The Reality of Jerry Jones GM and Owner

[eromeopolk]

Jerry Jones took one drunk night to fire a back to back winning Super Bowl Head Coach in Jimmy Johnson.

He will take until Jason Garrett's contract actually expires (1-14-2020) to part from a coach that lost 4 games that decided the NFC East and playoffs in 4 different season 3 of which was in a row, was interim HC coach that finished 6-10, went 4-12, 9-7, and 8-8 the non-playoff seasons. So Garrett 10 years had 7 non playoff seasons.

Jerry Jones does not take long to make decisions. He fired Tom Landry the day he became the owner of the Dallas Cowboys and was seen at a Dallas Restaurant the night before with his new Head Coach, he meet with Bill Parcells to be the HC of the Cowboys while Dave Campo was still HC, he passed on Randy Moss even though he had a scout with plane tickets in wait for the future HOF and 100 yr All time WR, he quickly he traded a 1st and 3rd round pick for a WR that team went 0-16 and then hired the 0-16 HC as DC. So why so long for Jason Garrett.

Jimmy Johnson and Bill Parcells drove Jerry Jones crazy because to get both meant giving up total control. He eventually will get it back. But giving it up is hard. Taking it back is hard. That is the reason for the wait and stress. Jimmy Johnson hung on to full control from 1989-1994, Parcells 2002-2007. Jerry does not want to give 5 years of his late 70's to that type of Super Bowl winning Head Coach. His 12 year experiment with Jason Garrett learning on the Job to be his Tom Landry failed.

With his age at 77, the next HC would likely survive him or at least have more input with Stephen Jones and Will McClay than his input at Owner, GM, and Head Coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Cowboy fans want a GM and Head Coach not named Jerry Jones and it is killing him to lose his control he lost from his own football failures. This will take time. Jerry Jones has time (Garrett expiring contact date), and money (5 Billion dollar franchise).

 

[charron]

Easy to fire someone you no longer like even if they were successful.

 

[Cas2800]

No way a successful businessman as successful as Jones cannot know its time to get Garrett go. I'm betting a deal is already in place with someone like Belichick or someone still coaching in the playoffs is already in place therefore they are in no hurry to push Jason out. Laugh all you want, but the only other viable conclusion is that they are planning on bring Jason back and if you believe that then that's even more laughable...….and deeply troubling.

 

[iceberg]

Oooo... A dunken Jones sucks post.

Been a few... Seconds since the last one

 

[SoupcanSam]

Jerry Jones took one drunk night to fire a back to back winning Super Bowl Head Coach in Jimmy Johnson.

He will take until Jason Garrett's contract actually expires (1-14-2020) to part from a coach that lost 4 games that decided the NFC East and playoffs in 4 different season 3 of which was in a row, was interim HC coach that finished 6-10, went 4-12, 9-7, and 8-8 the non-playoff seasons. So Garrett 10 years had 7 non playoff seasons.

Jerry Jones does not take long to make decisions. He fired Tom Landry the day he became the owner of the Dallas Cowboys and was seen at a Dallas Restaurant the night before with his new Head Coach, he meet with Bill Parcells to be the HC of the Cowboys while Dave Campo was still HC, he passed on Randy Moss even though he had a scout with plane tickets in wait for the future HOF and 100 yr All time WR, he quickly he traded a 1st and 3rd round pick for a WR that team went 0-16 and then hired the 0-16 HC as DC. So why so long for Jason Garrett.

Jimmy Johnson and Bill Parcells drove Jerry Jones crazy because to get both meant giving up total control. He eventually will get it back. But giving it up is hard. Taking it back is hard. That is the reason for the wait and stress. Jimmy Johnson hung on to full control from 1989-1994, Parcells 2002-2007. Jerry does not want to give 5 years of his late 70's to that type of Super Bowl winning Head Coach. His 12 year experiment with Jason Garrett learning on the Job to be his Tom Landry failed.

With his age at 77, the next HC would likely survive him or at least have more input with Stephen Jones and Will McClay than his input at Owner, GM, and Head Coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Cowboy fans want a GM and Head Coach not named Jerry Jones and it is killing him to lose his control he lost from his own football failures. This will take time. Jerry Jones has time (Garrett expiring contact date), and money (5 Billion dollar franchise).

Reality is, we are FN screwed as a fanbase.

 

[TheTruthIsOutThere]

Reality is, we are FN screwed as a fanbase.

We have been for a while now.

 

[IceStar-D7]

About 6 Billion to save the Dallas Cowboys. Time to start a go fund me page....

 

[Mobinvans]

I think we all need to pitch in and buy the Cowboys from our idiot owner

 

[TNCowboy]

He cares about 2 things: money, and his own ego. If he were to - for example - bring in a coach like Urban Meyer, Meyer wins a title in the next year or 2, Meyer will get all the credit.

Jerry Jones has no more interest in letting someone else get credit for the Cowboys winning than he does in getting a massive case of kidney stones. He'd rather lose every year with him pulling the strings than win with someone who could be the 2nd coming of Jimmy Johnson. He's proven that already with the Parcells/stadium hire.

 

[eromeopolk]

He cares about 2 things: money, and his own ego. If he were to - for example - bring in a coach like Urban Meyer, Meyer wins a title in the next year or 2, Meyer will get all the credit.

Jerry Jones has no more interest in letting someone else get credit for the Cowboys winning than he does in getting a massive case of kidney stones. He'd rather lose every year with him pulling the strings than win with someone who could be the 2nd coming of Jimmy Johnson. He's proven that already with the Parcells/stadium hire.

First good luck with the Vols tonight. And, Yes, you are right.

Jones hired Jimmy Johnson because he was going to be the Head Coach to turn around Dallas anyway as Tex Schramm and Gil Brandt had already had discussions with Johnson while scouting Michael Irvin. Because he knew Johnson and his success he pulled the trigger early circumventing Tex. The next year the NFL passed a rule that an owner could not make personnel moves until approved as an owner by the NFL.

Jones hire Parcells because no city in Texas was going to allow him tax payers money after going 5-11 three years in a row, and destroying a Super Bowl Dynasty in 2 years unless he hired a football guy...So he went fishing for Tuna even when Campo was still the Head Coach.

Urban Meyer, on the sideline looked like a pitbull on a chain watching other dogs fight as Ohio St. lost to Clemson. It was his recruits that was playing in that game, his coaching staff, his work on the field, and he could not coach them. That will make you get back into coaching and want full control. Something Jerry Jones is hanging on to with no hope. He has to bite the bullet of 1989 and 2002 and take his enema to clean out the Super Bowl blockage he made. This team needs an enema...

 

[CT Dal Fan]

Not to stray too far off topic, but the drunken night you refer to wasn't the actual end of the Jerry Jones-Jimmy Johnson relationship.

It was building up for a long time. And multiple books I've read indicate Jimmy was ready to move on anyway.

 

[RS12]

The fans worst nightmare.

 

[Whirlwin]

Jerry Jones took one drunk night to fire a back to back winning Super Bowl Head Coach in Jimmy Johnson.

He will take until Jason Garrett's contract actually expires (1-14-2020) to part from a coach that lost 4 games that decided the NFC East and playoffs in 4 different season 3 of which was in a row, was interim HC coach that finished 6-10, went 4-12, 9-7, and 8-8 the non-playoff seasons. So Garrett 10 years had 7 non playoff seasons.

Jerry Jones does not take long to make decisions. He fired Tom Landry the day he became the owner of the Dallas Cowboys and was seen at a Dallas Restaurant the night before with his new Head Coach, he meet with Bill Parcells to be the HC of the Cowboys while Dave Campo was still HC, he passed on Randy Moss even though he had a scout with plane tickets in wait for the future HOF and 100 yr All time WR, he quickly he traded a 1st and 3rd round pick for a WR that team went 0-16 and then hired the 0-16 HC as DC. So why so long for Jason Garrett.

Jimmy Johnson and Bill Parcells drove Jerry Jones crazy because to get both meant giving up total control. He eventually will get it back. But giving it up is hard. Taking it back is hard. That is the reason for the wait and stress. Jimmy Johnson hung on to full control from 1989-1994, Parcells 2002-2007. Jerry does not want to give 5 years of his late 70's to that type of Super Bowl winning Head Coach. His 12 year experiment with Jason Garrett learning on the Job to be his Tom Landry failed.

With his age at 77, the next HC would likely survive him or at least have more input with Stephen Jones and Will McClay than his input at Owner, GM, and Head Coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Cowboy fans want a GM and Head Coach not named Jerry Jones and it is killing him to lose his control he lost from his own football failures. This will take time. Jerry Jones has time (Garrett expiring contact date), and money (5 Billion dollar franchise).

Jerry Jones did not fire Jimmy Johnson. You’re wrong from your first sentence

 

[MojaveJT]

A reality that has become our nightmare.

 

[rags747]

Jerry Jones took one drunk night to fire a back to back winning Super Bowl Head Coach in Jimmy Johnson.

He will take until Jason Garrett's contract actually expires (1-14-2020) to part from a coach that lost 4 games that decided the NFC East and playoffs in 4 different season 3 of which was in a row, was interim HC coach that finished 6-10, went 4-12, 9-7, and 8-8 the non-playoff seasons. So Garrett 10 years had 7 non playoff seasons.

Jerry Jones does not take long to make decisions. He fired Tom Landry the day he became the owner of the Dallas Cowboys and was seen at a Dallas Restaurant the night before with his new Head Coach, he meet with Bill Parcells to be the HC of the Cowboys while Dave Campo was still HC, he passed on Randy Moss even though he had a scout with plane tickets in wait for the future HOF and 100 yr All time WR, he quickly he traded a 1st and 3rd round pick for a WR that team went 0-16 and then hired the 0-16 HC as DC. So why so long for Jason Garrett.

Jimmy Johnson and Bill Parcells drove Jerry Jones crazy because to get both meant giving up total control. He eventually will get it back. But giving it up is hard. Taking it back is hard. That is the reason for the wait and stress. Jimmy Johnson hung on to full control from 1989-1994, Parcells 2002-2007. Jerry does not want to give 5 years of his late 70's to that type of Super Bowl winning Head Coach. His 12 year experiment with Jason Garrett learning on the Job to be his Tom Landry failed.

With his age at 77, the next HC would likely survive him or at least have more input with Stephen Jones and Will McClay than his input at Owner, GM, and Head Coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Cowboy fans want a GM and Head Coach not named Jerry Jones and it is killing him to lose his control he lost from his own football failures. This will take time. Jerry Jones has time (Garrett expiring contact date), and money (5 Billion dollar franchise).

Get some sleep...

 

[Diehardblues]

I’m not really sure why some fans define the Garrett era as a failure. Unless it’s a Super Bowl or Bust mentality?

Jerry has lowered the Bar this era. Revenue , celebrity status and his control over football operations are the driving force now. Not winning championships.

The Cowboys are no longer a championship caliber football franchise. Jerry’s intent on being the face of the franchise has changed the course of our history.

 

[Diehardblues]

Jerry Jones did not fire Jimmy Johnson. You’re wrong from your first sentence

He certainly didn’t make Jimmy feel all warm and fuzzy after winning back to back championships. Lol

 

[Sarge]

I’m not really sure why some fans define the Garrett era as a failure. Unless it’s a Super Bowl or Bust mentality?

Jerry has lowered the Bar this era. Revenue , celebrity status and his control over football operations are the driving force now. Not winning championships.

The Cowboys are no longer a championship caliber football franchise. Jerry’s intent on being the face of the franchise has changed the course of our history.

If you don’t think the Garret era was a failure, it is YOU that has lowered the bar...

 

[Doomsday]

I’m not really sure why some fans define the Garrett era as a failure. Unless it’s a Super Bowl or Bust mentality?

Jerry has lowered the Bar this era. Revenue , celebrity status and his control over football operations are the driving force now. Not winning championships.

The Cowboys are no longer a championship caliber football franchise. Jerry’s intent on being the face of the franchise has changed the course of our history.

3 good seasons in 10 years as the head coach with 2 playoff wins.

That is a total failure for any franchise let alone this one.

 

[atlantacowboy]

Not to stray too far off topic, but the drunken night you refer to wasn't the actual end of the Jerry Jones-Jimmy Johnson relationship.

It was building up for a long time. And multiple books I've read indicate Jimmy was ready to move on anyway.

Name the books. Anyone who claims Jimmy was ready to move on after the '93 super bowl is dealing in pure speculation and basing their assumption on Jimmy's track record. Of course, they ignore the fact that every Johnson move was a step up the coaching ladder.

Most credible sources agree that the cause of Johnson's resignation was Jerry trying to pull player personnel away from him in a contract extension offered after the '93 super bowl.