A thought for you Jerry bashers...

[Clove]

Jerry will be here until he's forced into a nursing home somewhere, so it's useless complaining about it.

 

[iceberg]

dude...try a stool softener...

 

[Dave_in-NC]

 

[Dave_in-NC]

Well remember Jerry also picked up FA like Owens, I love BP but I don't believe for a second that BP went to Jerry and said please go get TO. He also went out and got Davis and Hamlin. I do think Jerry has learned over the years and that does not mean he has learned not to get involved I think he is very involved in personnel moves but I think now it is based on opinions and debate. After all it was Jones and the scouting department that over ruled BP on taking Newman instead of DT Kevin Williams

Say not. That is one of the gambles that SO FAR has worked out for ole jurrha. It could very well have been a disaster, and still could be. I was dead against signing him and won't admit I was wrong until his departure. If he leaves cleanly I was wrong.

Davis and Hamlin are good deals, Tank? ehe.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

well, i must admit, if i owned the team, i'd be down there every chance i could be. : )

not me, I'd be in the suite getting plastered, and would be groping every chick I could find, waving face-cards in the air

 

[Hostile]

not me, I'd be in the suite getting plastered, and would be groping every chick I could find, waving face-cards in the air

In other words nothing would change except the quality of your seats.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

In other words nothing would change except the quality of your seats.

and having 100 dollar bills to wave around

 

[Seven]

Mr. Jones is the very BEST!

Woah!! Funny I don't see your sig anymore................Karma?

 

[BigDFan5]

Sorry for going to work, maybe next time I can call in sick :laugh2:


http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/sports2000/trends/143678.html

Ten years ago today, Jerry Jones bought one of the most storied franchises in sports -- the Dallas Cowboys. TSN's Dan Pompei analyzes what Jones has meant to the Cowboys and the league.

The only people who think Jerry Jones hasn't been good for the Cowboys and the NFL must live in our nation's capital, and wear pig snouts or feathered headdresses to games. In 10 years, Jones took a floundering franchise and turned it into a three-time Super Bowl winner and six-time NFC East winner.


The best move he made was hiring Jimmy Johnson. Some of his other good moves were the Herschel Walker trade, dealing Steve Walsh to the Saints for first- and third-round picks, drafting Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith and Larry Allen, trading for Charles Haley, signing Deion Sanders away from the rival 49ers and hiring Chan Gailey.


Jones has been more to the Cowboys than any other NFL owner has been to his team. The Cowboys, and their success, are a testament to Jones' brilliance. He has been a salesman and a showman, a decision-maker who isn't shy about taking credit and blame. His fingerprints are all over every aspect of the Cowboys.


Jones has been a pioneer in marketing his team. Many others have followed his lead. He has made the Cowboys "America's team" again, and quite possibly the most valuable sports franchise in the world. He was at the forefront of the whole concept of making games a corporate event.
What's more, Jones has had an impact on the entire NFL. He is an influential voice on league matters, as influential as any owner. He was on the executive committee for the NFL management council when the collective bargaining agreement was extended. He was on the broadcast committee when the new television deal was struck. And he is one of the few owners to ever hold a seat on the competition committee, which suggests rules changes.


Jones hasn't been perfect, mind you. He may be a little too involved with running the Cowboys. Their personnel staff could be better with a couple more experienced men whose last names aren't Jones. Maybe there was something else Jones could have done to keep Johnson happy. He seemed to have underestimated Johnson's importance to his team. Even though the Cowboys won a Super Bowl with Barry Switzer, hiring him was a mistake. But the positives Jones has brought the Cowboys far outweigh the negatives.


His greatest challenge is ahead of him in the next few years -- making the transition from the Aikman-Smith Cowboys to the next generation. Rebuilding the Cowboys won't be easy, as they are sure to have major salary cap problems. But if anyone can do it, Jones can.

 

[silverbear]

One thing that fails to get mentioned is Jerry is the one who hired BP, Garrett and Ireland these guys did not hire themselves. For a stupid man who has no football sense I would say Jerry did damn good and if he is forced to replace these coaches he will. One thing I have noticed from day 1 with Jones those that hate him will never credit him for anything. All things good are someone else and any mistakes falls on Jerry.

Exactly right...

 

[silverbear]

did you hurt your shoulder patting yourself on the back?

jerruh is proven football idiot.

Let's just say that after reading this mindless drivel, you're exactly the sort of poster I was talking about...

 

[silverbear]

I've been happier with Jerry's work as GM this year than in any of the years he has been in control. I have a feeling he really did learn from his past mistakes. It started with the hiring of Parcells and relinquishing his stranglehold and it has continued through a thorough hiring process and believe it or not even through the loss of Ireland to the Dolphins. He recognizes that the two guys still here are qualified and he is showing confidence in them. He's not saying he has things under control. He's saying he believes they do. He handled Ireland in a professional manner and I think it will come back to him. We now have a trade partner in Miami. (No, that doesn't mean I think we're getting McFadden.)

The man has learned. I tip my hat to him. I've been very critical of him in the past. The past is over. Only the present matters for now. For the present I think he's acting as professional as any GM in the NFL.

Hear, hear... I figured my little diatribe would bring the Jerry haters out of the woodwork, I'm pleased to find that instead it seems to have smoked out the Jerry supporters...

 

[silverbear]

Preach it, Bear...

I'm sure that the ones now crying about December collapses and Wade being a fool and our future drafts being doomed are the same ones who just KNEW we were screwed the second Parcells quit.

Yup...

It's quite pathetic, actually.

Yup again... LOL...

 

[silverbear]

And one Jimmy Johnson had nothing to do with those trophies.

Yeah, look at all the trophies he won WITHOUT Jerry...

It's great when you're the boss and can take credit for your employees work.

And what a GREAT decision by the general manager of the Cowboys, to bring in Jimmy... we really oughta give credit to that GM for that astute move, what was his name again??

 

[silverbear]

He was the main cog in the building of the teams that won championships in SB XXVII, XXVIII and XXX.

With Jerry as the GM...

 

[silverbear]

Were you around in the early 90's? Jerry was a businessman, an oilman. The team was in poor financial condition and poor shape on the field.
He knew nothing about running an NFL team. He hired his former college teammate, Jimmy Johnson and let him bring in his staff.

During the early years Jerry was getting the team in shape financially while Jimmy and the scouting dept. were building the team. After 5 years and two SB trophies, Jerry had already revived the business side of the organization and obviously thought he'd learned enough about the sports side that when Jimmy left he decided he would run things along with his buddy Lacewell.

That is why you see him take total charge in the mid to late '90's and not from day one. He had five years to watch and "learn". Even though he proved over the years to be a very slow learner.

Funny how you say I sound silly, when you want everyone to believe that an oilman came in and with no experience in football, other than playing in the 1960's built a team into back to back SB champions by his great personnel expertise. Now that's funny.

Once again, if it was ALL Jimmy, how come he never won any Super Bowls without Jerry??

It's a fair question, but naturally I understand why you're too gutless to address it; if you did, you'd destroy your own specious argument...

You must think we're all idiots, and you can convince us that Jerry just sat on the sidelines and watched while Jimmy Genius made ALL the personnel decisions...

 

[silverbear]

I don't hate Jerry.

Liar... you start salivatin' and your eyes glaze over each and every time you see a Jerry thread... if you had the money, I have little doubt you'd have your very own Jerry voodoo doll...

 

[silverbear]

Haha.

Facts be d#$%ed.

Exactly what "facts" have you offered in this debate??

 

[silverbear]

What I find funny is that I started this thread to discuss Jerry's RECENT moves as a GM, particularly the moves he made last offseason that got him so heavily criticized in here, and Jerry's critics turned it into a Jimmy versus Jerry thread...

Guess they don't want to have to face up to how profoundly stupid they were for rippin' on Jerry last offseason... guess they don't want to admit that he did a really, really good job last winter and spring...

 

[ctalker]

Jerry Jones is the best owner in the NFL and thank whoever that we have him.