Jerry Jones, the hall-of-fame owner of the Dallas Cowboys once famously said that he didn’t have time to have a bad time. Well the clock is ticking for Mr. Jones to get things right for the Dallas Cowboys and it doesn’t seem like the team is even close to getting right.

This off-season has been an eye opener about the real troubles with this organization. Though the Cowboys signed multiple free-agents, they are all mostly here for depth. Rumors of the offensive coordinator running out anyone who thinks the offense is stagnant or predictable are rampant. Questions arise over the ability of this front-office to draft well beyond the first round seems to be the popular opinion of media and fans alike.

Yet, looking over all the complaints, it seems there is one issue that unites the fan base overall. It doesn’t matter what the teams does to get better, the coaching staff won’t do anything with it.

That argument is starting to make a lot of sense.

Though Jason Garrett has qualities you would want in a head coach, like setting up strong examples of leadership and focusing on the task at hand, he still has a lot of deficiencies that really hamper this team’s ability to grow.

He and offensive coordinator Scott Linehan continue to run the same tired offense that has been around since the 1990s and refuse to make any kind of adjustments. To this coaching staff, they believe in execution over creativity. That is a sound strategy when you are up against weaker opponents, but if the player across the line is equal or better, you have to make adjustments.

This ideology has trickled down to the position coaches who in the past seven years really stunted the growth of the roster.  If that kind of thinking gets into these new position coaches, many of the young stars on this team will struggle in the future.

Rod Marinelli is guilty as well. The veteran defensive coordinator has skins on the wall and is well-respected in the league, but maybe he is stuck in the past. Marinelli is known as a man that doesn’t like change with his defense and will not pick players unless they specifically have his standards. It’s one of the main reasons Taco Charlton is here and not T.J. Watt. In today’s NFL, adjusting to talented players is the smart thing to do. Marinelli rather do his way, no matter how outdated it is.

Garrett overall has had time as a play-caller and a walk around head coach and the results are mixed. Though he’s had two successful seasons, he is still marred by mediocrity and staleness. There isn’t anything from his past that assures fans that he can outcoach the best of the best on the biggest stage. A good man but this franchise needs better than a good man. It needs someone with creativity, guts and willing to change on the fly.

Jerry will be 76 in October and hasn’t shown signs that he is slowing down but as we know in this world, Father Time is undefeated.  Jerry has two options left for him as we near the fourth quarter of his ownership.

If he is alright with the  counting all the money that is flowing in and keeping the Cowboys name relevant, then by all means keep chugging along. Garrett will keep the mediocrity train moving.

If he is serious about hoisting that Lombardi Trophy one more time, it is time to get off the couch and shake the Star on its head and clean house.