Blaming Jerry is the lazy way out

SoupcanSam said:
Reading all these posts about the Patriots and Rams rebuilding while we sit here stuck in the mud made me realize something.

We love to use Jerry as a shield. It's comfortable. It's easy. But honestly, blaming Jerry for the last 30 years is letting the actual players and coaches off the hook.

I know the counter-argument: "Jerry is cheap in Free Agency." And yeah, for a long time, he was. We all hated the bargain bin shopping years. But look at where the money actually goes.

First, he pays the homegrown talent. He resets the market for our own guys constantly. He didn't cheap out on Dak. He didn't cheap out on CeeDee. When we have a star, they get paid top dollar.

Second, the roster is always considered "stacked." Every single August, the national media talks about how loaded our roster is. We at times have some of the highest numbers of Pro Bowlers in the league. You can nitpick a bust here and there, but generally, the GM puts a potential playoff-caliber roster on the field every year.

Third, the "All-In" move. We finally screamed for a big trade, and he went out and got Quinnen Williams and George Pickens. He actually pushed the chips in.

My point is this: The front office does its job by assembling a playoff-caliber roster. They hand over a team loaded with talent. The failure lies with the coaches who can't maximize that talent and the players who disappear in big moments. The resources are there; the execution is what's missing.

When we lose in the playoffs, have losing seasons, is it because Jerry has an ego? Or is it because we have a locker room full of professionals who consistently fold when they get punched in the mouth? The Patriots are in the Super Bowl because their players executed. Ours didn't.

Blaming the owner feels good, but he gave them a loaded deck and they still couldn't win the hand. At some point, we have to stop yelling at the guy in the owner's box and start demanding more from the guys wearing the star.
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why is it the lazy way out? he is the owner, and the GM. essentially responsible for all the coaches hiring and personnel on the team and cap management. he manages everything.

so he is at fault for all of it. he has been the one constant for 30 years. and what he does is reactionary as opposed to planned. I predicted middle of last season that Jerry was going to make a significant move in the offseason and either trade or sign a big name player...and guess what, enter stage left Pickens. why? he reacts to market, fans and popularity and he had to make a move to appease the fans, specially after his "all in comment". he has done that in the past as well. we have a bad season and he makes a move. its all on one year approach and seemingly, and obviously its without an over all plan.

he made a trade for pickens, but then filled the defense with garbage. rumors are that he hired eberflus before Schotty and pushed him on Schotty. he had choice of hiring Ben Johnson or Vrable, both coaches who wanted a little more control and he went with cheap option Schotty. look at patriots, look at denver, look at seattle, look at chicago..... that's what good coaches do. and if you think we had a loaded team, then coaching sucked.

and when his defensive garbage filling and JAG signing went much worse than he anticipated, then he made reactionary move for QW. that wasn't planned. he had to do something as the media and fans were just torching him. so it wasn't pushing the chips in. it was reacting so seats don't go empty. btw, we knew the DL was bad, LBs were bad in the off season. why wait until the proverbial shiet hits the fan before making moves and trades!? that's utterly STUPID. you prevent it from happening, not reacting to it as Jerry always does.

the front office hasn't done its job assembling playoff calibur roster. you don't have the worst defense in NFL, 6th all time worst defense at that, by having playoff calibur roster. its not loaded with talent on the defensive side and they went cheap on the RB side.

Jerry said, his words, not mine. "I like the drama", "I like to stir things up". is that words of an NFL GM who is putting a team together for a championship run? is that were the focus of the team is?
so you are absolutely, 100%, no, 100000000000000000000000% wrong about Jerry. its all him.

and do you seriously think the cowboys fandom feels good today? because they are blaming Jerry. are we happy?

btw, who and what do you blame if not jerry?

p.s.

is this Jerry's ghost account? or marketing person trying to buy him some good will? I will trace your IP and hopefully you didn't put this up from inside the Cowboys organization.
 
sunalsorises said:
Owner and GM are two completely different jobs and I would say being both is a conflict of interest.
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the owner always over rides the GM, the owner is focused on money, not championships.

I hope we never win while jerry is the GM. I want him to go with this embarassement attached to him forever.
 
lk8701 said:
Jerry doesn’t hire elite coaches because he doesn’t want to give them autonomy
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exactly. he could have gone after johnson. or vrabel..... look at those two teams. instead. he settled for Schotty.

not the proverbial sheit hit the fan and he does a DC search...why not do it in the first place? always always always reactionary.
 
phildadon86 said:
We are seemingly the only organization in the NFL that STILL hasn't figured out how to structure contracts to benefit the team.
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its because we don't care . there iis a cap. jerry stays below the cap. jerry spends closer to cap floor than cap ceiling and he tries to limit his cash out put, which is a lot of these teams do and push cap into future. jerry thinks in terms of jersey sales and financial ROI.
 
CowboysFaninHouston said:
its because we don't care . there iis a cap. jerry stays below the cap. jerry spends closer to cap floor than cap ceiling and he tries to limit his cash out put, which is a lot of these teams do and push cap into future. jerry thinks in terms of jersey sales and financial ROI.
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Oh I know.

I have had this argument here.

People think being at the cap means he is spending. They dont seem to get the cash output part of it.
 
Jerry is mostly to blame. The bucks stops here!

However, players and coaches should not be absolved.

Look at some of the tackling this season, and tell us Jerry told them do do it like that.

Not.
 
SoupcanSam said:
Reading all these posts about the Patriots and Rams rebuilding while we sit here stuck in the mud made me realize something.

We love to use Jerry as a shield. It's comfortable. It's easy. But honestly, blaming Jerry for the last 30 years is letting the actual players and coaches off the hook.

I know the counter-argument: "Jerry is cheap in Free Agency." And yeah, for a long time, he was. We all hated the bargain bin shopping years. But look at where the money actually goes.

First, he pays the homegrown talent. He resets the market for our own guys constantly. He didn't cheap out on Dak. He didn't cheap out on CeeDee. When we have a star, they get paid top dollar.

Second, the roster is always considered "stacked." Every single August, the national media talks about how loaded our roster is. We at times have some of the highest numbers of Pro Bowlers in the league. You can nitpick a bust here and there, but generally, the GM puts a potential playoff-caliber roster on the field every year.

Third, the "All-In" move. We finally screamed for a big trade, and he went out and got Quinnen Williams and George Pickens. He actually pushed the chips in.

My point is this: The front office does its job by assembling a playoff-caliber roster. They hand over a team loaded with talent. The failure lies with the coaches who can't maximize that talent and the players who disappear in big moments. The resources are there; the execution is what's missing.

When we lose in the playoffs, have losing seasons, is it because Jerry has an ego? Or is it because we have a locker room full of professionals who consistently fold when they get punched in the mouth? The Patriots are in the Super Bowl because their players executed. Ours didn't.

Blaming the owner feels good, but he gave them a loaded deck and they still couldn't win the hand. At some point, we have to stop yelling at the guy in the owner's box and start demanding more from the guys wearing the star.
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I agree in that we blame Jerry TOO MUCH. He is obviously "the" problem - but as shown by recent press conferences - we aren't the only one with a crazy owner and weird culture.

Championship game drought - 1 of 3 teams over 30 years. So this whole "it's Jerry and Jerry alone" is poppycock. Yes, it's Jerry but because he put all our hopes in a 4th round longshot...if the same Jerry had picked up Mahomes...history is different.
 
Jerry goes out of his way to let people know he is the man in -charge and the buck stops with him. If he wants the credit then he should get the blame. Jerry signs off on hiring coaches and staff; as well as which players get drafted, signed, extended or waived.
Under Jerry’s tenure this franchise has been irrelevant since the Super Bowl teams of the 90’s. The fact that there have been some talented teams that failed to make the playoffs is further testament to the dysfunction of the organization.
 
Clove said:
When you are the wealthiest franchise you...
1) Hire the VERY best GM.
2) Pay for the VERY best Coaches.
3) Let the VERY best GM build his team.
4) Go on a cruise in your VERY expensive yacht and watch the Super bowls pile up.
5) Enjoy being the VERY best owner in sports history.
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Jerry could have done all those things and had a great legacy.
Instead he chose a different path much to his and all cowboys fans detriment.
 
SoupcanSam said:
You all know how I feel about jerry, of course its him, But hey, I see pot, I stir. Another SB without dallas in it, I'm bored!

Congrats Seahawks!
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OP put out troll bait to make the puppets dance. A low brow puppet master with too much free time.
 
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If Jerry doesn’t change his way with Lawrence making Super Bowl and New England spending all that money on free agents! He will never change !
 
OGSixshooter said:
I agree in that we blame Jerry TOO MUCH. He is obviously "the" problem - but as shown by recent press conferences - we aren't the only one with a crazy owner and weird culture.

Championship game drought - 1 of 3 teams over 30 years. So this whole "it's Jerry and Jerry alone" is poppycock. Yes, it's Jerry but because he put all our hopes in a 4th round longshot...if the same Jerry had picked up Mahomes...history is different.
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total horsecrap

only morons think its all about the QB

every team that has won the SB had more then just a top QB; and many teams have won with an average QB
 
cowboyec said:
no other owner is the gm.
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Irrelevant there are several teams with gms whove never won a super bowl.
cowboyec said:
rams and patriots owners hired gm's.
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So have many not in the Bowl
cowboyec said:
coaches and players change.
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And?
cowboyec said:
but over that 30yr span the results haven't.
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True.
cowboyec said:
the one constant here.
the owner is the gm.
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Awfully weak arguments presented here
cowboyec said:
ipso-fatso...solved.
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Not solved, assumed.
 
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