It certainly appears as if Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones has been making the decisions on the coaching staff changes that have occurred over the last month. After the season ended with the Cowboys missing the playoffs for a third consecutive year, Jones said things were going to be uncomfortable around Valley Ranch. Replacing defensive coordinator Rob Ryan with Monte Kiffin was the biggest move, but a few others, which included adding Rod Marinelli as defensive line coach and Rich Bisaccia as special teams coordinator, made it seem as if Jones was setting up former Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden to take over in Dallas. But during a video interview that appeared Thursday on DallasCowboys.com, Jones assured that Garrett has been responsible for the coaching changes. “Jason is putting together, as he should be, a staff and philosophy on every phase of the team and allocating his time, relative to allocating the time of his staff to helping us win a football game now and in the future,†Jones said. “I’m excited. Boy, we’ve got a good man in Jason Garrett putting this together for us. He’s got a unique position. He knows our key players better than anybody. He knows what (Tony) Romo is and isn’t better than anybody. He knows where we’ve been in terms of our offense, certainly over the last six years, so he’s got a lot of experience with our personnel, with our offense. “He certainly is excited about the changes we’ve made on defense, relative to how that affects the whole game plan. One of the things I’m the happiest about is who we’ve got putting this together in Jason Garrett.†Source: Dallas Morning News
No, puppets. I've heard there's a cartoon making the rounds on the Internet showing the Cowboys organizational flow chart. It shows Jerry as a puppeteer. I can't seem to find it. Can anybody help?
