Jones Says Garrett Will Return As Head Coach For 2014

[Bob Roberts]

Jones Says Garrett Will Return As Head Coach For 2014

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Nick Eatman DallasCowboys.com Staff Writer Follow nickeatman on Twitter All Nick Eatman Articles

IRVING, Texas – With the Cowboys fighting for their playoffs lives here in the final six-game stretch of the season, owner Jerry Jones didn’t make it sound like his head coach is actually fighting for his job.

In fact, he has said that in the past and reiterated that thought Thursday to reporters at practice at Valley Ranch.

Jones said Jason Garrett returning as head coach in 2014 does not hinge on making the playoffs this year.

And when asked directly if Garrett would be the coach next year, Jones emphatically said, “yes.”

"It's not that (an Armageddon year) for Jason, and I'm disappointed that we don't have a better record,” Jones said. “But he has got us in position to win the division and got a team here that I firmly believe has the ability to be one of the better-playing teams at the end and in position to get in the playoffs. We see logically how to get in the playoffs, we have that, for all practical purposes, in our control. Now that's a pretty good spot to be in after 10 games. And so a lot of this story is to be played out. It does not have a bearing on whether or not he will be our coach next year."

Garrett, who joined the Cowboys in 2007 as the offensive coordinator, took over Wade Phillips in the middle of the 2010 season when the Cowboys were 1-7. As interim head coach, Garrett led the Cowboys to a 5-3 finish before being named the official head coach in 2011.

The Cowboys have finished 8-8 the last two years and have lost the season finale both seasons with the NFC East title and a playoff spot on the line.
Garrett is 21-21 as the head coach of the Cowboys and 26-24 including the eight games as interim in 2010.
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[Genghis Khan]

I'm out. I'm done. Fuck this shit.

~flips table~

 

[E_D_Guapo]

This team is ripe to completely collapse over these last 6 games, IMO. I believe when it's all said and done they're going to finish in 3rd place in the division with 7–9 record. Regardless of what Jerry is saying right now, I'm not convinced that Garrett is the head coach in 2014 if it does play out like that.

 

[1bigfan13]

I actually see these comments as good news.

It's the dreaded vote of confidence.

Garrett will be out of here shortly after the season ends.

 

[BipolarFuk]

I don't believe it. 8-8 might keep his job, but the way this team is playing....I don't see it.

I don't think we have a chance on D until Lee gets back and the offense is shit.

NY is going to be a beatdown.
We could beat the Raiders, but I'm calling loss without Sean Lee.
At Bears? Loss
Rodgers will probably be back for GB. Loss.
At Redskins? Another away loss because this team sucks on the road.
Eagles? Nothing to play for at this point. Loss

5-11 and we are looking for a new coach despite whatever Jerry is selling right now.

 

[boozeman]

I knew the injuries would save his ass.

 

[Simpleton]

He's full of shit, if we miss the playoffs Garrett is gone. On the other hand, if we keep him another year it's very possible that we go like 4-12 next year and are in the running for the rapist.

 

[NoDak]

I have never fired a coach mid-season. /2007 Jerry

 

[Clay_Allison]

I have never fired a coach mid-season. /2007 Jerry

2010

 

[boozeman]

 

[jsmith6919]

I don't really see how this is a guarantee that gingerfuck will be back, imo he was asked a direct question about it and answered that playoffs would have no bearing on whether he was kept.

You could actually take this as he may be fired even with a playoff appearance.

 

[NoDak]

2010

Yeah, I had a brain fart. Was thinking about when the red headed albatross landed in Dallas.

 

[Cotton]

WGAS

Nothing is ever going to change.

 

[Carp]

I think as he says this he believes it, but if the wheels completely come off to finish the season he'll be gone.

 

[Simpleton]

I think as he says this he believes it, but if the wheels completely come off to finish the season he'll be gone.

Would you even go so far as to say as he stands there this moment?

 

[Deuce]

It took 10 years, but I finally agree with Schein on something.

@AdamSchein: Jerry Jones says Jason Garrett will be back next year. Let me find the words... Got em! HAHAHAHA!

 

[Carp]

Would you even go so far as to say as he stands there this moment?

I do, right now I think he believes that. Although a bad end of season with fan upheavel and media buttkicking will change his mind.

 

[superpunk]

No reason to take anything he says in November seriously.

 

[Bob Roberts]

He's full of shit, if we miss the playoffs Garrett is gone. On the other hand, if we keep him another year it's very possible that we go like 4-12 next year and are in the running for the rapist.

He's not a therapist

 

[Cotton]

Jones wants to stick to his guns on Garrett

November, 21, 2013

By Tim MacMahon | ESPNDallas.com


IRVING, Texas -- On days like this, it's important to remember one of Jerry Jones' favorite lines: "Just because I say it doesn't make it so."

In other words, Jones' public commitment to Jason Garrett continuing to be the Dallas Cowboys' head coach next year, regardless of the results the rest of this season, really don't guarantee Garrett any job security.

Just ask Wade Phillips. Jones repeatedly insisted that he wouldn't change head coaches under any circumstances in the middle of the 2010 season. That was absolutely true ... until Jones changed his mind following a lopsided loss at Lambeau Field that dropped Dallas to 1-7.

This isn't a matter of questioning Jones' integrity. In cases like this, he truly means what he says at the moment it comes out of his mouth. But there's a reason the rest of the general managers in the NFL don't do two weekly radio shows and frequent television appearances along with holding postgame news conferences and the occasional midweek meeting with the media.

Jones has armadillo shell for skin, so he doesn't mind his feet being held to the fire if he reverses direction with these sorts of decisions. And it isn't too difficult for skeptics to envision him feeling forced into changing his mind if the Cowboys falter in the final six games and fail to make the playoffs again.

You know the general manager isn't going to be the fall guy if the Cowboys miss the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. Jones has hired seven head coaches during his 25-year tenure, so what's one more?

All that being said, don't assume that his vote of confidence is a kiss of death. Remember his Week 17 vow that Phillips would return regardless of the result of the win-or-go-home finale? Well, Wade survived the 44-6 flop in Philadelphia.

You should know that Jones really wants to stick to his guns with Garrett.

Nothing could make him prouder than Garrett enjoying success as the Cowboys' head coach. The redhead former third-string quarterback and son of a longtime Cowboys scout is Jones' guy.

Never mind the financial aspect. Jones has never had more invested in a head coach when it comes to ego and emotions.

There's a personal relationship that is decades old, and there's the pride of identifying Garrett as a head coach candidate before anyone else did and doing what it took to keep him at Valley Ranch when he became one of the NFL's hottest coaching candidates during Phillips' tenure.

If Garrett succeeds with the Cowboys, Jones gets to take a large share of the credit. That's reason enough to believe that he really is committed to giving Garrett every reasonable chance of attempting to rebuild a championship team.

He will look for reasons to keep Garrett, not reasons to fire him. It'd take some terrible circumstances to make today's truth change at the end of the season.