IRVING, Texas -- One of the differences between Wade Phillips, the deposed coach of the Dallas Cowboys, and Jason Garrett is the way they talk.
Phillips talks in low tones with a slight Texas twang.
Garrett, who became the first interim coach in franchise history Monday, speaks loudly. He commands the room in a way the Cowboys haven't seen the past four years.
Whether this will help the team fix its 1-7 record and end a five-game losing streak, Dallas' longest since 1997, is uncertain.
When Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said it was time for a culture change at Valley Ranch, he moved out Phillips and his folksy way of doing things, and pushed in Garrett, the kid born in Abington, Pa., who played high school football in Chagrin, Ohio, and later attended Princeton.
