Wade Phillips Fired as Dallas Cowboys Head Coach

Today the hammer finally dropped on Wade Phillips. Dallas Cowboys' Owner & GM Jerry Jones relieved Wade Phillips of his head coaching duties. Offensive Coordinator/Asst Head Coach Jason Garrett has been elevated to Head Coach. Former Syracuse University Head Coach & Cowboys Asst Coach Paul Pasqualoni will take over Phillips' defensive coordinator responsibilities. While Phillips has to bear some of the blame for the Cowboys disastrous 1 - 7 start, he certainly wasn't largely responsible for it. But as the old saying goes, you can't fire a whole team so the coach has to go. I think Jerry Jones would have kept Phillips at least until the end of the season but the media & the fans screams were at a fever pitch for a change. Plus the Cowboys have looked absolutely listless since losing Tony Romo to a left shoulder injury two weeks ago. In the four losses the Cowboys suffered previous to Romo's injury, the team was at least competitive. But this 2010 Cowboy season has truly "snowballed" into an avalanche nightmare for Jones, who had hoped his team would be the first in NFL history to play in a Super Bowl in its home stadium. At his press conference today, Jones said that this move is not a signal that they have given up on the season. If the Cowboys run the table, they will finish 9 - 7 and more than likely be battling for a wild card playoff slot. If they are lucky enough to sneak into the playoffs, they would probably have to win 3 road playoff games to get to host the Super Bowl. That would transform Jones' nightmare into a dream. But most folks would say those events occuring would be just that - a dream.