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Jason Garrett should try to get himself fired as coach of Dallas Cowboys
By Randy Galloway
In the NFL world, the loss of a star quarterback (we all can agree, right, that Tony Romo is a star QB?) is basically the only injury excuse that is considered legitimate.
Why, then, is this next question considered, well, legit: Should Jason Garrett be fired?
Terry Bradshaw, in a back-and-forth last week with the Fox boys, gave a national TV “yes” on the immediate ouster of Garrett, despite the head coach being without his star QB for two months.
Howie Long countered Bradshaw in a hurry. Howie blamed — who else? — Mr. Jerry for the current seven-straight-Ls-and-counting state of the Cowboys.
I agree with both but, obviously, more so with Howie.
Should Garrett be fired? Yes, but not by Jerry acting on his own because under all circumstances, except one, there’s no way Jerry is going to dump Jason, now or after the season.
Jason Garrett’s 43-38 head-coaching record ranks third all-time in team history, behind Tom Landry and Jimmy Johnson.
Garrett, for his own long-term coaching welfare in the NFL, should get himself fired by going Jimmy on Jerry. Insult him. Call him to his face a bleeping football idiot.
That kind of talk will get you gone in a hurry. Like by Sunday morning with the Cowboys in Miami.
Garrett needs to get himself gone. Why? Because nobody, certainly not Jerry, has taken a bigger image wound than Jason, based on the past seven games over eight weeks.
Jerry’s image was already at septic-tank level, and he is what he’s always been: coach-killer.
Garrett, meanwhile, had a very good image-thing going coming off last season, but, and I hate to say this, he has currently been reduced to almost stooge status.
Outside of Big Bill and Jimmy, there’s never been a head coach here whom Jerry hasn’t eventually chopped down to stooge status. That’s what Jerry does.
But OK, here comes Romo, back in action for Sunday’s game in Miami.
To save this 2-7 season, Romo has basically got to win out in the next seven games.
And to accomplish this, he must cure locker-room cancer, and he’s also got to form a locker-room leadership coalition that will restore law and order, and he’s also got to introduce himself to the next-up running back, and he’s also got to fix the offensive line, and he’s also got to fix the defense, and ...
Whew.
The Dolphins lead the all-time series against the Cowboys 7-6
Tony is loaded down with a combo platter of toxic football waste.
Plus, of course, Romo must be in midseason form on Sunday after missing two months.
Are we asking too much, Tony? Just joking, man.
If I’m Garrett, I’m going into every-coach-for-himself mode. I’m not believing Romo can accomplish all of the above. I’m getting myself fired by Sunday morning. I’m insulting Jerry.
One major hang-up is the huge financial considerations. After last season, Garrett was rewarded with a five-year, $30 million contract. So let’s assume there’s still $24 million in play for both Jason and Jerry.
If the buyout for being fired is only 50 cents on the dollar — 12 mil — Garrett would be wise to take it and move on, at least if he ever hopes to be a head coach again in the NFL.
Of the 31 teams of other owners and GMs in the league, I’d say all 31 understand that coaching for Jerry eventually becomes impossible. Jerry will beat you down. Heck, he even beat down Bill Parcells, and I considered that impossible.
But at the moment, Garrett’s league-wide image is hanging by a toenail.
The Greg Hardy situation is clouding him, and clouding the team, but I don’t just blame Jerry for that. It appears Jason was, in the beginning, and has been all along, as much an enabler for Hardy as Jones.
Signing Hardy was one thing — albeit a highly controversial thing — but the Cowboy assured us they could “handle” Hardy. Instead, Hardy has made Jones and Garrett look like twits.
But, again, it’s Garrett who has taken the heavier image hit on that.
And just when we thought Dez Bryant might be under control, he wandered off into never-never land on Nov. 12, first making a fool out of himself with a midweek locker-room tirade, then choking in the clutch in the loss at Tampa Bay three days later.
7 Losses in a row — the longest of Jason Garrett’s career as a head coach
But in these seven straight losses without Romo, there were at least three very winnable games that got away. A 5-4 record instead of a 2-7 record, in other words.
While the backup quarterback play has obviously been suspect, it still came down to the Cowboys having a not-well-coached look during the skid.
That goes on Garrett.
Yes, the Joe Randle decision at running back was an awful mistake, although no one wanted DeMarco Murray back more than Jason.
Yes, the loss of Bill Callahan as the offensive line coach appears to have backfired, although Callahan left in a snit after being demoted as the offensive coordinator. And at the time, none of us argued with that demotion.
But overall, the Cowboys’ lack of discipline on the field, off the field and on the devil’s invention — Twitter — is a constant disease.
I think Garrett is a good head coach. He’s having an awful year, however, and it’s a career-altering kind of year.
Get out. Now. Insult Jerry. Now.
And for those fans who want Garrett gone, remember this: Jerry will make the next hire. Gawd knows who that might be, except we all know it will be Jerry’s next head-coaching victim.
By Randy Galloway
In the NFL world, the loss of a star quarterback (we all can agree, right, that Tony Romo is a star QB?) is basically the only injury excuse that is considered legitimate.
Why, then, is this next question considered, well, legit: Should Jason Garrett be fired?
Terry Bradshaw, in a back-and-forth last week with the Fox boys, gave a national TV “yes” on the immediate ouster of Garrett, despite the head coach being without his star QB for two months.
Howie Long countered Bradshaw in a hurry. Howie blamed — who else? — Mr. Jerry for the current seven-straight-Ls-and-counting state of the Cowboys.
I agree with both but, obviously, more so with Howie.
Should Garrett be fired? Yes, but not by Jerry acting on his own because under all circumstances, except one, there’s no way Jerry is going to dump Jason, now or after the season.
Jason Garrett’s 43-38 head-coaching record ranks third all-time in team history, behind Tom Landry and Jimmy Johnson.
Garrett, for his own long-term coaching welfare in the NFL, should get himself fired by going Jimmy on Jerry. Insult him. Call him to his face a bleeping football idiot.
That kind of talk will get you gone in a hurry. Like by Sunday morning with the Cowboys in Miami.
Garrett needs to get himself gone. Why? Because nobody, certainly not Jerry, has taken a bigger image wound than Jason, based on the past seven games over eight weeks.
Jerry’s image was already at septic-tank level, and he is what he’s always been: coach-killer.
Garrett, meanwhile, had a very good image-thing going coming off last season, but, and I hate to say this, he has currently been reduced to almost stooge status.
Outside of Big Bill and Jimmy, there’s never been a head coach here whom Jerry hasn’t eventually chopped down to stooge status. That’s what Jerry does.
But OK, here comes Romo, back in action for Sunday’s game in Miami.
To save this 2-7 season, Romo has basically got to win out in the next seven games.
And to accomplish this, he must cure locker-room cancer, and he’s also got to form a locker-room leadership coalition that will restore law and order, and he’s also got to introduce himself to the next-up running back, and he’s also got to fix the offensive line, and he’s also got to fix the defense, and ...
Whew.
The Dolphins lead the all-time series against the Cowboys 7-6
Tony is loaded down with a combo platter of toxic football waste.
Plus, of course, Romo must be in midseason form on Sunday after missing two months.
Are we asking too much, Tony? Just joking, man.
If I’m Garrett, I’m going into every-coach-for-himself mode. I’m not believing Romo can accomplish all of the above. I’m getting myself fired by Sunday morning. I’m insulting Jerry.
One major hang-up is the huge financial considerations. After last season, Garrett was rewarded with a five-year, $30 million contract. So let’s assume there’s still $24 million in play for both Jason and Jerry.
If the buyout for being fired is only 50 cents on the dollar — 12 mil — Garrett would be wise to take it and move on, at least if he ever hopes to be a head coach again in the NFL.
Of the 31 teams of other owners and GMs in the league, I’d say all 31 understand that coaching for Jerry eventually becomes impossible. Jerry will beat you down. Heck, he even beat down Bill Parcells, and I considered that impossible.
But at the moment, Garrett’s league-wide image is hanging by a toenail.
The Greg Hardy situation is clouding him, and clouding the team, but I don’t just blame Jerry for that. It appears Jason was, in the beginning, and has been all along, as much an enabler for Hardy as Jones.
Signing Hardy was one thing — albeit a highly controversial thing — but the Cowboy assured us they could “handle” Hardy. Instead, Hardy has made Jones and Garrett look like twits.
But, again, it’s Garrett who has taken the heavier image hit on that.
And just when we thought Dez Bryant might be under control, he wandered off into never-never land on Nov. 12, first making a fool out of himself with a midweek locker-room tirade, then choking in the clutch in the loss at Tampa Bay three days later.
7 Losses in a row — the longest of Jason Garrett’s career as a head coach
But in these seven straight losses without Romo, there were at least three very winnable games that got away. A 5-4 record instead of a 2-7 record, in other words.
While the backup quarterback play has obviously been suspect, it still came down to the Cowboys having a not-well-coached look during the skid.
That goes on Garrett.
Yes, the Joe Randle decision at running back was an awful mistake, although no one wanted DeMarco Murray back more than Jason.
Yes, the loss of Bill Callahan as the offensive line coach appears to have backfired, although Callahan left in a snit after being demoted as the offensive coordinator. And at the time, none of us argued with that demotion.
But overall, the Cowboys’ lack of discipline on the field, off the field and on the devil’s invention — Twitter — is a constant disease.
I think Garrett is a good head coach. He’s having an awful year, however, and it’s a career-altering kind of year.
Get out. Now. Insult Jerry. Now.
And for those fans who want Garrett gone, remember this: Jerry will make the next hire. Gawd knows who that might be, except we all know it will be Jerry’s next head-coaching victim.