Stephen A. Smith seems to know why Jason Garrett is still the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.

Forget Garrett being tied for the second most wins as a head coach in team history. Forget Garrett getting the Cowboys to a 12-4 record last season, which Smith gives Garrett no credit for. Forget Garrett losing his starting cornerback, starting quarterback, and starting star wide receiver for the most part of this season — all of which should not exactly count against him.

Instead, look at Garrett's race. Because according to Stephen A., that's the main reason why Garrett is still the head coach of the Cowboys in the NFL where 8-8 is the league average.

"When you look at Jason Garrett, back-to-back 8-8 seasons, come on now. And then you have this season," Smith said Thursday morning on ESPN's First Take. "We understand that Tony Romo's important, the quarterback position's important, you can't lose. But how in God's name do you go 0-7? You can't win a couple of games? Anybody else would have been fired. But somehow Jason Garrett keeps his job. You know why he's got his job? Because the owner loves him. And all I'm saying to you is that what's another person supposed to do with that? It's not about my credentials, it's not about my education, it's not about what I've accomplished, it's not about what I know. 'Oh! I'm friends with the owner who's like a father to me so I get to keep my job.'

"I'm sorry ladies and gentleman, but it is rare in America that a black man has that luxury. ... It's a damn shame that this man is the head coach of this team considering nothing but his record.

"I'm just saying that the benefits that he enjoys is one of significant privilege."

Sure, it's fair to say Garrett's job should be in question because of the Cowboys' struggles this season. The team couldn't pick up a single win in the seven-game span without Romo. Owner/GM Jerry Jones wasn't afraid to put his coach on blast earlier this week.

“I am stunned that we haven’t been able to win more games without Tony,” Jones said Monday night after the Cowboys' 19-16 victory over the Redskins, via the Fort Worth Star Telegram.

“And I would have thought that we could have coached it up enough, and put it together enough, that we would not have lost those games without Romo early. We would be in better shape than we are right now.”

But what does that have to do with Garrett's skin color?

Smith could have easily gone on and on about Garrett's relationship with Jones. He would have had a point. Just look at the owner-coach history of the Cowboys.

Back in 1993, Jones parted ways with two-time Super Bowl winning coach Jimmy Johnson because the two couldn't get along. How about Bill Parcells and his tenure with the 'Boys? Not exactly a perfect owner-coach relationship there and Parcells, a white coach, was fired after a 9-7 season that resulted in wild card loss to the Seahawks.

So maybe Jones has a little better of a relationship with Garrett compared to coaches of the past. Maybe. But how in the world does that have anything to do with "significant privilege" considering what Jones had done with coaches in the past?

Please, Stephen A. Smith. Please stop.