Trashman
01-16-2009, 09:38 AM
Nothing came easy for Jason Garrett as a quarterback. For a while, everything came easy as a coach. In his third season as an NFL assistant, and just his fourth year coaching at any level, Garrett was the hot coordinator last year during the annual offseason coaching carousel.
By all accounts, Garrett turned down an offer to become head coach of the Baltimore Ravens. Atlanta also was very interested. But Garrett chose to stay in Dallas, where he helped orchestrate one of the most potent Cowboys offenses in franchise history.
En route to a 13-3 regular season in 2007, the Cowboys sent seven offensive players to the Pro Bowl. They finished second in the league in scoring, third in total offense and fourth in passing yards. Even with an upset playoff loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion New York Giants, Garrett's Cowboys star shone brightly. Along with his duties as offensive coordinator, he was given the title of assistant head coach after the 2007 season. His reported salary of about $3 million a year made him one of the highest-paid assistants in the league. There was talk that he would be the head coach-in-waiting behind Wade Phillips.
But there's an old saying about NFL standing for "Not For Long." Things can change in a hurry, and it doesn't apply just to players. Garrett learned this the hard way in 2008, when the Cowboys slipped to 18th in scoring, 13th in total offense and ninth in passing yards. In fact, they slipped right out of the playoff race as one of the NFL's biggest underachievers.
Garrett, 42, already has had head-coaching interviews with Denver and Detroit this offseason. He interviewed with the Rams on Wednesday in Los Angeles. But he doesn't seem to be nearly the hot commodity he was a year ago.
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
By all accounts, Garrett turned down an offer to become head coach of the Baltimore Ravens. Atlanta also was very interested. But Garrett chose to stay in Dallas, where he helped orchestrate one of the most potent Cowboys offenses in franchise history.
En route to a 13-3 regular season in 2007, the Cowboys sent seven offensive players to the Pro Bowl. They finished second in the league in scoring, third in total offense and fourth in passing yards. Even with an upset playoff loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion New York Giants, Garrett's Cowboys star shone brightly. Along with his duties as offensive coordinator, he was given the title of assistant head coach after the 2007 season. His reported salary of about $3 million a year made him one of the highest-paid assistants in the league. There was talk that he would be the head coach-in-waiting behind Wade Phillips.
But there's an old saying about NFL standing for "Not For Long." Things can change in a hurry, and it doesn't apply just to players. Garrett learned this the hard way in 2008, when the Cowboys slipped to 18th in scoring, 13th in total offense and ninth in passing yards. In fact, they slipped right out of the playoff race as one of the NFL's biggest underachievers.
Garrett, 42, already has had head-coaching interviews with Denver and Detroit this offseason. He interviewed with the Rams on Wednesday in Los Angeles. But he doesn't seem to be nearly the hot commodity he was a year ago.
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch