I don't get why people here think because we rank highly was because of the coach and has nothing to do with our QB.
We ranked high because of Romo, not Garrett. And to think otherwise is being blind.
Before Garrett took over we already had good offense in place. Peyton was playcaller before Garrett took over. Garrett also had MBIII as running back. TO and Glenn as receivers. So basically, he inherited a good offense on a silver platter.
As for Callahan, the reason that he was given the role playing call in the first place because Garrett was ineffective. Even the Joneses knew that. Thus Callahan was given playcaller although he preferred to be just Oline coach.
The offense grew stagnant because of Garrett, not Callahan. And it was the main reason why Jerry give playcalling duties to Callahan.
Nonetheless, Callahan wanted out of Dallas. Maybe he was sick and tired of the "coach in training" status that Garrett got. While he had to do double duties as Oline coach and make play calls, which wasn't his job title. I would be too. Why have a coach who can't make calls and can't coach be the coach of the Cowboys?
What is Garrett now? Linehan makes the playcalls - and he has more authority to make calls this year because once again, because Garrett's style offense sucks and is ineffective.
Once again, your failing to see how valuable Romo was to this offense. You even stated that when Romo was injured was when we dropped ranking. Well, guess what? Maybe its because we were ranked so high because of Romo and very little to do with the Garrett's playcalling and the playbook.
it has everything to do with the QB...no coach can sustain success without a top notch QB...look at what happened to GB. take Brees out, what's going to happen to NO? the only coach who has been able to win consistently with backup QBs is bilicheck. the rest depend on their QB..... where did GB rank when Rodgers got injured? does it mean McCarthy sucks? look at what happened to Indy.....well bad example, their head coaches did suck...and Luck was savings them....look at SF, with and without Grapolo....same year, same players, same plays....5-0 with Grapolo and 1-10 without...let that sink in...1-10 and one of the worst teams in the league...just a game better than celveland....so yes, its all about the QB...its a QB driven league as they say...not sure why that's so hard to understand and why you hold that against Garrett...is he suppose to prove that he can win with average QB? well, he did, going 5-3 with Kitna in 2010...Kitna!!!!
and I agree, Peyton was a great play caller....Parcells grabbed him from NY, remember he was demoted and Parcells brought him in....and he left the year before Parcells left to take the NO job....so not sure why you bring him up...he has nothing to do with the conversation...the only thing I regret is that I wish parcells would have retired a year early and we would have hired Peyton....I am not denying the fact that Peyton is a better head coach.
in regards to MBIII......sorry, MBIII sucked...now you want to point him out as a good RB? he was average to below average....he was a change of pace power back that was starting out of necessity and we drafted to replace him...and didn't attempt to resign him and let him go.....in 2010, he lost out to Felix Jones...yeah, that Felix Jones....
and btw, Garrett as OC, during the wade era produced three top 10, one top 2 offense..... so not sure what your point is....if you are saying he inherited a good set of players, the results say he produced good results with the offense.
Callahan was a craapy OC....proven since he never got any offers from 31 other teams over the past 4 years to be an OC.....I guess you are right and 31 other GMs, head coaches are wrong!!!!! even in Washington, a 32 year old unproven McVey got the nod over him....... you can sit there and scream Callahan as much as you want, it doesn't change the facts....
and yes, Callahan wanted out of dallas, because he got demoted...he didn't like it...he left....and he wasn't sick of coach in training, he didn't take his demotion well.... Linehan a former head coach and a very good OC, was willing to take the job....this was more about Callahan's incompetence than anything else....paint it however you want....I
and again, I am not failing to see Romo's value....I see him just as valuable as Rodgers, Luck, Brady, Brees, Rivers, Wilson, etc..... they all rank so high because of their top QBs...see the stats for yourself....and based on your logic and the facts regarding top notch QBs....all head coaches must suck and be over rated....
btw, Romo was injured in 2010. Kitna an average QB towards the end of his career took the team to 5-3 record....