He's built good rosters over the years. He's givin us travis frederick, tyron smith, zach martin, dlaw, micah parsons, tdiggs, sean lee, dak, zeke, all people that we have drafted just to name a few. Yes some dumb mistakes like not picking tj watt but for the most part he has did his part in building us a contending team. Now we just need a head coach that can take us over the top
You know, actually I tend to agree in parts. I mean on his side he got us alot of talent. He got the right guys for picking drafts and MM wasnt exactly the worst decision for an HC. Quinn was also a very good choice.
To me his failiures lie elsewhere.
1. He created a culture of "softness" and some sort of "youtube influencer" mentality. We have alot of media affine guys but the real hard work in the trenches, the muddy side (which strengthens anyone involved) has been gone for a long time. I mean look at the infrastructure at the Star. It's all first class and imo over the top. Softens the players instead of injecting the grit into the culture and our game.
2. Way too loyal with his contracts. As I said before multiple times, I don't care what a player takes home. If we were in their situation, we'd also negotiate for the best deal. But Jerry really needs to be more careful with who he signs and resigns. I mean the Garret fiasco ain't the only thing. But the whole timeline with Dak was just not good if not to say stupid. I mean Jerry seems to be a good human being signing a non proven QB at that time to that deal, but imo it hurts the team. And he did so with quite a few other players.
3. Being a part of everything. Jerry, just shut the F up and let people do their work. Yes I know you wanna be a GM, but hire the right people and let them work. Especially the head coach needs to have all freedoms. I mean you and Jimmy couldn't get along and it went downhill soon after. Barry was just profiting from what Jimmy had built. But ever since no one seems to be able to work without you having a say each f**kin time.
So, I think we have one of the best owners as far as engagement goes and he loves football in his heart, you can see it. I love that. But he needs to step back and let real football people do the work. He has wasted alot of resources other teams couldn't even dream of. He threw more money away than other teams have as their whole budget.
I really don't care about the optimists on these boards here anymore, because after 25+ years of nothing, its Superbowl or bust. This 12-5 season was a joke, even though the stats say otherwise.
Jerry needs to win play off games again, anything but that is just a waste of time. If I were old I'd really worry about seeing another SB win in my life time right now.