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Jimmy Johnson: Cowboys toughen up
The Cowboys won another game, and it's good to see them trying to be physical. They were a soft team both mentally and physically. They're practicing in shoulder pads more now, and Jason Garrett's asking them to do the things that disciplined teams do. I mean, like asking them to be on time for meetings, asking them to hustle in practice, to come to work earlier in the morning, etc.
It's obvious that in Garrett's two games as the interim coach they're giving better effort, without question. I do believe the consensus is they do have talent. Whether it's enough of a turnaround for Jason to win the job, who knows? I do think, though, that Jerry Jones 100 percent wants him to succeed and become the next official head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.
If he can win two or three more games, hopefully he'll get the job. I'm pulling for him.
I do believe that because Jerry's had experiences before — when he's gotten around the Rooney Rule by interviewing Denny Green over the telephone — I think the league's going to make him go through the process this time. I don't think he'll get an exception on this even if he simply wants to promote Jason. But having said that, I don't know if any legitimate candidates are going to want to interview with Dallas and Jerry because they're going to know it's going to be a sham.
The Cowboys won another game, and it's good to see them trying to be physical. They were a soft team both mentally and physically. They're practicing in shoulder pads more now, and Jason Garrett's asking them to do the things that disciplined teams do. I mean, like asking them to be on time for meetings, asking them to hustle in practice, to come to work earlier in the morning, etc.
It's obvious that in Garrett's two games as the interim coach they're giving better effort, without question. I do believe the consensus is they do have talent. Whether it's enough of a turnaround for Jason to win the job, who knows? I do think, though, that Jerry Jones 100 percent wants him to succeed and become the next official head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.
If he can win two or three more games, hopefully he'll get the job. I'm pulling for him.
I do believe that because Jerry's had experiences before — when he's gotten around the Rooney Rule by interviewing Denny Green over the telephone — I think the league's going to make him go through the process this time. I don't think he'll get an exception on this even if he simply wants to promote Jason. But having said that, I don't know if any legitimate candidates are going to want to interview with Dallas and Jerry because they're going to know it's going to be a sham.
