Cowboys 1996-2020

[dckid]

The Cowboys record from 1996-2020 208 wins , 192 losses. 8 games above .500
The proof is in the pudding. We have become a mediocre average team that has lived on reputation for 25 plus years.
Forget SB wins we have not even been close to making a Championship game.
This is what Jerry wants, these are the results Jerry is happy with. He and the front office don't care about winning a SB. They care about making as much money as possible, and I don't begrudge him for that at all.
Jerry cares about the sizzle not the steak. He wants the team to be .500, a game above a game below it really does not matter to him.
As long as they are in a playoff run, talking heads are going crazy, Zeke, Dak, Romo, Dware, Lawrence.. 3-4 nationally televised games. Jerry is a pig in mud. His face is plastered on TV, Jerry world was packed.
You all probably are sick of me... ( I know some of you are). Jerry has three rings, is a HOF, bought the team for 150 million now its worth over 5.5 billion. A SB is the least of his concerns.
Let other teams worry about that. He doesn't care that this is the same organization that a 20 year run of being a winning team. This team made 8 of the first 30 Super Bowls.
He does not care about winning another SB. Even though I realize that and have 100% belief I still get frustrated and upset more than I should.
I know signing Dak to 40 per year is cap hell, the upside and downside are about the same. We get a Goff, Wentz, Kirk Cousins type QB, we will go 7-9 through 9-7 and that is all Jerry cares about. As Feynman said. "Don't fool yourself as you are the easiest to fool". I am fooling my self as a fan into thinking this FO actually has a plan.
This organization cannot recognize its own strengths and weaknesses. They don't take the logical step to try and improve.
We are most likely headed for another generation of being mediocre. The title of Americas team will be long gone, we will be almost two generations from being a contender.
Just some sobering links:
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/dal/index.htm

 

[Ranching]

Yawn!!!!

 

[ChronicCowboy]

I’ll never get those 25 years back

 

[acr731]

I’ll never get those 25 years back

I was only 30 years old the last time Dallas won anything of significance. I'm now 55..... that might be depressing for some, but I quit caring after the 3rd straight 8-8 season with Garrett and knowing he wasn't going anywhere for awhile.

Yawn!!!!

Do you need a nap?

 

[ChronicCowboy]

I was only 30 years old the last time Dallas won anything of significance. I'm now 55..... that might be depressing for some, but I quit caring after the 3rd straight 8-8 season with Garrett and knowing he wasn't going anywhere for awhile.

I was two weeks away from getting my drivers license when we won Super Bowl XXX. I’m freaking 40 now. I never would have believed we could go 25 years with no success back then.

 

[TwistedL0g1k]

The Cowboys record from 1996-2020 208 wins , 192 losses. 8 games above .500
The proof is in the pudding. We have become a mediocre average team that has lived on reputation for 25 plus years.
Forget SB wins we have not even been close to making a Championship game.
This is what Jerry wants, these are the results Jerry is happy with. He and the front office don't care about winning a SB. They care about making as much money as possible, and I don't begrudge him for that at all.

I disagree. Jerry absolutely wants to win. He's got plenty of money. I reject the idea that he is putting profit in front of winning. Winning would bring even more profit! The team is generally spending the full salary cap each season, so there is no financial advantage to losing.

The problem is his ego. He also wants to play GM, and he clearly sucks at it. He is delusional, and fails to realize his shortcomings in this role.

 

[acr731]

I disagree. Jerry absolutely wants to win. He's got plenty of money. I reject the idea that he is putting profit in front of winning. Winning would bring even more profit! The team is generally spending the full salary cap each season, so there is no financial advantage to losing.

The problem is his ego. He also wants to play GM, and he clearly sucks at it. He is delusional, and fails to realize his shortcomings in this role.

If Jerry REALLY wants to win that bad he should prove it to the fans. Hire a GM who knows what the hell he is doing and hire a HC who is worth a flip. And this HC has to have the same kind of control Jimmy Johnson had with no exceptions.

Failing to do any of that out of ego and stubbornness only tells me he doesn't give a flip about winning. He knows what he needs to do if he really wants to compete for championships again, he just refuses to do it.

 

[john van brocklin]

The Cowboys record from 1996-2020 208 wins , 192 losses. 8 games above .500
The proof is in the pudding. We have become a mediocre average team that has lived on reputation for 25 plus years.
Forget SB wins we have not even been close to making a Championship game.
This is what Jerry wants, these are the results Jerry is happy with. He and the front office don't care about winning a SB. They care about making as much money as possible, and I don't begrudge him for that at all.
Jerry cares about the sizzle not the steak. He wants the team to be .500, a game above a game below it really does not matter to him.
As long as they are in a playoff run, talking heads are going crazy, Zeke, Dak, Romo, Dware, Lawrence.. 3-4 nationally televised games. Jerry is a pig in mud. His face is plastered on TV, Jerry world was packed.
You all probably are sick of me... ( I know some of you are). Jerry has three rings, is a HOF, bought the team for 150 million now its worth over 5.5 billion. A SB is the least of his concerns.
Let other teams worry about that. He doesn't care that this is the same organization that a 20 year run of being a winning team. This team made 8 of the first 30 Super Bowls.
He does not care about winning another SB. Even though I realize that and have 100% belief I still get frustrated and upset more than I should.
I know signing Dak to 40 per year is cap hell, the upside and downside are about the same. We get a Goff, Wentz, Kirk Cousins type QB, we will go 7-9 through 9-7 and that is all Jerry cares about. As Feynman said. "Don't fool yourself as you are the easiest to fool". I am fooling my self as a fan into thinking this FO actually has a plan.
This organization cannot recognize its own strengths and weaknesses. They don't take the logical step to try and improve.
We are most likely headed for another generation of being mediocre. The title of Americas team will be long gone, we will be almost two generations from being a contender.
Just some sobering links:
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/dal/index.htm

Jerry wants to win, unfortunately
He is unwilling to step aside for this to happen.

 

[tunahelper]

I disagree. Jerry absolutely wants to win. He's got plenty of money. I reject the idea that he is putting profit in front of winning. Winning would bring even more profit! The team is generally spending the full salary cap each season, so there is no financial advantage to losing.

The problem is his ego. He also wants to play GM, and he clearly sucks at it. He is delusional, and fails to realize his shortcomings in this role.

This really is the crux of the problem. JJ has been hands on in all his business ventures and had been successful. He cannot accept he needs others to be at the top of the NFL world. Men do nor change their ways, especially older, insanely rich men. We are screwed until JJ kicks the bucket.

 

[Future]

Why'd you stop at 1996? If you were smart, you'd start at 200 to make a better point.

If you're going to pick dumb, arbitrary data sets, at least do so that it skews as much to your point as it can.

 

[Bing]

Some of ya'll just dont get it.....the key word here is JERRY wants to win but only if it's done his way where he can take credit. He is not going to step back and let a GM or a coach steal his thunder for building a winning team. The team you have been seeing for the past 25 years will be the same team you will be seeing in the future until JJ is no longer here.

 

[acr731]

Some of ya'll just dont get it.....the key word here is JERRY wants to win but only if it's done his way where he can take credit. He is not going to step back and let a GM or a coach steal his thunder for building a winning team. The team you have been seeing for the past 25 years will be the same team you will be seeing in the future until JJ is no longer here.

Then Jerry doesn't really want to win. What he doesn't understand is that he DID get credit for the championships. He was the owner who hired Jimmy Johnson and I'm sure he played a small part in helping to build the roster. The owner ALWAYS gets some credit when their franchise wins a championship. Do you think Robert Kraft doesn't get any credit for everything NE has accomplished over the past 20 plus years? You're damn right he does.

What Jerry wants credit for is being the sole person responsible for the whole damn thing, from building the roster to hiring the entire coaching staff and having a hand in scouting. His problem is he just doesn't have the skills to get it done the right way. In short, he sucks at it and always will.

The person who truly wants to win puts all that selfish garbage aside and does what is necessary.

 

[Ranching]

I’ll never get those 25 years back

I accomplished a lot during those 25 years. I wouldn't change them for any SB win by the Cowboys

 

[FiveSuperBowls]

The Cowboys record from 1996-2020 208 wins , 192 losses. 8 games above .500
The proof is in the pudding. We have become a mediocre average team that has lived on reputation for 25 plus years.
Forget SB wins we have not even been close to making a Championship game.
This is what Jerry wants, these are the results Jerry is happy with. He and the front office don't care about winning a SB. They care about making as much money as possible, and I don't begrudge him for that at all.
Jerry cares about the sizzle not the steak. He wants the team to be .500, a game above a game below it really does not matter to him.
As long as they are in a playoff run, talking heads are going crazy, Zeke, Dak, Romo, Dware, Lawrence.. 3-4 nationally televised games. Jerry is a pig in mud. His face is plastered on TV, Jerry world was packed.
You all probably are sick of me... ( I know some of you are). Jerry has three rings, is a HOF, bought the team for 150 million now its worth over 5.5 billion. A SB is the least of his concerns.
Let other teams worry about that. He doesn't care that this is the same organization that a 20 year run of being a winning team. This team made 8 of the first 30 Super Bowls.
He does not care about winning another SB. Even though I realize that and have 100% belief I still get frustrated and upset more than I should.
I know signing Dak to 40 per year is cap hell, the upside and downside are about the same. We get a Goff, Wentz, Kirk Cousins type QB, we will go 7-9 through 9-7 and that is all Jerry cares about. As Feynman said. "Don't fool yourself as you are the easiest to fool". I am fooling my self as a fan into thinking this FO actually has a plan.
This organization cannot recognize its own strengths and weaknesses. They don't take the logical step to try and improve.
We are most likely headed for another generation of being mediocre. The title of Americas team will be long gone, we will be almost two generations from being a contender.
Just some sobering links:
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/dal/index.htm

You have every right to be disappointed in the Boys they continue to be a .500 team.

 

[acr731]

I accomplished a lot during those 25 years. I wouldn't change them for any SB win by the Cowboys

I think some people take the team and the sport far too seriously and allow it to take over their lives. Not me. I've had a very successful career, and like you I wouldn't trade it for another super bowl. Not a chance in hell...

Garrett still sucks too.

 

[Section446]

Former America's Team.

 

[noshame]

My sons are 22 and 24

Why do you like this team Dad?

 

[Moltisanti]

My sons are 22 and 24

Why do you like this team Dad?

Mine are 25 and 20. The oldest is a big cowboys fan. The youngest couldn’t care less. All they’ve heard is me talk about the good old days. They’ve never seen it and never will. Stephen isn’t going to be any different than Jerry. Hell kellen freaking Moore is going to be our next head coach. There’s a zero percent chance that it’s anybody else.

 

[TequilaCowboy]

I disagree. Jerry absolutely wants to win. He's got plenty of money. I reject the idea that he is putting profit in front of winning. Winning would bring even more profit! The team is generally spending the full salary cap each season, so there is no financial advantage to losing.

The problem is his ego. He also wants to play GM, and he clearly sucks at it. He is delusional, and fails to realize his shortcomings in this role.

And hence, he does not care about winning.. he can talk all her wants and spend the allotted salary cap money which all respectable owners do. But actions speak louder than words, and remaining GM along with him son after 25 freaking years with nothing to show for it says all you need to know about his goal. He has put his ego ahead of success. Simple as that. Started with booting Jimmy out and still going.

 

[MTerrazzano]

And hence, he does not care about winning.. he can talk all her wants and spend the allotted salary cap money which all respectable owners do. But actions speak louder than words, and remaining GM along with him son after 25 freaking years with nothing to show for it says all you need to know about his goal. He has put his ego ahead of success. Simple as that. Started with booting Jimmy out and still going.

I’m 48 years old and been a fan since 1980. I’ve come to accept the team for what they’ve become - a family owned business, a tremendous corporation. I’m still a die hard fan, but have lowered my bar of expectations and just hope for a few division titles every so often. We’ll never sniff a Super Bowl here as we don’t have a great enough front office. The 70s Cowboys were a great front office hence 2 Super Bowl titles. The early 90s dynasty had a great front office since Jimmy had total control.