WANTED: Hero (No Experience Necessary)

Usually enjoy your posts, but I love this article. I don’t know whether JG is the answer or not yet. It is great to see the emotion of the players showing that they care as much as their fans do. To lose a hard fought game is one thing, but to lose when the team appears to be putting in time is another.
  JG has a lot of talent to work with, but needs to install the desire to achieve in each player. To win or lose as a team and correct the causes of the loss if possible. It wouldn’t hirt my feelings to have him as coach next year if he can start to build this kind of team.

Garrett definitely has started polishing the Star. While its not fully restored to its Former glory, you can see the glimmers through the tarnish.

Anyways, it is well-documented on this site that I am a big JG-defender. I always thought he had a great pedigree and I was thrilled when Jerry hired him since I thought Jerry had pulled a Steelers move and finally not given a crap what anyone else thinks and hired a young guy with an impressive pedigree to be “the guy.” Unfortunately, he was not the HC yet and even with how weird that was, you could sense it right away in 2007 that JG could be a real special coach. He of course since then has had his ups and downs, but I always thought that if he never became a coach here that he would surely go somewhere else and have a lot of success (look at the success the Falcons and Ravens have had even when JG turned them down).

Now that he is the coach though, he has even surpassed my expectations as he is clearly differentiating himself from the past regime on some level and is instilling more discipline and detail into this team. I think the Cowboys have found their coach of the future and I am glad to see it is finally the young prodigy coach on Dallas’s sideline rather than on the opposing sideline (Saints and Steelers come to mind).

Hopefully Jerry knows this as well and makes sure he’s coaching our Boys for years to come.

agree with your heart-lifting write-up, 5Blings, and with the comments above. Speechless. A rarity.

One exception. I’d argue one point.

He’s certainly not someone who has the resume to be the Head Coach of America’s Team.

Ok, not exactly speechless. ;

But can you really still remember Landry as a coordinator for the Giants? I wasn’t even born then.

The thing I worry about a little with Garrett is how much our perceptions and judgments are distorted by new relationship energy. Oh, it’s exciting to hear him talk about accountability, about stacking great days on top of each other, who we’re playing next and at what time etc., but is that really enough for the long term?

Does he have the values, characteristics competencies that are required to be success with the Cowboys? Can he identify and develop talent? Can he win games? Can he stand up to Jerry? Does he have enough charisma, energy and confidence to become the face of the franchise?

Only time will tell, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

I know you have your doubts about Jason Garrett, but is there a coach out there that isn’t named Bill Bellichick that you wouldn’t have doubts about?

I know I would. There are alot of guys that if Garrett doesn’t get the job I’d like, but each one I’d have a worry about.

You have really good coaches too(Jeff Fisher) who I really like, but how many rings does he have?

great article, very poetic and wonderfully written

Seriously, good writeup. I think JG may be the hero we’ve needed for so long

Nice work.

But I’m kind of with OCC on this one. Yeah I’m excited about the way the team has played so far but I’m in reserve on my judgment. Time will tell this story and I hope like hell it ends the way you do. Once again, well written!

I don’t want to break a rule, politeness or anything. Some who haven’t might want to look at the CWCBI files (they’re jpg’s) in this post. (click here)

Hope I didn’t overstep or offend 5Blings or anyone. If so, please let me know, so I know the rules here. Just trying to share with other Cowboy fans. Thanks.

So many unknowns, but the trend line is positive.

I think JG didn’t step into the TO mess for several reasons, each in combination with the other:
- Newness to the organization
- Deference to the HC
- Acknowledgment this was JJ’s initiative

And while many credit SJ with influencing Dad on TO’s departure, who’s to say JG wasn’t a prominent back-channel influence to him? Which has been speculated as well.

Make no mistake the principal decision maker is JJ on the whole interim designation, but the relationship to watch for is JG’s with Steven. Also believe JG, with no need to defer to a HC or ownership becomes more direct with both Joneses in stating his preferences in team personnel, process and coaching staff. If named, he will have more leverage than ever before and it will be up to him to use it.

As far as the Brad Johnson and even MBIII debates go, people are allowed to make mistakes, even DAL Cowboy coaches, unlike fans who are never wrong about anything. Especially in hindsight. But errors of commission are infinitely more palatable than omission. See Phillips, Wade for further Ref. Of course, if those rise an unacceptable level, consequences exist, even as they do for us working stiffs.

Indy is wounded, but PHL is scary because of the matchup problems they present for our Defensive backfield. DAL needs to win the games we should – WAS, AZ and probably one we shouldn’t to ensure the continuation of the JG ERA.

May you live in interesting times is a Chinese expression generally considered a proverb, but it’s actually a warning. Doesn’t get any more interesting than the Silver Anniversary edition of the Dallas Cowboys 2010.

I don’t hold out much hope the Cowboys having staying power. When and if we turn things around. We’ll get a favorable schedule a time or two, but when the winds of change hits with a brutal schedule. The Cowboys will fold like a cheap suit.

All due to a failed system the GM has devised. The guy is a below average GM. Time for us to be realistic enough to realize. The guy is out of his depth. If he wasn’t he would have made better progress than the current 15 yr run. I mean c’mon this system is his system and he has no one to blame but himself for the crappy results,….. and no giving empty apologies is not going to help the team, nor instill confidence this system will ever work.

Jerry is too focused on doing things his way, rather than what’s best for the team. Like a petulant adolescent with a new Christmas toy. He refuses to do the right thing regardless of failed results. I mean after all it is his toy/team. That’s not to say we as fans have to stick our heads in the sand and pretend the guy will one day wake up and morph into a winning GM. He has to fall an his GM’s sword and get proven professional advisers in this regard. Until then, I predict we’ll be discussing more articles like this. Finally, unless that hero comes in the form of a top notch GM. Then to borrow a phrase, “As they say in fencing. What’s the point?”

I like JG & I like what he has done for the team’s attitude. There are many things I like about him. There are also many doubts I have about him. And as HC he needs an OC.

But none of it matters until the owner fires the GM. Please don’t tell me that jj the owner is great & jj the GM is awful. A great owner does not allow a sorry GM to continue in his job for 15 yrs…. unless he loves himself more than the Organization.

It’s always going to be the 800 lb gorilla in the room until it changes.

Not the reason you wrote it, but well-deserved.

I’m pulling for Garrett to get the job for several reasons.

1. All candidates have issues, just because someone has had success as a HC doesn’t mean he will again. Also, if they had success they also failed or they would still be with their previous team.

2. Don’t underestimate the value Jerry would put on a great feel good story. Ex-player from Jerry’s glory days.

3. A good leader is also a good follower. Many question how Jason did things as an assistant. Why didn’t he get better o-linemen or make some of the cultural changes that he has now. Primary because he respected what Wade was doing….he was a good follower.

4. Great communicator. I think his style of communication may be better then Jimmy’s, Bill’s, or Wade’s as far as communicating to the owner. His style of communication will be better then Wade or Bill’s while communicating to the players.

5. I also don’t think the number of wins will be the most important factor in removing the interim from the title. I think it will have more to do with attitude, change in culture, and that ability to communicate to the players and the owner.

I will challenge you on one thing;

A good leader is also a good follower. Many question how Jason did things as an assistant. Why didn’t he get better o-linemen or make some of the cultural changes that he has now. Primary because he respected what Wade was doing….he was a good follower.

I think Jerry needs a HC coach who can, at times, not be so submissive as JG was with Wade. I see no reason Jason could not have whispered to Stephen or Jerry himself and said, “we’re too soft on the players” or “tell wade to make us practice in pads more often”.

No, this team won’t win with a highly compliant yes-man at HC. We have history we can rely on to validate that.