A couple of things about the Cowboys that won't change until Jerry Jones steps to the side or dies(I would prefer step to the side, but, no...I'm not going there):
number 1-The Dallas Cowboys will not have a strong willed head coach with Hand(power) in personnel and coaching staff decisions. He will be always be as he is now, a puppet with very little respect from his coaches or players. Do you really think Wade could be a coach anywhere else? He almost wasn't the coach here. Garret was hired first and many thought he was going to be the head coach and Wade would be hired as d coordinator. Maybe Washington, because they are the only franchise more dysfunctional than the Cowboys. But, seriously, Wade is a great defensive coordinator(although it didn't show today, Mike Martz made him look foolish after the first quarter), and he could probably get a job with 20 other teams doing just that. But he is not a good coach. Not in Buffalo, where he was fired, and not in Denver, where he was fired. When the shit hits the fan in the playoffs, Wade has only managed 1 win. that's just one more than me. He's not alone in the Cowboys history though. Campo wasn't any good as a coach. Nor was Gailey or Switzer(Yahoo Boomer Sooner got one hell of a 4 year ride, though). Even Parcells, who was years past his prime and wanted guys to play with leather helmets and punt on 3rd down, was not a good coach when he was in Dallas. But he had the respect of his players and he still knew personnel, and that's where he and Jerry butted heads, resulting in Big Bills early departure. You see, Jerry likes over-rated receivers and crappy linemen. Parcells preferred guys who could play and weren't in love with themselves. Wade leaves it all to Jerry and the result is what we see on the field(Dez and Miles excluded).
Which brings me to point b-Your quarterback is an extension of your coaching staff on the field. It's basic football philosophy. So when you have poor coaching, more often than not you are going to have poor quarterback play. Tony Romo is in danger of becoming Danny White. Statistically, Danny one of the greatest of the great Cowboys quarterbacks(Meredith,Staubach and Aikman). But he got blamed for every shortcoming, mistake and big game loss. And while I would argue that it wasn't all his fault, that some of it was the game passing Laundry by, Danny took most of the blame. Most of the passing records Romo has broken belonged to Danny White. And Romo takes a very large amount of blame for the teams losses. And some of it is his fault, but some belongs to Wade, and Jerry, too. Tony was much more consistent under Parcells and I don't think that's a coincidence.
Jerry Jones is a good business man, and he makes a lot of money with the Cowboys. That doesn't bother me at all, in fact, good for him. I'm not jealous of money. But he's not even an average football man with complete control of MY team. That makes me absolutely sick. In all his other business ventures, Jerry has hired very competent people to make key decisions. Back in the 90's, after the Jimster left, the joke started about Jerry being the real coach of the team. I'm not laughing.
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