Dallas Cowboys: It’s Time to Move on From Jason Garrett

The Cowboys need to get back on track and that likely requires moving on from their head coach, Jason Garrett.

It’s time for the Jason Garrett era to end. After a devastating loss at home to the Seattle Seahawks, this is yet another season ending in disappointment for the Cowboys. Now there’s plenty of blame to go around but the greatest falls on Jason Garrett.

Since 2012, the Cowboys have been a team full of playoff-caliber talent, especially from 2014 forward. However, Garrett doesn’t seem to be able to sustain success. The Cowboys were a controversial catch away from the NFC Championship Game in 2014 but completely fell apart in 2015. The Cowboys had the top seed in the NFC with a 13-3 record in 2016 and now stand 8-7 in 2017.

Jason Garrett has had the luxury of having excuses for his disastrous seasons. The main reason the Cowboys played so poorly in 2015 was because Tony Romo went down twice with a broken collarbone. Never mind the rest of the Cowboys stayed fairly healthy and Brandon Weeden had taken first-team snaps every Wednesday since 2014.

Now, when your starting quarterback goes down, you can expect to lose. But the Cowboys should have been able to win more than one game without Romo.

Ezekiel Elliott‘s six game suspension this season severely affected the Cowboys offense. Now obviously you can not expect an offense to stay dynamic when it loses its best player, but then again, the suspension was anticipated. The coaches had plenty of time to prepare for Elliott’s absence. There was really no excuse not to have a backup plan ready.

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Since taking over in 2010, Garrett has a record of 66-53 which is a mediocre .555 winning percentage. Garrett, simply put, is a mediocre coach. On just about every other team except the Browns, no coach would have survived three straight 8-8 seasons. Many other owners and general managers would have had enough after losing three straight winner-take-all division games.

The greatest coach in Cowboys history, and arguably a top three coach of all time, Tom Landry, set the standard for coaching as he won two Super Bowls and setting an NFL record with 20 consecutive winning seasons.

And Jimmy Johnson built a dynasty from scratch.

After orchestrating the Herschel Walker trade with the Minnesota Vikings, the Cowboys went on to win two Super Bowls. While it might not be fair to compare Jason Garrett to some of the games greatest coaches, that’s the standard you are held to as coach of America’s Team.

The fact that Jason Garrett has survived this long falls back on Jerry Jones. His desire to be in control has always been a burden on the Dallas Cowboys. It has shown for a long time, with Tom Landry’s firing in 1989, and Jimmy Johnson’s exile after the 1993 season. It’s either Jones’ way or the highway. Garrett is happy coaching what he’s given, and that’s how Jerry likes it. Garrett doesn’t want to wield Bill Belichick power over his team or even Jimmy Johnson power. Now, there’s no problem with that if you’re successful but the issue his he’s not for the most part.

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Now Jason Garrett does deserve credit. It is very difficult to coach a NFL Team especially the most popular team in all of sports. It’s not that he did a bad job, but this team can not get over the hump. If you’re happy with 8-8, Garrett is your guy. However, a great coach takes this team to the top.

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