The Dallas Cowboys Should Part Ways With Coach Garrett.

It seems that he spent most of his time refuting what I am going to support instead of actually supporting his own position. So with that in mind, I will present my case and refute some of the claims made by my opponent, then attack his case. The entire Cowboy's organization, currently, is a flop. The team has star power coming out of every possible orofice and bodily hole, yet it can barely scrap together wins against mediocre teams, barring a few lucky exceptions. With that in mind, we all want to know: who's at fault? Where does the buck stop? I have two possible candidates for where the fault lies and, upon their removal and replacement, could be looking at a brighter future in terms of the team's potential to win a lot of games. Suspect Number One: Tony Romo Tony Romo, for those of you who live under a rock, is the starting quarterback for the Cowboys and is, at best, highly inconsistent. This year is a perfect example for his inconsistencies. Sure, whenever he's playing well he's throwing 69% completion rate and a 98 passer rating with few to no interceptions(1). But whenever he plays horribly, which happens more often than when he plays well, he drops 5% in completion and almost 25 points in passer rating with far more interceptions than touchdowns(1). Hell, he's been ranked under average-to-slightly-above-average quarterbacks like freaking PHILLIP RIVERS(2) (I'm a Chargers fan myself and I'm saying that). To win games, you need a good leader behind the center, and Romo just isn't it. Although it isn't ALL his fault: placing all that blame is a little more than Romo could ever hope to screw up. So there's gotta be someone higher up that's at fault. .. .Suspect Number Two: Jerry JonesAgain, for those of you who have been sleeping in a drug-induced coma for the past few years, Jerry Jones is the General Manager for the Cowboys and is a money-obsessed, greedy, incompetent man. His want for glitz and glammor can be seen through the value of the team and how much we actually paid for our stadium. Total cost of production for Cowboy stadium was 1.2 billion dollars(3). This is the fourth-most expensive stadium in the entire nation(4). Furthermore, the total value of the Cowboys is about 1.8 billion(3). Subtract the value of the stadium, and the total value of our team is only 600 million. Our stadium is TWICE AS VALUABLE as the actual team itself. Should speak about something of our team. Imagine all the good we could've done for the team had we not blown so much money on a massive screen that hangs over the field and blocks kick offs and punts and makes the referee's jobs miserable and actually invested it into bringing in star-caliber players and coaches. Maybe then we wouldn't have to hear people complaining about Jason Garrett! Or, y'know, we could actually be winning more games. That helps as well. Jerry Jones's love for glitz and glammor has often gotten in the way of actually effectively managing the team instead of turning them into one massive money-farming cow that he keeps trying to beat to death with a bat. Let's look at the coaches Jerry has hired and fired. Wade Phillips: Good head coach, did much better than Garret has done so far. Got us to the playoffs two years running, and actually won a game in the playoffs as well. Jerry fired him. Now he's at Houston, giving them one of the best defenses in the nation. Smart move Jerry? Nope(5). Bill Parcells: So-so head coach, but still did better than Garret has done so far. Got us to the playoffs, but couldn't win a game there. Got fired so that we can get Phillips. Maybe a smart move, but to where it's gotten us? I'd take Parcells over Garrett. This, of course, only begs the question of why did we fire him if now we're stuck with someone worse(5). Also, let's give Garrett a break: he's hardly had enough time to really get settled in and working at 100%. He's been in Dallas for two years, at most, and only played a handfull of games compared to the other coaches we had and eventually fired(5). They all ended up doing better the longer they stayed. So while Garrett may not be doing well now, we should at least give him a little more time to let him flesh out everything that he wants to flesh out and give him every chance to succeed before looking elsewhere. I'll concede one thing: Jason Garrett isn't exactly the best coach so far. Is that justification to pin the entirety of the blame on him and send him on his way so early? Hardly, considering that there are two better people to look to getting rid of before you get rid of Garrett. Thus, the resolution is negated. Sources:(1) - . http://espn.go.com...(2) - . http://espn.go.com...(3) - . http://stadiumblog.dallasnews.com...(4) - . http://www.bankrate.com...(5) - . http://en.wikipedia.org...;