Aikman on a roll! "Way Organization Is Run Is to 'Detriment of the Cowboys'"

[jwitten82]

This might be the stupidest damn thing I have ever read on the internet.

Read his second post in this thread, its even dumber.

 

[TwoCentPlain]

Suck ti Jerry,you have ruined the season before it started by refusing to do a proper assessment of the team .

I highly doubt you were saying the above before the season started or while the team was 3-0. Yeah, let's blame it on all on Jerry. The talent is there to win games. The players and the coaches have failed in my opinion. Jerry isn't missing tackles, Jerry isn't calling stupid plays. Jerry isn't out on the field freelancing trying to make a play and not taking care of one's responsibilities on the play. Jerry isn't out there committing dumb penalties or dropping passes or fumbling.

In hindsight, Jerry should have signed Earl Thomas this year. Jerry definitely shouldn't have caved into Zeke's holdout. Jerry should have fired Garrett a long time ago. Those are Jerry's mistakes in my opinion. Most everything else is on the players and coaches.

 

[Jarv]

Thank you Troy, Jerry can change coaches and hire a GM, but until he stops meddling the people in those positions won't have the power to effect change.

 

[kskboys]

Yes, it absolutely is. Jerry is, by far, the biggest problem with the organization. Having said that, I seriously Jerry called down from the owner’s box at the end of the first half last Thursday and told Jason to go into halftime with an unused timeout. I seriously doubt Jerry told Tavon Austin to not return the punt against Minnesota. And I doubt he told Tavon to line up too far back against New England.

Jerry is hard to work for, but that doesn’t mean you stop looking for a coach who can have success here.

All those doubts. You know what's not in doubt? Jerry is the GM, and so is responsible for the coaches who make those calls. So, in actuality, Jerry did all those things you claim he didn't.

 

[kskboys]

I highly doubt you were saying the above before the season started or while the team was 3-0. Yeah, let's blame it on all on Jerry. The talent is there to win games. The players and the coaches have failed in my opinion. Jerry isn't missing tackles, Jerry isn't calling stupid plays. Jerry isn't out on the field freelancing trying to make a play and not taking care of one's responsibilities on the play. Jerry isn't out there committing dumb penalties or dropping passes or fumbling.

In hindsight, Jerry should have signed Earl Thomas this year. Jerry definitely shouldn't have caved into Zeke's holdout. Jerry should have fired Garrett a long time ago. Those are Jerry's mistakes in my opinion. Most everything else is on the players and coaches.

I was.

Since Jerry is responsible for the team, he is doing all those things you are claiming he's not.

 

[cern]

I was.

Since Jerry is responsible for the team, he is doing all those things you are claiming he's not.

if jerry is responsible for the head coach, he is responsible for the team's failures. jimmy said jerry never valued the importance of coaching. as usual, jimmy was right.

 

[Dodger12]

sorry your post was deleted. l enjoy sarcasm. now i'll never know.

It really wasn't even a sarcastic post, but basically in response to my initial posts which were being sarcastic. I guess folks just didn't like the message. But I'll re-post it. I'm just looking for an answer as to why it was deleted to begin with before I do that.

 

[cern]

Both Landry and Schramm did great in the 60s and 70s, but it really went downhill in the 80s, especially the mid to late 80s.

yes it did.

 

[reddyuta]

I highly doubt you were saying the above before the season started or while the team was 3-0. Yeah, let's blame it on all on Jerry. The talent is there to win games. The players and the coaches have failed in my opinion. Jerry isn't missing tackles, Jerry isn't calling stupid plays. Jerry isn't out on the field freelancing trying to make a play and not taking care of one's responsibilities on the play. Jerry isn't out there committing dumb penalties or dropping passes or fumbling.

In hindsight, Jerry should have signed Earl Thomas this year. Jerry definitely shouldn't have caved into Zeke's holdout. Jerry should have fired Garrett a long time ago. Those are Jerry's mistakes in my opinion. Most everything else is on the players and coaches.

you are wrong,i was repeatedly saying this even in the offseason when we signed some scrubs and for the entirety of rods stint here,we have never put much emphasis on the Dt position from drafting to the FA since we brought him here.

 

[yimyammer]

jerry's ego is protected by an impenetrable shield.

true but there is one thing no shield can protect any of us from

 

[MyFairLady]

Jerruh deserves all of the blame for this fiasco. Seriously though look at the head coach. Look at the offensive coordinator. Look at the useless rich MLB. Look at the fat rich RB. We have a bajillion dollars and all of our draft picks in an offensive line that can't even get through a week of practice let alone a tough 3rd down on Sundays. Just wait cause 3 years from now a lot of the money that is being spent on this "talented" roster is gonna start popping up on the books and we are gonna be like "OMFG how did this happen".

 

[CouchCoach]

I agree with Aikman but he has zero right to criticize any way its run. He was part of the era where the Cowboys were a bunch of Coke and prostitute addicts. He didnt seem to have a problem with that.

Prostitute addicts? That's a new addiction, how many steps are in that program?

 

[fansince68]

Suck ti Jerry,you have ruined the season before it started by refusing to do a proper assessment of the team .

I totally agree. I sometimes wonder if we watch film of ourselves and opponents. We are always just so unprepared and without adjustments. Its sad.

 

[MyFairLady]

I totally agree. I sometimes wonder if we watch film of ourselves and opponents. We are always just so unprepared and without adjustments. Its sad.

We have run the read option about 100 times now without the QB ever once keeping it or the RB bouncing it out side. RB into the pile every time. I think you can safely assume that we do not evaluate ourselves at all.

 

[CouchCoach]

Aikman, being an ex Cowboys star, might get by with that but other net talking heads cannot do that. Owners, and GM's to a certain extent, are off limits.

It will be interesting to see if Booger even responds because what's his defense. During the time Aikman is speaking about, Booger already admitted he should have fired himself. When you get a guy that acknowledges he's doing a bad enough job to be fired and continues to do that job, it's time for all fans to just accept what is and is not going to change as long as he's alive and able to work.

 

[nobody]

It really wasn't even a sarcastic post, but basically in response to my initial posts which were being sarcastic. I guess folks just didn't like the message. But I'll re-post it. I'm just looking for an answer as to why it was deleted to begin with before I do that.

lol, I told you. People hadn't had their coffee yet and couldn't tell you weren't serious.

 

[yimyammer]

how many steps are in that program?

I hear the most enjoyable way to fix this is to wean yourself off the addiction VERY slowly, sometimes it can take a lifetime

 

[bayeslife]

No offense to Troy, but how does he know how the organization is run these days? He hasn’t been here in 20 years

 

[McKDaddy]

What??

Aikman was a competitive SOB and a perfectionist. - which is why he will never be a coach nor likely any other FO role. He wouldn't put up with the horsepucky. He wants the Cowboys to contend for championships and he's giving his educated opinion on why it's not happening. Spare us the morality nonsense.

Have to agree. There was zero evidence that Troy like or endorsed the lifestyle many of his teammates chose off the field. On the field it is well documented that he held them all to a high standard (ask Michael Irvin). It wasn't his place as QB to police the organization off the field.

In his current role he can talk about the broader picture from first hand knowledge and what he sees in successful organizations. All fair game it would seem to me.

 

[Doomsay]

Jerry is the worst owner by virtue of retaining the worst GM in the league for a quarter of a century. And for undermining the few good coaches he’s managed to hire by short circuiting the players’ allegiance to him.