Wade Phillips Fired, Jason Garrett New Head Coach, According To Multiple Reports

[charlie and algernon]

The Dallas Cowboys have reportedly done this week what everyone expected them to do: Fire Wade Phillips. Bill Jones of CBS-11 in Dallas reports the Cowboys head coach was fired on Monday after his team suffered a humiliating 45-7 loss to the Packers on Sunday Night Football.

This move was expected by many as multiple reports surfaced following the game that Phillips was unlikely to make it through the week. Phillips' certainly deserved this fate after the Cowboys started the season 1-7.

Last week Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Phililps would remain on as head coach for the rest of the season but I'm not sure if others, Jones included, actually believed that at the time. Jones said after the Packers game that there would be people in the organization who suffered the consequences of failing so badly on expectations this year.

Offensive coordinator Jason Garrett will take his spot, according to the CBS-11 report. Garrett has been a head coaching candidate at multiple points in his career including interviews with the Broncos and Rams over the last two years. Garrett though is one of the NFL's highest paid assistants and plenty of people expected him to be the next Cowboys head coach.

Phillips ends his Cowboys career with a 34-22 in the regular season record as head coach. This is by far his most disappointing season as he won 13, 9 and 11 games in his first three seasons. He also walks away from Dallas with a 1-2 playoff record with the Cowboys.

http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2010/11/8/1801623/wade-phillips-fired-jason-garrett-cowboys

[joeybee12]

1. Tell me when they fire Jerry Jones and I'll say things will turn around for the Cowpies...nt

[TZ]

2. lol

Because you know, that High Powered offense has been doing so well this year too. A whole 7 points last night! :rofl:

[charlie and algernon]

3. I think Jerry Jones just flipped a coin

do you promote the Defensive coordinator who gave up 45 points or the offensive coordinator who only managed 7. Heads or tails. :rofl:

[TZ]

4. I don't usually call people out but

DU'er and lounge resident Jobycom is gonna go batshit...He hates Phillips but he hates Jason Garrett even more I think...:evilgrin:

[JonLP24]

5. LOL

:rofl:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9546878

[El Supremo]

6. Garrett already makes $3 miilion a year!

Highest paid assistant coach in the NFL.

[Kingofalldems]

7. Yeah but what about the greatest QB in history, Tony Romo?

[NJmaverick]

8. This is like changes captains of the Titanic AFTER it hit the iceberg

[tishaLA]

9. Nah, the captain of the Titanic is Jones

Wade is just a deck chair. But Jones is incapable of introspection, so the deck chairs have to go overboard.

[NJmaverick]

14. I thought of Jones as the owner bullying his captain to sail faster

[RockaFowler]

10. Garrett is just as bad as Phillips

How is this a step up for the Cowboys??

But who else do they have?? And who else would want to coach them mid-season??

[Grassy Knoll]

11. Tony OH NO

[SteveM]

12. Why doesn't Jerry Jones just hire himself?

[mix]

13. Your team sucks.

5-0

At least we got the memories.

Fuck Jerry Jones.

[MrSlayer]

15. That won't change things much.

So I'm happy. Sad to see Phillips go.

[underpants]

16. They could have just got Landry's hat and it would have been an improvement

BTW- Wade Phillips legacy is that he created the "minority interview" rule in the NFL. When he got the job at Buffalo the NFLPA said "enough is enough" and demanded that anyone other than the coaching carousel at least be interviewed. The NFLPA demanded that at leat one minority coach be interviewed. It directly lead to new people (some good some bad) were in the system.

[liberaltrucker]

17. Wade's dad, Bum Phillips once said

They's two kind o' coaches:
Them who's been fired, and
them that's gonna git fired.

Seems appropriate.

:rofl: