The Facts:
Let owner Jerry Jones say it: Jason Garrett doesn’t have to make the playoffs in 2014 to keep his job. “I don’t think so,” Jones said at the NFL owners meetings. “I don’t look at it that way at all. It’s no secret that we probably are shoulder to shoulder on the success we’d like for this team to have with him as head coach and what it would do for our fans’ future, our future. He’s more capable today than he was when he took over as head coach. If that arrow is going up, it just makes sense to have our future with Jason.”
Reported by the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
As Star-Telegram staffer Clarence E. Hill Jr. suggests, the devil is in the details of that last statement about the arrow going up. The facts are that Garrett is in the last year of his contract and is coming off three consecutive 8-8 finishes and a 29-27 overall record as Cowboys coach. The Cowboys have missed the playoffs the past four years, and a fifth year out of the postseason would be the longest streak since 1986-90. "If the Cowboys are left wanting again," Hill added, "there is no way that even a spin doctor such as Jones can sell Garrett as the arrow going up. ..." Garrett will begin a critical 2014 campaign with a new coaching emphasis and a team in transition. Garrett, a former QB and former offensive play-caller with the Cowboys, will continue his involvement as a complete head coach by focusing his attention on defense this season. The hiring of Scott Linehan to call plays along with offensive coordinator/offensive line coach Bill Callahan and the dire state of the league’s worst defense in 2013 prompted the change. So Jones vote of confidence notwithstanding, it remains to be seen if these changes will improve Garrett’s chances of keeping his job past 2014.
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