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Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman recently joined Mike Fisher and Nathan Wood on KRLD-FM to talk about the team. Here are some highlights.
On if the Cowboys should think about bringing in Norv Turner as their offensive coordinator:
“I don’t think there’s anybody better than Norv Turner because I know what he meant to my career and I’ve seen what he’s done elsewhere with far lesser talent. But I don’t think it’s quite as simple as what some might think even though he and Jason (Garrett) are close. The reason I say that is the Cowboys had an opportunity to hire Norv as head coach before they hired Wade Phillips (in 2007), and at the 11th hour they decided to hire Wade. I’m not speaking for Norv because we’ve had no conversations as it relates to this,’’ Aikman continued. “But if it were me and that had happened to me, I’d say ‘Hey, I’m not real sure that I want to come be a part of this now.’”
“Even though I think Norv would do everything that he could to help Jason and his situation. I don’t think it’s as big of a slam dunk as some may think.’’
On if Jerry Jones should give Jason Garrett more authority to pick his coordinators:
“Are you saying that’s not the way it’s been? (joking). I’ve owned businesses and I’ve been in the position of ownership to hire people to do jobs. When I was in the car business, the first GM I had I wasn’t real crazy about and I replaced him. Then I hired another GM who I held responsible for making the dealership profitable and bringing in the right salesmen and the right staff and mechanics and everything else we needed. I think you have to empower those people. That’s why you hire them. I’ve never quite understood whatever the situation is or has been in Dallas or elsewhere. But if you hire a head coach and don’t allow him to hire his staff, I think that’s problematic.’’
On Jerry Jones' history of pairing existing staffers with new head coaches:
“I felt that (was problematic) when I was playing,’’ Aikman said, “even as much as I liked a number of our assistant coaches who were with me while I was playing for the Cowboys. We replaced head coaches but the assistants never left. A number of those guys stayed, and I never agreed with it then. You don’t empower a head coach if you don’t allow him to hire his staff and allow him to really hold the players accountable. I think within every organization that I’ve seen as a broadcaster that has been successful, or those teams I was a part of that were successful, that’s the way it was operated. The head coach is the voice of the franchise, the voice of the football team, and coaches and players are accountable to him — and when that chain of command (isn’t followed), then in my opinion it’s very difficult to overcome those things.’’
On if the Cowboys should think about bringing in Norv Turner as their offensive coordinator:
“I don’t think there’s anybody better than Norv Turner because I know what he meant to my career and I’ve seen what he’s done elsewhere with far lesser talent. But I don’t think it’s quite as simple as what some might think even though he and Jason (Garrett) are close. The reason I say that is the Cowboys had an opportunity to hire Norv as head coach before they hired Wade Phillips (in 2007), and at the 11th hour they decided to hire Wade. I’m not speaking for Norv because we’ve had no conversations as it relates to this,’’ Aikman continued. “But if it were me and that had happened to me, I’d say ‘Hey, I’m not real sure that I want to come be a part of this now.’”
“Even though I think Norv would do everything that he could to help Jason and his situation. I don’t think it’s as big of a slam dunk as some may think.’’
On if Jerry Jones should give Jason Garrett more authority to pick his coordinators:
“Are you saying that’s not the way it’s been? (joking). I’ve owned businesses and I’ve been in the position of ownership to hire people to do jobs. When I was in the car business, the first GM I had I wasn’t real crazy about and I replaced him. Then I hired another GM who I held responsible for making the dealership profitable and bringing in the right salesmen and the right staff and mechanics and everything else we needed. I think you have to empower those people. That’s why you hire them. I’ve never quite understood whatever the situation is or has been in Dallas or elsewhere. But if you hire a head coach and don’t allow him to hire his staff, I think that’s problematic.’’
On Jerry Jones' history of pairing existing staffers with new head coaches:
“I felt that (was problematic) when I was playing,’’ Aikman said, “even as much as I liked a number of our assistant coaches who were with me while I was playing for the Cowboys. We replaced head coaches but the assistants never left. A number of those guys stayed, and I never agreed with it then. You don’t empower a head coach if you don’t allow him to hire his staff and allow him to really hold the players accountable. I think within every organization that I’ve seen as a broadcaster that has been successful, or those teams I was a part of that were successful, that’s the way it was operated. The head coach is the voice of the franchise, the voice of the football team, and coaches and players are accountable to him — and when that chain of command (isn’t followed), then in my opinion it’s very difficult to overcome those things.’’
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