Wade Phillips is the new coach of the Pukes

[dblanch66]

Just heard it on ESPN here on the west coast. Chris Mortensen reporting it live. Garrett will be the OC. What do you all think of this hiring? Regardless of who they hire, they will always S.U.C.K.

[SmootSmack]

Interesting choice. He knows the 3-4 defense which JJ wants to keep in Dallas. I heard that Norv had really hurt his chances when he supposedly told Jones he didn't want Garrett to be his OC.

Phillips is an average coach, but a pretty good d-coordinator. I'm curious to see who replaces him in San Diego and how the Chargers will be affected by losing both their coordinators from the past few seasons

[mooby]

lol damn i was hoping ol' Jerrah didn't learn from the Skins' and Raiders mistakes and hired Norval. Oh well I don't know much about Wade Phillips, but i do know he wasn't a very successfull head coach and he's a pretty good d-coordinator.

[Redskins8588]

Originally Posted by mooby

Oh well I don't know much about Wade Phillips

Well he has a burlesque dancing daughter named Tracy Phillips. He is the son of former NFL coach "Bum Phillips" who was the head coach for the Oilers (1975-1980) and then the head coach of the Saints (1981-1985).

Phillips had ben the head coach of 4 NFL teams, Saints, Broncos, Bills, Falcons(intreim). Phillips had taken the Broncos and the Bills to the playoffs, once with the Broncos and twice with the Bills. Phillips was the Bills headcoach when the Titans hit the Bills in the face with what we know as the "Music City Miracle."

Over all Phillips is considered to be one of the great defensive minds in the NFL today. His winning percentage is 56.25%. He was 16-16 in Denver and 29-19 in Buffalo.

Oh and now he is soon to be the new HC of the cowboys...

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Redskins8588

Well he has a burlesque dancing daughter named Tracy Phillips. He is the son of former NFL coach "Bum Phillips" who was the head coach for the Oilers (1975-1980) and then the head coach of the Saints (1981-1985).

Phillips had ben the head coach of 4 NFL teams, Saints, Broncos, Bills, Falcons(intreim). Phillips had taken the Broncos and the Bills to the playoffs, once with the Broncos and twice with the Bills. Phillips was the Bills headcoach when the Titans hit the Bills in the face with what we know as the "Music City Miracle."

Over all Phillips is considered to be one of the great defensive minds in the NFL today. His winning percentage is 56.25%. He was 16-16 in Denver and 29-19 in Buffalo.

Oh and now he is soon to be the new HC of the cowboys...

mucho gracias mi amigo. I didn't know Bum Phillips was his dad. If history repeats itself, then we can expect to see the Cowboys in the playoffs but not deep, he's 0-3 in the playoffs so far. Either way i hope he doesn't succeed with the Cowboys and sends them into a deep hole that they'll never recover from lol.

[Gmanc711]

Its not a terrible hire....

Honestly, with the guys who were the canidates, unless Phillips lights the world on fire this year, I have always thought Jones just wanted to bring someone in for a season, then throw money at a big name guy (maybe Lovie Smith), following this season. With the talent on that team though, I think it would be a huge mistake if thats the truth, because it will set the franchise back about 3-4 years, and alot of the talent that is good now, wont be as good then. I'd like to hear a Cowboy fans take on that, it just seemed like these canidates were very average, especially for a franchise like Dallas. I mean I know he had success there, but Norv Turner? Wade Phillips? Jason Garrett? Dosen't sound like Jerry Jones to me. I would pretty much expect the same things if we were looking for a head coach and thats who Snyder brought in.

[5RINGS]

Originally Posted by Gmanc711

Its not a terrible hire....

Honestly, with the guys who were the canidates, unless Phillips lights the world on fire this year, I have always thought Jones just wanted to bring someone in for a season, then throw money at a big name guy (maybe Lovie Smith), following this season. With the talent on that team though, I think it would be a huge mistake if thats the truth, because it will set the franchise back about 3-4 years, and alot of the talent that is good now, wont be as good then. I'd like to hear a Cowboy fans take on that, it just seemed like these canidates were very average, especially for a franchise like Dallas. I mean I know he had success there, but Norv Turner? Wade Phillips? Jason Garrett? Dosen't sound like Jerry Jones to me. I would pretty much expect the same things if we were looking for a head coach and thats who Snyder brought in.

I like the hire. I wanted a young blood, but i think Jerry is going to leave that up to his son when Jerry finally decides that he is done with the day to day football stuff. (How long does jerry have anyway, 5 years? Can't be more, dude is 65.)

So three years (fingers crossed) with Son of Bum, then Let Jason Garrett - RedBall - take over along with Jerry Jr. Sounds about right.


True Wade might not be a sexy pick - and that is the last time you are going to see the word 'sexy' near to the name 'Wade Phillips' - but who would be?
Jimmy Johnson isn't coming back and his assistants haven't done too well - Butch Davis, Norv, who is that dude at Pitt oh yeah Wannstadt - but with Garrett I think they have their future HC.

Let son of Bum bring back the 'Luv Ya Blue' fans and maybe he goes out with Jerry with some skins on the wall in three or four years.

Sure Cowher is a sexy pick as would be Lovie, but this team seems to be ready now, so rebuilding is four years off - I hope - and then you go with the young coach who can grow with the team.

I like the pick. I don't know how many pics of Bum Phillips with his 10 gallon hat we are going to see now.

I hope his pressers are as interesting...

[dmek25]

Originally Posted by 5RINGS

So three years (fingers crossed) with Son of Bum, then Let Jason Garrett - RedBall - take over along with Jerry Jr.

explain to me the infatuation with garrett? its almost the same with alot of skins fans and russ grimm. how does anyone know how good a coach either one of these 2 are?

[Hog1]

Recycling is good for the environment................coaching? We'll see. he and TO should get along perfectly. Can't wait

[MTK]

It's a stop gap hire. Jones is the real coach anyway.

[Hog1]

I think your right as Jerry already hired his OC in Jason. I know Wade can't be real happy about that. Just Jerry letting him know who runs the show. However, how many more chances does Wade have to succeed? He is in perfect position to accept a less than ideal setup. And..............as you say, Jerry can coach the team.

[saden1]

Here we go again, recycling washed up head coaches. Oh well, I see one less competitive team in the NFC East.

[Warpath]

Originally Posted by saden1

Here we go again, recycling washed up head coaches. Oh well, I see one less competitive team in the NFC East.

I definitely would not say that. Phillips is inheriting a pretty decent team. They were 1 play away from going to Chicago last season. I think they will still be just as competitive as they were last season and they play us tough no matter what. Don't count anyone out quite yet, its only February.

[saden1]

Originally Posted by Warpath

I definitely would not say that. Phillips is inheriting a pretty decent team. They were 1 play away from going to Chicago last season. I think they will still be just as competitive as they were last season and they play us tough no matter what. Don't count anyone out quite yet, its only February.

The cowboys are an OK team at best even with Bill Parcells, what makes you think Phillips is going to do a better job than Bill Parcells? I'm sure they will have a good defense and be competitive against us but I wouldn't call the Cowboys winners regardless of what month it is. Hell, I wouldn't call the Skins winners either. The NFC East crown belongs to the Philly until someone takes it from them.

[Warpath]

Originally Posted by saden1

The cowboys are an OK team at best even with Bill Parcells, what makes you think Phillips is going to do a better job than Bill Parcells? I'm sure they will have a good defense and be competitive against us but I wouldn't call the Cowboys winners regardless of what month it is. Hell, I wouldn't call the Skins winners either. The NFC East crown belongs to the Philly until someone takes it from them.

I definitely did not mean to give off the impression that I think the Cowboys will be better with Phillips than with Parcells. I just meant that they are still a decent team and I wouldnt discount them. I do agree about Philly. I made the same statement last year when everyone said they'd be at the bottom.