RustyBourneHorse
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As I think about what Jerry said in his radio call today that I learned about on ESPN, it has gotten me wondering something. Are the Las Vegas Raiders our future? What does that mean? Al Davis, the former Raiders owner, was Jerry's mentor. Look at the disaster he left for his son, who is notorious for being a moron. Let me dive more deeply into this.
Jerry is 82. The average life expectancy for a male in the US is (https://www.statnews.com/2023/11/13/life-expectancy-men-women/) 73. Jerry is 9 years older than the average life expectancy in the US. So, he's probably aware of the fact that he hasn't got enough time. I made a thread yesterday about how I'm not sure this is even fixable, and another about how we could possibly be competitive again in 4 years IF everything that I could think of goes EXACTLY to plan. The problem is, by the time we get into October of 2028, assuming Jerry is even alive still, he would be 86.
I wonder question if Jerry is aware that the grim reaper is drawing closer to him. He's behaving recently like a desperate man who knows his hour glass is almost empty. He is acting like he's cornered. He attacked a person on radio for asking a question that we all wanted to know. He attacked someone for doing their job. He's been getting increasingly hostile of late. He did nothing in the offseason, and he's acting surprised that things didn't go to plan.
Where my mind is going, therefore, is the possibility that he knows his time is drawing closer. He's too old to do a full rebuild because he probably won't be alive by the time the necessary rebuild comes to fruition. He's not got the pieces to go all in. So, I was asking before if he was sabotaging the team, and I can't help but wonder if he's putting this team in a state to where Stephen is going to be hard-pressed to course correct. Bear in mind, his son Stephen (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Jones_(American_football)) is 60 years old himself. What's the likelihood that, in 10-15 years with the way Jerry has this team situated at this time that Stephen can turn this team into a contender without a full rebuild?
So, I come full circle with this thread. Al Davis, before he died, put the Raiders in a spot to where it was next to impossible for Mark Davis to get out of. I wonder if our future as the Dallas Cowboys is trending similarly to where the Raiders are. As I look at the Raiders at that time in 2010 and us now, I don't like our future one bit.
Jerry is 82. The average life expectancy for a male in the US is (https://www.statnews.com/2023/11/13/life-expectancy-men-women/) 73. Jerry is 9 years older than the average life expectancy in the US. So, he's probably aware of the fact that he hasn't got enough time. I made a thread yesterday about how I'm not sure this is even fixable, and another about how we could possibly be competitive again in 4 years IF everything that I could think of goes EXACTLY to plan. The problem is, by the time we get into October of 2028, assuming Jerry is even alive still, he would be 86.
I wonder question if Jerry is aware that the grim reaper is drawing closer to him. He's behaving recently like a desperate man who knows his hour glass is almost empty. He is acting like he's cornered. He attacked a person on radio for asking a question that we all wanted to know. He attacked someone for doing their job. He's been getting increasingly hostile of late. He did nothing in the offseason, and he's acting surprised that things didn't go to plan.
Where my mind is going, therefore, is the possibility that he knows his time is drawing closer. He's too old to do a full rebuild because he probably won't be alive by the time the necessary rebuild comes to fruition. He's not got the pieces to go all in. So, I was asking before if he was sabotaging the team, and I can't help but wonder if he's putting this team in a state to where Stephen is going to be hard-pressed to course correct. Bear in mind, his son Stephen (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Jones_(American_football)) is 60 years old himself. What's the likelihood that, in 10-15 years with the way Jerry has this team situated at this time that Stephen can turn this team into a contender without a full rebuild?
So, I come full circle with this thread. Al Davis, before he died, put the Raiders in a spot to where it was next to impossible for Mark Davis to get out of. I wonder if our future as the Dallas Cowboys is trending similarly to where the Raiders are. As I look at the Raiders at that time in 2010 and us now, I don't like our future one bit.
