No guarantee that Dallas Cowboys DC Dan Quinn gets head coaching job this offseason.
After the Dallas Cowboys’ season-ending defeat, the dust has settled, and we are currently awaiting word from Jerry Jones regarding his future.
Given that the NFL playoffs are still ongoing, the coaching staff is now the only major aspect of the team that could be changed. Dallas may decide
to part ways with head coach Mike McCarthy (more information on this later this week), and over the past few weeks, we have accepted the notion that a new defensive coordinator would be required.
For the third year running, Dan Quinn has drawn a lot of attention and is presumably in high demand. Quinn has been asked by five teams thus far
(we are keeping tabs on this for you), and although he seems most fitting for one of them (Seattle), it is possible that none of them will select him.
Then, what occurs?
It is not necessarily a guarantee that Dan Quinn will get a head coaching job this offseason
It seems fantastic on the surface that Dan Quinn has decided to rejoin the Cowboys and serve as their defense coordinator over each of the last two
offseasons. Is it too much to assume, though, that Quinn has never received an offer he couldn’t reject from a team? Obviously not, as he turned
them all down. Quinn has been a tremendous success managing Micah Parsons and Co., but in a way, everyone who has thought of Quinn as a potential head coach subsequently has let him walk out of the building.
Coupling that reality with our current one in that Dan Quinn has faltered for the Cowboys down the stretch, is it not another logical leap to conclude
that maybe everyone will feel called more in other directions? It is not helping Quinn’s case that his most recent stretch was one of his worst and that his unit collapsed further and further as the season wore on.
It would be unfair and illogical to exclusively look at the most recent seven games of work from Dan Quinn, but they clearly matter and might
ultimately weigh more than anything else. Why hire someone when they have literally been fading at an incredibly high rate?
Quinn has done a fantastic job developing a kind of “secret sauce” with the Cowboys, but it has relied on a few essential components, including one
that is vital to turnover production. Despite the fact that this is very typical for title contenders, the Cowboys are 3-9 in his three seasons with the
team when they do not force a turnover. This shows that they are not always able to hold out and force enough stops that do not include taking the ball away.
A big reason that Quinn has been able to generate so many turnovers with the Cowboys has been the defensive talent that he has to work with,
namely Micah Parsons. Others may not have that key piece on their roster for Quinn to benefit from, so again it seems conceivable that every team could potentially pass on him.
For what it is worth, ESPN’s Dan Graziano predicted who will be the head coach of every team with a vacancy on Wednesday and did not have
Quinn filling a single post. The Seattle job went to Mike Vrabel in the prediction, if you are curious.
Quinn would then be available. We previously discussed at BTB that Quinn might take over as head coach at the facility where he currently works,
but what if his sole choice is to go back to his previous role as defensive coordinator?Is that anything that anyone would want?
In the big picture, it’s evident that the Cowboys need to make adjustments, but this one felt uncontrollable.
Will they be the ones to let go of Dan Quinn? Is he being held responsible for all that has occurred? Although it is evident that adjustments are
required on defense, his three seasons’ worth of work is still excellent.
It could seem like the greatest idea to move on, but is hardly a slam dunk sort of proposition.
Leave a Reply