I just hope that the coaching staff will be capable of self judgment and recognize their mistakes and improve just like most players do. Because some play callings were really wrong this year, plus I think they need to motivate the team a little better than what they currently do.

I like the fact that the organisation give them enough time to mature, just like they do with players.

if the DC part isn’t taking too much of wade’s time as head coach. May be he is ino defense so much that the rest is kind of put aside ?

I say give Wade one more year and if he can’t hack it, then go get Holgrem or Cowher. Both of which probably want next season off and may look into the following year to return.

Wade Phillips has shown lately that if given the time then he has the ability to get his players to buy into the defensive system he is trying to build. Let’s make no mistake about it, the difference between Parcell’s defense and Wade’s is very drastic when it comes to schemes and philosophy. It takes time for players to really learn and get used to what their coaches are tryin to teach. Let’s also not forget that Wade Phillips was using “Parcells” guys last year and this season was able to hire coaches who believe in his system as well.

Jason Garrett hasn’t actually blown me away in his sophomore season but you have to believe that a smart guy like that has the ability to learn from mistakes and move forward. The Cowboys showed some things late against Baltimore that I’ve never seen before. The last thing I want is Tony Romo learning a brand new system just as he’s getting comfortable with a coordinator. Romo has already had too much turnover and we saw what that can do to quarterbacks; just look at Jason Cambell and Alex Smith.

Bruce Read needs to go, and I’m sure there will be some shakeup in other places as well. But the Cowboys are now in their fourth straight winning season, something other franchises would kill for. Let’s not take that for granted and let Wade Phillips continue to try and build upon a young, talented nucleus. He deserves the chance.

Just go out and win Sunday. That’s all that’s needed right now though.

Any HC change would also mean a new defensive guru, meaning the Defense takes at least one step backward.

And Garrett looked like a genius last season when our O-line and RBs were almost 100% healthy. And Romo’s still learning, he doesn’t need yet another coordinator.

And this is regardless of what happens on Sunday.

He’s a great guy and very good defensive coordinator. I really don’t think he’ll get this team where everyone here wants it to go. He is a career 500 coach and this team has significantly underachieved. This team is too talented to be 9-6 and needing to win their last game to make the playoffs.

After another disappointing year next year, the players will be a year older and the franchise will be starting over again with a new coach and OC. Despite my negative view of things, I agree it’s not the time to change.

I liked the Philps signing, became a critic by mid-season. I was convinced that he really had remade the defense and was unfireable by the Pittsburgh loss.

I like Jerry making the public statement before the game. It was a good move and not one most GM’s would have made. Dallas is not most of the NFL and Jerry’s silence would be like blood in the water.

I would like for Wade to evaluate his staff and determine if he should be making any changes. Special teams. offensive line and defensive coordinator all come to mind as positions that should be reviewed and not given a pass in the name of consistency. I am not calling for any of those guys head because as a fan I am missing too much information, but I do hope they would review staff performance and make adjustments if needed.

and Al Davis have something else in common… they both look like the Crypt Keeper on a bad day

I used to think Sparano was no good, but I wonder now how much of last season’s success was because of him.

When the players know that the coach isn’t going anywhere, they know they have to listen. I believe that some of the problems we’ve seen this year relate to the constant rumors of a coaching change. Have you ever had a job where you knew that your boss was on his/her way out? It doesn’t take long to start tuning that person out when you think they’re going to be gone soon.

I don’t know that much about Jeff Fisher, but he doesn’t seem like a Parcells/Coughlin type of guy. But everyone in that organization respects and listens because they know he’s not going anywhere. I think that went for Parcells too. Sure he was a tough guy, but the players also knew that Jerry wasn’t going to fire him. He was staying as long as he wanted to stay, so the players had to get with the program.

You cannot keep changing coaches and not suffer through subpar seasons as a result (see Raiders,Oakland). We had Parcells and his my way or the highway act (don’t get me wrong, I’m glad he came when he did and rebuilt this team). His insistence on using retread players he once knew is what drove me crazy. I like Phillips, I like Red Jesus but I think Jerry has moved this situation into new territory with this staff. Phillips is being held accountable as a head coach but I wonder; How much say does he have in the offense? Not that he has a truckload of offensive coaching skills but he IS the head coach. So when the O collapses its his butt up there on the podium, not Garretts’.
Either way, my non counting vote is to retain this staff for another year regardless. Maybe by then they’ll have this all worked out, we won’t be running a MASH unit and the best team in the NFL will finally shine through. /Rant off

That could be a headline for the 2009 season. Really.

Here’s why.

Jason Garrett.
Garrett is not ready to be a head coach. He might think he is, though he hasn’t said it, but his offense has been shoddy this season and there’s a disconnect between the offensive coordinator and the wide receivers. I don’t believe Garrett and Terrell Owens can exist another season.

http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/12/jerry-jones-keeps-wade-phillips.html

Wow somethings got give with TO and Jason Garrett, huh, I wonder if there is any truth to this? Not sure who I would rather have..

There isn’t a coach available who could come in and do a better job than Phillips and Jerry knows that.

Cowher, IMO, is vastly overrated, he was very lucky to get that SB win, and wouldn’t win anymore games than Phillips if he came to Dallas.

We all know Jimmy Johnson will never coach again so that doesn’t really leave too many choices. Wade is our guy until Garrett is ready to take over.

So I have been against him the whole time. Even last year as they got out to a 12-1 start I kept thinking to myself, they will blow it by season’s end with Phillips at the helm. Sure enough they did. I was never that excited about this season either as I figured they’d be even worse than they were last year. Sure enough they have been. However he did do something I was not expecting halfway through the season. He took a more active role with the defense and until the Baltimore game that was working quite well. Of all things it’s Jason Garrett who has been the real disappointment for me this season. Ray Lewis was quoted before last week’s game saying, (while laughing) "They have the most simple offense we’ve seen all year." Think about that.

I do agree that coaches are on way too short of a leash in this day and age and I in no way want Cower to come here, (I never thought he was that good of coach in the big games). But until proven otherwise I’ll always believe that in the biggest games when playing against teams of comparable talent that Wade and Garrett will be outcoached. But hey, there was a time when I thought that Coughlin would never win a Super Bowl either.

was one of the ones who wanted Phillips gone. I can now say I want him to stay. He’s been impressive with this defense. Can you imagine if he stays, and the D plays like it has all of next year? That makes me excited.

The issue for me has been the offense. Give Garrett another year, have him figure out how to incorporate RW2, Felix Jones, and maybe even Choice into the regular mix, and see if he can get things going on that side of the ball.

If they do get rid of him, who are we going to get? Cowher, no chance. Jones won’t give up the GM power. Billick? Garrett? Just give it another year, unless you can get Cowher!!!!! Haha.

and this suffering will turn in to the purest joy. I think the reality of this season is that no one is playing very consistently, especially in the NFC. The Giants were but they’re probably going to be 1-3 for Decemeber

I’ve said that Wade would be gone if we lost Sunday, or in the 1st round. Jerry says no. I’m satisfied with that. I like Wade, and really don’t thnk our let downs can be pinned on him exclusively. So, that’s settled, and, after kicking a$$ Sunday, we can move on to the playoffs. GO COWBOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Raf, you were saying at one point at how the injuries our players are having are suspicious. Marcellus Wiley is saying that Cowboys play lousy in December is because of the strength and conditioning coach, Joe Juraszek: http://sportsmediablog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/12/eureka-espns-marcellus-wiley-a.html
Many people are dismissing this, but it’s starting to make sense. Why December, the end of the season, for a melt down? I think the mentatility of the players stays the same. Could it because the players are just tired? Mike Woicik was our coach when we won three titles. He also won three titles with the Patriots.

I agree with Raf about keeping Wade, it’s going to happen, and I did approve of the Wade signing when it was made although I was beating the drum for Ryan.

Even going out and getting Ryan might hurt this team more than help it. It would probably piss off Garrett mightily, not that I really care, and our guys would have to get used to another HC. Giving Wade another year is probably the best thing.

I guess everything depends on what happens this year and next obviously but I would still like to see Ryan get a chance here as a HC even though I don’t think Jerry will hire Buddy’s son. He’s run every type of defense under the sun. Players swear by him and want to play hard for him, and yet I believe from what I’ve seen he’s more strict than Wade. I think that’s what we’re all looking for: Someone with Wade’s defensive knowledge, someone who the players will respect and work hard for, and yet someone who can get in a players a55 every now and then when it’s warranted (hopefully not in the media though. Probably won’t make a difference though. He’ll be getting a HC job after this year IMO.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3795786

For a minute I thought we might do this, but I hope we keep Wade, as much I dislike his lack of perceived intensity, he is doing a good job with his side of the ball.