After talking about potential changes to the coaching staff, the Dallas Cowboys have done nothing but attempt to put a little perfume on something smelly
Change can be a good thing. Sometimes things get stale, outdated or just aren’t working and changing things up is necessary. However, changing for the sake of change is just foolish. After the first half-week of the Dallas Cowboys offseason, they’ve made some changes that feel like they’re of the aforementioned “foolish” variety.
Following a season in which they failed to meet aspirations, there were rumors that things would be different going forward. Coaches would be held accountable for poor play calling and failure to make half-time adjustments.
So far though, the only coach of notice to be let go has been special teams coach Rich Bisaccia, and that was only done to help him. Rumor is he wants to join his old buddy Jon Gruden, who is set to become the coach of the Oakland Raiders.
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Other departures include quarterbacks coach Wade Wilson and secondary coach Joe Baker. Each of them saw contracts expire, and Dallas has said they will not return. Then of course tight end coach Steve Loney retired, and will also need to be replaced.
These weren’t exactly the changes that many anticipated when team owner and general manager Jerry Jones hinted at changes coming following a disappointing 2017 season. And they won’t make any difference.
Replacing position coaches while keeping not only head coach Jason Garrett, but also offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli is nothing short of putting perfume on a pig. Doing such a thing makes no sense, because no matter how much of the bottle you pour on the swine, he will still smell like he’s been rolling in the mud all day.
This isn’t a call for the team to fire anyone else, but rather a warning that expecting anything to be different will be fruitless. The Cowboys have been trotting out Jason Garrett and some form of his staff for seven years, and they have yet to make any real run at a title. They struggle to find consistency, and their offense is incredibly predictable with Linehan. With Marinelli, their defense shows flashes of potential, but struggles in big moments and creates hardly any turnovers.
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Still, Jones has bought into this staff and will keep riding with them. Just don’t get sold on his ideas that these positional changes will make things better in Big D.