Why won't Garrett call plays?

[JW82]

Theres a reason he stopped calling plays. He stunk at it.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Top ten finishes in yardage, mainly because teams just played cover two deep and gave them the yards between the 20s, but average to bottom half of the league in scoring the majority of time, and one of the worst red zone teams when all was said and done. Plenty of field goals and ‘points’ against garbage teams in hurry-up and abandoning Garrett game plans... they were pretty bad offensively in particular in the first half, meaning they abandoned the game plan by second half and let Romo gunsling..

one year #2 scoring......another top 10 scoring finish,,,, I am not excusing Garrett,,,,,his games and schemes haven't adjusted......

 

[CyberB0b]

 

[khiladi]

one year #2 scoring......another top 10 scoring finish,,,, I am not excusing Garrett,,,,,his games and schemes haven't adjusted......

It was only 2 when Tony Sparano was baby-sitting him and even then the passing offense was figured out by the end of the year and couldn’t move the against the Commanders, despite trying to get Tony Romo the passing record. And then they went from 2 to actually 18 in one season.

And Linehan had a top 4 scoring offense.. Garrett offense was also a TO machine..

 

[TheCount]

Garrett is a manager. He sucks at being a OC. He has no clue at calling plays.

What is he managing?

 

[buybuydandavis]

B) He's perfectly happy to sit on the outside and let all the heat fall on Linehan, with the hope that he can somehow weasel out of being fired by saying he'll call plays next season and the team will improve.
What's your vote?

B)

Avoid responsibility for what happens on the field as long as possible. Hope to throw Linehan to the wolves and survive to coach another season.

That's why he's stretching out the Linehan firing as long as possible. Linehan is his buffer before he gets fired.

 

[NeonNinja]

He’s scared and hoping that everyone around him can be blamed.

He’s a terrible coach. He’s a coward. He’s has to go.

 

[Blake]

Garrett is a manager. He sucks at being a OC. He has no clue at calling plays.

I'd like to see him managing a Wendy's in the Chicago projects.

 

[nightrain]

I don't think there's anything more corwardly than the fact that Garrett refuses to take the reigns of a failing offense, even with his job (supposedly) on the line.

The only reasons I can see are:

A) He truly believes Linehan is doing a good job and that the offense is playing poorly only because the players suck and can't execute. (Which I think speaks to the coaching as well, but never mind that.)

B) He's perfectly happy to sit on the outside and let all the heat fall on Linehan, with the hope that he can somehow weasel out of being fired by saying he'll call plays next season and the team will improve.

C) He knows he'll likely be fired, and he wants to be able to say, "I have some innovative ideas I'd like to implement here that I never had a chance to in Dallas, my hands were tied." when he's interviewing for his next HC job.

To be clear, since some of y'all will fail to see the point, I'm not saying the team gets better with Garrett calling plays or that I believe Garrett should call plays.

I'm saying that as the leader of this team, with an offensive background, the fact that the HC stands by and let's this continue to happen week after week is a huge indictment on his ability to do his damn job.

What's your vote?

He's waiting for Jerry to call down and tell him to fire Linehan.

 

[ShortRound]

After 8 years of ineptitude, he shouldn't be near the field, let alone call plays

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

He should be calling plays of his crappy playbook.....instead he gets to escape blame for the stupidity playcalling.

 

[iRepDatStar]

I clearly remember when Jason was calling the plays and everyone wanted him to give it up.. now heres a thread on why he isnt calling the plays.

 

[Captain-Crash]

why don't garrett learn or get better?

 

[kskboys]

I clearly remember when Jason was calling the plays and everyone wanted him to give it up.. now heres a thread on why he isnt calling the plays.

Ummm.... you should've read. Everyone is screaming "NO WAY".

 

[Bob-Lillys-War]

Garrett did call plays for several seasons , ineptitude doesn't even start to cover it .

 

[TheCount]

I clearly remember when Jason was calling the plays and everyone wanted him to give it up.. now heres a thread on why he isnt calling the plays.

Did you even read beyond the title before replying? I addressed this.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

It was only 2 when Tony Sparano was baby-sitting him and even then the passing offense was figured out by the end of the year and couldn’t move the against the Commanders, despite trying to get Tony Romo the passing record. And then they went from 2 to actually 18 in one season.

And Linehan had a top 4 scoring offense.. Garrett offense was also a TO machine..

the Tony soprano who couldn't accomplish craap after he left Dallas....that Tony soprano....why not just say, Jimmy Bob, the guy sitting in seat 4E section 250 of the stadium....Sprano fizzled out and got demoted from one team to another and out of the league.....

and people find the darnest things to justify why Garrett is bad...you don't have to go to one game, one stat...... its just too funny and ridiculous...

unbelievable..... the amount of amateurish responses

 

[khiladi]

the Tony soprano who couldn't accomplish craap after he left Dallas....that Tony soprano....why not just say, Jimmy Bob, the guy sitting in seat 4E section 250 of the stadium....Sprano fizzled out and got demoted from one team to another and out of the league.....

and people find the darnest things to justify why Garrett is bad...you don't have to go to one game, one stat...... its just too funny and ridiculous...

unbelievable..... the amount of amateurish responses

And yet the Cowboys were trying to re-hire him when Jason Garrett was sucking up the joint as OC and play-caller, meaning even they recognized that Garrett blew as a play-caller and needed a mediocre coach in Sparano to help him out.

Nobody is defending Sparano, it’s about how awful Garrett was even when he had Sparano here to babysit him and watch over a large portion of the offense.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

And yet the Cowboys were trying to re-hire him when Jason Garrett was sucking up the joint as OC and play-caller, meaning even they recognized that Garrett blew as a play-caller and needed a mediocre coach in Sparano to help him out.

Nobody is defending Sparano, it’s about how awful Garrett was even when he had Sparano here to babysit him and watch over a large portion of the offense.

no denying that....but lets not make sprano into something he is not...and whether we like to admit it or not, all good coaches have good coordinators....they don't make every call, design every play, devise every game plan, etc. good coaches have good assistants....except maybe bilicheck.....that's how new head coaches often get hired, they ar good coordinators on other teams....ala mcvey, dan quinn, on and on and on..... and washington hasn't been the same since and neither has seattle....

I am not saying that garrett is good, but its childish to say, he had sprano and Jerry wanted a bsaby sitter and etc.... just childish....

 

[kskboys]

Theres a reason he stopped calling plays. He stunk at it.

Except he didn't stop. Jerry forced him to stop!!!!!!!!!!!