You guys keep leaving out the emotional element here. I know from a business standpoint I would have dumped Garrett a long time ago, but Jerry treats his staff like family. Someone used the term Family run Italian restaurant and I think that’s an accurate assessment.
Garrett’s dad worked in the front office. Garrett’s brothers work in the fornt office. There has been someone on Garrett’s family on the staff even before he was made HC. Add to that Garrett’s been coaching here for 12 years. Add to that he was Jerry’s pet project. What you have here is Jerry is emotionally attatched and is handling this delicately with kid gloves.
That emotional attachment works both ways. If Jerry was going to give Garrett an extension he would have gloated about it like he did before Garrett’s last extension. He hasn’t done that this time. Jerry is clearly disapointed about situation. He’s disappointed this team failed the way it did, and he’s disapointed he has to make a decision about someone whom he views as a son and part of the family.
For me personally it’s not good business to have this attachment in business. But we are talking Jerry Jones here.
And like a lot of soft parents, the softness ends up hurting the "child."
If you are going to keep Garrett, fine. I'm sure Garrett would like another chance.
But if you're not going to keep him, just cut the cord. Garrett could be interviewing w other teams, including college teams.
Holding this up if he's eventually let go really hurts Garrett. It prevents him from looking for work and makes him a laughingstock.
And Garrett doesn't really deserve that. He's been a bad coach, not a bad cowboy or a bad person.
I think this treatment of him makes it harder to hire an elite coach w options, because it's one more indication this is a clown show, and they won't like the humiliation of a member of the coaching fraternity.
