expresswrittenconsent said:
the last of the bohemians said:
Romo for head coach? He's clearly the smartest tv guy
We took a half measure with Garrett - Jerry fell in love and hired him as OC before even interviewing the candidates that led to the Uncle Wade era as HC. I wonder if Jerry had just hired Garrett then as HV if we would be in the same spot as now only with JG in year 13 ?or whatever) or if he gets fired 4-5yrs in and Romo's prime has a better coach?
To be fair, JG was successful initially as an OC and was thought to be a hot HC candidate. I'm pretty he turned down at least one job to remain the OC. Jerry made him the highest paid coordinator in the league just to keep him from Baltimore or Detroit (my memory fails). He had just as much of a resume at Sean McVay or Frank Reich or any of these guys getting jobs now who everyone loves.
You could argue Jerry should have fired him but the evidence doesn't strongly point there either. Throw out the interim year where he went 5-3. He went 8-8 three straight years with some flawed teams. Dallas didn't get their personnel under control until about 6 years ago. Then he goes 12-4, 4-12 (3-0 before Romo gets injured), 13-3 (with a rookie QB), 9-7 (Zeke suspension), 10-6.
I know everyone hates him but I don't see how any data driven decision would have supported firing JG at any point over the last 5 years. Yeah he could really tank this year and create a reason. And yeah you could have axed him after his 3rd 8-8 season and nobody would have seconded guessed that. Jerry did fire Gailey after two 10-6 seasons.
"Always you have to contend with the stupidity of men."
- Henry D. Thoreau