not sure if you are just ignorant of the history of the Cowboys or just doing the usual Garett/Jerry apologist shtick but Landry did not inherit a team that had gone 12-4 the year before and had a franchise top 10 QB. He inherited and expansion team

Maybe someone can explain to you what an expansion team means if you are not familiar with the NFL

ANY attempts, and i mean ANY attempts at trying to equate what Landry did in his first 6-7 years with Garrett are just idiotic

But I expect nothing less from a devout Garrett/Jerry apologist (I say devout because only a cult has the gumption to ignore obvious facts in evidence and believe they are 'right')

 

[Idgit]

He killed Romo... that is enough right there... He killed Dez for years... he tried to force his pet-projects brother Kevin Ogletree into the offense as WR.... He drafted TE after TE...

You don't really help your offense by claiming he kills player and then citing two of the most prolific players at their respective positions in recent years, btw.

 

[Sydla]

Tom Landry won the award for Coach of the Year....then Jimmy Johnson has won Coach of the Year, and now Jason Garrett has won the award for Dallas. But the catch is, one has to win on a high level to receive it.

Of course you missed the point.

 

[viman96]

I just find Jason Garrett as NFL coach of the year laughable....

I do not and think Garrett earned it.

 

[CCBoy]

C'mon, they are still using the same football and field. Winning a Lombardi isn't an easy process, even for the best of teams. Longevity of the game does NOT alter what it takes to win. It isn't a given today. It still has to be won on the field...yearly.

As to the past five seasons, point out just who it was that had a quick 5 year turn around and won the Super Bowl?

As to a proven turn-around, one only has to look at the Dallas Cowboys to see a good example of becoming a good team.

As to a Ryan/Romo comparison...just how many Lombardis did Ryan lead Atlanta to? Atlanta had far and away, the most productive offense in the NFL. But a game has two halves...and somehow Atlanta blew a 25 point lead, which means exactly what? At the very top, things are tough and sometimes arbitrary. Good football, but tough.

Two of the past three seasons, the Cowboys missed the NFC Championship Games, by a horrible call on the Dez Bryant touchdown and allowing an end game pass reception to a jogging tight end...resulting in a last 3 second field goal win.

C'mon...that's straining the gnats and swallowing the camel...

 

[khiladi]

You don't really help your offense by claiming he kills player and then citing two of the most prolific players at their respective positions in recent years, btw.

Actually you do, when he's sacked 40 times a year and gets injured consistently and throughout his career is considered a TO machine and choker because of Garrett's predictability.. funny how all Garrett homers use to blame Tony for audibling out of Garrett's run plays or that Dez couldn't run routes properly, when in his offense the number 1 and 2 WR were top 3 in go routes among all WRs... his number 2 WR...

Now, when he's effectively been removed from OC equation, Garrett homers act like those previous years never happened..

 

[tico]

I wish he could be the 1st HC to be fired after winning the Coach of the Year...

 

[viman96]

I wish he could be the 1st HC to be fired after winning the Coach of the Year...

Becareful what you wish for. There are a lot of crappy HCs on the market and we have seen a few in the past lead the Cowboys.

 

[Idgit]

Actually you do, when he's sacked 40 times a year and gets injured consistently and throughout his career is considered a TO machine and choker because of Garrett's predictability.. funny how all Garrett homers use to blame Tony for audibling out of Garrett's run plays or that Dez couldn't run routes properly, when in his offense the number 1 and 2 WR were top 3 in go routes among all WRs... his number 2 WR...

Now, when he's effectively been removed from OC equation, Garrett homers act like those previous years never happened..

I don't recall a single fan of Jason Garrett who was not also a fan of Tony Romo. And Tony Romo was never a turnover machine.

For the record again, if you look at point/drive data, Jason Garrett's offenses were productive. The complaints about him as an OC were as dumb as the complaints about him as a HC.

Maybe our frames of reference are just too far apart on this one.

 

[Sydla]

Becareful what you wish for. There are a lot of crappy HCs on the market and we have seen a few in the past lead the Cowboys.

Now is certainly not the time to fire Garrett. That would be insane.

That being said, any logic that says we can't fire Garrett in the future because the alternative could be worse is a sissy.

 

[waving monkey]

Think of it this way. If you owned 1 of 12 teams equal team which were all going to the playoffs and you had the opportunity to pick any HC to pick his own staff and prepare your team for a playoff run. Would JG be in your top 5? top 10?

YES,his not Bellicheak or a few others but he will be.
His gottin special treatment I think its fair to say,bur he'll take us the promise land

 

[Sydla]

YES,his not Bellicheak or a few others but he will be.
His gottin special treatment I think its fait to say,bur he'll take us the promise land

He's one of the Top 5 coaches?

 

[StylisticS]

Last night, I'm more convinced than ever Brady would not win without Bellichek. The last two SBs, of one actually paid attention, it was half-time adjustments that made the team win. The guy prepares the team so well. You can tell how they adjust defensively after halfs.

His defenses always clamp down the second half. And his offenses find the weaknesses and start exploiting them.

Only true coaches like Wade Phillips as a D.C. can beat him in the playoffs.

I'm beginning to realize most coaches are idiots among idiots.

Last night just pretty much cemented this.

 

[DenCWBY]

YES,his not Bellicheak or a few others but he will be.
His gottin special treatment I think its fair to say,bur he'll take us the promise land

Hope so. Other teams have gone further on as much or less talent.

 

[khiladi]

I don't recall a single fan of Jason Garrett who was not also a fan of Tony Romo. And Tony Romo was never a turnover machine.

For the record again, if you look at point/drive data, Jason Garrett's offenses were productive. The complaints about him as an OC were as dumb as the complaints about him as a HC.

Maybe our frames of reference are just too far apart on this one.

Yes, they were so dumb that he got demoted as OC... And the points/drive data was so sound that when Garrett fired Rob Ryan, he basically said that his offense needed more TOs to get more opportunities for his offense, meaning he even blamed his offensive choking on defense. And he dropped from bottom half of the league in scoring as soon as he took control from Sparano and he among last in the league in play-action usage his tenure here and by Romo's last year with Garrett running the offense they were passing 80% out of the time in shotgun, meaning that damn predictable and running up-tempo, because Garrett's game plan sucked.. and during his tenure here as OC, statistically he was always outscored dramatically in the first half, because he didn't know what he was doing and Romo then had to bail out his stagnant game plans..

And there were plenty of people that blamed Romo for Garrett;s failure and you pretending to be ignorant of discussions such as Romo allegedly audibling out of Garrett's run plays and that he was a TO machine is just laughable..

Yes, our references are that far apart.. mine is in reality, yours is up Garrett's behind...

 

[vic64]

Never been a JG supporter nor JJ... I've been hoping for one to get fired and one to sell. Up until this year, I thought the Boy's glory days were behind them and that I would never see another ring as long as JJ owns the team. But, seems like brighter days are ahead, in spite of JG and JJ. At least let's hope so! I would bet if JJ had placed a Belichick type at the helm years ago and take a seat like Kraft, we would have had #6 by now.

 

[Idgit]

Yes, they were so dumb that he got demoted as OC... And the points/drive data was so sound that when Garrett fired Rob Ryan, he basically said that his offense needed more TOs to get more opportunities for his offense, meaning he even blamed his offensive choking on defense. And he dropped from bottom half of the league in scoring as soon as he took control from Sparano and he among last in the league in play-action usage his tenure here and by Romo's last year with Garrett running the offense they were passing 80% out of the time in shotgun, meaning that damn predictable and running up-tempo, because Garrett's game plan sucked.. and during his tenure here, statistically he was always outscored dramatically in the first half, because he didn't know what he was doing..

And there were plenty of people that blamed Romo for Garrett;s failure and you pretending to be ignorant of discussions such as Romo allegedly audibling out of Garrett's run plays and that he was a TO machine is just laughable..

Yes, our references are that far apart.. mine is in reality, yours is up Garrett's behind...

Even crazy people think their reality is the real one. But if you can find a single example of a Jason Garrett homer (whatever that's supposed to be) bashing Tony Romo I'd be interested to see it. I'm not talking about people pointing out the fact that plays are adjusted at the LoS depending on what the defense shows, obviously. That's simply a fact.

Meanwhile the team's record, Garrett's extension, the constant flow of quotes from players and staff, and now the league-wide recognition all suggest which of us was right about Jason Garrett and which had their head in a behind. Hint, because it's probably dark in there: it wasn't me.

 

[stilltheguru88]

Becareful what you wish for. There are a lot of crappy HCs on the market and we have seen a few in the past lead the Cowboys.

The only reason I don't want him fired is because they'd have to learn a totally new offense. Unfortunately we're stuck with the politician as Zordon calls him. Sounds good and professional but his teams are amateur. I remember I saw Dan freakin Quinn (another bad coach at the moment but seems to have the arrow pointing up) screaming at his defense after the first Tom Brady pass probably alerting them to possible patriot shenanigans. Garrett would've just sat there looking all confused after two weeks prep against a team known for doing things out of the ordinary like NE/GB. Ridiculous

 

[CowboyGil]

Yeah, but he's still COTY. That has gotta sting a little for the anti-Garrett faction.

You can just read most of the comments on here and see how much it stings. More than a little.

 

[Bleu Star]

So you were against Garrett 8 years back and after 8 more years of bad coaching and getting nothing accomplished with consistent top 10 QB play you have changed your mind and support Garrett?

Yep, that makes total sense

I don't know how else to explain it to anyone that doesn't have an open enough mind to understand that they aren't always right.