Dear Cowboys fans: Talent alone will never overcome dysfunction

atlantacowboy said:

Not in the salary cap era it hasn't. The past 25 years its been dysfunction junction in the FO. It hasn't worked.

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Swanny said:

This is likely correct. It will likely never happen again thanks to the salary cap.

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Future said:

Define dysfunction then.

Missing on draft picks isn't a signal of dysfunction, necessarily.

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1. abnormality or impairment in the function of a specified bodily organ or system.
   "bowel dysfunction"
   • deviation from the norms of social behavior in a way regarded as bad.
     "inner-city dysfunction"

Bobhaze said:

My definition of dysfunction in a football sense? Having the wrong people in high levels of responsibility, that consistently prove they don’t know what they’re doing when it comes to building a team that wins. And they have their jobs for life, regardless of performance.

If you have a dysfunctional front office, the chances of overcoming that to win in the playoffs are much tougher. The reason we don’t draft or coach well is because of the front office. They draft and they hire the coaches. Yet they cannot be fired for poor performance. That’s dysfunction.

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Bobhaze said:

My friends- my fellow suffering Cowboys fans- Here’s some truth we all need to accept right now: All the talent in the pro football world is not enough to overcome this dysfunctional, putrid, non-accountable culture.

Let us count the ways:

• For those of you hoping for the #1 pick next year, aka the Trevor Lawrence sweepstakes. Sorry, but that won’t fix fix this mess.
• We could acquire Pat Mahomes tonight, and it wouldn’t fix this mess.
• We could add All Pro talent at every position, on both sides of the ball, and it won’t fix this mess.
• We could draft the best pass rusher and run stuffer in the draft next year. It’s not enough to fix this.
• We could trade the entire defending champion KC chiefs roster for this roster of quitters, and it wouldn’t make us much better.

Accept it- this mess, this stink is a 25 year rotten egg that is the responsibility and result of the 78 year old fool that still believes if you buy an NFL team, you are qualified to run that team’s football operations. Well, the truth is, our owner can’t. And his stubborn arrogance is the real culprit here.

Here is the cancer that eats this organization:

• No accountability. If the guy playing GM never, ever has to pay a price for his mistakes, then there is truly no accountability anywhere else. That’s organizational health 101. If you don’t hold the people at the top accountable, you can’t anywhere else.
• Because the front office is “soft”, so is its team.
  
• What this team needs is a HC that has an “asthma field” again.
  
• Truth bomb- there is no recovery with a guy named Jones leading football operations. Period. It’s over. They have crapped the bed for too long.
• Hate to say it, but if there is no humilty shown by Jerry to take any responsibility to change his ways, all the talent in the world won’t matter.

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Bobhaze said:

My friends- my fellow suffering Cowboys fans- Here’s some truth we all need to accept right now: All the talent in the pro football world is not enough to overcome this dysfunctional, putrid, non-accountable culture.

Let us count the ways:

• For those of you hoping for the #1 pick next year, aka the Trevor Lawrence sweepstakes. Sorry, but that won’t fix fix this mess.
• We could acquire Pat Mahomes tonight, and it wouldn’t fix this mess.
• We could add All Pro talent at every position, on both sides of the ball, and it won’t fix this mess.
• We could draft the best pass rusher and run stuffer in the draft next year. It’s not enough to fix this.
• We could trade the entire defending champion KC chiefs roster for this roster of quitters, and it wouldn’t make us much better.

Accept it- this mess, this stink is a 25 year rotten egg that is the responsibility and result of the 78 year old fool that still believes if you buy an NFL team, you are qualified to run that team’s football operations. Well, the truth is, our owner can’t. And his stubborn arrogance is the real culprit here.

Here is the cancer that eats this organization:

• No accountability. If the guy playing GM never, ever has to pay a price for his mistakes, then there is truly no accountability anywhere else. That’s organizational health 101. If you don’t hold the people at the top accountable, you can’t anywhere else.
• Because the front office is “soft”, so is its team.
  
• What this team needs is a HC that has an “asthma field” again.
  
• Truth bomb- there is no recovery with a guy named Jones leading football operations. Period. It’s over. They have crapped the bed for too long.
• Hate to say it, but if there is no humilty shown by Jerry to take any responsibility to change his ways, all the talent in the world won’t matter.

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Swanny said:

No that's just great marketing by Jerry. The Cowboys are never the best on paper just fans, media, etc love to love it love to hate the Cowboys. It's drives ratings.

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Future said:

You're just using the word dysfunctional instead of bad. Basically you're just unhappy with the talent of the team and extrapolating it into something that it's not.

The reality is that this team is so decimated by injuries that you can't possible give a realistic evaluation of what the front office did over the offseason. Health would eliminate a lot of that dysfunction...

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fivetwos said:

This is a great post, but then again, that's all you produce.

What's hysterical is theres probably a ton of people that have you on ignore because they dont want to hear the truth.

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Diehardblues said:

Dysfunction would apply in how our front office and management is set up and operated.

30 other NFL owners don’t also assume the role of GM and the face of their teams running football operations.

The manner in which our ownership not only runs football operations but addressing the media , meddling in the coaching staffs authority and locker room is truly unorthodox and most would describe as dysfunctional.

How would you describe it?

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Diehardblues said:

Dysfunction would apply in how our front office and management is set up and operated.

30 other NFL owners don’t also assume the role of GM and the face of their teams running football operations.

The manner in which our ownership not only runs football operations but addressing the media , meddling in the coaching staffs authority and locker room is truly unorthodox and most would describe as dysfunctional.

How would you describe it?

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Future said:

How many GMs have final say on spending? The idea that there are just 31 GMs with full autonomy to spend how much and on who is entirely mythical. Some do, most don't.

I would describe it as "fine." 99% of the things that fans complain about, players don't care about. Talent always fixes it. Do I agree with every move Jerry makes as a GM, no, but you can hire bad GMs too - they're all over the league. But the idea that the culture is a country club and blah blah blah is just something made up. Sometimes teams are good, sometimes teams are bad. When they win, nobody ever talks about culture.

I mean, fans have a lot of problems with Jerry talking to the media, but always listen. I don't think I've listened to a Jerry interview in 10 years. It's not hard to avoid it.

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Diehardblues said:

This isn’t about spending the money. It’s about the building of the team which includes coaching and players and front office personnel.

The conflict of interest with an owner wearing the same hat as GM doesn’t allow for direct accountable.

You really should listen to his interviews . It would provide you a better understanding .

Ultimately the success of the team is the measurement . And I’d agree with you when the team is having some success we don’t hear this grievance from the fans .

But if you can’t see the dysfunction our ownership creates with his meddling and undermining then there’s probably nothing anyone could say that would sway your thoughts.

And you’re not alone. There is a segment of fans who actually support how he runs football operations and feel he provides us the best means to win wearing all the hats which is at least indirectly provides him an endorsement to continue his ways.

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Future said:

It's not a conflict of interest lol.

I don't need to listen, I think he's a bumbling fool on the mic generally speaking.

He meddles and undermines in the same way that most GMs would. It isn't the problem.

I think that he is willing to spend and do what it takes to win. Outside of that, everything is nitpicky. The idea that he does anything other than that because of his ownership or whatever is totally misguided. There are owners who don't try to win or don't care. He isn't one of them - not even close.

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Bobhaze said:

My friends- my fellow suffering Cowboys fans- Here’s some truth we all need to accept right now: All the talent in the pro football world is not enough to overcome this dysfunctional, putrid, non-accountable culture.

Let us count the ways:

• For those of you hoping for the #1 pick next year, aka the Trevor Lawrence sweepstakes. Sorry, but that won’t fix fix this mess.
• We could acquire Pat Mahomes tonight, and it wouldn’t fix this mess.
• We could add All Pro talent at every position, on both sides of the ball, and it won’t fix this mess.
• We could draft the best pass rusher and run stuffer in the draft next year. It’s not enough to fix this.
• We could trade the entire defending champion KC chiefs roster for this roster of quitters, and it wouldn’t make us much better.

Accept it- this mess, this stink is a 25 year rotten egg that is the responsibility and result of the 78 year old fool that still believes if you buy an NFL team, you are qualified to run that team’s football operations. Well, the truth is, our owner can’t. And his stubborn arrogance is the real culprit here.

Here is the cancer that eats this organization:

• No accountability. If the guy playing GM never, ever has to pay a price for his mistakes, then there is truly no accountability anywhere else. That’s organizational health 101. If you don’t hold the people at the top accountable, you can’t anywhere else.
• Because the front office is “soft”, so is its team.
  
• What this team needs is a HC that has an “asthma field” again.
  
• Truth bomb- there is no recovery with a guy named Jones leading football operations. Period. It’s over. They have crapped the bed for too long.
• Hate to say it, but if there is no humilty shown by Jerry to take any responsibility to change his ways, all the talent in the world won’t matter.

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Diehardblues said:

He’s only interested in winning his way.

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