In my infamous knee-jerk reaction to the Cowboys' meltdown against the Redskins in D.C. on November 5, I offered this potential head coach:
Heck, while talking about the Saints, let’s bring back Gary Gibbs. He can be the second ex-OU coach to be the head man in Dallas.
Well, it looks like Jerry Jones is going to interview Gary Gibbs, the current Saints defensive coordinator, and former OU head coach and Cowboys assistant.
Gary Gibbs is a darn good defensive coordinator. He has had good defenses everywhere he has been: OU, Georgia, LSU, the Saints (with considerably less talent than the Saints' offense). He also did a better than average job in a trying situation at OU, bringing the Sooners through probation. Though he didn't ring up Switzer-like numbers, he brought integrity to the program, and looked really good compared to his two successors: Howard Schnellenberger and John Blake. Gibbs' wheels fell off in the 1994 season, when his team quit on him in a 6-6 season.
For what Jerry is looking for, Gibbs would be as good as anyone. He is looking, for all intents and purposes, for a lead coordinator. Jason Garrett has been hired to run the offense, and Jerry is now looking for a defensive guy.
For better or for worse, Jerry is now the football czar once again. In my opinion, that is worse, as Jerry is making all personnel decisions, including players and assistant coaches. We saw where that led us before: 5-11 three years in a row. But, if Jerry is going to go back down that road, he could do a lot worse than Gary Gibbs and Jason Garrett.
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I don't mean to be glib here, but has Jerry interviewed his token minority yet? If he interviews Rivera, will that count or does he need to interview an African American (or whatever country he/she is from) in order not to get fined like the Lions did back a few years ago?
I don't know if Hispanics count toward that rule, or not. Yesterday, he interviewed Todd Bowles, the defensive coach, who happens to be an African-American.
Well, he's covered his bases then.
Hey! What happened to your blog? What's up with the new design? Going for sooner colors?
I decided on a little change of pace. I decided to get away from the flower child design, for now. I went and found the Sooner colors and added them to the template.
Lately, this has turned into a Dallas Cowboys and Arkansas Razorbacks blog. That's just where the action is. :-)
What's the common thread there? Jerry Jones.
Today they are predicting Norv. Hopefully his eyes are a little more apart then the creepy Gibbs's photo.
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