Maybe he can teach Isaac Bruce to run lousy patterns, quit on routes, not block downfield, and cry like a little girl when he doesn’t get enough touches. Good riddance, Ray.

(I won’t indignify all of you by saying "1st").

He’s not going to Denver, not even sure if they have a GM, and with no GM they aren’t going to make the same mistake Jerry did by getting suckered into buying the cart before bringing in the mule…

if Garrett goes …. who do we get to replace him? Any thoughts?

The Cowboys have three sets of eyeballs at the Cotton Bowl. College scouting coordinator Chris Hall is joined by Southwest area scout Sam Garza and West area scout Henry Sroka.

The Cowboys got one last look at Felix Jones during last year’s Cotton Bowl. It wouldn’t be surprising if they ended up with a player or two from today’s game.

Forget about Texas Tech WR Michael Crabtree, who will be a top-10 pick. Ole Miss LT Michael Oher, a prototype pass blocker, is also expected to be a first-rounder.

Record-setting Tech QB Graham Harrell is a guy who would make sense for the Cowboys, assuming he’s around in the middle rounds. Tech FS Darcel McBath, a converted CB with excellent cover skills, could also fill a Cowboys’ need. Red Raiders LG Louis Vasquez (6-6, 335) and LT Rylan Reed (6-7, 314) should also be drafted.

Other Ole Miss NFL prospects include speedy WR Mike Wallace and DT Peria Jerry

from DMN.

He had to bring up that trade again. LOL!

If memory serves, the Seahawks got Shaun Alexander and Koren Robinson with those 2 picks. Alexander would’ve been great for us after Emmitt left. Oh well, can’t cry over spilt milk.

Doesn’t really matter about the OC, Wade will get fired after next season and a whole new staff will come in. Probably Holmgren, Shanahan, or Cowher

Has anyone read anywhere that Dom Capers is coming to the ’Boys as a consultant?

I don’t know why we would need a consultant with Brian Stewart on board. He was in the college ranks as a coach for 9 years. Got into the NFL through some form of league ‘affirmative action’ program. Then 2 years with Houston as an assistant DB coach. 3 years with the Chargers as a DB coach under Wade and then he gets the Defensive Coordinator job at one of the premier franchises in the most competitive sports league in the world.

Wade really wanted the guy and lobbied hard to get him, and perhaps he’s brilliant. But he sure looked lost and scared on the sidelines, apparently Wade had to intervene midway through the season and start calling plays for Stewart, and now I’m hearing rumors that the Cowboys are thinking of bringing in a defensive consultant.

I am a shareholder in a well known company with great prospects. OK, so this company hires an ‘expert’ to run a key part of our business. We know that he’s comparatively new to the professional end of the industry and has zero experience in this new and much more demanding position. We pass up other, more experienced guys…but we hire this fellow.

His first year in the job wasn’t great, but the company did so well in another segment (offense) of the business that his weaknesses were not as glaring. His second year in the business was not mitigated by resounding success in other segments and he began to look like he was struggling, and midway through the year, the General Manager of the company stepped in and made many of the decisons for this employee, and there was a noticeable improvement. However, it seems this may have distracted the GM from his other duties and the company underperformed against expectations.

Now, the General Manager is apparently discussing bringing in a consultant to provide additional help. during the next year.

As a shareholder of this company, which did not have the kind of profitable year we were all expecting, I have to ask myself if the salary that we are paying this executive is providing us with a return on our investment.

Well?

post links please…..cuz that other dribble doesn’t pay credence to the news you offer..

This story was on Wikipedia about Marty Schottenheimer and why he was fired from San Diego. Apparently, Marty felt Wade was expendable there.

"Schottenheimer was abruptly fired by San Diego on February 12, 2007. Reasons for his firing include a strained relationship with general manager A.J. Smith, which reached a breaking point when 4 assistants (Cam Cameron, Wade Phillips, Rob Chudzinski and Greg Manusky) left for positions with other teams. It should be noted that these coaches left to pursue higher level opportunities with other teams, instead of merely making a lateral move to another team in which they would be doing the very same thing they were doing at San Diego.

Jim Trotter, of the San Diego Union Tribune, also believes that Schottenheimer’s insistence that his brother, Kurt Schottenheimer, replace Phillips as the defensive coordinator further strained the relationship between team president Dean Spanos and Schottenheimer."

I think what is bothering me about Stewart, and Wade is that in my opinion, the Defensive Coordinator position for the Dallas Cowboys is not the place for ‘on-the-job-training’. We needed someone who had the chops and had the ability to make an immediate impact on the quality of the D units play.

Garrett, while a first time OC did make an immediate impact in his first year. The Offense exploded with production. It was Garrett’s outstanding job that was the deodorant for the D and the Special Teams play in 2007.

We all assumed that Garrett and his group would remain stellar through 2008, while the play of the D and ST improved. It looked like a sure formula for the Super Bowl. The offense stumbled in 2008, partly through injuries and partly through the expertise of great football minds in opposing D coordinator jobs. Garrett seemed outmatched and out schemed at times.

We thought we pulled in most of the missing components on the defense via free agency (Zach) and the draft (Jenkins and Scandrick) or the police blotter (Pacman). We knew Safety was still a concern but Thong was saying all the right things. At the same time, ST play was bad in 2007 and showed no real improvement in 2008.

The defense could not seem to come together in the first half of the 2008 campaign and we all wondered if this squad would ever reach it’s potential. (I remember seeing a TV shot of Stewart, the camera was actually focused on Wade, but Stewart just looked wide eyed and hyper.) It was at that point I started to think, “This guy really looks like he doesn’t know what to do.”

I continued to think that we still didn’t have the right players on D, until I saw them really pick it up while Wade was more involved. Wade’s helping Stewart and showing marked improvement in the play of the defensive unit was the biggest indictment of Stewart’s lack of ability. I think that maybe if Wade had taken over responsibility for that D unit in 2007, we might be looking now at a significantly better defense than we have. All speculation and drivel according to some, but still my opinion.

The compound effect of Stewart’s ‘OJT’ is that the Head Coach had to basically step in and do his job, and in doing so, the HC apparently neglected ST again, and was not able to impact the offense’s struggles.

So, to sum up, then I’ll shut up…I think Wade is a great defensive mind, he’s proven it many times. As a head coach, he has made some glaring errors in judgement. Read and Stewart. Garrett showed that he can make an immediate impact and he got a major league lesson in adaptability and adjustment, this year. I believe he will be back, I hope he stays.

Any manager can make a bad hire. He compounds that mistake when he thinks he can save that bad hire and make that bad hire into something he is not. At some point you have to recognize that plow horse you have is never going to compete in the Kentucky Derby. One measure of a manager (HC) is if he has the ability to recognize his mistakes and then have the strength to correct them. I’m willing to give Wade credit for seeing that special teams was bad and didn’t look like it was going to get any better under the current coach. I’m still waiting to see if he can make the emotionally hard decision of recognizing that his protege is not ready to be the Defensive Coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys.

But if Wade is the defacto Defensive Coordinator, why spend Jerry’s money on an empty sweat suit like Stewart? I don’t understand the need for the charade. Like Tex says, just call Stewart the hostess who gets Wade his coffee, and call Wade the Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator.

Better yet, get rid of Stewart and bring over one of the cheerleaders to fulfill his duties. No drop off in expertise but much better looking AND adds to the circus atmosphere.

Gary Kubiak was the O-coordinator for the Broncos but Shanahan was calling the plays. I thought it would be the same here. I have no idea what Phillips was thinking by letting him call plays. That was a serious lapse in judgement.