We have a senile owner, a penny-pinching son, a con-man head coach, an aging roster littered with poor contracts, an inability to draft properly on one side of the ball, and an improving division. Where is the hope?
The hope, as always, is in the time proven fact things don't stay the same no matter how much a person tries to convince themselves they will, and athletic competition isn't predetermined. When the team went 4-12 with Romo missing much of the season in 2015, who would have thought the team would go 13-3 after Romo went down in 2016?
But to provide some additional comments…
Jerry has always been a problem - that's not new somehow - and he may actually be a better Jerry because he listens more to others.
The Cowboys spent more on free agents than usual this offseason, so I don't know about the timing of your penny pinching comment. Even so, some degree of frugality is a good thing to keep the team from being constantly handcuffed by the salary cap like they were for many years. The challenge is to find balance.
What are you talking about with the "con man" comment? McCarthy hasn't been as good as hoped, but that doesn't make him a con man. In any case, let's see if things improve with an actual full training camp and a preseason.
As for an improving division .. is that what every team having a losing record indicates?
Finally, if you are truly ready to give up all hope for next year in early December this year, why would you watch? My guess is you aren't as convinced there is no hope as you pretend.