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Posted by higgs @ 8:44 PM Fri, Jan 04, 2008

Those comments make you think twice about who has been keeping this team disciplined, Sparano or Phillips......

Posted by Hill Billy @ 8:56 PM Fri, Jan 04, 2008

Hey Breer, let me guess... Tony Sparano is probably an East-Coast guy and therefore predisposed to being a better coach... unlike us bumpkins from down here south of the Mason-Dixon line.

Go back up north, ya carpetbagger.

Posted by Jayman @ 9:17 PM Fri, Jan 04, 2008

Spoken like a true southern hick Hillbill.

Posted by Daniel @ 9:24 PM Fri, Jan 04, 2008

Hill Billy, why take a shot at Albert like that? He's just using his sources to give the readers more information. How is that a slight toward Southerners? Hill Billy, you were way out of line on this criticism as Albert has added a lot to the DMN since he arrived several months ago. I think you should apologize to Mr. Breer, and save your Southern fandom for when it is truly warranted and you can then count on my total support.

Posted by y-not @ 9:24 PM Fri, Jan 04, 2008

we'll take Sparano if you don't want him

Posted by JJGM (Not!) @ 9:40 PM Fri, Jan 04, 2008

Fact is based on 2006 results Sparano should have gotten the OC or HC job.

But Jerrah could not take a BP clone getting credit so he went totally outside so that he could say MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME, ME!

Imagine this Scenario:

1) Parcells retires
2) Zimmer to Atlanta
3) Sparano get promoted to HC
4) Haley to Arizona
5) Bowles to DC
6) Garret to OC

..... but that would have been a management vision that validated Parcells work. As opposed to Jerrah reinventing the wheel.

Posted by Teddy @ 10:06 PM Fri, Jan 04, 2008

Sparano would unlikely get the head coaching job in Miami. If Parcells (do not say Ireland, everyone knows Parcells make decisions over there, Ireland only a front man) wants Sparano as the head coach, then why do they need to interview all the candidates? There is no need for Parcells and Ireland to interview Sparano. They can just hire Sparano. I think they hired Ireland on spot. Anyway, Sparano is only one of the candidates. They will likely find another better candidate.

Posted by Mike @ 10:15 PM Fri, Jan 04, 2008

Good post, good insight that most of us Cowboys fans cant get.
I seem to remember Parcell's being pissed when Sean Payton raided the Cowboys when he left for th Saints.. Now he's doing the same thing.

Posted by Vox Veritas @ 10:47 PM Fri, Jan 04, 2008

JJGM thinks 9-7 and underachieving is better than 13-3, everybody laugh at JJGM!

Posted by Scott in Austin @ 10:59 PM Fri, Jan 04, 2008

JJGM needs a new act. His current one is pretty tiresome. You may not like him, but JJ does what he can to put a good organization together -- and he puts his money where his mouth is. Not alot of owners are like that -- just look at the Lions, the Cardinal, or even the Rangers across town.

Posted by catch22 @ 11:16 PM Fri, Jan 04, 2008

JJGM not
If the reason everybody leaves is Jerrys fault then wht did Big Tit Bill leave the Jets and Pats a failure just like he did Dallas. He has ran a scam for years that the media and others (like you) have bought into. He leaves these places because deep down he knows the game has passed him by. People talk about guys like Romo and Ware and how great Bill did. He did NOT get Romo here Sean Peyton did and everybody knows Merriman is better than Ware. Do you think Jerry JOnes made him leave the Jets or the Pats ? Bill has not won in this league in 18 years , has it been that long for Jerry ? Nope.

Posted by #1 Cowboy fan in Oregon @ 11:35 PM Fri, Jan 04, 2008

All that Albert did here was analyze the coaching style of the various coaches.

Never forget there are many different styles, rather management style at work or coaching football that are successful.

Tom Landry was soft spoken - rarely yelled at the players and was always thinking....thinking about how to improve, get better, motivate, etc.

Wade Phillips is in that same mold. Matter of fact Landry's forte was defense....and so is Tony Dungy's yet you don't see them belittle the players.

Don't get caught up to much into how things are done. Most people I work with in New Jersey like yelling, screaming and cursing at each other. It's an East Coast thing....kind of fun to listen to at work.

All that matters in the NFL is winning. 13-3 is a great start but there is more work to do in the second season where coaches are truly defined as winners or losers.

Wade has his change to redeem his past playoff failures with the best team he has ever had underneath his control.

I do not believe this team would be where it's at with Parcell’s as the coach. He was way too conservative on offense and we would’ve lost those close games we won.

I believe Wade will be successful in this endeavor.

And I suppose everyone will say it was Sparano...or Redball....or Jerry Jones that created the success.....when the truth is...the truth is that Dallas will either win as a team or lose as a team and that includes all the coaches.

I believe Wade can motivate the team in his own style to get the job done. Just because he's not a drill sergeant doesn't mean he cannot be successful.

Great article Albert.

Posted by Robb @ 12:00 AM Sat, Jan 05, 2008

Albert is pimping Sparano. Journalists do this to gain future access to players and coaches. Albert's description of Sparano could be used to describe most coaches in the NFL.

Albert is sampling one drill, from one practice during a time that Sparano is making headlines about a head coaching job. Then toss in Albert's connection to a friend who played for Sparano and the pimping becomes obvious.

If T.O. doesn't join the Dallas Cowboys in 2006 do you think we have any conversations about Tony and Garrett getting interviewed for Head Coaching jobs?

Doubt it...

Posted by Alan @ 12:32 AM Sat, Jan 05, 2008

Nice loyalty thing we got going on in Dallas. Say what you want about the Pats but there coaches & players show loyalty. There OC turns down all interviews until after the playoffs. Our 2 Offensive coaches can't wait to jump ship. And Jerr the buffoon is smiling saying that this is what happens when you compete for Super Bowls. I got news for you. We are not competing for any Super Bowls this year.

Posted by Matt @ 12:47 AM Sat, Jan 05, 2008

hey alan a few years ago Weiss and Romeo did exactly what our staff are doing........during playoffs

Posted by Gary @ 7:28 AM Sat, Jan 05, 2008

Think a little deeper about this. If JJ allows and encourages people to go for better jobs to improve themselves, he is creating an environment where top people will want to come, prove themselves by working as hard as possible, and eventually leave with a promotion. That's more smart thinking on JJs part.

Posted by Chris/Denton @ 8:31 AM Sat, Jan 05, 2008

If some of you people don't care for Albert's contributions to this blog, don't read them and go entertain yourself with Tabloid Timmy's stuff. Probably more suited to your IQ level.

As for Jerry, he brought Wade in to address the problems with last years version of the 3-4 defense and while it still might have a few holes, it's much improved and think it will be even better next season.

Ferguson will be back and he and Tank will split time at NT, Ratliff will be moved back to DE (and start) and will add a pass rushing threat from that position that the team doesn't get from Spears.

A high draft pick will be used on a CB to help the secondary and the entire defense will have an entire season and 2 offseasons under their belt with the new scheme which will also help. I see Carpenter beating out Adoyle at ILB and really starting to make a contribution next year. Spencer played pretty well and showed some real flashes of being a dominant pass rusher and he's only going to get better. This is a young team in most areas and I see them as being a contender for several years.

Posted by Vijay @ 9:03 AM Sat, Jan 05, 2008

Unbelievable the negativity around Breer's stuff... As far as I'm concerned, his stuff is the best on this blog.

And Alan - loyalty? McDaniels is probably smart in not leaving since he's done coordinating for exactly one year, but to talk about loyalty is moronic. Weis left, Crennel left and Mangini not only did the same thing and left, but he left to the arch rivals. It's not like Sparano and Garrett are interviewing with the Eagles and Redskins. Just because this one guy this week decided not to interview doesn't make the Pats an organization of loyalty and the Cowboys a ship everyone's trying to jump off of. Learn your history before making silly comments like that.
From all the media accounts I've read about Sparano, he's going to be a good head coach. I really wish he would stay but I think Phillips is the right coach for this team right now so if we lose him, then so be it. If I had to choose a coach to keep long term, I'd rather keep Garrett.

Posted by JohnT @ 11:36 AM Sat, Jan 05, 2008

Just wanna let Hill Billy know the Civil War is over. Get a life.
To #1 Cowboy fan in Oregan I assume Redball is J. Garrett, he is as inexperienced in NFL coaching as you and I, yet he walks into a job that had the Dallas offense in the top 3 in the league last year. Who was the OC last year aahhhh Sparano, anyone who know Parcells knows the OC's job is limited you follow his game plan or leave with the fans at the end of the game. Jones should stay in his office, if he wants to run the team like a coach then do it, he don't need a head coach. But he's got money so he thinks he knows football. Dallas was ready to peak this year Romo was a back up as long as Garrett was, but Romo got the chance to finally play, unlike Garrett who wasn't very impressive when he did play, never would have been a starter in the NFL.
As for Robb's comment about pimping Sparano, who pimped Garrett to get him the job, Staubach and Aikman kissed Joneses a** so bad he couldn't sit for a week. Then Aikman probably paid to announce every Dallas game so he could praise Garrett like he was the next coming of Jesus, whats up with that. It got so sickening listening to him I'd mute the sound. If it was up to Howdy Doody lookin Aikman Garrett would have gotten the head coaches job last year. Back up a bit Garrett and start from the bottom like all the Great NFL coaches did.
Oh and wash the brown stuff off your nose it don't go with the carrott top.
Vijay by all means you can have Garrett.
Point well made Mr. Breer

Posted by Joe @ 11:57 AM Sat, Jan 05, 2008

Call me a coaching skeptic, but the skills that the observed drill demonstrate are the skills of an efficient assistant coach, not a head coach. The head coach doesn't get to design drills for each group and watch each one, and he can't supervise them all. He has to be able to select and use assistants well and bring out the best in players as a group.

Besides, I'm not impressed with the offensive coaching per se. These aren't great plays we're seeing out there. We seem to be succeeding based on Romo's and his receivers' plain old passing and catching talent. Just buy time and hit the most open guy, and it usually works. The O-line is pretty good, true, but how much of that is plain old talent, too?

I still say good coaches deserve great pay and appreciation, but they are plentiful because it's a widely-loved American profession, so we should wish them well without regrets when they move on in life. Superior playing talent is what's rare. Granted, Jerry's ability to know what to hire in a coach causes me concern, but the coaching product isn't hard to replace.

Posted by WilliamC @ 1:22 PM Sat, Jan 05, 2008

JJGM (Not!)

You have made it clear, what, maybe 50-times now
that you don't like Jerry Jones. You have made your tiresome point over and over an over again.

For God's sake, move on to something else. WE GET YOUR POINT. I don't think you have changed a single opinion, but we get your point.

I will give you one thing, at least this last post you were able to post without any of your nasty, filty, comments.

Posted by Mike Stevens @ 1:37 PM Sat, Jan 05, 2008

Hudson Houck has been the offensive line coach in Miami for the past few seasons. Can we get him back? If so, I have no problem with Tony Sparano leaving for Miami.

Posted by Jersey Jerry @ 11:08 PM Wed, Jan 16, 2008

OK Here We go. Give Wayne credit. He hires the Men Who can do the Job. RUN TO DAYLIGHT.