Wade Could Be A Lame Duck

BasX · Mar 27, 2009

With one year left on his current contract, Cowboys coach Wade Phillips lacks any security beyond the 2009 season.

According to Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News, the team has not commenced talks aimed at extending Phillips’ tenure into 2010 or beyond.

And in Dallas, Cowboys fans are rejoicing.

It’s one thing for owner Jerry Jones to not fire Phillips, whose failure to take the horns of a disintegrating locker room in 2008 arguably justified his immediate ouster. But it would be quite another if Jones were to renew the vows with Phillips, who barring a miracle won’t be the head coach in 2010.

We’ve suspected for months that Phillips and offensive coorindator Jason Garrett (each of whom earn more than $3 million per year) will be returning for 2009 because Jones doesn’t want to pay them not to work. Last year’s economic downturn surely put a crimp into Jones’ overall portfolio, and with a swanky (and expensive) new stadium opening this year and no $20-million-per-year naming-rights deal in place for it, the simple reality could be that Jones realizes sinking more than $6 million into buyouts and then another $6 million or more per year to attract a big-name coach simply isn’t prudent at this specific juncture.

So Phillips gets another year, and then if Jones wants to hire a new coach for 2010, he won’t own Wade a penny.

But don’t feel badly for the current coach. He’ll have plenty of cash available to launch the Wade Phillips Paper Company.
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