I agree with that. You'll have to excuse me. I havent' read this whole thread. Just assumed you were one of those defend Garrett at all ends types.
Personally, I think Garrett is hot garbage in way over his head. Jerry Jones sucks, but I'm not of the belief that Jerry is holding back Garrett from being some coaching savant.
The debate you stepped into involves some people who have a history since Day 1 of blowing Garrett's faults way out of proportion and saying he's one of the worst coaches in the league. I don't think that's true, and there was a time I thought he could become a pretty good coach under the circumstances (being, he has to deal with Jerry and thus will never truly be a winner since no one can really succeed under Jerry).
3.5 seasons has shown Garrett isn't good enough and is not really getting better at the areas that he's cost us the most in. He's not going to develop into a guy that can deal with Jerry's incompetence, and he's not good enough on his own to overcome it like a Parcells was. So the search begins for a franchise-manager type HC. I'm on board with that.
This debate rages on, though, because he's still had some success as a coach and there are things he does very well that no one wants to acknowledge, and I'm not going to pretend he's one of the worst coaches in the league to justify firing him for just anybody.
We need a legit upgrade and everyone is on board with that.
Some people feel the need to play down his abilities though so that hiring someone from this shitty coaching crop would be justified, and that's just not the case.