General Opinions of Jerry Jones - Dallas Cowboys Forum

**ABQCOWBOY** · 05-19-2006

Jerry has had an interesting relationship with the Cowboy fans over the years. At this stage in his career, I'm interested to know what our board things of Jerry Jones. All opinions welcome.

Me personally, I like him. I like the fact that we are on a first name basis with him, as a fan base, Jerruh! LOL.....

I think he works hard to make us a winner. I think he spends which is not always the case in the NFL and I think both the Cowboys and winning is important to him. For that, I respect him.

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Yeagermeister · 05-19-2006

As an owner one of the best

As a GM he's improving

Alexander · 05-19-2006

I don't think he has anything but the franchise's best interests at heart.

To me, he is like the bumbling uncle who really does his best, has a great heart, but cannot avoid doing something at family reunions to either embarass himself or the family. But I don't hate him as an owner. Nobody is better. As a GM, well, he needs to get out of the kitchen and let others do the cooking. But he is getting better since Coach Parcells has been around.

**ABQCOWBOY** · 05-19-2006

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Originally Posted by Yeagermeister

As an owner one of the best

As a GM he's improving

Old School does rule Yeags.

theogt · 05-19-2006

I like the relationship that he, Bill, and Jeff have right now. I just wish Bill was about 50 years old and had 10 more years before he retired. It takes a strong personality to reign in Jerry. To put him in his place, so to speak. Hopefully I'm wrong and Jerry will continue this method with whatever HC Bill taps for the future.

Doomsday101 · 05-19-2006

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Originally Posted by ABQCOWBOY

Jerry has had an interesting relationship with the Cowboy fans over the years. At this stage in his career, I'm interested to know what our board things of Jerry Jones. All opinions welcome.

Me personally, I like him. I like the fact that we are on a first name basis with him, as a fan base, Jerruh! LOL.....

I think he works hard to make us a winner. I think he spends which is not always the case in the NFL and I think both the Cowboys and winning is important to him. For that, I respect him.

Opinions?

I like him as well for the same reasons. I may not always agree with everything that is done but I know Jerry will do what ever he has to, to win and is pasionate about winning and the success of this franchise.

TonyS · 05-19-2006

I loved the first 5 years of his tenure. Will never forgive him for wasting talents of 3 HOFers (Troy, Emmitt, Irvin) with puppet HCs and turning what could've been a dynasty never seen before in the NFL into a laughing stock for 10 years.

Hoping he can stay out of his own way enough to let this team get back to its winning ways.

Jaxonsdaddd · 05-19-2006

There was a time that I really despised him...Initially after the Landry thing, I got over that but then when the Switzer, Gailey, Campo carousel came through I thought he was a fool.

Since hiring Parcells I have come around on him and at this point think us fans have a good owner

bbgun · 05-19-2006

Fake hair; fake face.

Eddie · 05-19-2006

He's fine as an owner. He spends what it takes to win ... big deal. So does everyone else in the NFL.

I wish he would simply stay in his box seat and stay out of the affairs of the team.

As a GM, he should have been fired 5 years ago. 9 years without a playoff win says it all.

He's turned the Cowboys into the Lions and Bengals of the 21st Century.

Champsheart · 05-19-2006

I love Jerry Jones! He wants to win, and will do whatever it takes to win.

As a fan that is all you can ask for.

He has had to learn some hard mistakes that have cost us some losing seasons, but I can live with that.

He really seems to be learning a lot from the past, and he is putting good people around him to help out.

I will take Jerry Jones as the owner of my favorite team any day of the week.

felix360 · 05-19-2006

i like the Jerruh, good owners, and gm well he's improved a lot over the last three years. personally i very interested what kind of owner stephen will become, or maybe just gm

THUMPER · 05-19-2006

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Originally Posted by Alexander

I don't think he has anything but the franchise's best interests at heart.

To me, he is like the bumbling uncle who really does his best, has a great heart, but cannot avoid doing something at family reunions to either embarass himself or the family. But I don't hate him as an owner. Nobody is better. As a GM, well, he needs to get out of the kitchen and let others do the cooking. But he is getting better since Coach Parcells has been around.

I totally agree Alexander, very well put.

**ABQCOWBOY** · 05-19-2006

One of the things that struck me about Jerry this off season was his willingness to sacrafice. Jerry is viewed, IMO, as the Owner and GM of our team. Good, bad or indifferent, that's how most of us view him. However, this past off season showed me a lot about Jerry Jones. His willingness to compramise his own best interests and the best interests of our team, in exchange for the greater good, showed something. If no agreement had been reached, we were in a very good position to basically stick it to all of the NFL while reeping the benifits of all the pieces that fell out. We had cap and were in a excellent position to push our own personal agenda and force an uncapped year. We could have picked up a great deal of talent and still been in an excellent position to negotiate another agreement from a position of strenght, at the expense of almost everybody else. He did not do that. He really set our needs aside and bent over backwords, IMO, to get a deal worked out that is not friendly to him personally. I wonder how many other Owners or GMs might have done that same thing in Jerry's position. I watched Jerry closely through out that whole ordeal. You could see that he hated having to do what he did but he did it anyway. To me, selflesness is a mark of greatness in a person.

My hat is off to Mr. Jerry Jones for that.

lspain1 · 05-19-2006

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Originally Posted by ABQCOWBOY

One of the things that struck me about Jerry this off season was his willingness to sacrafice. Jerry is viewed, IMO, as the Owner and GM of our team. Good, bad or indifferent, that's how most of us view him. However, this past off season showed me a lot about Jerry Jones. His willingness to compramise his own best interests and the best interests of our team, in exchange for the greater good, showed something. If no agreement had been reached, we were in a very good position to basically stick it to all of the NFL while reeping the benifits of all the pieces that fell out. We had cap and were in a excellent position to push our own personal agenda and force an uncapped year. We could have picked up a great deal of talent and still been in an excellent position to negotiate another agreement from a position of strenght, at the expense of almost everybody else. He did not do that. He really set our needs aside and bent over backwords, IMO, to get a deal worked out that is not [View Full Quote]

Great Post ABQ!