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Gailey Article #1
Gailey Article #2
Excerpt from CNNSI Article
"According to one Dallas player, team chemistry was poisoned by the chill between Aikman and coach Chan Gailey, who was fired in January after two seasons. The player says Gailey stopped attending quarterback meetings early last season because Aikman and longtime backup Jason Garrett kept challenging his play-calling. Owner Jerry Jones became so peeved at what he considered unimaginative play selection that he asked Garrett to submit plays to Gailey before the Cowboys' wild-card playoff game against the Vikings. Garrett, the player said, gave Gailey eight pages of diagrammed plays that the quarterbacks liked. Not one was called in the 27-10 loss to Minnesota. (Garrett, a free agent, signed with the Giants in the off-season.)
After the season, when Gailey refused Jones' demand to hire an offensive coordinator to take over play-calling next fall, Jones fired him. The owner then promoted defensive coordinator Dave Campo to head coach and hired Reilly, who had served as the Cowboys' quarterbacks coach in 1997. Ernie Zampese, who had a four-year run as the club's offensive coordinator in the mid-'90s, returns as a consultant. Free agent Paul Justin, a reserve with the Rams last season, was signed to back up Aikman, and he brought some of the gospel of St. Louis coach Mike Martz with him. Dallas's new offense will look much like the Rams' and Redskins' models of '99, the aim being to lighten the load on running back Emmitt Smith with a revived passing game. The Rams made a habit of throwing to their third and fourth options, and Aikman's ability to read coverages will keep every receiver in play."
Gailey Article #4
Gailey Article #2
Excerpt from CNNSI Article
"According to one Dallas player, team chemistry was poisoned by the chill between Aikman and coach Chan Gailey, who was fired in January after two seasons. The player says Gailey stopped attending quarterback meetings early last season because Aikman and longtime backup Jason Garrett kept challenging his play-calling. Owner Jerry Jones became so peeved at what he considered unimaginative play selection that he asked Garrett to submit plays to Gailey before the Cowboys' wild-card playoff game against the Vikings. Garrett, the player said, gave Gailey eight pages of diagrammed plays that the quarterbacks liked. Not one was called in the 27-10 loss to Minnesota. (Garrett, a free agent, signed with the Giants in the off-season.)
After the season, when Gailey refused Jones' demand to hire an offensive coordinator to take over play-calling next fall, Jones fired him. The owner then promoted defensive coordinator Dave Campo to head coach and hired Reilly, who had served as the Cowboys' quarterbacks coach in 1997. Ernie Zampese, who had a four-year run as the club's offensive coordinator in the mid-'90s, returns as a consultant. Free agent Paul Justin, a reserve with the Rams last season, was signed to back up Aikman, and he brought some of the gospel of St. Louis coach Mike Martz with him. Dallas's new offense will look much like the Rams' and Redskins' models of '99, the aim being to lighten the load on running back Emmitt Smith with a revived passing game. The Rams made a habit of throwing to their third and fourth options, and Aikman's ability to read coverages will keep every receiver in play."
Gailey Article #4
