cowboyjoe
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1st, Most obvious was the loss of Tony Romo that hurt the Cowboys. However lets look at this more deeply,
5. Jon Kitna (2009-2010, 2013)
36. Stephen McGee (2010-2011)
37. Kyle Orton (2012-2013)
38. Brandon Weeden (2014-present)
39. Dustin Vaughan (2014-present)
Matt Cassell, Kellen Moore, Showers, Jameill
As you see above Cowboys have had 7 Qbs in as backups besides Romo, where is the backup being groomed and ready to step in, we all saw how that went down. Vaughn was here for 2 years by example, where is the tutorage by QB coach to groom these players? This has to come under strong evaluation and probably another good young QB coach that can groom QBs. But lets not stop there, lets dig alittle deeper. Moore was with Linehan for 3 years I believe, didnt play a single regular season game in that time, so Linehans judgment needs to be evaluated to.
2. Dez had an offer on the table way back in November in 2013, but Dez wanted more money, when Dez found out his agent was going to possibly agree to offer from Cowboys, Dez fired him, thus started the dont franchise me, etc, not being in offseason conditioning, which most likely lead to multiple injuries for Dez, which also kept the Cowboys from signing Murray and Dwayne Harris. Keep in mind though the Cowboys could have restructured Romo who offered to do this but Cowboys said no at the time, so murray goes to Phily, so due to Dez wanting more money, not being in pro football shape, we lost Murray and WR Harris, who beat us on a kickoff return. So, management decision on this backfired.
3. Offensive Coordinator Linehan, lets look at his judgement calls on offense and his NFL history.Our offense was 31st in scoring this year, who is responsible, granted we lost dunbar, romo and dez but come on, you cant win 2-3 gams with backup qbs?
St. Louis 2006 RamsNFL2140232465Roster, Results, Stats, Draft
2007St. Louis RamsNFL3130263438Roster, Results, Stats, Draft
2008St. Louis RamsNFL880
Linehan took his first NFL job as the offensive coordinator/ wide receivers coach with the Minnesota Vikings in 2002. After three seasons in Minneapolis, Linehan served in a similar capacity with the Miami Dolphins in 2005 under Nick Saban, then was hired as head coach by the St. Louis Rams on January 19, 2006.[15]
Linehan inherited a team in transition. Most of the Rams' stars from earlier in the decade had gone elsewhere, and those who were still there had noticeably lost a step. Nonetheless, Linehan's tenure started out on a promising note, as the Rams went 4–2 in their first six games. However, a four-game losing streak in October and November effectively ended any chance of making the playoffs. Despite this slump, the NFC West was so weak that year that while they finished 8–8, missing the division title by a single game. However, the Rams regressed to 3–13 in his second season. Years of questionable draft and free-agent acquisitions caught up with the team, and the season degenerated into a fiasco due to a rash of injuries to the offensive line. The season was also marked by disputes with star players such as Steven Jackson, Torry Holt, and, most notoriously, quarterback Marc Bulger. Holt and Jackson openly feuded with Linehan on the sidelines during games. The easygoing Linehan didn't discipline them, leading to criticism that he wasn't willing to assert his authority.
The bottom fell out in 2008. After an 0–3 start in which the Rams were outscored 116–29, a significant departure from the days of "The Greatest Show on Turf, "Linehan benched Bulger in favor of Trent Green for their game against the Buffalo Bills. It did not work; the Rams lost 35–14 after allowing 25 unanswered points in the second half. Linehan was fired hours later, tallying an 11–25 record in his 36 games as head coach.
Linehan was announced as the offensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions on January 23, 2009, by new head coach Jim Schwartz.[1] On December 30, 2013, Linehan was relieved of his duties as the Detroit Lions offensive coordinator following the firing of Lions head coach Jim Schwartz.
2009 Jim Schwartz 2-14-0 .125 3-1 262 494 2-6-0 0-8-0 4th NFC North
2010 Jim Schwartz 6-10-0 .375 3-1 362 369 4-4-0 2-6-0 3rd NFC North
2011 Jim Schwartz 10-6-0 .625 0-1 4-0 474 387 5-3-0 5-3-0 2nd NFC North
2012 Jim Schwartz 4-12-0 .363 2-4 372 437 2-6-0 2-6-0 4th NFC North
2013 Jim Schwartz 7-9-0
AS you see above Linehans offensive coordinator history isnt good, one good year from 2009 to 2013 in 2011.
So, I question Linehans play calling and decision making and grooming players offensively.
4. Special teams, we all saw how our special teams did in 2015, in 2014 we had a special teams demen in C J Spielman and which cost some cap money, but Speilman produced by helping the Cowboys win at least 2 key games in turnovers in special teams. The cowboys didnt hit this in 2015 with Spielman departure. We also saw the cowboys play lance dunbar on special teams on kickoff and we saw the results, dunbar got hurt on kickoff and we lost him for the year,, it took the cowboys 8 games to get Lucky Whitehead ready to play in special teams return duty. But thats not the even biggest domino effect, maybe I could agree with that, taking that long for Whitehead to be ready for return duty, but when the Cowboys have 2 special teams coaches to coach, then I question the coaching staff for not having Whitehead ready so dunbar didnt have to play on special teams.
5. Best to my knowledge, Heath got 2 interceptions, our new cornerbacks in December got 2 to 3 interceptions, but did Brandon Carr and Morris Claiborne get any interceptions, best to my knowledge Carr hasnt gotten an interception in 3 years. Where is the coaching from Jerome Henderson and our other defensive back coach? I question the coaching of our defensive backs coaches, when one of your starting CBs in Carr hasnt gotten an interception in 3 years something is wrong.Our defense has 11 takeaways, why?
6. Senior bowl history, if you look at all the teams that coach seniors for the senior bowl, you see those teams get top players even in 1st to 5th rounds. Because the coaches get to see the players even on opposing team, how they practice,, interact with coaches and learning, so you get a better grasp of a player, add that in with seeing if those players fit your system and your scouts that scout for the nfl draft you get a real good feel for players, so the cowboys need to coach the senior bowl if they get the chance. Even Jason Garrett said you get a better grasp of players by coaching them in the senior bowl, so let them coach jerry jones if given the chance.
7, Finally rumor has it that Brandon Weeden said when he was in the huddle calling plays from coaches for the cowboys, players would adhere to what was called, whether Weeden audibled or not. Weeden reportedly said coaching staff was fussing on the sideline when Weeden was on offense, and when Brandon was running the offense, players in the huddle would keep quiet and let the play run, but when Weeden ran offense for Texans, and call play that coaches sent in, players would interject in huddle, that if i do that, cb would jump my route, you cant do that, or offensive linemen would say i cant block on that type of play so weeden would change the play call. Point is that our backup QBs werent getting interjection from players in the huddle, maybe that needs to change for backup QBs for the Cowboys.
5. Jon Kitna (2009-2010, 2013)
36. Stephen McGee (2010-2011)
37. Kyle Orton (2012-2013)
38. Brandon Weeden (2014-present)
39. Dustin Vaughan (2014-present)
Matt Cassell, Kellen Moore, Showers, Jameill
As you see above Cowboys have had 7 Qbs in as backups besides Romo, where is the backup being groomed and ready to step in, we all saw how that went down. Vaughn was here for 2 years by example, where is the tutorage by QB coach to groom these players? This has to come under strong evaluation and probably another good young QB coach that can groom QBs. But lets not stop there, lets dig alittle deeper. Moore was with Linehan for 3 years I believe, didnt play a single regular season game in that time, so Linehans judgment needs to be evaluated to.
2. Dez had an offer on the table way back in November in 2013, but Dez wanted more money, when Dez found out his agent was going to possibly agree to offer from Cowboys, Dez fired him, thus started the dont franchise me, etc, not being in offseason conditioning, which most likely lead to multiple injuries for Dez, which also kept the Cowboys from signing Murray and Dwayne Harris. Keep in mind though the Cowboys could have restructured Romo who offered to do this but Cowboys said no at the time, so murray goes to Phily, so due to Dez wanting more money, not being in pro football shape, we lost Murray and WR Harris, who beat us on a kickoff return. So, management decision on this backfired.
3. Offensive Coordinator Linehan, lets look at his judgement calls on offense and his NFL history.Our offense was 31st in scoring this year, who is responsible, granted we lost dunbar, romo and dez but come on, you cant win 2-3 gams with backup qbs?
St. Louis 2006 RamsNFL2140232465Roster, Results, Stats, Draft
2007St. Louis RamsNFL3130263438Roster, Results, Stats, Draft
2008St. Louis RamsNFL880
Linehan took his first NFL job as the offensive coordinator/ wide receivers coach with the Minnesota Vikings in 2002. After three seasons in Minneapolis, Linehan served in a similar capacity with the Miami Dolphins in 2005 under Nick Saban, then was hired as head coach by the St. Louis Rams on January 19, 2006.[15]
Linehan inherited a team in transition. Most of the Rams' stars from earlier in the decade had gone elsewhere, and those who were still there had noticeably lost a step. Nonetheless, Linehan's tenure started out on a promising note, as the Rams went 4–2 in their first six games. However, a four-game losing streak in October and November effectively ended any chance of making the playoffs. Despite this slump, the NFC West was so weak that year that while they finished 8–8, missing the division title by a single game. However, the Rams regressed to 3–13 in his second season. Years of questionable draft and free-agent acquisitions caught up with the team, and the season degenerated into a fiasco due to a rash of injuries to the offensive line. The season was also marked by disputes with star players such as Steven Jackson, Torry Holt, and, most notoriously, quarterback Marc Bulger. Holt and Jackson openly feuded with Linehan on the sidelines during games. The easygoing Linehan didn't discipline them, leading to criticism that he wasn't willing to assert his authority.
The bottom fell out in 2008. After an 0–3 start in which the Rams were outscored 116–29, a significant departure from the days of "The Greatest Show on Turf, "Linehan benched Bulger in favor of Trent Green for their game against the Buffalo Bills. It did not work; the Rams lost 35–14 after allowing 25 unanswered points in the second half. Linehan was fired hours later, tallying an 11–25 record in his 36 games as head coach.
Linehan was announced as the offensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions on January 23, 2009, by new head coach Jim Schwartz.[1] On December 30, 2013, Linehan was relieved of his duties as the Detroit Lions offensive coordinator following the firing of Lions head coach Jim Schwartz.
2009 Jim Schwartz 2-14-0 .125 3-1 262 494 2-6-0 0-8-0 4th NFC North
2010 Jim Schwartz 6-10-0 .375 3-1 362 369 4-4-0 2-6-0 3rd NFC North
2011 Jim Schwartz 10-6-0 .625 0-1 4-0 474 387 5-3-0 5-3-0 2nd NFC North
2012 Jim Schwartz 4-12-0 .363 2-4 372 437 2-6-0 2-6-0 4th NFC North
2013 Jim Schwartz 7-9-0
AS you see above Linehans offensive coordinator history isnt good, one good year from 2009 to 2013 in 2011.
So, I question Linehans play calling and decision making and grooming players offensively.
4. Special teams, we all saw how our special teams did in 2015, in 2014 we had a special teams demen in C J Spielman and which cost some cap money, but Speilman produced by helping the Cowboys win at least 2 key games in turnovers in special teams. The cowboys didnt hit this in 2015 with Spielman departure. We also saw the cowboys play lance dunbar on special teams on kickoff and we saw the results, dunbar got hurt on kickoff and we lost him for the year,, it took the cowboys 8 games to get Lucky Whitehead ready to play in special teams return duty. But thats not the even biggest domino effect, maybe I could agree with that, taking that long for Whitehead to be ready for return duty, but when the Cowboys have 2 special teams coaches to coach, then I question the coaching staff for not having Whitehead ready so dunbar didnt have to play on special teams.
5. Best to my knowledge, Heath got 2 interceptions, our new cornerbacks in December got 2 to 3 interceptions, but did Brandon Carr and Morris Claiborne get any interceptions, best to my knowledge Carr hasnt gotten an interception in 3 years. Where is the coaching from Jerome Henderson and our other defensive back coach? I question the coaching of our defensive backs coaches, when one of your starting CBs in Carr hasnt gotten an interception in 3 years something is wrong.Our defense has 11 takeaways, why?
6. Senior bowl history, if you look at all the teams that coach seniors for the senior bowl, you see those teams get top players even in 1st to 5th rounds. Because the coaches get to see the players even on opposing team, how they practice,, interact with coaches and learning, so you get a better grasp of a player, add that in with seeing if those players fit your system and your scouts that scout for the nfl draft you get a real good feel for players, so the cowboys need to coach the senior bowl if they get the chance. Even Jason Garrett said you get a better grasp of players by coaching them in the senior bowl, so let them coach jerry jones if given the chance.
7, Finally rumor has it that Brandon Weeden said when he was in the huddle calling plays from coaches for the cowboys, players would adhere to what was called, whether Weeden audibled or not. Weeden reportedly said coaching staff was fussing on the sideline when Weeden was on offense, and when Brandon was running the offense, players in the huddle would keep quiet and let the play run, but when Weeden ran offense for Texans, and call play that coaches sent in, players would interject in huddle, that if i do that, cb would jump my route, you cant do that, or offensive linemen would say i cant block on that type of play so weeden would change the play call. Point is that our backup QBs werent getting interjection from players in the huddle, maybe that needs to change for backup QBs for the Cowboys.
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