Yakuza Rich: The Rise and Fall of Jason Garrett

[Kilyin]

lulz...?

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Hmm, This is interesting.

Arent you the guy who had similar posts pertaining to Tony Sporano?

Nope. I've always thought Sporano was a good coach. I've always noticed that before 2007, Witten's best season as a blocker was his rookie year under Sporano and that in 2004-2006 he improved his pass receiving (which comes with experience) but saw his blocking regress badly, when Sporano moved to O-Line/O-Coordinator. I've always had a great respect for Sporano's job on the O-Line, especially considering what he inherited.

When Sporano left for Miami I was glad for him, but happy we had Hudson Houck take over.

And arent you the guy who said paul pasqualoni was terrible and you blamed a bunch of problems on him.

Not exactly. I blamed Pasqualoni's for Syracuse's problems. For years of being an inept coach that had underachieving SU teams because his gameplanning, motivation, play calling and clock management skills were the drizzling you know what's. I also didn't find it a coincidence that Witten's blocking skills dropped dramatically the year Pasqualoni was the TE coach (although he really shouldn't have been the TE coach in the first place). But our problems here have never been blamed on Paul Pasqualoni.

So, I am supposed to believe you now because? Unless you want to try making that case again on sporano and pasqualoni.

Maybe you should get your facts straight first. I can see your thoughts on Pasqualoni since I ripped him relentlessly for his time at SU (maybe you got confused), but I have done nothing but praise Sporano. So, I don't know where you are gettng this from.

And quite frankly, I could care less if you believe me or not.



YAKUZA

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Garrett may be part of the problem. But he is nowhere near the main reason we are struggling.

The way I see it is:

1. Romo and his receivers are STILL not on same page
2. Romo missed alot of passes
3. TO drops passes or doesnt get to where he is supposed to be
4. RW for some reason isnt catching "Everything" thrown his way

You and I and everyone knows.... If Garrett goes... HE WILL have SUCCESS with LESS talent somewhere else.

Be careful who you blame what you ask for.


For me - its the players. They are NOT executing.

I agree with most of this. Owens does drop passes, a bit too much for all of our tastes, but he is getting open and he isn't dropping all of them. One thing I've charted is that Owens is indeed getting open, but Romo for some reason can't find him and then when he does throw to him it's when he's covered. I don't have the coach's film, but since the TV networks focus on Owens so much, it's a bit easier to see him getting open. I hate to tell people this, but IMO it's not Owens who is slowing down, it's Romo. Hopefully, given Romo's youth, he can bounce back. But until he does, Owens is not going to put up the numbers he once did.

And all of this is not me calling for Garrett's head. Like I posted, he's not the only guy to blame. I do think he coddles Romo too much, but he doesn't have control over benching a player...Wade does. And you can't throw Bollinger and Brad Johnson out there if Romo continues to be careless with the ball (and those two picks in the first half were absolutely careless).

However, I think like any coach Garrett is faced with having to make adjustments. It's the good ones who are able to make the proper adjustments.

Do I think Garrett can make the adjustments?

Absolutely.

Whether he will or not...we will have to wait and see.







YAKUZA

 

[Yakuza Rich]

This offense has NO identity and I blame the OC for that... The 90's Cowboys had a simple philosophy, take calculated risks with the passing game and hand the ball off to Emmitt Smith.

I actually disagree with this. To me the identity of this offense is we are a passing attack offense and we are an aggressive offense (in philosophy). I think it's more a matter of fans not liking the identity of the offense and preferring that of the 90's offense where we would run behind Emmitt and once the opposing defense came up to stop him, we would throw over the top to Irvin. Now we are a team that is almost the opposite.






YAKUZA

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Great post. The problem with the offense is that they're trying to run playaction running plays - trying to use the run to set up the pass.

Ridiculous.

If we stopped running that stupid fake slant/draw play tomorrow, it wouldn't be soon enough. Although I do wonder if it's because Garrett has zero confidence in the run blocking and/or the tailbacks.

Which I still wouldn't quite understand why.




YAKUZA

 

[big dog cowboy]

Garrett's more up tempo and aggressive approach got the Cowboys offense on fire in 2007 and made it the second highest scoring offense in the league, only behind the historic Patriots offense. Terrell Owens, Marion Barber and Jason Witten all had terrific years and Tony Romo established himself as a legitimate franchise Quarterback. By year's end Garrett had become a hot commodity and was sought out by many teams to be their next head coach, particularly Baltimore and Atlanta.

That was just a year ago? Boy that seems like an eternity ago.

 

[Coakleys Dad]

every thing in this article is spot on. Puzzling.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

I actually disagree with this. To me the identity of this offense is we are a passing attack offense and we are an aggressive offense (in philosophy). I think it's more a matter of fans not liking the identity of the offense and preferring that of the 90's offense where we would run behind Emmitt and once the opposing defense came up to stop him, we would throw over the top to Irvin. Now we are a team that is almost the opposite.
YAKUZA

Under Norv Turner and Ernie Zampezee Dallas had a balanced attack, that was their identity, it's something this team needs to model themselves after, it wins championships. Some games the pass set up the run then other games the run set up the pass.

 

[SultanOfSix]

Garrett is absolutely horrible at setting up the play action pass.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Great thread with a lot of great posts.

I don't know what Jason is thinking. I'm not sure he does, either. He doesn't seem to have a clear plan or framework around what he's trying to accomplish. His head is definitely in the mixer right now.

 

[tyke1doe]

Next year, I would limit Romo's passes to about 25 per game and put the load on Choice, Barber and Jones.

This team is too pass happy. And time and time again we are seeing that that doesn't work. The rare exceptions are the Patriots (and the Giants beat them in the Super Bowl) and the Rams (but they had the great Marshall Faulk).

There's just something about the mentality of a run-oriented offense.

 

[Cochese]

Good post Yakuza Rich.

I think that Garrett believes he is calling plays for the 93 Cowboys, anything he calls, he thinks will work just because we are somehow better than the opposition. He has no gameplan and makes very few adjustments. I want his head on a platter, then I want to see him coaching some middling college team. He is not cut out for this.

 

[Shotgun Dave]

Garrett didn't play with anyone - he was a career backup and clipboard ninja.

Depends on your definition of "play". He most certainly did play, in my opinion, although he was mostly the backup. He played well when given the opportunity, and his being a backup seems more likely related to the fact that he was playing behind a Hall of Fame QB in Aikman. I'm not saying he was all that, just that he was more than a "clipboard ninja".

 

[jimmy40]

This offense has NO identity and I blame the OC for that...

The hell it don't, it's identity is TO and I blame Jerry for that.