Lot of different stuff going on in this thread...
I don't get the big deal, theebs. You said yourself you never liked Wade Phillips, didn't think he was the right person to lead the team, but you still thought the team could win. So what's wrong with some of us (very few of us really) feeling the same about Garrett?
Just like I thought Avery Johnson was over his head, too young and inexperienced, and wasn't nearly as smart as he believed he was... But I was still a Mavs fan, and still wanted them to win. And they did for the most part because they had good players and Avery wasn't -so- bad that he could screw it up.
And I don't know if the Parcells hate comment was directed at me, maybe not. Some have said that to me before. But while I think some of the hardcore Parcells fans overstate what he did here, believe me, I like Parcells 100000000x more than Garrett. Parcells was a little too stuck in his ways and made some questionable personnel moves here, but he was a true HOF coach and the league's best turnaround artist maybe ever, and hiring him was the best move Jerry could've made. Garrett has zero of that going for him. All he has is the hope that an Ivy League degree and years of carrying Troy's clipboard actually makes him a good coach, which of course it doesn't.
But can we still win, sure. No one thinks the Ravens won their Bowl because of Brian Billick, I hope. Or that we won our last one because of Switzer. With good enough players, anyone but the Campos of the world will win. Probably 90% of what NFL coaches do are similar anyway. The Belichicks of the world are rare.
Like UVA said though, I do wish Jerry had truly conducted a search to hire the best available coach in the world once Phillips was canned. He had months to do that, unlike when Parcells quit. But did he, no. Instead he hired his longtime handpicked boy.
And as far as what the Garrett fanboys say, it won't matter if we lose because if we do it won't be his fault anyway. lol But I bet if we win he'll get the credit where it should be going to Romo and co.