Jimmy Johnson calls Jerry Jones' G.M. claims a "crock"

[Boys122]

We can thank Jimmy for the 90's? You don't say...

[Diogenes]

Originally Posted by AdamJT13

Jimmy is wrong.

The Cowboys' 1990 media guide lists Jerry Jones as "president-general manager."

We can split hairs over titles, but the only thing that matters is who was the successful architect behind the assemblage of talent that won 3 Super Bowls. That was Jimmy Johnson.

[StevenOtero]

Originally Posted by AdamJT13

Jimmy is wrong.

The Cowboys' 1990 media guide lists Jerry Jones as "president-general manager."

*sigh*

[StevenOtero]

Originally Posted by Diogenes

We can split hairs over titles, but the only thing that matters is who was the successful architect behind the assemblage of talent that won 3 Super Bowls. That was Jimmy Johnson.

Thank you!

[silver]

but then again we always knew this.

[Dave_in-NC]

Originally Posted by Diogenes

We can split hairs over titles, but the only thing that matters is who was the successful architect behind the assemblage of talent that won 3 Super Bowls. That was Jimmy Johnson.

I really doubt that Jimmy cared what Jones called himself in the program.
Jimmy knew who was really behind the success.

[rocboy22]

Originally Posted by StevenOtero

Thank you!

I dont think Adam was even commenting on who built the team. He was just pointing out that Jimmy actually was wrong in saying that Jerry didn't call himself that when Jimmy was there - as he obviously did.

[Everlastingxxx]

I heart me some Jimmy Johnson. The reason i got to experience a few Super Bowls and probably the last i will ever see.

[silver]

Originally Posted by AdamJT13

Jimmy is wrong.

The Cowboys' 1990 media guide lists Jerry Jones as "president-general manager."

and Jimmy was Head Coach - General Manager as well. 20 years of coaching experience vs zero nada in 1989 should tell you enough about who was the football guy and who was the money guy in that relationship.

[Chocolate Lab]

The real meat of the article:

“That is completely a bunch of crock,” Johnson said. “Jerry started putting all those titles on himself after I left. He didn’t call himself general manager and president and all that stuff when I was there. He was just the owner. Because it was in my contract that I had total responsibility for all football decisions. It was in my contract, and he didn’t allow anybody to have that in their contract after I left.”

Johnson says that he takes more pride in what he did as the Cowboys’ general manager than in what he did as the Cowboys’ head coach.

“I was the personnel director there with the Cowboys,” Johnson said. “My pride was collecting the talent and putting together the team that won the Super Bowls.”

[Doomsay]

Semantics and Deon aside, this lays waste to any assertion that Jerry contributed much of anything to the Superbowl run at the managerial level. It was contractual!

LOL at any suggestions that Wade, Garrett, Campo etc. had the same degree of influence or control of the team as Jimmy did.




/Cowboys are run the same as any other NFL team BS

[cajuncocoa]

Originally Posted by jgboys1

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says he always has been and always will be the general manager in Dallas. The former Cowboys coach who won two Super Bowls in Dallas says Jones is full of it.
Jimmy Johnson, Jones’s former college teammate who was hired by Jones to coach the Cowboys shortly after Jones bought the franchise in 1989, said on the Dan Patrick Show that Jones may claim he has always called the shots, but that the Super Bowl-winning teams of the 1990s were actually built by Johnson.
[View Full Quote]“That is completely a bunch of crock,” Johnson said. “Jerry started putting all those titles on himself after I left. He didn’t call himself general manager and president and all that stuff when I was there. He was just the owner.


Read more.......

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...laims-a-crock/

*sigh*

[17yearsandcounting]

Ohhh snap.

[AdamJT13]

Originally Posted by rocboy22

I dont think Adam was even commenting on who built the team. He was just pointing out that Jimmy actually was wrong in saying that Jerry didn't call himself that when Jimmy was there - as he obviously did.

Exactly. Everyone knows Jimmy built the team, not Jerry. But Jimmy's claim that Jerry didn't hold those titles when he was there is "a crock."

Jimmy also claimed that he was the "personnel director" when he was here, which is another crock. Bob Ackles was the personnel director until 1992, when he was replaced by Stephen Jones. Jimmy never held that title.

Again, Jimmy built the team, but he never held any of those titles, and he's wrong about Jerry not holding them when he was here.

[rocboy22]

Originally Posted by Doomsay

Semantics and Deon aside, this lays waste to any assertion that Jerry contributed much of anything to the Superbowl run at the managerial level. It was contractual!

LOL at any suggestions that Wade, Garrett, Campo etc. had the same degree of influence or control of the team as Jimmy did.




/Cowboys are run the same as any other NFL team BS

how is any of this news??