You guys can take your shots at me and say what you want, but this is IMO the real reason Jerry seems to be so distraught lately.
I think before this season, Stephen and Jerry had a meeting about Garrett. I think in that meeting Stephen told his father that they needed a change but would give Garrett a chance to win himself a shiny new contract. Stephen knew this wouldn't happen. As he is on record after Philly winning a Superbowl saying "no more excuses" regarding injuries and whatever.
He also knows his father would never actually fire Jason. So this was a way for him to get rid of him without hurting him. I think in that meeting too things may have been said about control. Basically that meeting was like. "You have had it your way for 10 years, we need a new coach in here and a culture change, and that includes us."
Now we get to why I think Jerry is upset.
Jerry for the first part of the season was basking in all of his glory thinking, I am going to extend Garrett and get to continue to do things my way. As the season wore on and Jerry started seeing the unraveling and the Garrett era coming to an end, he also saw his own control going out with the coach. He has been lashing out and crying and then lashing out again because he is actually resigned to the fact that Garrett is leaving, and the culture change Stephen proposed is about to take hold. Meaning he can no longer do what he has been doing.
This culture change will be a changing of the guard for the coaching staff and the FO. And the biggest turning point was paying Zeke that money and seeing him not live up to it because of sub par coaching. Jerry realized that now is the time and it has to happen and hes mad as heck about it.
Why do I say this? Jerry has gone out of his way to make everyone know this season that hes the man. He is the GM. He is the final say. My thinking is. He knows he wont be saying that next season.
I think a deal is already in place with Urban or Riley, and Stephen negotiated it. Its already done. And Jerry is throwing a tantrum because he knows the new coach will have control and he needs to sit back.
This is obviously my opinion. I would love to hear your thoughts on this everyone.
It's always fun trying to psychoanalyse things.
It's an interesting take but I don't buy it.
Although coaching played a big part in Zeke's "decline," I think it was totally silly to pay him what JJ did. Even professional sports writers know that the RB position can be successful with average guys and a good OL!! It was simply another plunger bet by JJ wanting to showboat his ego and have a "star" at RB - even though he's not - and statistics proved this before he was extended.
As far as SJ is concerned, I'm not convinced anything will will be done differently, and I'm not sold on the 2 coaches you mentioned at all. Everyone's been throwing their names around like infatuated girls at the high school prom. On top of that, JJ is about to pay Dak a plunger deal of record money.
I don't care how bloody unlikely it is for Aikman or Romo to work for JJ, but either one of them would be the only thing that un-breaks my apathy and gets me excited for this team's future once again.
After being a fan since the 60s, the last 25 years since Johnson left and especially last 10 years of stupidity, have totally wrecked my ability to care and I know I'm not the only long time fan who's been gutted by this circus. Without a huge Cowboy name as the face of this organisation like Aikman or Romo, in the words of JoDee Messina, "mygiveadarnsbusted."
