Confidence in Jason Garrett?

mco65 · Joined: 04 Feb 2011 Posts: 534 Location: US

I'm still cool with Garrett... I would prefer more running but 23 rushes for 38 yards kinda says it all... many coaches would have bailed long before 23 rushes... the problem is the OL and if they don't get better this team will be lucky to finish at .500

If the Cowboys were playing almost any other team yesterday, they loose. Your not gonna win many games in the NFL with this OL.. not many at all.

htfryar · Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:33 am Post subject:

I was openly against us hiring Jason Garrett as the HC, because I did not think he was ready for the job. I think he is still too inexperienced. He makes mistakes with time managment and in-game adjustments. Having said that, I am happy with him as the HC and think he will get better and will get this team turned around.

As a HC, Garrett still has less than 2 full years of experience. There are very few HC's who come in and immediately have their team challenging for the Super Bowl. Why should we expect anything different from Garrett? We knew that there was rebuilding to be done in several key areas. We needed a new secondary, several new offensive linemen, etc.. It was unrealistic to expect everything to get fixed in 1 or 2 years. This team is a work in progress. Garrett is not trying to build a team that will win the Super Bowl immediately. He is trying to build a team that will compete every week and have sustained success. That takes time and more than 1 or 2 drafts/FA periods.

Yes, the offensive line was bad. We needed a new C and 2 new OG's. There were no top quality C's to be had in FA, so we passed. I have no problem with that. Instead of going after big name free agents at OG and screwing up our salary cap, we went the budget route with Livings and Burnindeuce. Sure, we could've went after DeCastro or Konz in the draft, but our secondary was in worse shape. People always say we should go BPA int he draft. That is exactly what we did. We made a move for the BPA, who just happened to play at a position of serious need. In any other year, everyone would have applauded the move. Now, after seeing Konz unable to crack the starting lineup in Atlanta and DeCastro being less tham impressive before tearing up his knee, the Claiborne move looks even better.

DO I think Dallas has a legitimate chance to win the Super Bowl this year? Not at all. But, I think that if Garrett is given a couple more years as the HC, he will have this team competing for a Super Bowl title. People have to be patient. Just because microwave popcorn is ready in about 3 minutes, doesn't mean that a football team can be fixed as easily.
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Rtnldave · Joined: 10 Feb 2008 Posts: 2354

I am not going to defend the fact that our Oline is very raw and inexperienced together. They are not very good but much of that is understandable and even expected at this point, by me. I'm looking for marked improvement after the bye week.
HOWEVER, I do believe there is an ebba nd flow between offenses and defenses every couple of years. It would seem that defenses, for the moment are ahead of the offenses in their understanding, recognition, and execution of game plans.
I.E. I have noticed a signifucant number of sacks and turnovers thus far this year for many teams, more so than usual. I know it is only the 3rd week of the season but it seems the more I watch other games, I notice the QB's from both teams having very little time to throw and taking a pounding. I watched Mike Vick get obliterated several times yesterday. Same with Romo, same with Chicago's QB, Same with Kolb, Rothlsiberger, etc, etc, etc. Hell, even the Manning clan threw for a combined 7 picks in week 2!

Check out these stats on the first 3 weeks and last week's games alone for 2012.

http://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/sacks-per-game

There are several teams with at least 4 sacks per game, that is 1 a quarter. And if you look at teams like the Iggles, they have 15 turnovers in 3 games! That's 1 turnover a quarter plus some.
So, take it for what it is worth, but the Oline, for as poor as they may be, is not entirely to blame. I believe defenses have gotten faster, schemes have gotten smarter, and the players have gotten stronger. It is up to the O line to adapt, that will take time.

Northland · Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 3138 Location: Ajax, Ontario

I am going to give Garrett an incomplete at this stage. Yes he has had some well documented time mangement and in game adjustment issues. Penalties are appaling. On the other had he really does not have much to work with. Despite terrific skill players on offense they are negated by what may be the worst offensive line the club has fielded in some time. Don't expect that unit to get better - they are what they are. Overall depth on the club is still an issue.

The defense has really improved but again they will be impacted by the o line - lots of three and outs means the defense is on the field too much which will see them wear down.

The issue will be if the club crashes and burns this year how much patience will Jerry exhibit?
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Calvert28 · Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 9:13 pm Post subject:

We have been burned too many times for me to "have confidence". Until something is accomplished, I am still unfortunately expecting a fail. It's the only way I can keep watching the games now, is if I am not expecting us to succeed.

I can see how Lions have managed to keep their sanity all these years.
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WareWolf94 · Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 5300

I changed my mind about are the Cowboys joke.

The only punchline about this team is the fans. We're getting laughed at right now. The Pats, Steelers, some others would love to get to 2-1 the way we did.

WINNING UGLY IS STILL WINNING. We're the only team in America whose fans put their coach on the hot seat in week 3.
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CowboysTilIDie · Joined: 09 Jan 2012 Posts: 2375 Location: Amarillo, TX

I haven't read every page in this thread (and don't plan on it) but, at this moment, I trust JG to get this team where it needs to be. I believe we are already headed in that direction and, given SUFFICIENT time, will get us back to the Glory Hole.
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TheStarStillShines · Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Posts: 8283

Soft coach, soft team. Like Keyshawn said, a team takes on the personality of its head coach, and this team is really soft.
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