Will the coaching staff stay intact?

[CCBoy]

I would think Eberflus might start getting some DC offers

To my eyes, this assembled coaching staff is every bit as strong as the '93 staff that Jimmy Johnson had. I think Jerry will attempt to pay every cent necessary to keep them together. Myself, I think that the pride in the Cowboy team will keep them together as long as the assembled group by Reid during the run of a strong Philadelphia team.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

I am more concerned about the position coaches like Callahan, Pollack, Dooley and Elberflus leaving.

Marinelli - He has ties to Lovie, but he still has ties to Kiffin as well. And Kiffin is still with the team and we didn't fire him nor did we ask Kiffin to step down. Kiffin moved to the side himself and is still a coach on the team and goes to every game and is in the booth...coaching. I think people overlook that and don't give Kiffin credit for turning the defense around as well. Any more to Tampa would be lateral. There is no state income tax in either state, but Texas is far more inexpensive. And I think the TB situation is far worse there.


Linehan - What may save the Cowboys is if they go deep in the playoffs. Although I think teams are a bit cool on Linehan for now. Any move would likely be to being the full-on coordinator although I'm not sure how much another team is willing to pay Linehan at O-Coordinator versus Dallas paying him as the passing game coordinator.


Callahan - Hard to tell what his deal is as the media seems to make it look like he was unhappy with the organization after having his play calling duties stripped. But, that could very well be speculative media nonsense. Given what he has done with Free, Parnell, Leary and Benardeau while making Frederick and Martin look like All-Pros and turning Smith from a great RT to a great LT, he's my pick for best O-Line coach in football. I think any job he would have would likely be lateral and stay at the O-Line position.


Pollack - He's only 47 years old and would likely move to O-Line coach for another team. Again, I question the $$$$ another team would spend to have him here versus what Jerry is likely paying him.


Dooley - I think he wants to become a HC again like his dad. The next step may be for him to get a college HC position. But, since he didn't succeed at Tennessee, that may be a hard sell for any major program to hire him. So the next step is to probably move to an O-Coordinator position.


Elberflus - Sort of a weird guy because Rob Ryan praises him and the Cowboys seem to really like him as well, but we haven't seen any D-Coordinator offers or considerations.






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[mahoneybill]

Not sure why everyone believes Lovie would cut ties with Leslie Frazier. Frazier, like Lovie, is from the Dungy tree. So that Dungy stamp of approval means a great deal. That's the primary reason Lovie hired him in the 1st place. Can't see him dumping Frazier already knowing they need more talent. It really isn't Frazier that's the problem with that defense.

Marinelli could be who Lovie wants and Rod could move on but I don't think it's a foregone conclusion. Could be wrong obviously...but

Good points on Frazier. Easy to forget that connection.

 

[Doomsday101]

I think the staff will stay in tact, only coach I think may leave would be Callahan. I hope he stays but if I had to guess he will take an OC job else where

 

[mahoneybill]

I agree...I could see Sparano coming back for a year or so. Just a guess. I don't see the Raiders keeping him.

Agree that Sparano could be a good fit. Would also give Garrett another familiar person, and former HC to help out.

 

[TwoCentPlain]

Funny - you are comfortable attributing succes to the coordinators based on speculation. But when someone speculates something positive about Garrett, you dismiss it.

Like I said, we are all guessing because we are not there. We don't know. Personally, I prefer to give the NFL coordinators more credit towards game-planning and play-calling than the head coaches unless the head coach is also a coordinator. I see the coordinators as the designers of the play and calling the right play at the right time. I think the coordinators are more involved in the strategy. To me, the head coach (most of them, not just Garrett) approves/vetoes/tweaks what the coordinators propose. Just the way I roll. I value coordinators more than the head coaches in the NFL. As an engineer, I'm not a big fan of upper management. Maybe that is why.

Feel free to provide any specific accomplishment definitively tied to Garrett and Garrett alone. I have seen the draft war room video and I don't see an active participant in Garrett working the phones and making picks. Now he might be instrumental in helping make the board and the draft strategy (I highly doubt it, though). But, we don't know. It does not appear from what I have seen that Garrett is instrumental in the draft. I have no idea what Garrett's role is in play calling or practice. I do find it 'odd' that the more duties he has stripped from him, the better he does. Which is OK if your plate is too full ... not OK if your plate isn't too full

 

[Irving Cowboy]

Wouldn't matter since anything relevant gets ignored by you guys anyway.

In other words, you've got nothing yourself.

 

[blindzebra]

In other words, you've got nothing yourself.

I have plenty but I seriously doubt you could grasp it.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Personally, I'd be more worried if Linehan or Marinelli left than if Garrett found work elsewhere. I would say that this year's success has more to do with Linehan and Marinelli than Garrett. Just a guess on my part. No one really knows other than the team since we don't get to see who is involved and their actual input.

Clown shoes bro.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

I have plenty but I seriously doubt you could grasp it.

You have no idea. Humor me.

Or admit I'm right. You have absolutely. nothing.

 

[blindzebra]

You have no idea. Humor me.

Or admit I'm right. You have absolutely. nothing.

Ok.

Explain why after years of never drafting OL before the 2nd or 3rd round, and going on record saying you don't use premium picks on non-premium positions, Jerry suddenly drafts 3 OL in the first round in the last 4 drafts...the 4 drafts under Garrett as HC.

Also explain how after drafting this 3rd first round OL Garrett tells Linehan in his interview that he won't get the job unless he is dedicated to the run.

 

[CowboyChris]

Well if Marinelli were to leave, I would go after the DC from SF (Nolan?) after they can Harbaugh.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

Ok.

Explain why after years of never drafting OL before the 2nd or 3rd round, and going on record saying you don't use premium picks on non-premium positions, Jerry suddenly drafts 3 OL in the first round in the last 4 drafts...the 4 drafts under Garrett as HC.

Also explain how after drafting this 3rd first round OL Garrett tells Linehan in his interview that he won't get the job unless he is dedicated to the run.

First of all, two of those 3 O linemen were fallback picks, and they happened to work out very well. Don't insult what little intelligence I have by trying to tell me Fred and Martin were targets from the moment those drafts opened up.

Second, you have no idea what parameters were set during the Linehan interview, unless you are going by what the media says. The same media that, for those self-proclaimed insiders here say are always spewing lies anyway, unless it feeds their agenda.

So basically, you've got... nothing. It's ok.

 

[Idgit]

Ok.

Explain why after years of never drafting OL before the 2nd or 3rd round, and going on record saying you don't use premium picks on non-premium positions, Jerry suddenly drafts 3 OL in the first round in the last 4 drafts...the 4 drafts under Garrett as HC.

Also explain how after drafting this 3rd first round OL Garrett tells Linehan in his interview that he won't get the job unless he is dedicated to the run.

I could see what was coming before it came. I'm sure you could, too. It's easier to believe things that aren't too dramatic a departure from what you wanted to believe in the first place, because the alternative is having been wrong on the internet. Yes. We can official stipulate that there's a limit to what we know about how the organization is actually run and we have to make inferences based off of their actions. Pretty sure we can just put that out there and get back to which inferences happen to be good ones, and which happen to be fantasies. At least I'd like to think so.

As far as the Linehan quote goes, though, I think he spoke about that directly earlier in the season, didn't he? At least I seem to remember that it was him, and not the media that said it was made clear to him in the interview that the running game was going to be featured in Dallas this season. That, and the deep ball were going to be the staple 'changes' to the prior season, if I'm remembering the hype correctly.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

I could see what was coming before it came. I'm sure you could, too. It's easier to believe things that aren't too dramatic a departure from what you wanted to believe in the first place, because the alternative is having been wrong on the internet.

Yes, because that is my biggest fear.

Impossible for anyone to have a difference of opinion from you. You will continue to attempt to obfuscate and deflect with creative wording when in all actuality, since what you wanted to happen is finally happening, you feel you can project what got the team to that point, even going so far as to say you "could see what was coming before it came". Seriously? God forbid anyone did that for the past 3 years without you sniping them.

 

[blindzebra]

First of all, two of those 3 O linemen were fallback picks, and they happened to work out very well. Don't insult what little intelligence I have by trying to tell me Fred and Martin were targets from the moment those drafts opened up.

Second, you have no idea what parameters were set during the Linehan interview, unless you are going by what the media says. The same media that, for those self-proclaimed insiders here say are always spewing lies anyway, unless it feeds their agenda.

So basically, you've got... nothing. It's ok.

How wonderful it must be to be able to disregard every fact thrown your way while you wrap yourself in opinion and claim to be right.

Teams that target a certain player end up in a RG3 situation. We had a plan and wanted one of the big 3 guards in the 2013 draft and OL flew off the board, we traded back for value and got what turned out to be the best OL in that draft. Last year we had plans to bolster the defensive front 7 and solidify the OL...this is shown by us attempting to trade back up for Turner even after we drafted Martin.

As for the media, that came straight from Linehan. The same Linehan that was beyond pass happy in Detroit and who had all the haters screaming because of such when he got hired. But that is typical from you guys, you always play both sides and conveniently forget your previous stance.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

How wonderful it must be to be able to disregard every fact thrown your way while you wrap yourself in opinion and claim to be right.

Teams that target a certain player end up in a RG3 situation. We had a plan and wanted one of the big 3 guards in the 2013 draft and OL flew off the board, we traded back for value and got what turned out to be the best OL in that draft. Last year we had plans to bolster the defensive front 7 and solidify the OL...this is shown by us attempting to trade back up for Turner even after we drafted Martin.

As for the media, that came straight from Linehan. The same Linehan that was beyond pass happy in Detroit and who had all the haters screaming because of such when he got hired. But that is typical from you guys, you always play both sides and conveniently forget your previous stance.

Really? And just what was my "previous stance"? And exactly how am I playing both sides? Both sides of what?

And it is also a well-known fact that Fred and Martin were NOT who they went into that draft saying they've got to have. Shazier would have definitely been a Cowboy this year if he wasn't plucked by the Steelers, (which worked out well for the Cowboys). And if Jones was aiming for OL in 2013 as you say, why would he trade down while they flew off the board? One could infer that he coveted a defensive player, but when he traded to the back end of the 1st round, all his pet cats were gone and he went back to the deepest part of the draft, reaching for what many said should have been a 3rd rounder in Fred, but in retrospect was probably picked only a round earlier than he should have been.

For you to speculate different is purely that, speculation. Not evidence.

 

[Oh_Canada]

Personally, I'd be more worried if Linehan or Marinelli left than if Garrett found work elsewhere. I would say that this year's success has more to do with Linehan and Marinelli than Garrett. Just a guess on my part. No one really knows other than the team since we don't get to see who is involved and their actual input.

Wow just wow. If you think Garrett and his philosophy hasn't contributed to the better drafting of players and his focus on details and actually practicing instead of making cupcakes hasn't helped build a more determined, physical team you are sadly mistaken.

 

[Doomsday101]

Wow just wow. If you think Garrett and his philosophy hasn't contributed to the better drafting of players and his focus on details and actually practicing instead of making cupcakes hasn't helped build a more determined, physical team you are sadly mistaken.

I agree, HC sets the entire tone for the team as well as the direction he wants the team to move towards including drafting and FA

 

[Idgit]

Yes, because that is my biggest fear.

Impossible for anyone to have a difference of opinion from you. You will continue to attempt to obfuscate and deflect with creative wording when in all actuality, since what you wanted to happen is finally happening, you feel you can project what got the team to that point, even going so far as to say you "could see what was coming before it came". Seriously? God forbid anyone did that for the past 3 years without you sniping them.

Correction: what I said was happening all along is finally backed up by the team's record. It was never about what I wanted to happen. It's just that the signs were obvious to anybody who was paying attention to more than the won-loss record.

And it wasn't fancy wording. Not every argument needs to be made with an emotional hammer. You're free to counter any argument here you don't agree with. I don't mind sniping if you're doing it to make an actual point. That's kind of the idea behind message boards.

I'll say this, too, before I get accused of being a homer again. We're not there yet. I doubt we can keep up the torrid pace in the passing game, and our defense just isn't talented enough to beat several of the best teams in a row if we can't. But we're a lot closer than anybody wanted to believe at the end of last season. And we're closer because we've been building properly under Garrett all along.