Smitty
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I don't know what you mean, "disregard it."So, we just disregard the 4-12 year?
But 1big said "He'd rather win 7-9 games every year than take a shot on a big time coach."
Wrong. If Garrett had gone, for example, 9-7 in 2014, 7-9 in 2015, 9-7 in 2016 and 8-8 in 2017, yeah, I would have pulled the trigger on firing him. Averaging 8 wins per season that way indicates stagnation.
But that's not what happened.
Garrett went 12-4 with relative health in 2014. Then, he lost his starting QB and WR in 2014. You guys can wax machismo all you want about "winning with injuries" like teams go on deep playoff runs like the Eagles every year without their starting QBs, but the fact is, the Eagles were a fluke and most teams who lose their QBs end up with losing records. The following year, he takes a fourth round rookie after Romo gets hurt again (speaking of winning without your starting QB) and goes 13-3. Then they had a bit of a down year this year, though the Elliott thing was a huge distraction, of course, and losing Tyron and Lee hurt as well, and they went 9-7.
So the 4 year track record for Garrett looks like this:
12-4
4-12
13-3
9-7
instead of
7-9
9-7
9-7
8-8
So in reality, there have been two pretty big highs, a near playoff miss, and a down season. And in the context of his first 3 years where the OL was shit and the defense was average or poor as well, it indicates serious improvement over those 8-8 years.
You can argue till you are blue in the face that the highs should have been better, that the lows shouldn't have been so bad, that we should have been able to make the playoffs last year, whatever.
But my point is, there's a difference. Going 12-4 and 13-3, plus another year that I'm convinced we would have made the playoffs had we not lost our QB, that track record can not honestly and accurately be summarized by saying "He wins between 7-9 games every year," even if TECHNICALLY it averages that mathematically. You ever hear about lies, damned lies, and statistics? Well saying Garrett has averaged between 7-9 wins per season the last 4 years would be one of those true, but lying, statistics.
It's much more reasonable to stand by a coach who has won 12 wins, 13 wins, and 9 wins, but had a lost year due to extreme circumstances, than it is to stand by a guy who never cracks 9 wins.
Yeah, no.And, one year was not "excellently coached". He got carried.
Anyone who can take a rookie QB and get to 13 wins did at least a pretty good job.
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