[Bette]

It’s never a smart idea to come up with rash decisions so soon after a loss. The thought of the final disappointing moments of the season’s demise still lingering fresh in the mind has a tendency of overshadowing any good that has come from the season.
I’ll grant, if you asked me a week ago if Wade Phillips should come back for a second season to the Dallas Cowboys and I would have said with out a doubt. After yesterday’s loss, I would still have been compelled to say the same. Now a day has passed, and my feelings are starting to sway. Not by the loss though, but because of the season ending press conference held at Valley Ranch today.
Wade Phillips has sounded like a broken record through out the playoffs, repeating over and over the Dallas Cowboys were 13-3.
This is an overall team collapse. The team simply wasn’t prepared. That falls on the coaching staff.
Now maybe the time to consider a new head coach for the Dallas Cowboys. As I said earlier, it’s not usually wise to make a decision so soon after a loss. Sometimes, however, you don’t get a lot of time to make those decisions. So if the Cowboys should choose to go a different way in head coaching staff, now is the time to do so.

Should the Cowboys Fire Wade Phillips? » NFL GridIron Gab

[Bette]

More and more I begin to think that it would be a mistake to go into the next season with Phillips.
Anyone else having those queasy feelings?

[Lefty Noob]

Wow, the tide sure is turning against this guy quick, isn't it? He was 13-3. I think that earns him at least one more year.

[Bette]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Wow, the tide sure is turning against this guy quick, isn't it? He was 13-3. I think that earns him at least one more year.

I dont think so. The penalties, the lack of focus, the total falling apart of the whole team----I think it has to go on the coach and I dont think he will be able to go 13-3 again or anything close.

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Wow, the tide sure is turning against this guy quick, isn't it? He was 13-3. I think that earns him at least one more year.

I'm uneasy about it. I'm willin to give him a chance, but I feel uneasy about it.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by Bette

I dont think so. The penalties, the lack of focus, the total falling apart of the whole team----I think it has to go on the coach and I dont think he will be able to go 13-3 again or anything close.

With all due respect, this kind of attitude is one of the biggest problems in sports these days. I mean, it's this "win now or lose your job" mentality that has good coaches getting fired after one season. At least there are some franchises like Pittsburgh and Tennessee that keep an even keel in the front office and are willing to let good coaches ride out a storm or two.

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

With all due respect, this kind of attitude is one of the biggest problems in sports these days. I mean, it's this "win now or lose your job" mentality that has good coaches getting fired after one season. At least there are some franchises like Pittsburgh and Tennessee that keep an even keel in the front office and are willing to let good coaches ride out a storm or two.

That's not the attitude I have. My worries are different. Check out the Cowboys would be foolish to let Phillips go thread and you'll understand my worries.

[Bette]

I am not saying he should go on the basis of his team's performance in their last game either. Its just not that simple Lefty. He keeps glossing over the team's performance the whole month of December, using the theory they were 13-3 for the first time.
Like others said, we want a plan to avoid that next year. He just doesnt instill the same sense of confidence I had in him earlier. Not because of his performance but the way he has reacted to that performance.
He's a brilliant defensive guy. But maybe not head coach. Some of us Cowboy fans are just uneasy, that's all.
Now that Garrett has been named assistant head coach, does that open the door to him stepping into the Head Coach position soon? Not that that gives me any more confidence.
So far, this has just been talk of the fans. There has been nothing from the Cowboys organization itself to lend any credence to the idea that Phillips is on his way out.

[Lefty Noob]

I like the approach they're talking with Garrett. It's obvious they evenually want him to be the head coach, so slowly but surely they're giving him more and more responsibility, grooming him for the position like you would a backup quarterback. So when Phillips retires next year or the year after, he'll be good to step right in. Jones has got this set up perfectly.

[legend]

Garrett stayed cause he was told he would be the next coach- guaranteed. This will make Phillips very comfortable next year I am sure. Garrett also knew he would no longer be a "genius" once he assumed control of Baltimore or Atlanta, what with their lack of skill players on offense.