Damn! Classic example of …. how do you get fired on your day off?! Well it happened to Cowboys’ defensive coordinator Rob Ryan while he was on vacation. He got the call while he was enjoying some time in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Jerry Jones did say there were going to be changes and it has now started. Check out the report & Rob’s reaction after the jump…
According to Calvin Watkins at ESPN:
The Dallas Cowboys informed defensive coordinator Rob Ryan on Tuesday he would not be returning to run the team’s defense in 2013-14.
Ryan had one year remaining on a three-year contract. Ryan’s defense finished 19th overall, 17th against the run and 21st against the pass. His defense missed five defensive starters due to injuries and two more key backups.
“I inherited a team that was 31st in the league in defense and made them better,” Ryan told ESPNDallas.com’s Tim MacMahon. “I (expletive) made them a hell of a lot better. I’ll be out of work for like five minutes.”
“I think I did a good job and I think our staff did a good job on defense trying to compete with what we had at the end of the year,” Ryan said. “But the best job we did was when we were able to coach our starters.”
Team owner and general manager Jerry Jones said changes were needed after an 8-8 finish and he was going to make people uncomfortable at Valley Ranch. Jones wouldn’t commit to any coach other than Garrett.
