At this point he should just remove the star from the Helmet and put his smug shit eating grin face on the side.
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Jerry Jones undermines Garrett's credibility
Posted Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011 By Randy Galloway
rgalloway@star-telegram.com
ARLINGTON -- From Jerry's football command post on the second level of the Big Yard, Mr. Jones spotted something on the field that apparently couldn't wait, and also couldn't be handled by a simple phone call to the bench.
If you ever wondered why there's always a lingering perception that Jerry is really the Cowboys' head coach in hiding, here came Jones, like St. Nick doing his chimney tour, rushing up the tunnel Christmas Eve afternoon, then into the bench area, and then going right up to Jason Garrett on the sideline.
Just as an official NFL game -- as it turned out, also a meaningless NFL game -- was getting under way, an animated discussion broke out, with Jones seemingly in lecture mode with Jason.
In what was an under-whelming afternoon of football that didn't matter, and an eventual 20-7 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles that didn't matter, this little sideline snapshot was a perfect picture of how to undermine the credibility of a head coach.
Jerry does this stuff. He just does. He can't help himself, even if he wanted to help himself. Jerry has always done this stuff, except for when the Jimster was here, and that's nearly two decades ago.
I hate to throw out the word crap on Christmas morning, but where else in the land of football does this kind of crap happen?
The dang owner was standing right there on the sideline lecturing his head coach like the owner is some kind of head coaching guru. Mr. Miyagi teaching Grasshopper. (Sorry for a stray Karate Kid/Kung Fu reference.)
No matter what you think of Garrett's work, that crap is not fair to Red J.
But it's also Jerry being Jerry. Such is life with the Cowboys, who, of course, still cling to postseason life, even now with the 8-7 record.
Either a real football game was going to break out here Saturday, or, based on what happened with a three-hour-earlier kickoff in the Meadowlands, this contest was going to amount to nothing more than a collective puddle of sweat.
If the Giants beat the Jets, nothing mattered here. But that game was running long, and at the kickoff here, the Jets trailed by only six points and had the ball with over six minutes to play.
Both the Cows and Eagles were going full-blast with starters, of course, both hoping for a Jets comeback.
Some 7 minutes into the game here, the Giants' lead in New Jersey had gone from six to eight points, and finally beyond that. It was over up there.
The Eagles were then officially eliminated from the postseason, but continued, of course, to go with the starters.
The Cowboys, meanwhile, knew real early they would be finishing up the regular season in the Meadowlands on New Year's Day with a win needed for the playoffs. But Garrett had another major and immediate worry.
On the Cowboys' first possession, Tony Romo banged his throwing hand off an Eagle's helmet, and immediately left the field for the locker room and X-rays, which checked out OK.
For the record, and to avoid second-guessing, Romo was in there when the Jets were only six points down in the Meadowlands.
About a minute later on the game clock here after Romo was injured, the Giants put it away up there.
But at that point, Jerry had suddenly stormed out of his football command post, stopped by to check on Romo in the locker room, and was roaring up the tunnel, headed for Garrett on the sideline.
Jones said after the game he wanted to give the Romo info to Garrett, and tell him Romo was saying in the locker room he was returning to the game, "and it probably wasn't the thing to do for him to be back in there."
Well, everyone knew the Jets had lost, and knew what next week against the Giants meant, and knew Romo was injured, so Garrett, and about 6 million other local citizens from Weatherford eastward to Forney, couldn't figure out the Romo situation on their own?
And with football finest medical and athletic training staff, what, any one of those nearly dozen guys wasn't capable of updating the head coach on Romo's hand without Jerry grandstanding on the sideline?
Afterward, Garrett talked around the Jones visit for about four different questions, but when asked why Jerry felt the need to go to the sideline, he answered, "That's probably a question you will have to ask him."
Felix Jones, who was a possible no-go all week with an injury, did start at running back and was in the game until Jerry went to the sideline.
Asked if Jerry's sideline trip was to tell him to remove Felix, the head coach also talked around it.
Jerry: "The answer is those are decisions that are made by Jason ultimately. But we had agreed going in to talk about those kind of decisions depending on how things went. ... I did want to go communicate with Jason."
On the other hand, two defensive starters who have nursed injuries all week, Jay Ratliff and DeMarcus Ware, did play most of the game, including the fourth quarter.
Obviously, the trip to the Meadowlands means the Cowboys are up against it, particularly considering Rob Ryan's defense had another pitiful afternoon on Saturday. And the Giants' offensive stampede on Ryan's defense is a fresh memory from earlier this month.
But Romo's status for next week seems positive, and Garrett didn't rule out him returning to the game Saturday if the Jets had won and not the Giants.
With Stephen McGee at quarterback, the outcome in this one doesn't matter. Next week matters much.
But if Garrett needs any coaching help for the big one, we do know, of course, that Jerry is ready and willing to join him on the sideline.
That's where all head coaches belong.
Randy Galloway, 817-390-7760
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