The Reality of Jerry Jones GM and Owner

ArtClink said:

You are using logic to reason with. Jerry does not follow logical thinking, esp when it comes to winning at all cost.

Jerry's top priority is to be a rock star, constantly doing interviews, constantly speaking like he's the hc (jerry IS our phantom hc btw), constantly remaining in the spotlight. Jerry, not Zeke or Dak is the face of this franchise. To relinquish control to a hc or gm is not an option on the table (i.e., even after 25 straight seasons w/o a deep playoff run) and it will never happen. To give up control is to give up his rock star status and take a back seat. His billions bought him a platform to launch his pseudo rock star act and post Jimmy he has played that role to the hilt.

You see, Jerry playing rock star, playing gm, playing hc, and micromanaging every facet of this org is his top priority, winning be damned. Well, a quarter of a century of playoff futility is not enough incentive for our Johnny Walker Blue soaked owner to try something different. If you think he will relinquish his rock star platform then you havent been watching as close as hardcore fans. Jerry may hire a strong hc who like Parcells can hire his own staff, but you can take it to the bank that the next hc will NOT have in his contract that they have final say in football matters. Only Jimmy had that in his contract, but then again he knew Jerry before getting hired and now we know why he insisted on having it explicitly written in his contract.

I'm afraid that Jerry has a "Til death do us part" pact with the fans, signed in blood with hubris as its foundation. We will never get a top notch coaching staff, will never get a hc with control. We will see the illusion of control relinquished, but the past quarter of a century says it's fool's gold. Now who wants to buy season tickets, jersey, and Cowboy's swag?

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jazzcat22 said:

That long, must be a record or something.

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Diehardblues said:

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.

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Doomsay said:

Wouldn’t it be awesome if the local press just stopped interviewing him?

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Tass said:

Wow...this from a Steelers fan:

"Jerry makes himself the center of attention and power on the Cowboys and doesn't apologize for doing so. I firmly believe he knows this is why the Cowboys are dysfunctional, but he's too addicted to the attention and celebrity to stop. That (stuff) is a drug like nothing else, and he won't ever give it up."

Pretty much sums it all up.

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Kaiser said:

Zero, which is why I listen to the vast majority of players who actually were in the regular season locker room for many years. Not an Oxnard hotel room for a few weeks.

Those players say Jerry has his faults for sure, but the pluses outweigh the minuses. They have a hundred times more experience with the Cowboys than this guy has.

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Kaiser said:

And "my short career with the Cowboys" meaning he got a look-see in training camp and cut in the first round of cuts.

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Kaiser said:

Yeah, I'm one of those that listens to lectures on the Cowboys locker room from players who.... you know.... actually were in the Cowboys locker room instead of spending a few weeks in training camp.

You are one of those that will grasp at straws if it backs up some preconceived hatred you already have. Despite literally hundreds of players who actually were in that locker room saying the opposite.

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Doomsay said:

Wouldn’t it be awesome if the local press just stopped interviewing him?

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Doomsay said:

Wouldn’t it be awesome if the local press just stopped interviewing him?

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TNCowboy said:

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.

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Diehardblues said:

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.

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jnday said:

I don’t know your age, but if you are old enough, you will remember that the Dallas fans and team had a “Super Bowl or bust” mentality. It is brought up here often by older fans and the younger fans simply can not understand the high standards that this organization had. Dallas was the class of the NFL and they were years ahead of the rest of the league. Expectations were extremely high and fans and team had no tolerance for mediocrity. How the mighty have fallen.

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DallasEast said:

That will not happen. It is the media's job to seek pertinent information and disseminate it to the public. In my opinion, what the local and national press should do is lessen repetitive emphasis on sensationalism and become laser focused on the one and only central issue with the franchise:

Jerry Jones as general manager

What all media representative should be doing, every time they confront Jones, is not allowing him to establish narratives and hit him the single question that must be asked:

"Why do you, the owner, not hire qualified, knowledgeable, outside football professionals as general manager and bring fresh perspective that will lead to accomplishing your goals."

The important thing is not how Jones will react. The important thing is getting Jones TO react to the #1 and top relevant criticism that faces the franchise. And react often.

If it means press members getting blacklisted by Jones, so be it. If it means making Jones more shy about speaking to the media, it will be worth it. The media should adopt stances like Troy Aikman's and make it the first thing Jones knows he must address every time microphones are pointed his direction.

It has been a quarter century of Jerry Jones overseeing sub-NFC championship game quality football. It is way past time all media members take off their kid gloves with Jones. Their unique access to Jones is being wasted as much as the careers of some Jones' players during the past 25 years.

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