“Why would Jason Garrett call that play there? It seems stupid to try and run the ball at the best two defenders on the other team. Why does he keep doing things like that?”
“Why would you go for it there? It doesn’t make any sense at all!”
“What in the world made Garrett decide to run that play two times in a row when it didn’t work the first time?”
“I could coach this team better than this. The play calling is completely ridiculous.”
All of the above statements are things I have heard Cowboys fans say over the last eight plus years of the Jason Garrett ERA of the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys were just eliminated from the playoffs by the Los Angeles Rams. Under Jason Garrett, they have now won two playoff games and played in five.
Dallas Cowboys fans everywhere, at least the ones around my age and older, remember the “glory days” when the Boys were winning and winning a whole lot. A team that won three Super Bowls in four years. Also, they have had quite a dry spell going on since then. Garrett is 77-59 as a head coach.
We are always told it all comes back to the head coach, right? There were some really bad play calls in the Divisional Round game against the Los Angeles Rams. Would Jason Garrett or Scott Linehan be to blame? If it always comes back to the head man, then it would be Garrett who deserves the blame.
Finally, I am not sure where I actually stand on this. Jason Garrett seems like a good guy, someone I would like to hang out with. I am looking at this as an outsider, I am not a hardcore Dallas Cowboys fan. Ultimately it is the decision of Jerry and Stephen Jones. Whatever decision they make, some Cowboys fan somewhere will not be happy with the decision.