4 best (and 2 worst) Cowboys trades under Jerry Jones

[Nova]

Because this poor GM doesn’t anticipate issues, simply reacting .

They must have thought Prescott would be fine without a WR1 until he wasn’t.

Typical eternal optimist owner who doesn’t plan for worse case scenarios like a GM.

And why wearing both hats is a conflict of interest as his owners hat usually wins out.

Definitely true.

What's worse to me is that it seems they brought Cooper on board to save a below average season.

It worked. It a turned a bad team into a playoff team, but not a real title contender.

So why don't they make similar moves to elevate playoff teams to super bowl favorites?

Just feels like the owner is okay with winning enough to stay relevant.

 

[CCBoy]

Parcells was a great coach.
Wade Phillips has coached with 6 teams and has been very successful in the NFL quite a bit as well.
Sean Payton is kind of well known and with a Lombardi?

None is way off...

PFF ranks Cowboys’ Brian Schottenheimer as a top 10 offensive coordinator​

10. BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER, DALLAS COWBOYS

This will be Brian Schottenhemer’s fifth stint as an offensive coordinator between the NFL and college football — and his first since he was let go by the Seattle Seahawks. With Kellen Moore departed from Dallas, the Cowboys and Mike McCarthy clearly have defined ideas about where they want this offense to go, and Schottenheimer has always leaned toward the run game (in part, seemingly in search of the magic number 53).

Over the last four years, the Dallas Cowboys offense has looked like one of the league's best at times. Conversely, they could also look stale and stagnant through stretches, and oftentimes at the biggest moments, as well. The latter of those two statements is why Kellen Moore is out and Brian Schottenheimer is in as the Cowboys' offensive coordinator in 2023. While Moore is widely respected for his work here in Dallas, and the ranking list we are going to highlight shows that fact as well, it is good to know that the new guy at the helm is recognized for his contributions, and is an asset to this Cowboys team in his own right.

https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...coordinator-dallas-kellen-moore-mike-mccarthy

 

[CCBoy]

Now, let's talk about the Cowboys' current Defensive Coordinator:

DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR​

DAN QUINN​

Experience: 21 YEARS

No coaches of any value under Jerry Jones?
Now tell me how come Jimmy had to replace is DC for his first Lombardi and don't dare tell me money!
Butch Davis. Davis was the defensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys in the 1993-1994 seasons, a total of two years. Davis' record as the team's defensive coordinator was 24-8-0, making him the most successful defensive coordinator in Dallas Cowboys history.

 

[phildadon86]

C'mon, get a clue...picks could last forever and projected actions always had his approval.

'What, you really think that he was on Jimmy's boat reeling in 'tuna?'

Learn team structure and then get back to me.

You have the liquor store guy's pictures of him in the latrine?

Wait, I see you coming up...

Ummm. I just left the tour at the star. The tour guide said the same thing. Jerry handled the business and Jimmy handled the football. No need to get riled up

 

[CCBoy]

David Shula. Shula was the offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys in the 1989-1990 seasons, a total of two years. Shula's record as the team's offensive coordinator was 8-24-0, making him the least successful offensive coordinator in Dallas Cowboys history. Shula was again, Jimmy's selection.

Now explain why 'walk on water' Jimmy had to replace him or lose Troy Aikman. with Norv Turner. He coached from 1991 to 1993.

He was replaced by :

Ernie Zampese

1994-1997

40-24-0

Under Switzer, his Defensive Coordinator was:

Coach	Years	Record	Win Percentage	Playoff Record
Dave Campo	1995-1999	46-34-0	57.5%	4-3

Those changes were all forced by that same Jimmy Johnson...now say they weren't.

 

[CCBoy]

Definitely true.

What's worse to me is that it seems they brought Cooper on board to save a below average season.

It worked. It a turned a bad team into a playoff team, but not a real title contender.

So why don't they make similar moves to elevate playoff teams to super bowl favorites?

Just feels like the owner is okay with winning enough to stay relevant.

On the contrary, Dallas could have won it's playoff pairing then.

 

[CCBoy]

Definitely true.

What's worse to me is that it seems they brought Cooper on board to save a below average season.

It worked. It a turned a bad team into a playoff team, but not a real title contender.

So why don't they make similar moves to elevate playoff teams to super bowl favorites?

Just feels like the owner is okay with winning enough to stay relevant.

And THEN a bunch of Dallas young drafted players started to show real values...no rewrites here.

 

[CCBoy]

As to the Cowboys just running away with everything under Jimmy Johnson...this the record of San Francisco from 1990 to 2000, their only losing seasons during that period were from 1999 to 2000.

	TEAM	SEASON	GP	REC	W%	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
	San Francisco 49ers	1990	16	14-2	.875	14	2	0	40	353	22.1	239	14.9	324
	San Francisco 49ers	1991	16	10-6	.625	10	6	0	50	393	24.6	239	14.9	336	47.7	37.5
	San Francisco 49ers	1992	16	14-2	.875	14	2	0	54	431	26.9	236	14.8	344	46.5	38.5
	San Francisco 49ers	1993	16	10-6	.625	10	6	0	61	473	29.6	295	18.4	372	47.8	62.5
	San Francisco 49ers	1994	16	13-3	.813	13	3	0	66	505	31.6	296	18.5	362	51.0	61.1
	San Francisco 49ers	1995	16	11-5	.688	11	5	0	57	457	28.6	258	16.1	355	48.9	61.1
	San Francisco 49ers	1996	16	12-4	.750	12	4	0	43	398	24.9	257	16.1	315	35.2	63.2
	San Francisco 49ers	1997	16	13-3	.813	13	3	0	41	375	23.4	265	16.6	294	36.4	50.0
	San Francisco 49ers	1998	16	12-4	.750	12	4	0	61	479	29.9	328	20.5	381	45.5	44.4
	San Francisco 49ers	1999	16	4-12	.250	4	12	0	33	295	18.4	453	28.3	300	34.0	34.8
	San Francisco 49ers	2000	16	6-10	.375	6	10	0	49	388	24.3	422	26.4	334	41.6	50.0
	Average				.676	10.8	5.2	0.0	50.5	413.4	25.8	298.9	18.7	337.9
	Total			119-57	.676	119	57	0	555	4,547	25.8	3,288	18.7	3,717

 

[CCBoy]

Bill Parcells

He began as an assistant coach at Hastings (1964) before moving on to Wichita State (1965), Army (1966–69), Florida State (1970–72), Vanderbilt (1973–74), and Texas Tech (1975–77). In 1978, he became the head coach at the Air Force Academy for one season.[7]While serving as linebackers coach at Army, Parcells was also a part-time assistant basketball coach for Bob Knight during the 1966–67 season, which led to their longtime friendship.

He served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 19 seasons. He rose to prominence as the head coach of the New York Giants from 1983 to 1990, where he won two Super Bowl titles.

Parcells was later the head coach of the New England Patriots from 1993 to 1996, the New York Jets from 1997 to 1999, and the Dallas Cowboys from 2003 to 2006. Nicknamed "the Big Tuna", he is the only NFL coach to lead four different franchises to the playoffs and three to a conference championship game.

More stupid hunting Jerry who was out fishing for tuna...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Parcells

 

[CCBoy]

Now, on coaches after Jimmy Johnson, except for Chan Gailey and then Jason Garrett, the records of coaches were as follows:

Switzer had 3 playoff seasons in 4 seasons.
Chan Gailey had 2 playoff seasons in 2 seasons.
Bill Parcells 2 playoff seasons in 4 seasons.
Wade Phillips 2 playoff seasons in 4 seasons.
Mike McCarthy 2 playoff seasons in 3 seasons.

 

[CCBoy]

As to the Cowboys just running away with everything under Jimmy Johnson...this the record of San Francisco from 1990 to 2000, their only losing seasons during that period were from 1999 to 2000.

	TEAM	SEASON	GP	REC	W%	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
	San Francisco 49ers	1990	16	14-2	.875	14	2	0	40	353	22.1	239	14.9	324
	San Francisco 49ers	1991	16	10-6	.625	10	6	0	50	393	24.6	239	14.9	336	47.7	37.5
	San Francisco 49ers	1992	16	14-2	.875	14	2	0	54	431	26.9	236	14.8	344	46.5	38.5
	San Francisco 49ers	1993	16	10-6	.625	10	6	0	61	473	29.6	295	18.4	372	47.8	62.5
	San Francisco 49ers	1994	16	13-3	.813	13	3	0	66	505	31.6	296	18.5	362	51.0	61.1
	San Francisco 49ers	1995	16	11-5	.688	11	5	0	57	457	28.6	258	16.1	355	48.9	61.1
	San Francisco 49ers	1996	16	12-4	.750	12	4	0	43	398	24.9	257	16.1	315	35.2	63.2
	San Francisco 49ers	1997	16	13-3	.813	13	3	0	41	375	23.4	265	16.6	294	36.4	50.0
	San Francisco 49ers	1998	16	12-4	.750	12	4	0	61	479	29.9	328	20.5	381	45.5	44.4
	San Francisco 49ers	1999	16	4-12	.250	4	12	0	33	295	18.4	453	28.3	300	34.0	34.8
	San Francisco 49ers	2000	16	6-10	.375	6	10	0	49	388	24.3	422	26.4	334	41.6	50.0
	Average				.676	10.8	5.2	0.0	50.5	413.4	25.8	298.9	18.7	337.9
	Total			119-57	.676	119	57	0	555	4,547	25.8	3,288	18.7	3,717

I guess Jerry learned pretty good from San Francisco how to win in the NFL when he studied with the owner of them just prior to his purchase of the Cowboys as well with studying under Oakland's owner and GM.

That's the facts and not a rewrite by fans feeling the desire to Hero Worship. Jimmy was good, but he was very lucky that he did sign on with Jerry before he returned to Florida, again...

 

[DallasEast]

And why wearing both hats is a conflict of interest as his owners hat usually wins out.

Truer words...

 

[CCBoy]

Truer words...

It also allows better stability of a general make-up of a team. Consistently, the Cowboys have remained a solid team with ability to take it to the top levels.

Professional football has been protected in Dallas, but teams were not quite able to catch fire in the bottle due to higher playoff changes, momentum changes, that were not over come.

Jerry fed the monster to keep them actually competitive year...by year...by year. Fans need to acknowledge that sometimes in process changes have to be introduced while maintaining the element of trying to win. Think Parcells didn't know that Carter had little more opportunity than just that, opportunity? He went to the playoffs 2 of 4 seasons. Champions? No.

That is the sports element that is too quickly gambled off by fans buying into only winning it all. Hey, Dallas, had chances and which included changed rules for the game that eliminated very good teams. That is football, and that shouldn't be lost on a fan as well!

Stephen's additions is being a good GM direction. The team is completely committed to player evaluations and projected strengths for greatest opportunity. This while most fans are looking for little more than satisfactions...'I can't get no...satisfactionnnnn!'

The job continues with ethics in the mean time as well.

Blame it on the O'Mallys!? NO, GO COWBOYS!

We still have lockups for the real criminals!

 

[b0xZZ]

That's still not worth 2 firsts and they could've found that in the draft. What made the Galloway trade bad was not only his age and the cost but the fact that they had a slew of needs at that time, not just a need at receiver and then the team fell apart anyway. The entire roster was a mess and Jerry picks that time to make a splash when they basically have no shot at winning anything.

Yep. I think the team tried really hard to replicate the core pieces that won them three super bowls. You saw this with their incessant failures at TE trying to replace Novacek and then the dark ages at QB after Aikman.

 

[Diehardblues]

Yep. I think the team tried really hard to replicate the core pieces that won them three super bowls. You saw this with their incessant failures at TE trying to replace Novacek and then the dark ages at QB after Aikman.

Yea, I think Jethro still believed it was the Triplets which won him those Rings.

Fortunately it’s beginning to look like someone has reached him that it was those top defenses. Or perhaps he sees that he doesn’t have a great enough QB without a great defense . That’s more likely. Lol

 

[CCBoy]

Yep. I think the team tried really hard to replicate the core pieces that won them three super bowls. You saw this with their incessant failures at TE trying to replace Novacek and then the dark ages at QB after Aikman.

Think Witten makes the Hall? As to Hall and quarterback...I don't see any that will enter since Troy. But good quarterbacks who could have won a Lombardi...sure.

 

[Diehardblues]

Truer words...

Yep

We really don’t have to imagine what he’s thinking. Amazingly he continues to divulge his hand publicly for all to see. He’s even stupidly stated that his priority is remaining interesting and relative which explains much.

His owners hat reveals his intentions to hype and promote his brand. And he’s the only GM I know of who insists on staying front and center on our strategies because he feels it instills hope for fans while the rest shake their heads.

 

[CCBoy]

Yep

We really don’t have to imagine what he’s thinking. Amazingly he continues to divulge his hand publicly for all to see. He’s even stupidly stated that his priority is remaining interesting and relative which explains much.

His owners hat reveals his intentions to hype and promote his brand. And he’s the only GM I know of who insists on staying front and center on our strategies because he feels it instills hope for fans while the rest shake their heads.

C'mon, instead of a loser image, try he does what an owner should do and promote his team. How many prime time games are Dallas in this season?

He has a top franchise standing in all of sports world wide.

C'mon now. He isn't selling money to everyone. He is trying to make good football teams and on the whole does just that. Winning another Lombardi past the first ten years...is a fact. But did they have many chances since? Definitely and with some very good teams.

I really don't like a continuous crying in my beer...around sport. You play and watch games for the fun in seeing the challenge confronted. Now stay away purely insult on yet another desire for a Lombardi. During Murchison's ownership and even with Tom Landry, he won 2 Lombardis and that was with Roger Staubach.

With Jerry Jones, he won three Lombardis and that was with Troy Aikman. Jimmy damned near almost lost Troy ... as Tom damned near lost Roger.

 

[CCBoy]

C'mon, instead of a loser image, try he does what an owner should do and promote his team. That does include trying to win. How many prime time games are Dallas in this season?

He has a top franchise standing in all of sports world wide.

C'mon now. He isn't selling money to everyone. He is trying to make good football teams and on the whole does just that. Winning another Lombardi past the first ten years...is a fact. But did they have many chances since? Definitely and with some very good teams.

I really don't like a continuous crying in my beer...around sport. You play and watch games for the fun in seeing the challenge confronted. Now stay away purely insult on yet another desire for a Lombardi. During Murchison's ownership and even with Tom Landry, he won 2 Lombardis and that was with Roger Staubach.

With Jerry Jones, he won three Lombardis and that was with Troy Aikman. Jimmy damned near almost lost Troy ... as Tom damned near lost Roger.

C'mon, instead of a loser image, try he does what an owner should do and promote his team. How many prime time games are Dallas in this season?

He has a top franchise standing in all of sports world wide.

C'mon now. He isn't selling money to everyone. He is trying to make good football teams and on the whole does just that. Not winning another Lombardi past the first ten years...is a fact. But did they have many chances since? Definitely and with some very good teams.

I really don't like a continuous crying in my beer...around sport. You play and watch games for the fun in seeing the challenge confronted. Now stay away purely insult on yet another desire for a Lombardi. During Murchison's ownership and even with Tom Landry, he won 2 Lombardis and that was with Roger Staubach.

With Jerry Jones, he won three Lombardis and that was with Troy Aikman. Jimmy damned near almost lost Troy ... as Tom damned near lost Roger.

What age was it that Roger even started to develop as a Dallas starting quarterback? 29

No, Prescott was a player type of quarterback in college. He ran and passed both.

If he fails here now, then it's time to get the Staubach player type quarterback next, or another passing quarterback like Troy next. That's were it boils down to...not Jerry.

 

[DallasEast]

Fans need to acknowledge that sometimes in process changes have to be introduced while maintaining the element of trying to win.

That is hilarious. Non-Dallas Cowboys fans acknowledge their favorite team's general manager has changed over the course of the past 34 years. Several times in fact. Changes occurred after non-Dallas Cowboys franchise owners fired their general managers and hired another (expectedly) qualified replacement. Or their general manager resigned and was subsequently replaced.

Can you be more specific about every process change that has occurred within the Dallas Cowboys front office between February 25, 1989 and today (and every day following today)? Just so there is clarification about what Dallas Cowboys fans must acknowledge in your opinion.