It is a culture that Jerry Jones has developed. Any coach for the current Cowboys is nurtured because of JJ's constant micro Management style. Most everyone wants a strong coach but Jerry does NOT want that type of Independent strong willed coach to make player and coach personnel decisions. What true good head coach wants restrictions on players and coach decions? None. Thus if your a Cowboys fan be prepared for more of the same whom ever Jerry hires.
Jason Garrett is just the latest scapegoat for Jerry Jones.
I agree with this for the most part. It's the root cause behind him canning Jimmy and he's opted for coaches he could make genuflect to him ever since with a lone exception. Bill Parcels wasn't a puppet, but they couldn't work together bc they had different visions (I also think Parcels was past his use by date).
The only way I see Jerruh having success of any kind is hiring a strong coach who is perfectly simpatico with him. I do believe he's changed his philosophy some with the offensive shift in the league and seems to have a real interest in sharp, young, up and coming coaches (Richard and Moore) so I do see a bit of a window for him to entice a coach like Riley and give him a little latitude.
The thing about that latitude is that it wouldn't have a very long shelf life if there wasn't immediate results with it. The reality is the Cowboys were darned when Jerruh bought the team and they got extremely lucky to have all the stars align for success early on.
I continue to hope Jerruh pulls some Donald Sterling stunt and is forced to sell the team.