Jerry gets emotional explaining how he cares more about winning than ratings or attendance

[DallasDW00ds0n]

The more he says this the less authentic it feels and the less interested I become

 

[Future]

Maybe you didn't understand what Diehard was saying, because he was spot on.

What in the world does the owner taking a picture with the Lombardi have to do with the way Jerry runs things?
How many owners that you see taking getting their picture taken with the trophy and you have to read his name on the screen to even know who it is?

Good lord you're missing the point.

It's a metaphor for how none of them are anonymous, and they all build/run the team to their own vision.

 

[kskboys]

Interesting, since he bragged about leading the league in attendance, about as bush league as you can get considering the shut downs, and then tells his ratings theory after his team gets flexed.

He wants to win and hires a man he's never even met and has to ask his outgoing HC about him and in 12 hours gets seduced at the sleep over? The candidate passed the comfort test as Booger considered if this man would allow him to continue to do what he did with his last HC.

Better not to even address this question than insult the fans' intelligence when they have visible proof to the contrary. He defines winning with the money, the ratings and general attention and lastly on the field.

When he admitted he should have fired the GM, he went from unconscious incompetent to conscious incompetent in 20 seconds. He knows he's not the best man to build a winner but he's going to do it anyway.

I am surprised he took this approach because the last time he was asked about this, his response was a defiant "let them put down 140M of their own money". Jerk, I had 140M and didn't know the team was for sale.

Ya know, we should get some compassion from other fans instead of contempt. We have to put up with a crappy team and this ownership. How about a little pity?

Jerry simply cannot admit when he's wrong about anything. It's a huge character flaw. It appears he's still hung up on the 500 coaches could do it thingie. Beyond sad.

 

[kskboys]

I used to work for a nation wide retail chain and the CEO and largest stockholder used to go around to the various locations and he treated everyone like they were his friend, even the part time people. One of the times when he was there I said hi and then said I have to go check in some inventory and he rolled up his sleeves and went and helped me do it. Another time when he was there another employee told our manager that he was going to run across the street and get a soda. The CEO said wait and gave him some money and told him to bring back sodas for everyone. A couple months after that trip he announced that he was stepping down because his wife was very ill. About 7 or 8 months later she died and another of the executives in the company said that the CEO got thousands of emails from employees saying how sorry they were. The other big point about this guy is that the company did better, made more money while he was in charge than at any time after he left. The employees worked harder for him than future CEO's who kept changing policies the original CEO had and they took more from the employees like the original CEO had it where the company paid 1/2 of the employee insurance premiums and then the employees had to pay for all of it. When I started everyone got 2 weeks vacation to start out with and then starting on your 4th anniversary you got 3 weeks vacation. After the original CEO left new employees got 1 week to start and got 2 weeks on their 4th anniversary..

The point here is because an owner wants to be friends with his players that isn't a bad thing.
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Yes, it is. Or rather, no, it's not bad, it's horrific. Jerry is the parent smoking pot w/ his 14 year old kid.

Your one example is irrelevant. Not a good parallel at all. Did this employer hire bad employees and insist on keeping them employed even w/ terrible production? Did your employer have almost zero clue as to who should be hired for certain jobs?

IMO, you are stretching so hard to support Jerry, you're starting to not even believe yourself.

 

[CouchCoach]

Jerry simply cannot admit when he's wrong about anything. It's a huge character flaw. It appears he's still hung up on the 500 coaches could do it thingie. Beyond sad.

His annual man in the mirror speech is all BS, he doesn't believe any of that. Just thinks it's what he's supposed to say and accepting responsibility.

 

[Valkyr]

I really only want to win! I'm getting emotional over here!

 

[Mannix]

---43 years I've watched the Cowboys. First time in my life, I watched a Mavs game over a Cowboys game, twice this year. F you Jones.

Dead nutz on with this....if I wasn't paying Spectrum $9000 a month for cable, maybe I would spring for DVR....if I did, I'd be watching this abortion of a team whenever a got around to it. As it is now, I don't tune in until 5 minutes prior to kick off.

In regard to Jerrah being friends with the players, it pretty much takes a vehicular manslaughter charge to get let go from the team. "Hey, Jaylon....here's my keys....bar is in the back....help yourself"

 

[fifaguy]

 

[Motorola]

Stopped listening to Jones' press conferences back in 2017 (never did pull his weekly radio show on the internet and listen).
Read the posts from #101 up to my response. I'm sure the previous 100 are similar....no is fooled, and the vast majority of fans have long ago soured on how he has run this franchise concerning the actual football team.

 

[JW82]

LOL. 100%

 

[gjkoeppen]

Yes, it is. Or rather, no, it's not bad, it's horrific. Jerry is the parent smoking pot w/ his 14 year old kid.

Your one example is irrelevant. Not a good parallel at all. Did this employer hire bad employees and insist on keeping them employed even w/ terrible production? Did your employer have almost zero clue as to who should be hired for certain jobs?

IMO, you are stretching so hard to support Jerry, you're starting to not even believe yourself.

Well this is what I think. I think you hate Jones so much that you find it inconceivable that anyone doesn't agree with you. I've said many times that there have been things that Jones has done that I don't agree with. I've also seen things that other teams have done that I thought was dumb. The point is there has never been an owner or GM that hasn't made mistakes. I also don't see a problem with an owner that reaches out and is friendly with players opposed to an owner that acts like a God and expects all the players to bow and kiss his ring. I've worked for both kinds of bosses and I can tell you that I worked harder for the boss that treated me well than the one that acted like he was a God.
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[TwentyOne]

Hey JJ: Win something and you dont need to repeat that crap every year.

 

[HotDog37]

Winners win. There is no crying in football.

 

[StarBoyz83]

I want to believe Jerry but his actions have showed otherwise. If he really cared he'd be beyond livid that dallas has had 5 good seasons in 26 years. We are the joke of the nfl. It sucks.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

Jerry simply cannot admit when he's wrong about anything. It's a huge character flaw. It appears he's still hung up on the 500 coaches could do it thingie. Beyond sad.

So you are the judge on what's right/wrong with his ideology or character? Based from what, your own ideology?

 

[Jarv]

Who is the oldest GM in football and dedicates the least amount of hours towards football operations in the NFL?

Which GM also has another job besides being a GM?

Which GM has the longest employment run without enjoying playoff success with no worries about being replaced for it?

Which owner claims winning means everything while having the previous statements in place.

 

[Shane612]

Best owner of the Cowboys ever. Has done more for the Cowboy franchise than anyone ever before. Love me some Jerry. So many Karen’s and Nancy’s on this board, freaking amazing.

Every one agrees he is a good owner. It's his GM that many have an issues with.

 

[Big_D]

Every one agrees he is a good owner. It's his GM that many have an issues with.

Funny how some separate winning from being a good owner. Only in the Jerry era! Like selling jerseys and his ability to make money somehow evens things out. lol I don't agree at all that he's a good owner. His team routinely stinks because of him and his complete inability to recognize that. Nothing good about it.

 

[Thomas82]

If he cared more about winning he'd be honest with himself and his son, look at the last 25 years which would rank them in the bottom third of the league in terms of success and make significant changes to how they do things. But he hasn't and he won't because significant changes would involve the Jones family getting out of the football personnel business and they have no desire to do that. So I guess you can say he wants to win but he only wants to win on his terms.

He also won't stop being a loyal fool to people he likes. That was made crystal clear with Garrett where he let him coach for far too long and never actually even fired him, he just let his contract expire. And during the period he waited for Garrett's contract to expire other coaches ent off the board that should have been targets for the Cowboys - a guy like Matt Ruhle for example.

All facts!!

 

[Bobhaze]

Other fans seem to be finding it harder to insult us, our "success" since 1995 is almost non-existent.

I have two family members who have stopped dogging me for being a Cowboys fan. One is my bro in law who lives in Denver and is a Broncos fan. He told me once this year that “he forgot about the Cowboys” at one point this year. The other is a cousin who is from the northeast and is a big e-girls fan. He has busted my chops for years saying Jerry is super popular in Philly. They hope he stays doing what he does. He says they want to build a statue of Jerry outside their stadium.