3 fatal front office flaws

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I am not even getting into the root of the problem, who runs it.

1) Poor talent evaluation in free agency and the draft. You can have all of the McClay love you want, past the 1st round and in free agency, he is mediocre or they ignore him. OL 1st rounders? Nothing but net. After the 1st round? Airballs.

2) Satisfaction with just satisfactory results from coaching and players. They announce they are ready every season and how much they like their guys to the point of poor evaluation when rewarding them with a new contract and you can bet on it, they’re getting ready to do that again.

Real front offices, ones with jobs on the line, can never be satisfied. Both of the participants at the Big Dance continued to improve their teams and they both got meaningful contributions from those players and maybe if Beckham doesn’t get injured he is the MVP? The only other owner/GM in the league gave his people their assignment, fix that defense.

This front office only considers adding players when they have injuries or really poor playing and it has to be really poor. Upgrading never crosses their minds because they like their guys so much. What they are really saying is that they really like themselves so much.

3) Poor planning, if there really is any planning at all. This team continually gets caught off guard, with the cap, because of reason number 1. The Rams didn’t end up at the Big Dance by luck but by design and leaving no stone unturned and they were never satisfied. They traded for Stafford and Miller and added Beckham and do not make it without those moves.

There is a 4th fatal flaw. They see no reason to address 1-3 because true evaluation begins with self-evaluation. Good enough is good enough.
 
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CouchCoach said:
I passed aggravated years ago and ended up at acceptance.

This is the textbook “it is what it is”.
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Yeah I got there a few years back but it refused to take permanently.

I'll get there one day.

Few more decades of "just missing."
 
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I've gotta figure out a way to not get so aggravated over this stuff.
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…..make the results of Cowboys games about .0007% of things you consider important in your life.

I treat the results or importance of a cowboys game much like buying a watermelon. Sometimes you cut it open and it’s a winner and sometimes it’s a loser……either way, I don’t ask for my money back or lose sleep over it.
 
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Overall good job, I have to disagree with draft evaluations though. This team has been far superior to most of the league in that area. Dak I’m the 4th, diggs in the 2nd, Collins was a UDFA, Gregory, Dlaw both 2nds. Gallup, Schultz, etc They’ve had plenty of mid round hits.
 
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I am not even getting into the root of the problem, who runs it.

1) Poor talent evaluation in free agency and the draft. You can have all of the McClay love you want, past the 1st round and in free agency, he is mediocre or they ignore him. OL 1st rounders? Nothing but net. After the 1st round? Airballs.

2) Satisfaction with just satisfactory results from coaching and players. They announce they are ready every season and how much they like their guys to the point of poor evaluation when rewarding them with a new contract and you can bet on it, they’re getting ready to do that again.

Real front offices, ones with jobs on the line, can never be satisfied. Both of the participants at the Big Dance continued to improve their teams and they both got meaningful contributions from those players and maybe if Beckham doesn’t get injured he is the MVP? The only other owner/GM in the league gave his people their assignment, fix that defense.

This front office only considers adding players when they have injuries or really poor playing and it has to be really poor. Upgrading never crosses their minds because they like their guys so much. What they are really saying is that they really like themselves so much.

3) Poor planning, if there really is any planning at all. This team continually gets caught off guard, with the cap, because of reason number 1. The Rams didn’t end up at the Big Dance by luck but by design and leaving no stone unturned and they were never satisfied. They traded for Stafford and Miller and added Beckham and do not make it without those moves.

There is a 4th fatal flaw. They see no reason to address 1-3 because true evaluation begins with self-evaluation. Good enough is good enough.
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I thought you were going to say..
  1. Firing Jimmy Johnson
  2. Not drafting Randy Moss
  3. Running away Bill Parcells who told Sean Payton not to stay.
 
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…..make the results of Cowboys games about .0007% of things you consider important in your life.

I treat the results or importance of a cowboys game much like buying a watermelon. Sometimes you cut it open and it’s a winner and sometimes it’s a loser……either way, I don’t ask for my money back or lose sleep over it.
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Bro you gotta do a better job of evaluating your watermelons. Look for

1) Symmetry - irregular shapes are a red flag
2) Look for darker watermelons (If they have a yellow spot if thats a dark yellow thats the best sign there is)
3) Avoid watermelons with stems
4) Some people like the knocking method, ive not had a ton of luck there, but some swear by it.
 
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Bro you gotta do a better job of evaluating your watermelons. Look for

1) Symmetry - irregular shapes are a red flag
2) Look for darker watermelons (If they have a yellow spot if thats a dark yellow thats the best sign there is)
3) Avoid watermelons with stems
4) Some people like the knocking method, ive not had a ton of luck there, but some swear by it.
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great points. I used to utilize a couple of those things until I saw an interview with a watermelon farmer and he said that there’s no real way to pick a good one….needless to say, I was forever jaded

I must admit I never heard the symmetry method. I’m not symmetrical either but my family couldn’t afford to hire a good Moyle to perform my Bris…..hence being cut on the bias for the illusion of fullness
 
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Overall good job, I have to disagree with draft evaluations though. This team has been far superior to most of the league in that area. Dak I’m the 4th, diggs in the 2nd, Collins was a UDFA, Gregory, Dlaw both 2nds. Gallup, Schultz, etc They’ve had plenty of mid round hits.
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I agree. Yea we’ve had some misses, what team hasn’t? But I think the draft has been a strength for us. Now free agency is a different story especially when it comes or over valuing our own.
 
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thunderpimp91 said:
Bro you gotta do a better job of evaluating your watermelons. Look for

1) Symmetry - irregular shapes are a red flag
2) Look for darker watermelons (If they have a yellow spot if thats a dark yellow thats the best sign there is)
3) Avoid watermelons with stems
4) Some people like the knocking method, ive not had a ton of luck there, but some swear by it.
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Eerily similar to a decision making process that may have unfolded around last call circa mid 80's.
 
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Fill the watermelon with vodka and it won't matter. Oops sorry OP.

It's gotta be hard making a decision like the zeke one prior to his contract. He's definitely not worth his contact but easier to see now.
 
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Fill the watermelon with vodka and it won't matter. Oops sorry OP.

It's gotta be hard making a decision like the zeke one prior to his contract. He's definitely not worth his contact but easier to see now.
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maybe I’ll start pulling core samples at the store for verification
 
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You hit it on the head and this is all you need to know:
“Front offices with jobs on the line”. Not the case in Dallas and never will be. Stephen will get the keys and then pass it to Spaulding. Dallas will never see a non-Jonesian blooded human at the GM position. My grand kids will be hearing “Stephen the owner needs to fire Stephen the GM”.
You basically have the worst front office staff training each other. What a circle jerk.
 

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I am not even getting into the root of the problem, who runs it.

1) Poor talent evaluation in free agency and the draft. You can have all of the McClay love you want, past the 1st round and in free agency, he is mediocre or they ignore him. OL 1st rounders? Nothing but net. After the 1st round? Airballs.

2) Satisfaction with just satisfactory results from coaching and players. They announce they are ready every season and how much they like their guys to the point of poor evaluation when rewarding them with a new contract and you can bet on it, they’re getting ready to do that again.

Real front offices, ones with jobs on the line, can never be satisfied. Both of the participants at the Big Dance continued to improve their teams and they both got meaningful contributions from those players and maybe if Beckham doesn’t get injured he is the MVP? The only other owner/GM in the league gave his people their assignment, fix that defense.

This front office only considers adding players when they have injuries or really poor playing and it has to be really poor. Upgrading never crosses their minds because they like their guys so much. What they are really saying is that they really like themselves so much.

3) Poor planning, if there really is any planning at all. This team continually gets caught off guard, with the cap, because of reason number 1. The Rams didn’t end up at the Big Dance by luck but by design and leaving no stone unturned and they were never satisfied. They traded for Stafford and Miller and added Beckham and do not make it without those moves.

There is a 4th fatal flaw. They see no reason to address 1-3 because true evaluation begins with self-evaluation. Good enough is good enough.
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I think you are wrong. the three front office flaws are
1- Jerry Jones
2- Stephen Jones
3- see #1, #2
 
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The average GM job last about 4-5 years. If they don’t produce, they don’t keep their job. The fly in the ointment here- if the GM and son don’t produce, they will blame the coaches and just reshuffle.

It’s no coincidence that the winning owners of the last 26 Super Bowls all hired a GM to run their football operations. The Rams great GM Les Snead was hired about 5 years ago by rams owner Stan Kroenke. Snead hired Sean McVey and has overseen taking 2 different teams to SBs in 4 years with two different QBs and a bevy of FA signings and trades.
 
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