So you don't give any credit to the coaches but then go and plug the assistant coaches.
This whole thing started when I commented on BB's post below. :
Simple question....do you agree or disagree with what BB posted? Because if you disagree, then you credit the coaches (even though you say you don't), which is absurd.
you took some umbrage for my comment which was me agreeing with BB because he was right. We may never see a team be able to overcome horrendous coaching and leadership again but that's what the 95 team did.
I'm not being a "dickbag." Just pointing out a fact and you refer me to the assistant coaches. Your whole argument is beyond dumb. Unfortunately, the point your making isn't completely inaccurate and I agree with it's premise but the 95 team was an outlier which is what I'm pointing out.
Good players can overcome coaching to some extent. That's not a controversial statement but we'd have to consider what "overcoming" means. Some players have carried Garrett's ass and kept the team competitive and Garrett was extended. He was a horrible coach before he was extended and he's been a horrible coach after he got extended but he got extended nonetheless, mainly because a rookie QB played beyond his years.
But to overcome bad coaching to win a SB has happened and it happened in 1995. That's a fact. Now go argue with someone else.
This is my last response to this, because after reading your other responses maybe you are really not being a dickbag, maybe it's you just don't get the point.
Belichick's quote (which you basically said wasn't entirely true) was that good players cant overcome bad coaching. You took that to mean the head coach only, and that is not what he meant. There's more to coaching a football team than just the head coach, something I gave you credit for probably understanding, but see now that you don't.
Switzer had very little input on the assistant coaches, especially when he first took over in 1994. He inherited the staff Jimmy put together, and many of those assistants were very highly regarded. While Switzer was a complete boob on our sideline, the other guys did all the real coaching. They made the game plans, called the plays, took care of player development etc etc. The longer Switzer stayed, the more his lax way of running things doomed the team. Practices became a joke, meetings almost became optional according to some players and people that covered the team. The team also got hammered in free agency more than anyone else during that period. We were vastly more talented than everyone else, and teams picked off a ton of quality players. Switzer also split the lockerroom and much of the coaching staff with his toxic ways. But it didn't happen overnight and I think some of it was because Switzer genuinely didn't really care. He was there because he was Jones' buddy and Jones paid him well to babysit a football team.
The 94 and 95 Cowboys were supremely talented, but they did have some good assistant coaches. Also, as bad as Switzer was, I still think he was probably eons better a HC than Jason Garrett is. Switzer never should have been in the NFL but he was a tremendous college coach who didnt mismanage basic game situations on a week to week basis for years. I dont care where Garrett coaches, he'll never achieve what Switzer did at Oklahoma, or even with the Cowboys.
There is no question the 91- 95 Cowboys were more talented than our teams since then. But I think if you took Jason Garrett and this staff and had them coach those teams, they wouldnt have won anything (ie, get to conference championships and Super Bowls). They'd have had winning records and maybe won a playoff game here or there, but it wouldn't have been a dynasty team. This HC and staff suck and they coach players down, not up. We had several HoF caliber players in their prime with guys like Aikman, Emmitt, Irvin, Larry Allen, Haley etc etc) but we also had a strong cast of supporting players who excelled because they were coached up. Players like John Gesek, Kevin Gogan, Larry Brown, James Washington, Kenny Gant, Kelvin Martin, Jay Novacek etc etc etc. What we have now is a fairly talented team that is coached down on a weekly basis. Most weeks this team is beaten before the game ever kicks off and that was not the case back then.