The Dallas Cowboys are America’s Team. Part of the reality of carrying that mantle is that the lights are brightest on you. When the Dallas Cowboys win, they are lauded in ways that others are not; however, when they lose, the are treated with far more criticism than your average team that is defeated.
That is the Dallas Cowboys way. When you are the most visible franchise in all of sports there are expectations that you face that nobody else does. Right, wrong, fair, or indifferent, this is simply the way that it goes.
Jason Garrett managed the CEO factor of being the Cowboys head coach in a very fair way.