Why Didnt Jerry Just Extend Garrett After Ram's Playoff Game Last Year?

[Beast_from_East]

If Jerry is having such a hard time deciding to get rid of Garrett and desperately wants him to stay, presumably as the head coach, why didnt he just extend Garrett last year?

We lost by 8 points in the Divisional round to the Rams. Jerry could have very easily said, "look, we were one-score away from going to the NFC Title Game and now is not the time to make wholesale changes like a new head coach". He could have then extended Garrett and nobody really would have said much, coming one-score away from the NFC Championship Game would have given Jerry the cover he needed. But he didnt do that.

Instead, Jerry decided that this was going to be some sort of prove it year. Stephen Jones went on the radio and said Garrett had to "get the team over the hump" to get an extension. They had to know the possibility existed that Garrett would not be as successful this year. I mean, in Garrett's entire tenure as a head coach he has never fielded back-to-back playoff teams. So Jerry and Steven had to know the possibility existed that Garrett might not even make the playoffs this year, which is indeed what happened.

So again, why would Jerry take such a huge gamble on this year being "the year" if he was not willing to carry though with actually getting rid of Garrett? And he had to have known that the fans would have given him a pass giving Garrett an extension after going to the 2nd round of the playoffs last year, but giving Garrett an extension after not making the playoffs this year would cause dam near mass rioting.

Jerry's actions are not logical. If there really was no ultimatum given and Garrett really didnt have to get the team over the hump to remain as head coach, why did they say this publicly? Why would you send this message to the fans? Why didnt Jerry just extend Garrett last year when he had the chance?

 

[fivetwos]

That game wasnt as close as the score indicated.

More garbage time number padding

 

[Aviano90]

That game wasnt as close as the score indicated.

More garbage time number padding

Glad Zeke couldn’t even pad his stats that game. May have cost us an extra $5 mil per.

 

[darthseinfeld]

That game wasnt as close as the score indicated.

More garbage time number padding

We actually had a chance to tie that game if we had stopped Goff

 

[Rayman70]

IN JERRYS JOHNNIE WALKER LACED BRAIN, he thinks he could have motivated JG and the team with a lame duck hc.

 

[EJK24]

The point of the thread was that extending Garrett then made a hell of alot more sense then waiting until this season when we are sitting here having missed the playoffs all together. We never got over the up and we regressed as a team and it shouldnt be rewarded now. OP put it out there pretty plain and simple and yet the billionaire running (really ruining not so much running) this team can't see it.

 

[fivetwos]

We actually had a chance to tie that game if we had stopped Goff

And they didnt...

Thing is...in that spot you need to score a TD, then convert a 2 point play just to tie.

Then stop them AGAIN, and score again to win.

But those games are referred to as "one possession" games.

Semantics? Sure, but sometimes one possession games are much more out of reach than they seem.

See Bears and Eagles from this past month as examples off the top of my head.

And the Rams beat up on Dallas last year. That was NOT a close game.

 

[fivetwos]

The point of the thread was that extending Garrett then made a hell of alot more sense then waiting until this season when we are sitting here having missed the playoffs all together. We never got over the up and we regressed as a team and it shouldnt be rewarded now. OP put it out there pretty plain and simple and yet the billionaire running (really ruining not so much running) this team can't see it.

Oh this is assuming he would do so now?

 

[Roadtrip635]

Jerry knew as most of us, that coaching cost that game against the Rams. It wasn't superior players, but superior coaching, superior gameplan and a superior prepared team that embarrassed his team last season.

 

[sunalsorises]

I don’t think Jerry is wavering on extending Garrett. Jerry is a billionaire. You don’t become a billionaire without making the tough decisions and stepping on a few necks along the way. I’m not sure what he is doing now but I imagine if he wants to extend Garrett he will and if not he simply won’t.

 

[CowboysFever1973]

jerry will find a way to extend him

 

[darthseinfeld]

And they didnt...

Thing is...in that spot you need to score a TD, then convert a 2 point play just to tie.

Then stop them AGAIN, and score again to win.

But those games are referred to as "one possession" games.

Semantics? Sure, but sometimes one possession games are much more out of reach than they seem.

See Bears and Eagles from this past month as examples off the top of my head.

And the Rams beat up on Dallas last year. That was NOT a close game.

Oh not saying we would have. We were just in the ball the game until very. If we had good coaching, we wouldn't have had to to stop them again in regulation though. Could have run it down to the end of regulation.

The fact we were in that game was more a failure on the Rams than it was us. Goff played pretty poorly. And if you look at Goff for the rest of the playoffs and the carry over to 2019, then it looks like that passing game got figured out. If Goff plays well, we lose by 3 scores

 

[Grevus]

Jerry knew as most of us, that coaching cost that game against the Rams. It wasn't superior players, but superior coaching, superior gameplan and a superior prepared team that embarrassed his team last season.

And lack of adjustments when you realized the original plan wasn't working.

 

[glimmerman]

He thought by not extending him it would pressure the whole staff and maybe even the players. When he fired WP mid season he said no ones job is safe and the team responded.

But he really just made him and the staff a lame duck and gave the players a free pass.

 

[Zordon]

Don't get sucked. Garrett is gone. Jerry is just doing his usual attention ***** thing. Plus apparently he and Stephen were furious after the Rams game. As was I for spending 3k on a last minute trip to LA for the game.

 

[glimmerman]

And lack of adjustments when you realized the original plan wasn't working.

Original plan was always the same. The 90’s line up and beat the man in front of you even though you know what we are going to do. He had nothing else.

 

[Aviano90]

Garbage time seems to be a big buzz phrase for the 2019 season as if something new has developed. We have had garbage time for decades. Nobody’s stats on the team should be relevant. They are mostly all garbage racked up against poor teams while struggling against the good teams

 

[MikeB80]

Because he didn't deserve it nor did marinelli/richard.

they have done all they can do here. There was zero reason for any of them to be back this year, now another year is wasted.

 

[Rayman70]

right now, the emperor has no clothes and he's attempting to be relevant.

 

[acr731]

If Jerry is having such a hard time deciding to get rid of Garrett and desperately wants him to stay, presumably as the head coach, why didnt he just extend Garrett last year?

We lost by 8 points in the Divisional round to the Rams. Jerry could have very easily said, "look, we were one-score away from going to the NFC Title Game and now is not the time to make wholesale changes like a new head coach". He could have then extended Garrett and nobody really would have said much, coming one-score away from the NFC Championship Game would have given Jerry the cover he needed. But he didnt do that.

Instead, Jerry decided that this was going to be some sort of prove it year. Stephen Jones went on the radio and said Garrett had to "get the team over the hump" to get an extension. They had to know the possibility existed that Garrett would not be as successful this year. I mean, in Garrett's entire tenure as a head coach he has never fielded back-to-back playoff teams. So Jerry and Steven had to know the possibility existed that Garrett might not even make the playoffs this year, which is indeed what happened.

So again, why would Jerry take such a huge gamble on this year being "the year" if he was not willing to carry though with actually getting rid of Garrett? And he had to have known that the fans would have given him a pass giving Garrett an extension after going to the 2nd round of the playoffs last year, but giving Garrett an extension after not making the playoffs this year would cause dam near mass rioting.

Jerry's actions are not logical. If there really was no ultimatum given and Garrett really didnt have to get the team over the hump to remain as head coach, why did they say this publicly? Why would you send this message to the fans? Why didnt Jerry just extend Garrett last year when he had the chance?

I remember watching Sesame Street when I was much younger and recall a skit about things that don't belong together. Fast forward to today and those things are now "Jerry" and "logic"