Monday, November 08, 2010

Athletic Supporters

Last week's debacle by the Cowboys, who won't even get good seats in Cowboys stadium for this year's Super Bowl, led to serious calls for owner Jerry Jones to fire head coach, Wade "Mommy Wuvs You Guys" Phillips.

Jones was adamant, or at least as adamant as he gets without fueling by a half-dozen Mai-Tais, when he announced after days of speculation that he wasn't going to make a mid-season coaching change. We've got Wade whether he can see the field or not.

But that was before last night's failure to repair in Green Bay. The 45-7 bitch slap administered by the otherwise mediocre Packers leads to more speculation.

What Will Happen This Week?

Why would Jones act now? What good would it do?

First, we can easily agree that it won't pull the team out of the cellar. But that doesn't mean Phillips shouldn't be moving into Bum's spare bedroom by Friday.

Letting Wade walk, means you can take a reasonable look at the heir apparent, offensive coordinator Jason Garrett. You've get half a season to look at his real coaching skills in game environment without having to commit to him as the permanent coach. You know Phillips is gone in January, why wait?

Then you've got motivation for Garrett to excel in hope of getting the full time job. Meanwhile you provide realistic negotiation leverage for talks with the likes of Jon Gruden and Bill Cowher as well as some dynamic and successful college coaches who are ready with a new perspective.

It's a win-win situation and it might keep some seats in the House That Jerry Built from collecting a layer of dust for the next three months.

No comments: