Hill: Linehan and Marinelli Extended

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Good, especially with Linehan. We can all bitch often about the play calling on offense but the truth of the matter is what he was able to do with a rookie QB and a rookie RB is nothing short of spectacular. And frankly at times his play calling is pure brilliance. It's easy to pick apart the bad play calls with hindsight but I personally want him around as long as possible to continue working with Dak.
 

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I really don't like extending Old Man Marinelli.
 

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Glad that we got Linehan extended. At least we have him through 2019 now.
 

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The Cowboys have signed coordinators Scott Linehan, Rod Marinelli and Rich Bisaccia to extensions, according to multiple sources. The Cowboys did not want their coaches to go into 2017 into a lame-duck situation.
Todd Archer, ESPN Staff Writer
Bisaccia too. Well, the whole gang is here to stay.

And why exactly are they afraid of them having "lame duck" status for?
 

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At Marinell's age he needs all the help extending he can get.

 

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Ugh. Linehan extension is awesome, we didn't need interruption in what ended up being a nice chemistry between him and Dak.

Marinelli??

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Marinelli does a great job considering what there is on defense. They play hard, they are just not very good. It's not his fault Jerry and RHG don't want to spend picks on defense.
 

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Ugh. Linehan extension is awesome, we didn't need interruption in what ended up being a nice chemistry between him and Dak.

Marinelli??

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IMO, Marinelli gets shit on far more than he deserves. Hell, people have been predicting that we would have all time bad defenses the last two years. Then both years, the defense has played decent. Championship defense? No. But far from what people have thought. So what is the reason for that? The shit we have trotted out there or the coaching? I'd like to see what Marinelli could do if we actually gave him some good players to use. He's had Sean Lee and... Who? I can't think of anybody else that hasn't been labeled as anywhere from JAG status to downright shit.
 

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IMO, Marinelli gets shit on far more than he deserves. Hell, people have been predicting that we would have all time bad defenses the last two years. Then both years, the defense has played decent. Championship defense? No. But far from what people have thought. So what is the reason for that? The shit we have trotted out there or the coaching? I'd like to see what Marinelli could do if we actually gave him some good players to use. He's had Sean Lee and... Who? I can't think of anybody else that hasn't been labeled as anywhere from JAG status to downright shit.
And he has had a part in the talent. Either it is arrogance or a desire for excuse driven job security, but he has made a living coaching up that crap. There is no reason he should not have been screaming bloody murder for more talent. Instead he prides himself on getting overachievers.
 

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IMO, Marinelli gets shit on far more than he deserves. Hell, people have been predicting that we would have all time bad defenses the last two years. Then both years, the defense has played decent. Championship defense? No. But far from what people have thought. So what is the reason for that? The shit we have trotted out there or the coaching? I'd like to see what Marinelli could do if we actually gave him some good players to use. He's had Sean Lee and... Who? I can't think of anybody else that hasn't been labeled as anywhere from JAG status to downright shit.
Totally agree. Never understood that, either.
 

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And he has had a part in the talent. Either it is arrogance or a desire for excuse driven job security, but he has made a living coaching up that crap. There is no reason he should not have been screaming bloody murder for more talent. Instead he prides himself on getting overachievers.
You have no idea what he wants or doesn't want when they're putting their draft board together, but ok.
 

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And he has had a part in the talent. Either it is arrogance or a desire for excuse driven job security, but he has made a living coaching up that crap. There is no reason he should not have been screaming bloody murder for more talent. Instead he prides himself on getting overachievers.
I've never heard Marinelli make an excuse for his units performance. I think it's shit to claim he prefers not to have talent because it provides some sort of job protection. It's a baseless claim.
 

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You have no idea what he wants or doesn't want when they're putting their draft board together, but ok.
So he had no part in the Sharif Floyd fuck up? And rationalizing his lack of quick twitch and the meeting room was too full anyways? Alrighty then. This is a guy who fought to have a turd like Nick Hayden start on his defense for three years. He is not Rob Ryan dogshit bad, but this idea that the organization (and probably him too) that think he can coach anything up has hurt.
 

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I've never heard Marinelli make an excuse for his units performance. I think it's shit to claim he prefers not to have talent because it provides some sort of job protection. It's a baseless claim.
Pretty much.
 

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So he had no part in the Sharif Floyd fuck up? And rationalizing his lack of quick twitch and the meeting room was too full anyways?
Is Floyd really that good of an example? He has kind of been mediocre at best in the NFL. Certainly not something to spend a first round pick on.
 

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Is Floyd really that good of an example? He has kind of been mediocre at best in the NFL. Certainly not something to spend a first round pick on.
Yeah, we trade away from a guy who has been average at best down to an all pro center and our #2 WR. Quite the fuck up.
 

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And he has had a part in the talent. Either it is arrogance or a desire for excuse driven job security, but he has made a living coaching up that crap. There is no reason he should not have been screaming bloody murder for more talent. Instead he prides himself on getting overachievers.
He kind of reminds me of they way Marty Schottenheimer could get any team to the playoffs but never any further. Give Marinelli a bunch of JAGs and he'll find a way to get a mid-league performance out of them. Give him a bunch of Pro Bowlers and he would probably also find a way to get a mid-league performance out of them. As long as our offense is dominant it might be enough, but it will always be frustrating.
 

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He kind of reminds me of they way Marty Schottenheimer could get any team to the playoffs but never any further. Give Marinelli a bunch of JAGs and he'll find a way to get a mid-league performance out of them. Give him a bunch of Pro Bowlers and he would probably also find a way to get a mid-league performance out of them. As long as our offense is dominant it might be enough, but it will always be frustrating.
He had some pretty awesome defenses with the Bears. Hell his defense one year led the NFL in takeaways and interceptions. I'd say that 2012 Bears defense was pretty awesome. Of course that year he had Julius Peppers getting him double digit sacks. Of course he had Charles Tillman back then causing a ridiculous amount of fumbles. He had Tim Jennings snagging like 9 INTs.

Oddly enough, Stephen Paea was the starting NT on that defense...
 

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You have no idea what he wants or doesn't want when they're putting their draft board together, but ok.
We don't have any idea about a lot of things but it's a concept that Nick Eatman seems to put some credence in.

Not saying that's the be-all, end-all, but it's not like we just completely fabricated it to shit all over Marinelli.
 
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