Now THIS is "Uncomfortable"!

[Sideshow Bob]

Talk about big blow-the-lid-off...Mort is claiming that Jerry is forcing Garrett to give up the play calling duties and fire his spare-ass brother as failed TE coach, knowing/hoping that Garrett will become so pissed that he'll just quit, opening the door for Jon Gruden (one of the main reasons for bringing in Kiffin as DC) without having to actually fire Garrett. Pretty genius.

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/12/mort-jones-is-pushing-garrett-to-give-up-play-calling-duties/

Changes have indeed come to Valley Ranch.

Apart from the departure of defensive coordinator Rob Ryan and the change in philosophy from 3-4 to 4-3 with the arrival of Monte Kiffin, more seismic shifts are possible.

According to Chris Mortensen of ESPN, owner Jerry Jones is pushing coach Jason Garrett to relinquish play-calling duties. Per Mort, Jones also may be trying to get Garrett to fire his brother, tight ends coach John Garrett.

Mort says John Garrett is calling around the league regarding other available jobs. Which could indeed means that John Garrett fears his brother will fire him.

It also could mean that the Princeton-educated Garretts sense that Jones is trying to provoke a showdown that will result in Jason Garrett leaving as the head coach without Jones flat-out firing him. Indeed, it’s one thing for Jones to roll out of bed one morning and decide to make a coaching change. It’s quite another for Jones to want his head coach to make changes and for his coach to resist, creating an impasse that leads to only one logical conclusion.

Even if Jones is simply laying the foundation to justify a Jason-Garrett-for-Jon-Gruden swap, the issue of play-calling is legitimate. Too many times over the last two years has Garrett been unable to spin the big-picture plate of clock-management with the small-picture task of deciding what the next play will be. If, as I think I said at one point this year on Pro Football Talk on NBC Sports Network, you can’t walk and chew gum at the same time, don’t try.

So regardless of whether Jones is trying to nudge out Jason Garrett, there’s still a chance he’ll be gone sooner rather than later.

[Terd Ferguson]

Maybe...but I remembered reading this about Kiffin (got it from Wiki, so not exactly "reliable" but you never know)

Controversy has surrounded Kiffin's departure from Tampa Bay. After Lane Kiffin signed with Tennessee, Tampa's typically stout defense underperformed. The Bucs lost their final four games of the 2008 season, ending up 9–7, and missed the playoffs. Before this, no NFL team had ever missed the playoffs after achieving a record of 9–3. Reports stated that Gruden refused to allow Kiffin to announce his departure to Tennessee mid-season. Allegations were made that Kiffin refused to participate in normal coaching meetings. Neither Kiffin nor Jon Gruden have openly discussed these events.

[Terd Ferguson]

If true, would Gruden really be scrambling to come to work here with Kiffin?

[Sideshow Bob]

I normally wouldn't have given this sort of speculation too much credence, but Mort is usually pretty solid with inside info.

[Terd Ferguson]

Mort reported the play calling shift and that Jerry is questioning the TE coach...the part about Gruden was speculation tossed in there by the profootballtalk.com writer and it makes no sense.
I saw Broaddus address this rumor on twitter too...he doesn't buy into it and he is around VR all the time. He and Fish did both say that Jerry is asking questions about assistants that any GM should/does ask.

Funny thing is, I kept seeing people on twitter defending John Garrett because WITTEN is good...how well have the TEs developed over the years here? What did Marty B do with NY? How about Fasano in MIA? What will Hannah do?