Cowboys name a leadership council

I also like this. Trying something new.

30 years of failure cannot be discarded but at the same time we cannot lay all of it at the feet of the 2026 team. Lots of new faces and new coaches here that had nothing to do with past futility.

It's hard to be optimistic but it's late July. Hope always springs eternal now, for some at least.
 
:laugh:

Wonder if Roger Staubach, Bob Lilly, Randy White, or Troy Aikman needed leadership councils.
Every successful team ever has had a leadership group whether formally or informally defined. Back then they probably did their team bonding after practice at the pool hall, smoking cigs and pounding beers.

Times change, terminology changes, and the availability and granularity of information available to the average fan changes.

Same basic concept has been there forever though.
 

The Cowboys 2026 leadership council:

- Quinnen Williams
- Kenny Clark
- Rashan Gary
- Jalen Thompson
- Javonte Williams
- Dak Prescott
- Tyler Booker
- CeeDee Lamb
- Jake Ferguson
- Bryan Anger
- Rockport

Only the cowboys would elect so many leaders. Like giving out participation trophies. A good way to not have leadership is having too many cooks in the kitchen.
 

The Cowboys 2026 leadership council:

- Quinnen Williams
- Kenny Clark
- Rashan Gary
- Jalen Thompson
- Javonte Williams
- Dak Prescott
- Tyler Booker
- CeeDee Lamb
- Jake Ferguson
- Bryan Anger
- Rockport

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The Cowboys 2026 leadership council:

- Quinnen Williams
- Kenny Clark
- Rashan Gary
- Jalen Thompson
- Javonte Williams
- Dak Prescott
- Tyler Booker
- CeeDee Lamb
- Jake Ferguson
- Bryan Anger
- Rockport

I‘m Downs on that list, because the real leader of the defense isn’t on it.
 
Per Grok:
A council can be useful infrastructure (clear channels, shared ownership of culture) when the people on it already lead. It becomes empty corporate-speak when it’s treated as the leadership itself. Jimmy Johnson’s Cowboys didn’t need formal councils because the standards and peer pressure were organic and ruthless. Most modern teams are less like that, so they formalize it. Whether it works depends entirely on whether those 11 guys actually police the room and set the tone, not on the press release.

We need more Ruthless!
 

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