Today we got beat by another equally dysfunctional organization. Two toxic, narcissistic owners who have driven their proud franchises into the ground. Dan Snyder's very below average team beat our very below average team. Dysfunction beat dysfunction. I am hoping the more we get smashed by other dysfunctional teams the more embarrassed Jerry gets. This is not going to get better unless Jerry has a coming to God moment. As
@Bobhaze stated in another thread, this dysfunction is deep. 25 years old deep. Talent and coaches can not outdo Jerry's dysfunctional, toxic environment.
The only thing that would make me feel any better this year. Actually I've given this a lot of thought. If The Narcissist came out and said at the end of he year he's going to make sweeping changes and organizational changes, I wouldn't care. I'd still feel as hopeless. Also if we started winning games I would not be happy, I would still feel hopeless. The only thing that would make me feel better right now If the narcissist called his fat coach and starting next week or after the bye Jaylon, DLaw, Zeke, pretty much the whole defensive line all got benched. They all become 2nd string. Even players like Griffen, Poe, the whole secondary, if their contracts are for only this year then cut them. If there is no salary cap ramifications from cutting Poe, Griffen, Aldon Smith, etc then just flat out cut them. Anyone else like Zeke, Jaylon, DLaw, bench them. Role with younger guys that are hungry. This would tell me that the Narcissist is serious now.
When Jimmy left Jerry made a philosophical change that the players run the show and everyone else is secondary. The players come first and there's no questioning that. This is when the dysfunction started and it's been brewing ever since, and getting worse and worse. There is a famous story of Michael Irvin in training camp in '94 or 95. He took the fellas out for a night on the town. The next day he and half the team was hungover. They weren't practicing well. Troy was pissed. Switzer said, "what do you want, do you want me to cut Michael Irvin?". Troy said "no, cut that guy and that guy and make the rest run until they start puking". Switzer blew him off. After a bit Switzer gathered the team and said that they "weren't into it" and called off practice. Troy was furious and in the show A Football Life they said that's when the rift between Switzer and Aikman started. I agree. I want to add at that very moment the Dallas Cowboys died. Why did Jerry THE OWNER and Jerry THE GM allow the coach to call off practice because the fellas were tired and hungover from partying all night? That's when it became more about partying and having fun and less about winning. That's the moment the dysfunction began. At that moment Jerry allowed the players partying and living the high life of being a Cowboy to become more of a priority than winning.
So
@Bobhaze is right in this thread and in another thread. No amount of talent can fix this thing. This is deep and embedded in the organizational psyche. Players run the show here and what they want they get. Partying and bein g famous is more of a priority than winning. That's also modeled by the The Narcissist Owner and GM. It's really a mess. That's why benching the guys would give me hope. But that'll never happen cuz The Narcissist will not allow his players to feel bad. sucks
