Some perspective on patience

[Bobhaze]

I’ve been a Cowboys fan since I was 6 years old in 1964 when my dad took me to my first Cowboys game at the Cotton Bowl. I grew up loving Bob Hayes, Bob Lily, Roger Staubach, Drew Pearson, Mel Renfro and many many other great stars that wore the star. I’ve seen the Cowboys play in all 3 of their home stadiums- Cotton Bowl, Texas Stadium and AT&T (Texas Stadium was my favorite) I have watched every single Cowboys playoff game on TV.

Luckily, patience was not something I had to use very often when it came to waiting on my favorite team to win big. In the 25 years between my first game at the Cotton Bowl in 1964 and the day Tom Landry was fired in 1989, I watched my favorite team:

• Play in 5 SBs, winning 2
• Play in 12 conference championship games, winning 8
• Play in 4 straight conference championships 1970, 71, 72 and 73, winning 2.
• Win 11 divisional playoff games
• Have 20 straight winning seasons.

As Cowboys fans we were spoiled. By 89, when the Jones boys took over, we had suffered 3 straight losing seasons, including two more seasons under Jimmy. Then in 91, we turned it around and famously won 3 SBs in 4 years- the FIRST NFL team to do that!

We only had to wait a decade between the last conference championship game we played (1982) and the next one in 1992, which was the start of another great run as a franchise.

We all know the 1995 season was the last time Cowboys fans got to see our favorite team win a Super Bowl- or even win a divisional round playoff game, or appear in a conference championship game.
We have waited longer than any other time in our storied history for even a divisional playoff win, much less a conference championship game or SB.

Here’s some perspective on the “patience” we are practicing now:

• The last time the Cowboys won a divisional playoff game, Tony Romo was a Sophomore in High School in Wisconsin.
• The last time the Cowboys won a divisional playoff game, Dak Prescott was two years old.
• Since the Cowboys last SB in Jan, 1996, all three other local pro sports teams in the Dallas area- Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Stars, and Texas Rangers have all won either outright championships or have played in the Finals of their sport.
• We are now looking at nearly 25 years since we have even won a divisional playoff game.

I would like to think I’m a patient man. But a quarter of century under the same GM, with these results tests my patience. I’m hopeful about the Mike McCarthy hire, and I love what Will McClay brings to personnel acquisition and drafting. But the winners of the last 24 SBs all had owners who hired a separate GM.
That’s not a coincidence. And yes, I know JJ will never change.

Guess patience is still needed.

 

[KingintheNorth]

As a former moderator here used to constantly claim....

"We are just like every other NFL team."

Jerry's got this. You just wait. And while you wait, buy some merchandise.

 

[Ky31]

I’ve been a Cowboys fan since I was 6 years old in 1964 when my dad took me to my first Cowboys game at the Cotton Bowl. I grew up loving Bob Hayes, Bob Lily, Roger Staubach, Drew Pearson, Mel Renfro and many many other great stars that wore the star. I’ve seen the Cowboys play in all 3 of their home stadiums- Cotton Bowl, Texas Stadium and AT&T (Texas Stadium was my favorite) I have watched every single Cowboys playoff game on TV.

Luckily, patience was not something I had to use very often when it came to waiting on my favorite team to win big. In the 25 years between my first game at the Cotton Bowl in 1964 and the day Tom Landry was fired in 1989, I watched my favorite team:

• Play in 5 SBs, winning 2
• Play in 12 conference championship games, winning 8
• Play in 4 straight conference championships 1970, 71, 72 and 73, winning 2.
• Win 11 divisional playoff games
• Have 20 straight winning seasons.

As Cowboys fans we were spoiled. By 89, when the Jones boys took over, we had suffered 3 straight losing seasons, including two more seasons under Jimmy. Then in 91, we turned it around and famously won 3 SBs in 4 years- the FIRST NFL team to do that!

We only had to wait a decade between the last conference championship game we played (1982) and the next one in 1992, which was the start of another great run as a franchise.

We all know the 1995 season was the last time Cowboys fans got to see our favorite team win a Super Bowl- or even win a divisional round playoff game, or appear in a conference championship game.
We have waited longer than any other time in our storied history for even a divisional playoff win, much less a conference championship game or SB.

Here’s some perspective on the “patience” we are practicing now:

• The last time the Cowboys won a divisional playoff game, Tony Romo was a Sophomore in High School in Wisconsin.
• The last time the Cowboys won a divisional playoff game, Dak Prescott was two years old.
• Since the Cowboys last SB in Jan, 1996, all three other local pro sports teams in the Dallas area- Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Stars, and Texas Rangers have all won either outright championships or have played in the Finals of their sport.
• We are now looking at nearly 25 years since we have even won a divisional playoff game.

I would like to think I’m a patient man. But a quarter of century under the same GM, with these results tests my patience. I’m hopeful about the Mike McCarthy hire, and I love what Will McClay brings to personnel acquisition and drafting. But the winners of the last 24 SBs all had owners who hired a separate GM.
That’s not a coincidence. And yes, I know JJ will never change.

Guess patience is still needed.

This will make our rise that much sweeter...I started playing pop warner ball in the late 80’s and my mother said if I was going to like football it had to be the Cowboys(the greatest gift she’s ever given...she’s a great lady)...I mention that to say that I have witnessed the greatness and the fall...the championships will come again!! Great post!!!

 

[Bobhaze]

Sadly, I have 3 sons, all born in the 80s, that I raised watching and loving the Cowboys. The last time the Cowboys were in the SB in Jan, 96, my oldest son who is nearly 37 year old son was 13.

Like so many DFW millennials, they look at the Cowboys as a sad relic of the past. They are now barely Cowboys fans. They are all big Mavericks and Rangers fans. They consider Jerry “a joke.” They will occasionally watch a Cowboys game with me.

I’m being patient hoping the Cowboys will return to playoff relevance soon.

 

[Williamsboys]

Patience, To tolerate suffering without getting angry..There are folks in the world that have nothing to eat, no medicine and know suffering each and every day. I dont need patience for any team , I only Hope for the best, and if they win something, my bills still need to be paid.
I am a Fan, but not a Fanatic. I keep things real.

 

[Diehardblues]

Sadly, I have 3 sons, all born in the 80s, that I raised watching and loving the Cowboys. The last time the Cowboys were in the SB in Jan, 96, my oldest son who is nearly 37 year old son was 13.

Like so many DFW millennials, they look at the Cowboys as a sad relic of the past. They are now barely Cowboys fans. They are all big Mavericks and Rangers fans. They consider Jerry “a joke.” They will occasionally watch a Cowboys game with me.

I’m being patient hoping the Cowboys will return to playoff relevance soon.

It is what it is Bob.

Winning isn’t the same priority anymore with the Cowboys. This generation appears to be coping with it better than the last two generations are.

 

[Diehardblues]

The last two generations who grew up with Cowboys championship caliber football thought that was going to be norm. But it obviously isn’t.

I think the sooner we come to grips with it the easier we’ll be able to grasp the new norm.

Much like fans around the country have done with teams that haven’t contended for a generation or longer.

 

[leeblair]

I’ve been a Cowboys fan since I was 6 years old in 1964 when my dad took me to my first Cowboys game at the Cotton Bowl. I grew up loving Bob Hayes, Bob Lily, Roger Staubach, Drew Pearson, Mel Renfro and many many other great stars that wore the star. I’ve seen the Cowboys play in all 3 of their home stadiums- Cotton Bowl, Texas Stadium and AT&T (Texas Stadium was my favorite) I have watched every single Cowboys playoff game on TV.

Luckily, patience was not something I had to use very often when it came to waiting on my favorite team to win big. In the 25 years between my first game at the Cotton Bowl in 1964 and the day Tom Landry was fired in 1989, I watched my favorite team:

• Play in 5 SBs, winning 2
• Play in 12 conference championship games, winning 8
• Play in 4 straight conference championships 1970, 71, 72 and 73, winning 2.
• Win 11 divisional playoff games
• Have 20 straight winning seasons.

As Cowboys fans we were spoiled. By 89, when the Jones boys took over, we had suffered 3 straight losing seasons, including two more seasons under Jimmy. Then in 91, we turned it around and famously won 3 SBs in 4 years- the FIRST NFL team to do that!

We only had to wait a decade between the last conference championship game we played (1982) and the next one in 1992, which was the start of another great run as a franchise.

We all know the 1995 season was the last time Cowboys fans got to see our favorite team win a Super Bowl- or even win a divisional round playoff game, or appear in a conference championship game.
We have waited longer than any other time in our storied history for even a divisional playoff win, much less a conference championship game or SB.

Here’s some perspective on the “patience” we are practicing now:

• The last time the Cowboys won a divisional playoff game, Tony Romo was a Sophomore in High School in Wisconsin.
• The last time the Cowboys won a divisional playoff game, Dak Prescott was two years old.
• Since the Cowboys last SB in Jan, 1996, all three other local pro sports teams in the Dallas area- Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Stars, and Texas Rangers have all won either outright championships or have played in the Finals of their sport.
• We are now looking at nearly 25 years since we have even won a divisional playoff game.

I would like to think I’m a patient man. But a quarter of century under the same GM, with these results tests my patience. I’m hopeful about the Mike McCarthy hire, and I love what Will McClay brings to personnel acquisition and drafting. But the winners of the last 24 SBs all had owners who hired a separate GM.
That’s not a coincidence. And yes, I know JJ will never change.

Guess patience is still needed.

What made the Cowboys great was their demand that they be great and the fans who demanded nothing less.
Jerry is shaping up a fan base that believes hype and is comfortable with mediocrity.
I think he's taken his fan base for granted and is very close to paying a terrible price.

 

[Diehardblues]

As far as patience. What choice do we have. I don’t expect Cowboys as long as Jerry is GM and face of the Cowboys to regain that championship lure.

My answer to patience is waiting on Jerry to kick the bucket or lock him up. Lol

 

[Bobhaze]

Patience, To tolerate suffering without getting angry..There are folks in the world that have nothing to eat, no medicine and know suffering each and every day. I dont need patience for any team , I only Hope for the best, and if they win something, my bills still need to be paid.
I am a Fan, but not a Fanatic. I keep things real.

Well thank you for your righteous position....Come on man, this is a sports forum. I have no problem separating the real world from sports. Of course there’s real suffering in this world and this thread is in no way making light of that. If you’re going to jump on a sports opinion forum to remind everyone that you “keep things real”, maybe you’re on the wrong forum.

 

[Bobhaze]

What made the Cowboys great was their demand that they be great and the fans who demanded nothing less.
Jerry is shaping up a fan base that believes hype and is comfortable with mediocrity.
I think he's taken his fan base for granted and is very close to paying a terrible price.

Well said.

 

[Captain-Crash]

ah the yearly, I hate jerry thread. lol just kidding.

 

[Diehardblues]

What made the Cowboys great was their demand that they be great and the fans who demanded nothing less.
Jerry is shaping up a fan base that believes hype and is comfortable with mediocrity.
I think he's taken his fan base for granted and is very close to paying a terrible price.

And the fans are to blame as well. They directly or indirectly continued to provide Jerry a stamp of approval .

In the mid to late 80’s for example fans showed their displeasure with non sell outs and less revenue eventually leading to the team losing money forcing a change.

The fans much like any patrons of a business ultimately have the power if they choose to enforce it.

 

[Diehardblues]

What makes us think Jerry is going to miraculously win another championship ?

Doesn’t mean we have to totally give up hope but we definitely should have lowered the bar by now.

Maybe 25 years hasn’t been long enough. It might take 35-40 years or another generation.

 

[leeblair]

The last 13 years of Jason Garrett are inexcusable in my opinion.
Jerry hired a kindergarten level coach to coach the most prolific franchise in sports.
And he slapped us in the face each year it continued, and refused to fire him; letting his contract expire rather than give us the satisfaction of at least knowing that it was corrected.
All the while hyping the fans to something that would not happen- integrity in the Cowboys organization.
I think seeing him go bankrupt would be terrible, but deserved for the unprofessional way he has managed the team.

 

[ArtClink]

Sadly, I have 3 sons, all born in the 80s, that I raised watching and loving the Cowboys. The last time the Cowboys were in the SB in Jan, 96, my oldest son who is nearly 37 year old son was 13.

Like so many DFW millennials, they look at the Cowboys as a sad relic of the past. They are now barely Cowboys fans. They are all big Mavericks and Rangers fans. They consider Jerry “a joke.” They will occasionally watch a Cowboys game with me.

I’m being patient hoping the Cowboys will return to playoff relevance soon.

My 19 yr old son thinks the Cowboys are a joke, as he has never lived to see them win a div playoff game. There is an entire generation of would-be Cowboy fans in the Dallas area that were lost while Jerry pursued call girls harder than he did winning.

 

[ArtClink]

The last 13 years of Jason Garrett are inexcusable in my opinion.
Jerry hired a kindergarten level coach to coach the most prolific franchise in sports.
And he slapped us in the face each year it continued, and refused to fire him; letting his contract expire rather than give us the satisfaction of at least knowing that it was corrected.
All the while hyping the fans to something that would not happen- integrity in the Cowboys organization.
I think seeing him go bankrupt would be terrible, but deserved for the unprofessional way he has managed the team.

It's like technology company hiring someone who has spent a decade studying monkeys and then letting them "learn on the job" (i.e., Garrett and Kellen Less) while we lose games because of it.

 

[kskboys]

What made the Cowboys great was their demand that they be great and the fans who demanded nothing less.
Jerry is shaping up a fan base that believes hype and is comfortable with mediocrity.
I think he's taken his fan base for granted and is very close to paying a terrible price.

No, it was great players and great coaches.

 

[cern]

I’ve been a Cowboys fan since I was 6 years old in 1964 when my dad took me to my first Cowboys game at the Cotton Bowl. I grew up loving Bob Hayes, Bob Lily, Roger Staubach, Drew Pearson, Mel Renfro and many many other great stars that wore the star. I’ve seen the Cowboys play in all 3 of their home stadiums- Cotton Bowl, Texas Stadium and AT&T (Texas Stadium was my favorite) I have watched every single Cowboys playoff game on TV.

Luckily, patience was not something I had to use very often when it came to waiting on my favorite team to win big. In the 25 years between my first game at the Cotton Bowl in 1964 and the day Tom Landry was fired in 1989, I watched my favorite team:

• Play in 5 SBs, winning 2
• Play in 12 conference championship games, winning 8
• Play in 4 straight conference championships 1970, 71, 72 and 73, winning 2.
• Win 11 divisional playoff games
• Have 20 straight winning seasons.

As Cowboys fans we were spoiled. By 89, when the Jones boys took over, we had suffered 3 straight losing seasons, including two more seasons under Jimmy. Then in 91, we turned it around and famously won 3 SBs in 4 years- the FIRST NFL team to do that!

We only had to wait a decade between the last conference championship game we played (1982) and the next one in 1992, which was the start of another great run as a franchise.

We all know the 1995 season was the last time Cowboys fans got to see our favorite team win a Super Bowl- or even win a divisional round playoff game, or appear in a conference championship game.
We have waited longer than any other time in our storied history for even a divisional playoff win, much less a conference championship game or SB.

Here’s some perspective on the “patience” we are practicing now:

• The last time the Cowboys won a divisional playoff game, Tony Romo was a Sophomore in High School in Wisconsin.
• The last time the Cowboys won a divisional playoff game, Dak Prescott was two years old.
• Since the Cowboys last SB in Jan, 1996, all three other local pro sports teams in the Dallas area- Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Stars, and Texas Rangers have all won either outright championships or have played in the Finals of their sport.
• We are now looking at nearly 25 years since we have even won a divisional playoff game.

I would like to think I’m a patient man. But a quarter of century under the same GM, with these results tests my patience. I’m hopeful about the Mike McCarthy hire, and I love what Will McClay brings to personnel acquisition and drafting. But the winners of the last 24 SBs all had owners who hired a separate GM.
That’s not a coincidence. And yes, I know JJ will never change.

Guess patience is still needed.

More like resignation.

 

[DogFace]