Sean Payton. Tony Sparano. Norv Turner. As Randy Galloway kindly reminds us, these are just a few of the folks Jerry has passed on during the process of hiring and keeping Wade. Surely there’s a good reason Mr. Jones has ignored such strong coaching talent. My theory? Jason Garrett.
After some initial success at the offensive coordinator position, Jerry decided that Jason Garrett was going to be the next coach, but decided that it was best to allow him to organically grow into the job. So Jerry pays him obscene money to keep him around as an assistant coach while Wade kept the seat warm. Unfortunately, Garrett hit some obstacles along the way and Jerry was forced to keep Wade around a little longer than planned.
Mark my words—once Wade’s finally gone, Jason Garrett will be crowned king.
I’d love to hear some of your [conspiracy] theories as well. Tell me, what other reasons would Jerry have for keeping Wade?
Gerry Fraley at the Dallas Morning News says the worst decision the Cowboys made in 2009 was to dump Nick Folk (as supposed to placing him on the injured reserve list).
What do you think? Was this the stupidest thing Jerry did during the season? Or did you agree with his move in that Nick Folk had lost it and was no longer of any use as a kicker?
As always, give us your thoughts below.
Happy belated birthday!
by Kristin Dohn - February 2, 2010 - Posted in Offseason
We here at FireJerryJones.com would like to belatedly wish our Dallas Cowboys a Happy 50th Birthday!
Let us now take a quick moment to look at how things have gone during these last fifty years…
Be careful what you wish for
by Luis Sotelo - January 28, 2010 - Posted in Offseason
Think back to the 2006 NFL season. More specifically, think back to the Cowboys’ season. Remember who the starting quarterback was? Well, it depends on which part of the season you’re remembering. Drew Bledsoe began the season as the team’s starting QB but was benched at halftime of their Week 7 matchup with the Giants. There was Tony Romo, a great unknown, jogging out of the locker room as the new starting QB of the Dallas Cowboys. His first pass, an ominous harbinger, was an interception on a simple screen pass. Continue reading »
In the world of an NFL football fan, is there anything worse than the weekend immediately following the week your team gets eliminated from postseason play? Saturday and Sunday roll around, and for the past 4 months you’ve been trained to look forward to the next game, the next opportunity for your team to show what it can do. But the Weekend After is a whole other experience. Continue reading »
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It has been twelve long years since our beloved Dallas Cowboys have won a playoff game. While there are many reasons for this, we believe that the team's general manager is ultimately to blame. The mission of this site is to serve as an open appeal to Mr. Jones imploring him to step down as GM and bring in a proven football mind.
- What could have been
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- Happy belated birthday!
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- MBurkett: Jerry's worst decision came before the Minnesota playoff game. Jerry gave the 2009 Dallas Cowboy defensive line coach Todd Grantham permission to
- MBurkett: Sorry, ...after Jerry ran off Jimmy Johnson and Sean Payton.
- MBurkett: Look at virtually every NFL dynasty, they all have long-term, steady head coaches. Wade will get it right with the right Dallas Cowboy team (2010, 20
- Luis: Aside from the obvious puppet motivation, here's one: the potential lockout in 2011. All coaches under contract in 2011 will be paid whether the
- truth: What regression in the Minnesota game. The offensive line was awful. There is not a qb in the league who would of one that game with Columbo getting a
- Luis: The rookie cap is a HUGE must. Those salaries of top draft picks were getting absurd. I really hope it doesn't wind up in a lock out of the 2011
- supafan: Don't get me wrong Jerry has made plenty of bad decisions, the biggest of which is his face lift. That one is a doosy! I now think one of the be
- Luis: I don't know. I think I would have to say that letting Kevin Burnett walk was the worst decision of 2009. It would have been excusable if there
- Jeff Stehle: This chart tells me that only the most successful coaches get run out of town with a Jerry-vengeance (I just coined a new phrase). Let's wish all
- Jeff Stehle: I don't know if it's the worst decision of the season, but I do agree that it was a bad decision. Folk proved that can kick, he was just havi
