Dallas Cowboys, Jason Garrett and Rob Ryan: The Odd Couple That Just Might Work

January 18, 2011   ·   Gene Strother   ·   Jump to comments

Don’t look now, Dallas, but your resident football genius and redheaded step-son, Cowboys’ head coach Jason Garrett, has just hired “The Dude” from The Big Lebowski—aka, Rob Ryan— to whip your team’s defense into shape.
The Princeton scholar has hired a fellow who graduated from Clown College. Or was it Hamburger U?
Wait, it’s coming back to me now. Rob Ryan attended Southwestern Oklahoma State University. I think the entrance exam there consists of one problem: “Spell ‘Princeton.’ If You cannot do that, hit this tackling dummy hard enough and you are in.”
I could be wrong about the entrance exam. One thing I do know: Anytime your college has a multi-directional name, it is not likely to be invited to any BCS bowl games or produce many Rhodes scholars. It may, however, be the perfect breeding ground for a defensive guru with a nasty disposition.
Will it work—this unlikely pairing of G...

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