ESPN Sources report WADE PHILLIPS TO BE NAMED COWBOYS HEAD COACH

by David Fucillo on Feb 7, 2007 11:07 PM PST in San Francisco 49ers News

ESPN.com has posted a breaking news alert reporting that league and Cowboys sources have told them that Wade Phillips is traveling from San Diego to Dallas after being told he had the job.

All I can say if this is accurate is HELL YEA! Glenn Dickey had a great article discussing how Norv to the Cowboys would hurt Norv, the Cowboys AND the 49ers all at the same time. Well now, if he is staying again all I can say is HELL YEA! Obviously the players on the field make things happen, but I really think that if Alex Smith gets another year of his tutelage, he can take the next step towards become the franchise QB the 49ers so desperately need him to become.

As far as I'm concerned this is a good thing. If any of you disagree, feel free to post your argument. I simply believe that if Alex Smith had to go through a 3rd offensive coordinator in as many years, good things would NOT result.

So feel free to discuss amongst yourselves.

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Booya

Very nice news, how ever this stings a little as I'm a closet Charger fan (mostly because I live in LA and I can watch them beat up the Raiders).

by methodrampage on Feb 8, 2007 7:17 AM PST reply actions

Alex is sleeping well tonight

It's absolutely a great thing, not only for Alex Smith, who can continue his progression, but for the fact the Cowboys will suck even more. Does anyone really think Phillips will be able to handle Owens? I, for one, think not. It should be another great year watching Owens disintegrate another team (especially the Cowboys!).

"If it looks like a rat and smells like a rat, by golly, it's a rat."

by UnleashTheGore on Feb 8, 2007 7:46 AM PST reply actions

Good news

Alex Smith's career may be saved and may now flourish because of this. Great news. Poor Wade Phillips. Wasn't he run out of Buffalo a couple of years ago? The NFL really loves a re-tread.

He chose a simpler procedure. He had the finger amputated above the third knuckle. He didn't miss a down.

by 42Blackout on Feb 8, 2007 8:55 AM PST reply actions

Retreads

I just don't get why teams go with the same old retreads year in and year out. If I know a guy is a bad head coach (see Turner, Norv), wouldn't I want to try something new? I consider it less of a risk to go with some young up and coming coordinator simply because the retread probably has a much higher probability of failure, while the young coordinator is more of an X-factor.

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by David Fucillo on Feb 8, 2007 9:00 AM PST up reply actions

I think

There are probably plenty of examples of retreads working out quite well.

Belicheck comes to mind. I'd have to do a little looking to see who else is around, but there mst be some.

Now, a guy like Norv has shown on two occassions that he's not much of a coach, which should be enough to take him off the shelf for a while. There are guys I wouldn't touch with an indeterminate length of pole. Ericson, Callaghan, Spurrier, and Fassel come to mind off the top of my head.

But there are some guys I think do deserve another shot in a few years. I always thought Haslett was a good coach and deserved another chance. I'd be willing to give a guy like Capers another shot. Can't think of many more offhand now that I think about it.

It's a mixed bag, I guess. I agree, though, the majority of retreads are guaranteed flame-outs, and I don't remember Philips as a coach that well, but as lnog as he's filling the placeholder job, I doubt even Jerry Jones has great expectations.

Still, Belicheck's the kind of sample sized example that encourages owners to go after these used commodities.

I keep reliving the moment when Steve Young almost fell down... over and over...

by howtheyscored on Feb 8, 2007 10:03 AM PST up reply actions

retread

sometimes when it feels bad u do it again in case it gets better,

who threw da snowball at da kicker?

by creekside on Feb 8, 2007 10:18 AM PST up reply actions

I'm thrilled

that this means Norv will still be on staff, but I am severely disappointed with the man's decision making skills. Why would he even sniff at that job? The placehlder coach, of all things... can his standards possibly be that low?

I keep reliving the moment when Steve Young almost fell down... over and over...

by howtheyscored on Feb 8, 2007 9:56 AM PST reply actions

Turner/Placeholder

Well he does have plenty of history with Dallas and maybe he thought he could take this whole mentoring thing to another level and help Garrett turn into a good coach, in the way he's improved QBs?

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by David Fucillo on Feb 8, 2007 10:38 AM PST up reply actions

Great news for us

Bad news for Turner I suppose, but I think in the long run he's better off staying here. Can only imagine how low his self-esteem might get if he fails at the head-coaching thing for a third time (and I do think he would have failed again).

But why Wade Phillips? Maybe Phillips was one of the few candidates (like Turner) who was ok being a placeholder head coach? Can't see a Ron Rivera agreeing to those conditions.

by War on Feb 8, 2007 11:14 AM PST reply actions

so that contract offer

didn't we offer to bolster norv's contract? i guess we have to follow through with that now.

by methodrampage on Feb 8, 2007 12:20 PM PST reply actions

Not sure

I thought Norv rejected our offer so he gets nothing now. I'm not entirely sure though.

by marcello on Feb 8, 2007 1:34 PM PST up reply actions

That's right

The offer to Turner was contingent upon him not even interviewing for another job. He turned it down, so it's off the table now.

On Phillips, he may be a re-tread, but he's been pretty damn successful as a head coach. Not including his stints as an interim coach (when he went a respectable 3-4 guiding bad teams to the finish line), he's coached for 5 years. His yearly results include just one losing season (7-9), one .500 season (8-8), and three winning seasons (9-7, 10-6, 11-5). Those 3 winning seasons each led to a playoff berth, and while he's gone 0-3 in the postseason, he was a very unlucky loser on the Music City Miracle, falling to the eventual AFC champ on one of the craziest plays ever.

It's not that I think he's great coach, but it's pretty tough to 10-6 and 11-5 with Rob Johnson as your starting QB (and probably didn't deserve to be fored after the 8-8 year that followed).

"You gotta bring ass, to get ass." --EDDIE DeBARTOLO JR.

by Josh from Hollywood on Feb 8, 2007 2:08 PM PST up reply actions

i think the re-tread was more about

turner as a head coach not phillips. turner hasn't had much success as a head coach but yet was considered the front runner for the dallas job for awhile.

by methodrampage on Feb 8, 2007 3:43 PM PST up reply actions

Turner is signing an extension...

... according to Matt Maiocco at the Press Democrat. According to Maiocco, even though Turner still has two years left on his current contract, the extension will give him a pay raise AND extend the contract for another year.

Source: Matt Maiocco's Blog

by sfgfan on Feb 9, 2007 10:03 AM PST up reply actions

norv

norv is a real coach thats why he did not get the job. wade took the money and ran cuz mista jonez said come here boy.

who threw da snowball at da kicker?

by creekside on Feb 8, 2007 4:14 PM PST reply actions

like most your posts

this makes little to no sense

by methodrampage on Feb 8, 2007 4:21 PM PST up reply actions

pleece

just cuz u got sum seeds does not mean da tree will grow.

who threw da snowball at da kicker?

by creekside on Feb 8, 2007 4:25 PM PST up reply actions

What?

Please just stop posting this nonsense. No one cares.

by gatling on Feb 8, 2007 4:48 PM PST up reply actions

u care

u read it

who threw da snowball at da kicker?

by creekside on Feb 8, 2007 5:50 PM PST up reply actions

Baaaaaaaacccck to football and such

My comment on re-treads was a broad brush stroke. There are good examples of re-treads working out Belicheck, Schottenheimer (sp?), Parcells (who has never been fired), and Holmgren (see Parcells). But, my God, there have been some bad ones too. Norv Turner, Joe Bugel, Dennis Green, and Art Shell come to mind.

Usually, if it didn't work the first time, it won't work a second. Some people are destined to be co-oridenators. That's great. Some just aren't cut out to be a HC.

I'm glad that Singletary is staying, but I would like to see him get a shot.

He chose a simpler procedure. He had the finger amputated above the third knuckle. He didn't miss a down.

by 42Blackout on Feb 9, 2007 11:49 AM PST reply actions