Wade Phillips: My record was better than Jason Garrett’s

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Wade Phillips: My record was better than Jason Garrett’s

Posted by Michael David Smith on March 6, 2014, 7:41 PM EST



In the middle of the 2010 season, Cowboys owner and General Manager Jerry Jones fired head coach Wade Phillips and replaced him with offensive coordinator Jason Garrett. Phillips would like to make the case that Jones made the wrong decision.

Phillips took to Twitter on Thursday and pointed out that he and Garrett have each coached the Cowboys for three and a half seasons, and that the Cowboys’ record under Phillips was better than under Garrett. “Phillips: 34-22; Garrett: 29-27,” Phillips added.

The Cowboys started that 2010 season 1-7 under Phillips, and after Jones turned to Garrett they went 5-3 the rest of the way. So it looked early on like the right choice. But since then, Garrett has gone 8-8, 8-8 and 8-8 in his three full seasons. Phillips, on the other hand, went 13-3, 9-7 and 11-5 in his three full seasons as the Cowboys’ head coach.

So Phillips has a good case that he was a better coach in Dallas than Garrett. Why he suddenly decided to make that case today is unclear.

UPDATE 7:45 p.m. ET: Moments after we published this, Phillips tweeted, “My surprise was that Jason and I had coached the same number of games. Not the record – time passes quickly -I wish Jason & Cowboys well.”
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Yeah, this is pretty pathetic. A passive aggressive shot at Garrett. While true, it's still pretty sad.

Old people like Fat Wade really need to stay off the Twitter.

One of the beat writers noted he is following only one person.


https://twitter.com/sonofbum/following

What the hell is so special about Jermaine Johnson?

 

[Rev]

Will it go 10 or 15 pages?

 

[hstour]

Hey Wade, the team never quit on Garrett like they did on you.

 

[Texas Ace]

Wade is so fucking pathetic.

 

[Deuce]

Hey Wade, the team never quit on Garrett like they did on you.

And yet we still don't see an improvement.

 

[ravidubey]

Hey Wade, the team never quit on Garrett like they did on you.

Wade basically left the offense alone, so if the players quit on Wade they quit on RHG too. Amazing the cred a 5-3 run from an underachieving squad vs average competition bought Garrett.

Redball didn't have to coach Mike Jenkins much either.

 

[L.T. Fan]

Wade basically left the offense alone, so if the players quit on Wade they quit on RHG too. Amazing the cred a 5-3 run from an underachieving squad vs average competition bought Garrett.

Redball didn't have to coach Mike Jenkins much either.

It can't be Wade's or Jason's fault because it has to be Jones fault.

 

[Smitty]

Hey Wade, the team never quit on Garrett like they did on you.

Pretty much.

Wade's teams always quit on him. That's why he's one of the worst coaches you can possibly have. I couldn't give two shits about what he did with Bill Parcells' team his first season here.

 

[Cotton]

Hey Wade, the team never quit on Garrett like they did on you.

Not yet, you mean.

 

[Rev]

And yet the cowboys still can't win enough games.

 

[NoDak]

Fat Wade is a shitty coach. And his record is better than Ginger Jesus.

That's gotta sting a little.

 

[jsmith6919]

Hey Wade, the team never quit on Garrett like they did on you.

Umm yea they kinda did in the Saints and Bears games last year

 

[data]

 

[Bob Roberts]

Umm yea they kinda did in the Saints and Bears games last year

Yes, please explain how any of these games were better than the Packers game that got Wade canned.

 

[Smitty]

Yes, please explain how any of these games were better than the Packers game that got Wade canned.

They weren't preceded by 6 other losses in 7 games.

 

[boozeman]

And yet the cowboys still can't win enough games.

Respect the "process " ingrate.

 

[boozeman]

They weren't preceded by 6 other losses in 7 games.

So...Garrett has style points. Awesome.

 

[data]

Jerruh doesn't have to pay for two airplane seats on road trips with Garrett.

 

[Genghis Khan]

I would be bitter about everything too if it was me.

He was saddled with Garrett, his job depended on Garrett doing well, the team crashed in 2010 yet Garrett escaped with Wade's job, and in the years since has yet to even equal Wade's results. Garrett has never had anywhere near Wade's track record as an assistant, has worse results as a HC here, yet has been given a longer rope.

Yeah I would be pretty unhappy about it.

 

[Rev]

Garrett is fine.