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Garrett Boasts Trust In New Staff
Josh Ellis
DallasCowboys.com Staff Writer
Garrett's first staff of assistants includes seven new faces.
INDIANAPOLIS - Almost as soon as Jason Garrett took over as Cowboys head coach at midseason, it was clear he had been thinking of how he would approach the job for some time.
The same held true in the construction of his new staff. While some roles have shifted, Garrett has 11 holdovers from 2010 on his 17-man cabinet, and the head coach has a history with some of the newcomers. Speaking at the NFL Scouting Combine on Thursday, he was most proud of the trust he has developed with the new inside circle.
Of the new hires, wide receivers/assistant head coach Jimmy Robinson and strength coach Mike Woicik each spent several seasons on teams with Garrett when he was a player.
"You're trying to put the right people together within an organization, so when you have an opportunity to do that, you've been thinking about it a lot," Garrett said. "And then you think about it more specifically and you say, 'hey, is this guy available, is that guy available?' There are many more than just two. You get so many different calls from people you think the world of, but right now the position, the timing, the availability, it just doesn't fit. We were fortunate it fit with these guys we have on our staff."
Robinson, who is coming off winning a Super Bowl with Green Bay, was the wide receivers coach of the Giants when Garrett left the Cowboys for New York in 2000. His day-to-day duties will include not only cultivating the talent of 2010 first-round pick Dez Bryant, but also serving as a primary advisor to Garrett.
"Jimmy, like some other coaches on our staff, is someone I will come to and have a conversation with and say, 'Hey, what do you think of this? What do you think about changing practice this way? What do you think about this schedule?" Garrett said. "I think the assistant head coach position maybe gives a little structure to that. He's someone I will definitely rely on just as I do with a number of coaches on our staff."
Woicik, who has six Super Bowl rings himself, has been with New England for the last decade and worked as the Cowboys strength coach when Garrett was playing for the club.
"He's great at what he does," Garrett said. "He's great at helping individual players get better and he's great at structuring an offseason and in-season conditioning program that benefits your football team. He's at the top of his field. He's certainly a winner - six Super Bowl rings in two different organizations. He's an awfully good football coach and I think he's going to help us individually and collectively."
Garrett Boasts Trust In New Staff
Josh Ellis
DallasCowboys.com Staff Writer
Garrett's first staff of assistants includes seven new faces.
INDIANAPOLIS - Almost as soon as Jason Garrett took over as Cowboys head coach at midseason, it was clear he had been thinking of how he would approach the job for some time.
The same held true in the construction of his new staff. While some roles have shifted, Garrett has 11 holdovers from 2010 on his 17-man cabinet, and the head coach has a history with some of the newcomers. Speaking at the NFL Scouting Combine on Thursday, he was most proud of the trust he has developed with the new inside circle.
Of the new hires, wide receivers/assistant head coach Jimmy Robinson and strength coach Mike Woicik each spent several seasons on teams with Garrett when he was a player.
"You're trying to put the right people together within an organization, so when you have an opportunity to do that, you've been thinking about it a lot," Garrett said. "And then you think about it more specifically and you say, 'hey, is this guy available, is that guy available?' There are many more than just two. You get so many different calls from people you think the world of, but right now the position, the timing, the availability, it just doesn't fit. We were fortunate it fit with these guys we have on our staff."
Robinson, who is coming off winning a Super Bowl with Green Bay, was the wide receivers coach of the Giants when Garrett left the Cowboys for New York in 2000. His day-to-day duties will include not only cultivating the talent of 2010 first-round pick Dez Bryant, but also serving as a primary advisor to Garrett.
"Jimmy, like some other coaches on our staff, is someone I will come to and have a conversation with and say, 'Hey, what do you think of this? What do you think about changing practice this way? What do you think about this schedule?" Garrett said. "I think the assistant head coach position maybe gives a little structure to that. He's someone I will definitely rely on just as I do with a number of coaches on our staff."
Woicik, who has six Super Bowl rings himself, has been with New England for the last decade and worked as the Cowboys strength coach when Garrett was playing for the club.
"He's great at what he does," Garrett said. "He's great at helping individual players get better and he's great at structuring an offseason and in-season conditioning program that benefits your football team. He's at the top of his field. He's certainly a winner - six Super Bowl rings in two different organizations. He's an awfully good football coach and I think he's going to help us individually and collectively."
