Zimmer - who's not happy?

[cowboybish]

I think considering our options zoom is a good candidate for this upcoming season. We will know more about McCarthy and whether he will be the coach in 2025 so for this one season I think Zimmer was a good hire. Your thoughts?

 

[32BellyOption]

I do think the choices were limited due to circumstances and senile owner.

 

[Quickdraw]

It won't matter who the DC is if they can't get the key missing players to shore up the holes in the defense.

 

[LonnieElam]

I'm tired of retreads. Teams are passing us by in several ways, and coaching is one of them.

 

[NDGAEDE]

It really doesn't matter.

If the team takes the same approach to the off-season they always do, we won't win any more games this year.

If they do change their approach and actually sign free agents, we still have a fundamental flaw at QB.

 

[cowboybish]

Zimmer may be one coach that can get into Jerry’s ear. I’m sure he’s already looked at the current players and will try to add players to build a run stop defense.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I'm willing to give Zim another chance. Which is something I never thought I would say. Let's see what he can put together and how all that translates onto the field. First time I see the CB's line up 10 yards off the line of scrimmage on 3rd and 4 I'm pulling my support again.

Side note - There is no salary cap for coaches. So putting together a coaching staff loaded with good coaches shouldn't be a problem. Yet I seem to be continually be disappointed by some of the coaches the Cowboys hire. It makes me question how serious Jerry is about winning another championship.

 

[reddyuta]

his style of Defense will not work because we dont have the players for it.just look at our LBs and DTs,all are undersized,heck even Mazi is undersized now.To replace all of them is not possible.

 

[DallasEast]

I do think the choices were limited due to circumstances and senile owner.

I gave a like but Jones is not senile, which makes his job search and decision making worse.

 

[DallasEast]

Zimmer may be one coach that can get into Jerry’s ear.

ha.

 

[G2]

At least we'll have the right sized players in their positions.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

we didn't have much other options. Ryan or Zimmer. two out of work former coaches. would anybody else worth their dime come here, in a lame duck year with the head coach in his last year of contract? zimmer was best we could do....and that ain't saying much

 

[acr731]

I think Jerry simply went with something he was already familiar with. He fits Jerry's 'yes man' profile.

MM was retained because Jerry knows he wouldn't be trying to wrestle control or power away. It's a perfect scenario in Jerry's eyes.

 

[Risen Star]

Anyone who remembers his first tenure.

 

[Risen Star]

"Would anyone worth their dime come here?"

Yes. Anyone who wants to be the head coach in 2025. McCarthy's status is a plus not a minus.

 

[acr731]

I'm willing to give Zim another chance. Which is something I never thought I would say. Let's see what he can put together and how all that translates onto the field. First time I see the CB's line up 10 yards off the line of scrimmage on 3rd and 4 I'm pulling my support again.

Side note - There is no salary cap for coaches. So putting together a coaching staff loaded with good coaches shouldn't be a problem. Yet I seem to be continually be disappointed by some of the coaches the Cowboys hire. It makes me question how serious Jerry is about winning another championship.

Jerry bases his hires on who will be the biggest threat to his media status and who won't. Jerry will never bring BB to Dallas for that reason alone. Can you imagine BB gets hired and within 2 seasons Dallas in an NFCCG? Jerry knows all the media attention would be directed at BB and what he has done for the franchise. Do you think that would set well with Jerry? Not a chance.

Until either Jerry finally gives up control or goes 6 feet under, and the latter is more likely to come first, there's no way anyone can think Jerry is really serious about winning.

 

[btgboys41]

I won’t like any hire by Jerry that is a comfort hire. I also won’t like any hire Jerry makes that is supposed to be a decision by the coach.

 

[32BellyOption]

I gave a like but Jones is not senile, which makes his job search and decision making worse.

Just drunk? Lol! Whatever he is he isn’t a qualified GM.

 

[Kingofholland]

Those saying the options were limited were they really? The Cowboys had 2 coaches already on staff they could have hired that they knew better than the teams that hired them. They could have interviewed defensive assistants from other teams, but chose not to. They ended up going with an experienced coach that has run successful defenses for a number of years in the past.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Under the circumstances, he was the best IMO.

**MM's margin is razor-thin...he needed a cheap DC who can hit the ground running
** There is a good chance Zim will improve our biggest weakness defensively (run game)
**Love the fact he's spent the last couple of years connected to the college ranks. That could help finding some good late-round draft sleepers