In case you needed reminded how long it has been. But fear not, we have the same GM we had then and his son - who has only worked for daddy - running the show now.
You probably complained when Jerry fired Landry, which happen right before the Cowboys won 3 Super Bowls in the next 7 seasons after winning 2 in 29 seasons with Landry.
With regards to the video:
- Anybody that didn't live through that era as an adult really missed out on great great football.
- Novacek set a pick...I guess Garrett missed that somehow...
Jerry did get the 3rd Super Bowl by signing Deion without Jimmy holding his hand to do it.
What 1st time GM has ever had more experience than Stephen Jones?
SJ has been dealing with the cap since the cap was implemented.
SJ worked with Jimmy Johnson.
SJ worked with Bill Parcells.
SJ has seen how not to do things by watching Jerry get too emotionally invested in players.
SJ has seen that a Coach in training concept does not work (The new coaching staff might lead the league in coaching experience).
Most scouts don't deal with the salary cap.
Most salary cap experts are not scouts.
Most NFL GMs have not been NFL Head Coaches.
Where does a person get experience to be a GM? There are a few front office jobs that give people exposure to both sides (scouting and cap management) but it's a small pool of people.
Stephen Jones has an Engineering Degree which automatically means he is smarter than 99% of NFL fans.
SJ really started taking over in 2014 with the Martin over Manziel draft.
He tried to stop Jerry from giving Dez the big contract then SJ cut Dez when it was obvious that he was not worth the contract.
SJ prevented Jerry from trading up for QB Paxton Lynch in 2016.
SJ didn't beg Witten to stay in 2018. SJ let him come back in 2019 but didn't let Garrett play him on 100% of the snaps which we know Garrett would do if allowed.
SJ from that time starting around 2013/2014 cleaned up the Cowboys salary cap while improving the talent on the roster.
SJ had to wait for things to play out with his Red-Headed Step Brother because big Daddy was attached to the step brother.
Once Garrett failed beyond recovery, SJ was busy hiring a new Head Coach while big Daddy was still "meeting" with Garrett about something or another.
Only Clown Fans would deny that Stephen Jones has been an improvement over Jerry.
No GM is perfect. SJ will make some mistakes, but they now have a legit, professional approach to building and managing an NFL team.
Regarding "No GM is Perfect", Jimmy cut two or three third round picks during their rookie year. At least 1 was cut in training camp.
People have to be trolling if they continue to deny that Stephen Jones is running the Cowboys football operations.
SJ negotiates all the big contracts. DLaw's agent only met Jerry once and that was in passing at a promotional event (per the agent in a radio interview).
The Cowboys free agency approach the past several years is obviously a Stephen Jones philosophy (not Jerry's).
The only significant "proven" mistake by SJ has been letting Marinelli convince them to take Taco over Watt. The jury is still out on the Hill pick. We need to see Hill with legit NFL coaching staff. Even Taco was better with another coaching staff.
SJ has already made a comment about how one of the things he liked about McCarthy was that he said "Get talented players and we'll design the schemes around them". Will McClay reiterated the same sentiments with regards to McCarty and McClay's comments made it obvious he was referring specifically to Marinelli and his narrow view of types of DTs that fit his scheme.
To me, that points to SJ recognizing his mistake and making changes to correct it. On the flip side, when Jerry would make a mistake, he would just come back and make the same mistake again and again.
Yes, GMs like Mayock have done a great job, but most of that was hiring Kyle Shanahan as the Head Coach. You've heard of system QBs in college and college teams winning based on their system (scheme).
If ever there was a team that won based on scheme in the NFL, it was the 2019 SF 49ers. The zone running scheme has dominated the NFL in recent years and Kyle Shanahan learned it from the original masters of that scheme (OL coach Alex Gibbs working with Head Coach Mike Shanahan).
The 49ers were way over-achieving the talent on their roster. That was inevitably going to catch up to them at some point.
Garrett would NOT manage 8 wins with the 49ers roster.
We'll have to wait to see how well the Stephen Jones choice for Head Coach (McCarthy) pans out, but regardless of the specifics of McCarthy, the fact that Stephen Jones pushed Garrett out the door with both Garrett and Jerry kicking and screaming is an amazing accomplishment. It cleared the path for SJ to mange the football operations the way the Joneses manage the financial aspects of the Cowboys and other business ventures.
