Posted on 11/08/2010 11:58:37 AM PST by My Favorite Headache
The Dallas Cowboys have reportedly done this week what everyone expected them to do: Fire Wade Phillips. Bill Jones of CBS-11 in Dallas reports the Cowboys head coach was fired on Monday after his team suffered a humiliating 45-7 loss to the Packers on Sunday Night Football.
This move was expected by many as multiple reports surfaced following the game that Phillips was unlikely to make it through the week. Phillips' certainly deserved this fate after the Cowboys started the season 1-7.
Last week Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Phililps would remain on as head coach for the rest of the season but I'm not sure if others, Jones included, actually believed that at the time. Jones said after the Packers game that there would be people in the organization who suffered the consequences of failing so badly on expectations this year.
Offensive coordinator Jason Garrett will take his spot, according to the CBS-11 report. Garrett has been a head coaching candidate at multiple points in his career including interviews with the Broncos and Rams over the last two years. Garrett though is one of the NFL's highest paid assistants and plenty of people expected him to be the next Cowboys head coach.
Phillips ends his Cowboys career with a 34-22 in the regular season record as head coach. This is by far his most disappointing season as he won 13, 9 and 11 games in his first three seasons. He also walks away from Dallas with a 1-2 playoff record with the Cowboys.
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Wow.
FINALLY!!! should of never hired him.
From Bad to Worse. Hahaha.
Should have made Pasqualoni the interim.
Wait a second here, didn’t the national media all say the Cowboys were going to play at home in the superbowl this year?
I was watching the game last night and you could tell by looking at Wade as he paced the sidelines that he knew what was coming.
He looked like a condemned man.
What do ya think, Bendy??
Garrett wanted the job...methinks he has been sandbagging it on purpose. I totally read it this way as I watched the game last night. Nobody was paying attention to anything Wade was saying, wanting, doing...nadda.
The offense hasn’t looked that great, even when Romo was still at qb. I wonder how long Garrett will last?
Agreed
The offense hasn’t looked that great, even when Romo was still at qb. I wonder how long Garrett will last?
Woever said that hasn’t been watching the games. It’s embarrassing.
The press conference after the game was one of the saddest things I have seen in pro sports. He was lost and defeated. I think he will be picked up as a defensive coordinator somewhere.
Ummm...two weeks ago Jerry said his job was safe...funny how that always turns out.
Hey America’s team, chaos couldn’t happen to a more deserving team or team owner. LOL . Years back when they dubbed themselves “America’s Team”, not the American people calling them that, that was the day I started rooting for whatever team they were playing.
But they don’t believe in firing a coach midway through a season...
That team just stinks.
Until Bill Cowher can be hired.
Based on the Cowgirls performance these last three weeks Jones did not go far enough. The team quit playing. He should have fired ALL of the coaches and cut about have of the players that have shown they will not even make an effort to play, let alone win.
It is embarrassing. Last night was just painful. You could see the fear and hopelessness on their faces.
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