Wade Phillips has been fired

[Blade]

Twitter update:

@Jay_Glazer: Paul pasquiloni new defensive coordinator in dallas w wade gone

 

[shag773]

I don't know if this is a firing as much as it was a mercy killing. This team is going 3-13 with Wade Phillips or the driver of the team bus. This isn't an audition for Jason Garrett, he's just a guy with a headset and a pulse.

 

[steeljake]

I think Jerry is making Garrett the interim coach right now knowing that there is little that Garrett can do to right the ship, which frees him to relieve Garrett of his coaching duties in the offseason and bring in a real NFL caliber head coach.

Having a top 3 draft pick along with Jerry's deep pockets would be a nice incentive for many candidates.

this. he cant just fire garrett with wade, he has to let garrett hang himself. this way he can just say at the end of the year he is interviewing coaches and garrett will be among them. now if only jerry would hire a gm and let him work...

 

[Rayman]

There might be the slight chance that Garrett's a better HC than coordinator, a la Sean Payton.


But I doubt it.

He does have a chance to gain immediate respect in the lockerroom by benching certain underachievers who Wade was coddling (Davis, Barber, Jenkins, et al).

We'll see. 8 game audition for both Garrett and a lot of these guys.

I think the 4-3 is coming back next year.

 

[steeljake]

I don't know if this is a firing as much as it was a mercy killing. This team is going 3-13 with Wade Phillips or the driver of the team bus. This isn't an audition for Jason Garrett, he's just a guy with a headset and a pulse.

3 and 13? where are they gonna get 2 more wins? they don't play arizona twice...

 

[EmpireWF]

Damn I :heart: Tom Coughlin.

 

[Rayman]

Damn I :heart: Tom Coughlin.

lmao

 

[BigBucs]

3 and 13? where are they gonna get 2 more wins? they don't play arizona twice...

vs Washington
at Arizona

and possibly vs Detroit

 

[Liquidrob]

Championship!

 

[Rayman]

All I needed was 2 minutes of that presser to see Garrett has a bigger pair than his predecessor.

Of course, that's like saying the urinal cake tastes better than the dogshit on my front lawn, but you get the idea...


[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMoGmZQHGT8&feature=player_embedded[/ame]

 

[G-men]

you guys just wait...the Cowboys are gonna be 9-7 and win the SUPERBOWL!!!!!!!!!!

 

[dave]

Nah, the Broncos will get a Jim Mora Jr. or somebody like him.

Garrett is as much to blame for them being 1-7, if not more, than Wade Phillips. His offensive schemes are a joke. He would have been awesome in the 60's though, when teams hadn't seen an offense throw 65% of the time...

Absolutely.

Garrett was a backup QB for a reason, he sucks.

Jones undermined Phillips the second he gave Garrett a $3M a year contract. It told the team Jones didn't take Phillips seriously.

It's time for Jones to do one of three things: A) Just take the head coach job himself; B) Give full control to a real GM to make the decisions; C) Give a coach both jobs and absolute autonomy.

I don't doubt Jones is a great owner, but a great owner doesn't make a great GM and coach too.

And if Jones thinks he's that great, grab the headset and do it yourself.

 

[NAHSTE]

Absolutely.

Garrett was a backup QB for a reason, he sucks.

Jones undermined Phillips the second he gave Garrett a $3M a year contract. It told the team Jones didn't take Phillips seriously.

It's time for Jones to do one of three things: A) Just take the head coach job himself; B) Give full control to a real GM to make the decisions; C) Give a coach both jobs and absolute autonomy.

I don't doubt Jones is a great owner, but a great owner doesn't make a great GM and coach too.

And if Jones thinks he's that great, grab the headset and do it yourself.

Yeah, everyone knows success as a player directly correlates to success as a coach.

 

[dave]

Yeah, everyone knows success as a player directly correlates to success as a coach.

Alright, I concede I was being over the top there.
But what has he done as a coach that rates him a $3M a year deal and coach in waiting status?
Seriously?

 

[NAHSTE]

Alright, I concede I was being over the top there.
But what has he done as a coach that rates him a $3M a year deal and coach in waiting status?
Seriously?

Nothing. I'm so glad the Falcons 'missed out' on this guy in 2008.

 

[Tailback U]

All I needed was 2 minutes of that presser to see Garrett has a bigger pair than his predecessor.

Of course, that's like saying the urinal cake tastes better than the dogshit on my front lawn, but you get the idea...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMoGmZQHGT8&feature=player_embedded

Please. A little 2 minute snipping that sounds a little more motivating than it actually should, and only because HBO added some nice background music to it, doesn't mean shit.

Garrett is a soft ass bitch just like Phillips who can't control a team. That little redhead pencil neck geek talking about "swagger" is laughable.

The Cowboys have been playing with a ton of "swagger" the last few years. Too bad swagger really doesn't have shit to do with winning football games in the NFL. Time for the cowboys to grow the fuck up. Getting rid of Phillips is one step in the right direction, getting rid of Garrett will be two.

Swagger, what a stupid word. Good teams don't act like they have swagger and don't need speeches telling them to play with swagger. They just have what it takes.

 

[Derrville]

I actually think its Garretts job for at least another season as well. He was talking like he was planning on changing this team longer than 8 weeks. I was listening to his presser and I said to my dad, "what the hell? Hes talking like hes going to be the head coach for years to come. Its only 8 weeks." The dudes on Dallascowboys.com believe the same thing.

We'll see though. I liked what he had to say and he sounds like he has a more commanding approach but I Kinda wish and hope we go in another direction next year.

 

[Rayman]

Absolutely.

Garrett was a backup QB for a reason, he sucks.

Jones undermined Phillips the second he gave Garrett a $3M a year contract. It told the team Jones didn't take Phillips seriously.

It's time for Jones to do one of three things: A) Just take the head coach job himself; B) Give full control to a real GM to make the decisions; C) Give a coach both jobs and absolute autonomy.

I don't doubt Jones is a great owner, but a great owner doesn't make a great GM and coach too.

And if Jones thinks he's that great, grab the headset and do it yourself.

Haven't said this in a while.


Dave, you're a fucking moron.


That feels better.

 

[kmanharris]

I actually think its Garretts job for at least another season as well. He was talking like he was planning on changing this team longer than 8 weeks. I was listening to his presser and I said to my dad, "what the hell? Hes talking like hes going to be the head coach for years to come. Its only 8 weeks." The dudes on Dallascowboys.com believe the same thing.

We'll see though. I liked what he had to say and he sounds like he has a more commanding approach but I Kinda wish and hope we go in another direction next year.

The dudes on DallasCowboys.com always continue to say that they can't wait to draft Andrew Luck with the top 5 pick and that they hate Romo. I was reading some shit the other day and they were still putting blame on Romo and he wasn't even playing lolololol

 

[shag773]

The dudes on DallasCowboys.com always continue to say that they can't wait to draft Andrew Luck with the top 5 pick and that they hate Romo. I was reading some shit the other day and they were still putting blame on Romo and he wasn't even playing lolololol

No way that's happening, Jerry won't go into rebuilding mode at this point.