Is Jason Garrett The Answer?????

Jason Garrett Resume: 2005: QB coach with Dolphins for 9-7 team under head coach Nick Saban (now a 5-time collegiate national champion at the coaching level). 2006: Fired after Nick Saban departed with a 6-10 record. Cowboys go 9-7 and lose a last-minute heartbreaker to the Seahawks in the playoffs – but continue building a talented young roster under head coach Bill Parcells. 2007: Jason was hired as offensive coordinator as well as John Garrett as a tight ends coach. “I’m just so comfortable with his family,” Jones said in a Dallas Morning News article, “I know Jason so well. From Jim and John and all the others, the thing that I want you to understand is how much I value their judgment.” Cowboys improve to 13-3 and feature the NFC’s top-ranked offense. They fall in the divisional round to the Giants after only scoring 3 points in the second half. Jerry Jones rewards Garrett with the highest paid contract for an assistant coach in the league at $3.2 mil. 2008: Cowboys go 9-7 with another solid year offensively, but miss the playoffs on the last game of the season when they get blown out by rival Philadelphia 44-6 (3 points first and second half) – the worst loss in franchise history. Judd Garrett hired as director of pro scouting. 2009: 11-5 record, lost divisional round 34-3 blowout to Vikings. Zero points second half. 2010: Started season 1-7, Wade Phillips fired, Garrett became interim head coach, 5-3 record to finish. Finished 6-10, even in a bad year finished 7th in offense. Showing signs of promise. 2011: First full year for Jason as head coach: Cowboys 8-8 record, no playoffs. Jerry gives Jason a raise to $4.5 mil/year and the Cowboys are now. John Garrett gets a raise and begins to serve as the passing game coordinator. The family connection continues. Ranked 15th in offense. 2012: Cowboys record 8-8, no playoffs. Ranked 15th in offense. Almost identical in every statistic across the board. Gave up 300 yards rushing in final game to the Redskins. 2013: Now 5th in scoring offense, but 8-8 record. No playoffs once again. Also came down to the last game, a two-point loss, and losing Romo before that happened. 2014: Established as the premier running game behind the league’s best offensive line with high hopes of finally winning a Super Bowl, the Cowboy’s improve to 12-4 as well as winning the first playoff game under Jason Garrett. Dallas has the league’s 5th ranked offense headed into the divisional game against the Packers, directly referencing the “Dez caught it” game. Still unsure in the minds of Cowboy fans if this was a fluke or not, but the only thing to be said is how Dallas blew the 8-point lead with 4:12 left in the 3rd quarter and couldn’t score after the 9:10 mark in the 4th. 2015: Before the beginning of the season, Garrett was awarded a 5-year $30/mil deal. This was naturally reciprocated by allowing a Super Bowl caliber squad to go a putrid 4-12 record – the worst season in Jerry Jones’ history of the team. Well, to be fair, Romo went down, and then Dez, and then rumors of the locker room having character issues. Yet, we see time and time again how teams with mediocre QBs win games, and that falls completely on coaching. Especially after a $30 mil deal was incentivized to work with a super bowl talented team. 2016: Cowboys find their winning ways again and improve to 13-3, tied with the best in franchise history with some fresh faces in the mix including the rookie duo of Dak and Zeke that included a franchise-best 11-game win streak. That success led them to the NFL divisional round once again where Green Bay was there to challenge in a game that is still viewed as having the highest ratings in NFL history (non-Super Bowls). Early on the coaching staff had many substitution penalties and communication errors which lead to being down 21-3 in a heartbeat. Dallas fought back and even tied, but lost a close 34-31. Lots of blame was on Jason Garrett for lack of preparation. Meanwhile, the NFL rewarded Garrett with a 2016 Coach of the Year award. 2017: After starting the year mired in controversy stemming from the Zeke court case, a mid-year suspension set the Cowboys back 3 straight games with a loss following a 5-3 start that ended in a 9-7 record, causing them to miss the playoffs following a historic season. A controversial decision made by Garrett came during the Packers home game when, after scoring successfully, left Rodgers with a minute on the clock late in the 4th quarter – where one of the best QBs in the game responded with a quick touchdown drive to seal the Cowboys loss. During the 3-game loss, the offensive-minded Jason Garrett coached team scored 9, 6, and 7 points, respectively. Credit: http://thedallasprospect.com/failing-forward-brief-history-nepotism-jason-garrett/ -Micah Millet