Predicting the outcome of every game of the Dallas Cowboys' 2013 schedule

[ThoughtExperiment]

I feel real good about this season. Why? Because we will either make the playoffs and WIN a game in the playoffs... or... Garrett is gone. It's win-win all the way. You can't help but feel good about that.

Oh, but you're ignoring the 9-7, squeak into the playoffs scenario where everyone including Jerry will point to the great progress we're showing.

 

[dbair1967]

Oh, but you're ignoring the 9-7, squeak into the playoffs scenario where everyone including Jerry will point to the great progress we're showing.

Unless the 9-7 is accompanied with a couple of playoff wins, I doubt even Jerry will see that as progress.

I think anything less than a season that ends with 1 or 2 playoff wins will result in Garrett being toast.

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

You might be right... I hope you are.

Maybe the tricky scenario is, say, 9-7 or 10-6 and first round playoff loss. But I bet even one playoff win and he sticks around. Maybe even one NFC East title, even with a lousy division. Jerry desperately wants this to work. I think the tiniest amount of hope and he'll talk himself into the "progress" angle.

 

[JBond]

Unless the 9-7 is accompanied with a couple of playoff wins, I doubt even Jerry will see that as progress.

I think anything less than a season that ends with 1 or 2 playoff wins will result in Garrett being toast.

And what happens then? Even if red ball is gone, the JJ and SJ combo of management will still be incompetent. Unless we luck out and manage to get our hands on a hall of fame QB, we are destined for mediocrity for the next couple of decades.

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

See, that's where the Jerry hate goes too far. Maybe people have forgotten what good coaching looks like, but get a Holmgren or other experienced winner in here and we can go far with these players. Maybe not Superbowl-win far, but far.

 

[Iamtdg]

See, that's where the Jerry hate goes too far. Maybe people have forgotten what good coaching looks like, but get a Holmgren or other experienced winner in here and we can go far with these players. Maybe not Superbowl-win far, but far.

That's true and all, but what also is true is Jerry will never again hire a coach that will upstage him, nor will any coach worth his shit workfor Jerry. He flirted with it with Parcells but Bill was at the end of his career, and his ambitions were low.

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

Maybe... But if this experiment fails, Jerry might give in. A guy like Holmgren who is buddies with him might make it work for both of them.

The wild card is that huge contract Jerry gave Romo. Jerry loves his status right now, but he loves his money, too. If he thinks all that money is going to waste and someone else can get more out of it, he might share a little power.

 

[cmd34]

Holmgren would suck here. He'd be a shell of himself and way too loyal to Jerry for giving him one last chance.

No thanks.

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

How is being "too loyal to Jerry" going to stop him from implementing his offense, properly utilizing the talent he has, and calling good games on Sundays?

I don't think he's too old, but if someone holds that against him, Gruden would work.

 

[dbair1967]

Holmgren would suck here. He'd be a shell of himself and way too loyal to Jerry for giving him one last chance.

No thanks.

Don't worry. He's coming.

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

^^ That would be great.

 

[cmd34]

Yes it would.

 

[boozeman]

Don't worry. He's coming.

Not a chance. Jerry doesn't know him. Nobody Jerry normally gets on his Bat Phone knows him.

We are more likely to get a Les Miles, Bob Stoops or some such shit as we are getting David Shaw.

 

[boozeman]

See, that's where the Jerry hate goes too far. Maybe people have forgotten what good coaching looks like, but get a Holmgren or other experienced winner in here and we can go far with these players. Maybe not Superbowl-win far, but far.

Jones doesn't really know what a good coach looks like either it appears.

 

[dbair1967]

Not a chance. Jerry doesn't know him. Nobody Jerry normally gets on his Bat Phone knows him.

We are more likely to get a Les Miles, Bob Stoops or some such shit as we are getting David Shaw.

We're getting Shaw. STFU

 

[dbair1967]

Jones doesn't really know what a good coach looks like either it appears.

That Jimmy Johnson fellow was pretty good.

I know, I know. 1 out of 7. After we hire Shaw though he'll increase the hit rate to 25%

 

[boozeman]

We're getting Shaw. STFU

No we are not. I am the Dream Crusher.

 

[boozeman]

That Jimmy Johnson fellow was pretty good.

I know, I know. 1 out of 7. After we hire Shaw though he'll increase the hit rate to 25%

Jimmy Johnson was a no-brainer who even Tex Schramm had his eyes on before Jones ever bought the Cowboys. It wasn't like Jones had some eye for coaching talent that nobody thought of.

 

[Iamtdg]

Jimmy Johnson was a no-brainer who even Tex Schramm had his eyes on before Jones ever bought the Cowboys. It wasn't like Jones had some eye for coaching talent that nobody thought of.

Stay down, dsnatch!

 

[dbair1967]

No we are not. I am the Dream Crusher.

Damn you sir.