CKS97 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 The coach that seemingly wins just enough games to stave off the hot seat longer than we thought. Wayne Fontes famously did this with the Lions- winning what Chris Berman used to call 'Rasputin Games,' ones where Fontes' Lions were at a crossroads and seemed to win more often than not to get traction and cool off his hot seat. You could also make a case for Marvin Lewis as Rasputin, whom also has 3 8-8 seasons, but 2 of those were in 2003-2004, and those were on the heels of the Bengals being the NFL's butt of jokes. 8-8 in Cincinnati is different from 8-8 in Dallas IMHO. Of course, Lewis has strung together 7 winning seasons to Garrett's 2 (Wayne Fontes had 4). Yes, Marvin Lewis has 0 playoff wins- but Garrett/Fontes each have 1. With that in mind, this Sunday's Jags/Cowboys game (and maybe Washington/Tennessee on deck) feel like Rsasputin Game for Garrett, the type of game you don't think the embattled coach can win, but does. It'll be interesting to see how long he staves off the inevitable with the heat even higher after punting in a spot where most coaches don't punt last Sunday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKillerNacho Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Jason Garrett got nothin' on Marvin Lewis. I don't think any coach could really be successful with Jones' micromanagement in Dallas. Very little good comes from an owner meddling with their coaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelonebillsfan Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Is he Dallas's favorite love machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancerman Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Nah that’s Hue Jackson is you want the Rasputin comparison to be relevant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvert28 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Jerry's an idiot. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVillain112 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 I believe the current Rasputin Head Coach Power Rankings go: Marvin Lewis Jason Garrett Marvin Lewis took over the #1 spot from John Fox, who took over the crown from the legend Jeff Fisher... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footbull3196 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Wayne Fontes was actually a good coach though. Let's not forget he's responsible for the Lions' last playoff win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom cody Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 How about Jeff Fisher with the Titans? As to Garrett I expect him to be gone as Dallas coach at season's end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroncosFan2010 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Jason doesnt get nearly as much poon as Rasputin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedTheClock Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 No, I think this is the season he get axed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game3525 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 23 minutes ago, BleedTheClock said: No, I think this is the season he get axed. Nah, I think Linehan is the scapegoat. The Clapper gets one more year and then gets the boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter2_1 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 1 hour ago, BroncosFan2010 said: Jason doesnt get nearly as much poon as Rasputin. Ras-poon-tin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter2_1 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 He's a yes-man for Jerry. He's aboard the safest seat in the league. Jerry is an imperialistic, narcissistic cretin who has NO idea about football, but a lot of ideas about keeping those who massage his ego around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
///mcompact Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Garrett should've been gone after 2013. We've been running his vanilla, predictable offense since 2007. Coach Vance Joseph said it best last year when facing Dallas "They're easy to scout and hard to beat" . It takes all kinds of pro-bowl caliber player performances to compete against half-way intelligent DCs. That's why he'll get wins in the regular season but can't buy a win in the playoffs when decent DC's start to earn their money scheming for particular offenses. Every year that we have Garrett as a coach, the talent of the team is wasted. He wasted Romo and now he's wasting the O-line. He's run out of coaches to throw under the bus (including Wade Phillips, who he undermined). If Linehan goes, so should Garrett. Heck, he stood on the table to get Linehan here as they share similar offensive philosophies, and were coaching buddies at Miami. But in the end, Linehan was brought here just to run Garrett's offense. The well got poisoned the day the Garrett family conned the Jones' into hiring an under-qualified QB coach as the OC. lol...now that I think about it, Jason's dad, Jim (long time scout for the Cowboys) was responsible for Dallas bringing Jason in as a backup QB after he failed to stick anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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