Sydla
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If you look at the last two decades of NFC East football, we should all thank the Washington Commanders for being worse than us and preventing us from basically being the Cleveland Browns of the division. Granted, the gap between us and the Skins over the last 20 years isn't exactly huge. Again, this over the last 20 season:
Cowboys - 8 playoff appearances, 2 playoff wins.
Commanders - 5 playoff appearances, 2 playoff wins.
Eagles - 11 playoff appearances, 13 playoff wins, 6 NFC Title games, 2 NFC Championships, 1 Super Bowl
Giants - 8 playoff appearances, 10 playoff wins, 3 NFC Championships, 2 Super Bowls
The gap between us and the top two in the division over the last 20 seasons is massive. You would think something like that would shake Jerry to the core, but alas, I suspect it does not.
The evidence continues to mount that whatever they are doing, whatever they think they've figured out, whatever they believe is right is not actually right but wrong. They preach "patience" when they see new coaches turn around teams within a couple of years. Jerry talks about an "investment" in the head coach believing that at some point, Garrett will buck every trend and actually win something.
The Cowboys are Sears Roebuck. A once powerful and proud entity that failed to adjust to the changing times when Wal Mart and Target and Amazon and other, more innovative retailers popped up. Failed leadership and management decisions, such as acquiring another failing entity in K-Mart, has led to their slow, painful demise to the point where they are hanging on by a thread.
The Cowboys and the Jones' are doing the same thing. They fail to recognize what's going on around them. They think the process is long and winding and full of pot holes but if they stay the course, it's going to eventually result in their ultimate goal. And I think they believe it because there is no doubt a fairly sizable contingent of fans who believe it as well and Jerry points to them for affirmation. The fans who think everything will work out "just because".
We've wasted prime years of Romo and Ware, who were the foundations of those teams 7-10 years ago. I suspect we will waste the prime years of this OL as well as Jerry fumbles through this stretch defending Garrett and his overall mediocrity.
There's no vision here in Dallas. No plan. It's haphazard based on prior seasons results, Jerry's whims, etc. They have struggled to use FA to their advantage like other teams have. They aren't creative in roster building. They seem to always be a step behind the better franchises.
The only solution here is the Jones' need to step aside and bring in a real football person. A real GM. A person who will have a clear vision, that won't waver from that vision and will always be able to make the necessary tough decisions within the framework of that plan.
But that will never happen. So basically we are left with just luck. Good, old plain luck. Luck that Jerry accidently signs some quality bottom feeding FAs that surprise. Luck that they hit big in the draft. Luck that Garrett bucks every trend and turns into an elite coach or that Jerry lucks into hiring the next great coach by accident.
Lady luck. Our best friend at this point.
Cowboys - 8 playoff appearances, 2 playoff wins.
Commanders - 5 playoff appearances, 2 playoff wins.
Eagles - 11 playoff appearances, 13 playoff wins, 6 NFC Title games, 2 NFC Championships, 1 Super Bowl
Giants - 8 playoff appearances, 10 playoff wins, 3 NFC Championships, 2 Super Bowls
The gap between us and the top two in the division over the last 20 seasons is massive. You would think something like that would shake Jerry to the core, but alas, I suspect it does not.
The evidence continues to mount that whatever they are doing, whatever they think they've figured out, whatever they believe is right is not actually right but wrong. They preach "patience" when they see new coaches turn around teams within a couple of years. Jerry talks about an "investment" in the head coach believing that at some point, Garrett will buck every trend and actually win something.
The Cowboys are Sears Roebuck. A once powerful and proud entity that failed to adjust to the changing times when Wal Mart and Target and Amazon and other, more innovative retailers popped up. Failed leadership and management decisions, such as acquiring another failing entity in K-Mart, has led to their slow, painful demise to the point where they are hanging on by a thread.
The Cowboys and the Jones' are doing the same thing. They fail to recognize what's going on around them. They think the process is long and winding and full of pot holes but if they stay the course, it's going to eventually result in their ultimate goal. And I think they believe it because there is no doubt a fairly sizable contingent of fans who believe it as well and Jerry points to them for affirmation. The fans who think everything will work out "just because".
We've wasted prime years of Romo and Ware, who were the foundations of those teams 7-10 years ago. I suspect we will waste the prime years of this OL as well as Jerry fumbles through this stretch defending Garrett and his overall mediocrity.
There's no vision here in Dallas. No plan. It's haphazard based on prior seasons results, Jerry's whims, etc. They have struggled to use FA to their advantage like other teams have. They aren't creative in roster building. They seem to always be a step behind the better franchises.
The only solution here is the Jones' need to step aside and bring in a real football person. A real GM. A person who will have a clear vision, that won't waver from that vision and will always be able to make the necessary tough decisions within the framework of that plan.
But that will never happen. So basically we are left with just luck. Good, old plain luck. Luck that Jerry accidently signs some quality bottom feeding FAs that surprise. Luck that they hit big in the draft. Luck that Garrett bucks every trend and turns into an elite coach or that Jerry lucks into hiring the next great coach by accident.
Lady luck. Our best friend at this point.
