CFZ 3 Pivotal mistakes by Jerry

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RustyBourneHorse said:
In today's thread, I'm going to examine 3 decisions that were made by Jerry that, compounded with each other, has, imo, led us to where we are now. These are mistakes that changed us from a dominant team to what we are now. I'm not going to include Jimmy as that's been discussed ad nauseam. Instead, I'm going to examine three other mistakes that, between 1998-2000, practically destroyed the Cowboys. I'm going to go in year order with this. I was a new fan in 2000, but this is based on what I've read and based on what could've changed our fortunes. Additionally, these are examples that also show the poor future planning of Jerry.

  1. In 1998, we drafted Greg Ellis instead of Randy Moss. While Ellis was a very good player for us, we should have gotten Moss. This is an example of poor planning in my view because Irvin was going into his 10th season at the time at an age in which players didn't often play long. So, Moss could've been a nice successor to Irvin when he retired. Also, those two together would've been dynamic and could have led to more Lombardis. It seems to me, as a young fan, that this was the moment in which Jerry lost his mojo, and he's never gotten it back. It was at this moment he's been craving great WRs to try to expunge this massive mistake.
  2. Trading for Joey Galloway - in an effort to try to make up for the mistake of not getting Moss and the recent retirement of Irvin, Jerry made a baffling trade to the Seahawks, in which two firsts were swapped for Joey Galloway. This was likely a panic move that wouldn't have been needed had Jerry planned adequately. It set into motion missing out on some truly great players such as, perhaps, Shaun Alexander who the Seahawks chose who could've been a nice eventual replacement for Emmitt, Nate Clements, who could've replaced Deion at CB, and others.
  3. Missing out on Tom Brady - okay, nobody knew Brady was going to be what he is, but I think it's probably safe to say that Jerry missed by not taking him later in the 2000 draft. I'm not saying he should've been the first pick. But, we could have had him in the 6thnround when we took Mario Edwards instead. It shows poor planning, imo, because Aikman was going into his 11th season, and he had missed 5 games in 1998. Therefore, it'd have been smart to have drafted Brady in round 6 to try to develop a QB. I'm not saying he'd have been the Brady we know due to Belichick, but he probably would've been a top QB nonetheless.
I think these are 3 Pivotal mistakes in 3 years that Jerry made that changed the course of the Cowboys from the dominant kings of the League at the time to what we are now. I think these are mistakes that haunt Jerry, and, had he made these moves, he might've actually gotten what he wanted. Instead, he's been scrambling like a chicken without a head since.
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I think Galloway had a decent career with us. Given he injured his knee real quick in his first year but after that he was like what ? 3 seasons a 1k+ WR ?! I have to look it up but i think thats right.

Roy Williams was a really bad trade though.
 
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You can't really beat yourself up for missed draft picks like Moss. I understand he was the WAY better player, but sometimes you just miss on those things. Sometimes you hit. Other teams missed on Moss too.

Now, some of the trades? I'll give you some of those. Especially the Roy Williams trade. Jerry got fleeced by Detroit. Cooper I thought was worth the 1st though.
 
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guag said:
Wow, just realized that Aikman was still in the league when Brady was drafted. That's unreal.
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It is crazy when you think about it. Aikmam seems like an eternity ago. Brady came into the league 4 years removed from the Cowboys winning the Super Bowl that’s how long Brady has been around.
 
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SlammedZero said:
You can't really beat yourself up for missed draft picks like Moss. I understand he was the WAY better player, but sometimes you just miss on those things. Sometimes you hit. Other teams missed on Moss too.

Now, some of the trades? I'll give you some of those. Especially the Roy Williams trade. Jerry got fleeced by Detroit. Cooper I thought was worth the 1st though.
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The thing with Moss is we were projected to take him. I remember being really disappointed in that draft and the fact that Moss became a HOF'er and regularly beat us when we played him didn't help.
 
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RustyBourneHorse said:
Wait, hang on. So, let me get this straight. In 2000, we could have had both Belichick AND Brady? Wow!!!!! I didn't know that. We could have had 11 Lombardis.
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The story goes that Bill ran into Jerry in the late 90’s and mentioned something about coaching.
He didn’t have the track record he had now but even then he achieved a hell of a lot more than Campo. It would have never worked out anyway, Bill would have probably wanted out after the 2nd year.
 
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perrykemp said:
Jerry has traded away a fair number of 1st round picks over the years for WRs -> Galloway, Roy Williams, Amari Cooper.

In general those picks could have been better used. Cooper at least gave them 3 good years, however, trading away 1st round picks is no small thing.
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Unless you’re the Rams…they won a SB doing it.
 

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1. Ego
2. Being the GM
3. Allowing a country club culture
4. Galloway Trade
5. Roy Williams (WR Trade)
 
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JonesBoys said:
The story goes that Bill ran into Jerry in the late 90’s and mentioned something about coaching.
He didn’t have the track record he had now but even then he achieved a hell of a lot more than Campo. It would have never worked out anyway, Bill would have probably wanted out after the 2nd year.
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Still, if we had Brady and Belichick, we'd probably have had at least one SB.
 
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