I didn't say hiring Garrett was Jones' number one mistake, but it has been a huge error that has dramatically held back the organization ever since. Even you admitted at one time that hiring the OC before the HC was stupid.
So you admit that it's not Jones' biggest mistake. That's good, because that would be a ridiculous thing to say.
You also can't just cherry pick the years you want. You're being intentionally dishonest as usual.
I'm not being intentionally dishonest, you are not understanding what I'm saying. You yourself have many times made the argument "Well Parcells in the 2000s isn't the same coach he was in the 80's."
This is a variation of what I am saying about Lovie Smith. I don't care what he did in 2006 -- I do not believe he is capable of duplicating that effort at this point in his career. The evidence backs that up because he has been out of the playoffs for the past 6 seasons, except once.
If that's a dishonest argument, then you have been dishonest many times, so stop talking out of both sides of your mouth.
Garrett still doesn't have a playoff appearance as HC. Smith has a playoff win during that time. You characterized it as an "appearance" rather than a win because you are making a dishonest argument.
I don't see how that changes anything. One playoff appearance, one playoff win, WGAS? It's not good enough.
I like how, since you can't argue the facts, you have to resort to calling me a liar. That's cute.
As for Garrett not having one playoff appearance as a HC... well, the only way to give it an equal test would be to give Garrett 6 years.
I'm not interested in being exactly equal though, I don't care if Lovie Smith is two spots ahead of Garrett on the coaching ranks. I am speaking in generalities, and when I do so, I am saying, completely accurately, that Jason Garrett's 2 years of 8-8 are roughly the same quality of coaching job we've seen in the past 6 years of Lovie Smith in Chicago. As evidenced by the fact that Lovie Smith has been to the playoffs once in 6 years.
And even IF that one playoff appearance somehow made Lovie Smith the better coach -- it's still beside my point. My point is, zero playoff wins, one playoff win, zero playoff apperances, whatever. WHO GIVES A FUCK. Functionally, it's all the same.
Lovie Smith isn't going to come into Dallas and do a lick better than he did in his last 6 years in Chicago. That's the point. The performance Lovie Smith achieved in Chicago his past 6 seasons there would result in similar playoff success, ie, he will miss the playoff more often than he makes it, probably at a rate of about 1 in 6.
That performance is what you get when you have an average coach (like both Smith and Garrett are) saddled with a poor front office (as they each had in Chicago and Dallas).
Neither of these coaches are elite, franchise-changing coaches who could come in here and clean up this mess. Neither of these coaches are so bad that they are going to weigh the franchise down even further like Wade or Campo did.
They are just average. Maybe they get hot one year. Maybe they underachieve other years. The only thing for sure is that you won't get over the hump.
PS.... Garrett's offense was elite in 2007.