he Dallas Cowboys will face Washington tomorrow. Speculation is rife that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones will fire coach Jason Garrett shortly after, especially if the Cowboys lose the game and hence their shot at the playoffs. Washington owner Daniel Snyder already fired coach Jay Gruden in October.
As Mark Cannizzaro wrote at the time in the New York Post, there's a good case to be made that Gruden wasn't the problem. “If the Redskins owner truly wanted what's best for his franchise, he would have fired himself, not only his head coach Jay Gruden . . . In the two decades Snyder has owned the franchise, the Redskins' record is 139-185-1.”
While things aren't that bad on the Dallas side, in some ways an even stronger case can be made that Jerry Jones is personally responsible for the problems his team does have. At least Dan Snyder hired a general manager and a team president. Jones just gave himself both jobs.
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