Confidence in Cowboys' front office?

[JoeKing]

I have confidence in the front office. I have zero confidence in the coaching staff.

LOL, I hear you. Sometimes the FO can overcome the coaching staff's folly by providing players that are just that much better. Example... the 1995 Cowboys SB victory were more about the players that Jimmy/Jerry/FO put together than Barry Switzer's coaching acumen.

 

[MileyDancer]

LOL, I hear you. Sometimes the FO can overcome the coaching staff's folly by providing players that are just that much better. Example... the 1995 Cowboys SB victory were more about the players that Jimmy/Jerry/FO put together than Barry Switzer's coaching acumen.

Garrett proveed to me that when it matters, he doesn't know how to manage a game (still). Linehan proved to me that when it matters, he doesn't know how to call plays. Getting cute and abandoning what made is get to the playoffs in the first place is as dumb as it gets. Both are responsible for the offense coming out unprepared and flat, although that's Garrett's MO after having a week off. Also, Marinelli is overrated. He's had crap to work with, and I feel bad for him in that regard, but there are a handful of DC's in this league that can make better food with those groceries. (IMO)

 

[Elziegreat83]

I have to admit that over the past few years I have developed a little bit more confidence in the front office than I have had since probably the Jimmy Johnson years. The Cowboys probably made the right decision passing on Sharif Floyd, and also made a great trade back the year they drafted Fred Beard. We ended up with a serviceable pick in williams.

We refused to get raped for Lynch or Cook and ended up with Dak. These are just a few examples of goo decisions we have made recently.

On the other hand we over paid for Dez and we let Orton and Ratliff bend us over like a shotgun.


We definitely are not in the Patriots league yet but they are smart guys who do learn from prior mistakes.

How confident are you in our front office? How confident are you that they will get maximum value out of this Romo deal?

I think if they "get" what a massive opportunity they have in front of them and believe in their assessment they will do pretty well. I am just not confident they will realize how much leverage they have in this situation.

I'm a little torn on the FO. while they seemed to have had a legendary draft this last offseason, I feel like they more so "lucked" into drafting Dak considering they attempted to trade back in to the back end of the first round to draft Lynch (Jerry even admitted how upset he was at the time the trade fell through). Coupled with wanting to draft Cook before he was taken ahead of them. After they drafted Dak they also were in talks about acquiring McCown from the Brown's and they were interested in signing Foles. Dak would have been 3rd or 4th option if these acquisitions took place. Thank goodness they didn't or the Cowboys to this day still might not have realized the gem they had. These facts alone make me feel they were more lucky than strategic in drafting Dak. Ultimately they did draft Dak and they definitely do deserve some credit for that.

Also, while they had an amazing draft, it was pretty inexcusable (at this point in time) to draft Jaylon Smith when there were plenty of impact players available there. However, this can change if Jaylon does live up to most of his potential. Then it goes from inexcusable to genius status!

On the flip side, the fact that they don't go out and overpay in free agency anymore is huge a positive! In lieu of paying players from other teams they've mostly done a great job extending their own players. They have signed impact players in recent years for a fraction of the market rate. Also, hitting on late round draft picks like Collins and Brown last year. They've also had success with UDFA in somewhat recent years Beasley, Bailey, and Church a little while before that (I'm sure im missing a few).

Creating this offensive line was brilliantly done by the front office as well Thusly creating the foundation for this teams success.

 

[Wood]

I have to admit that over the past few years I have developed a little bit more confidence in the front office than I have had since probably the Jimmy Johnson years. The Cowboys probably made the right decision passing on Sharif Floyd, and also made a great trade back the year they drafted Fred Beard. We ended up with a serviceable pick in williams.

We refused to get raped for Lynch or Cook and ended up with Dak. These are just a few examples of goo decisions we have made recently.

On the other hand we over paid for Dez and we let Orton and Ratliff bend us over like a shotgun.


We definitely are not in the Patriots league yet but they are smart guys who do learn from prior mistakes.

How confident are you in our front office? How confident are you that they will get maximum value out of this Romo deal?

I think if they "get" what a massive opportunity they have in front of them and believe in their assessment they will do pretty well. I am just not confident they will realize how much leverage they have in this situation.

I am fairly confident in front office. Stephen doesn't throw money around unnecessarily like daddy warbucks did. Will McClay is doing solid job in draft. The only hole that remains is 2nd round of draft where gang has allowed Jerry to play craps and results are not good. If you get Jerry out of War Room for 2nd round...I think Dallas might be on verge of being annual playoff team.

 

[sean10mm]

I am concerned that they will believe all of this narrative that Romo isn't worth what he really is and undervalue what the market is for him.

They don't get to set what the market is for Romo, it just... is. Either people will make trade offers or they won't. The Cowboys have zero control over what other teams will offer. Or if they'll offer anything at all.

 

[Pants]

I see it in segments:

* Draft - with what we have gotten recently with McClay and baby Jones in charge, we are putting young, stud assets in place that are currently very cost effective 9 out of 10
* Free Agency - mixed bag for me; I think the FO does well in NOT going after the high-priced guys that bit**-slap the cap; but, now that they are much closer to upper echelon, I wouldn't mind seeing them get involved with a mid-tier guy or two, especially if they may lose several of their own - 5 out of 10
* Homerism - love that the team values their own guys; but they do this to a fault; I will reserve more judgement on the FO depending on the TR situation; if they get some compensation, then they are a 6 or 7 out of 10...if they give him away, back down to 3 or 4 out of 10

Overall, ever since McClay and the little jone's have gotten more involved, the team has gotten better - that trend needs to continue

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Free Agency I think has still been really hit and miss. If we actually sign anyone in the first place. For every McFadden, there's a Morris,

Morris rueage.

Don't see that everyday.

 

[blumayne38]

To do the right thing and start Romo probably 0%, to start dak and watch him fall hard 100%

 

[Verdict]

All good picks except the MO disaster

mO UNDERPERFOR

They don't get to set what the market is for Romo, it just... is. Either people will make trade offers or they won't. The Cowboys have zero control over what other teams will offer. Or if they'll offer anything at all.

Actually that is incorrect. If they don't release him the Cowboys can prevent a team from acquiring Romo for zero compensation. 100 percent control over that.

 

[SportsGuru80]

I have confidence in Will McClay and Stephen....

 

[LatinMind]

I have to admit that over the past few years I have developed a little bit more confidence in the front office than I have had since probably the Jimmy Johnson years. The Cowboys probably made the right decision passing on Sharif Floyd, and also made a great trade back the year they drafted Fred Beard. We ended up with a serviceable pick in williams.

We refused to get raped for Lynch or Cook and ended up with Dak. These are just a few examples of goo decisions we have made recently.

On the other hand we over paid for Dez and we let Orton and Ratliff bend us over like a shotgun.


We definitely are not in the Patriots league yet but they are smart guys who do learn from prior mistakes.

How confident are you in our front office? How confident are you that they will get maximum value out of this Romo deal?

I think if they "get" what a massive opportunity they have in front of them and believe in their assessment they will do pretty well. I am just not confident they will realize how much leverage they have in this situation.

They've built this teams core thru the draft. All this dead money is from years past and Romo. Nobody expected 2015 and 2016 to happen to him. So theyre young and up and coming with what theyve been doing. Have all the confidence in the world in what theyre doing. Fans are ignorant to how it works most of the time and get caught up in their feelings because they dont do what said fan wants them to.

 

[Verdict]

Well, my confidence in the front office fell dramatically over the handling of the Romo situation. It's bad enough that they got zero compensation but they gave themselves no ability to make a deal with their handling of this situation.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Well, my confidence in the front office fell dramatically over the handling of the Romo situation. It's bad enough that they got zero compensation but they gave themselves no ability to make a deal with their handling of this situation.

The fact that Romo is gone and freaking Garrett is still here is messed up on so many levels.

 

[Verdict]

I wonder how many of the people here who can't ******* wait to get rid of Romo and were clammoring for his release will be *****ing and whining if Dak slumps or gets hurt, or if Romo wins a championship for the Texans or Denver or even the Bills.

Oh wait I forgot ... we have so much salary cap room that we can do whatever we want. We will probably piss off almost all of the cap savings from Romo on MCCown. Never mind the fact that we can't use any of out cap savings now.

The organization really ****ed this up.

 

[Walker]

No confidence in the front office, hopefully they do something in FA and in the draft.

 

[Verdict]

They've built this teams core thru the draft. All this dead money is from years past and Romo. Nobody expected 2015 and 2016 to happen to him. So theyre young and up and coming with what theyve been doing. Have all the confidence in the world in what theyre doing. Fans are ignorant to how it works most of the time and get caught up in their feelings because they dont do what said fan wants them to.

The lack of cap room is caused in large part by signing players bloated contracts. Dez Bryant, Witten, Crawford, Barry Church, Brandon Carr, Doug Free, Hardy, and others.

All of these guys are way underperforming their contracts. Meanwhile we let Ware, Leary, Murray, and Romo go for no compensation. It's really piss poor cap management. It is hard enough to find talent and we piss it away with bad contracts. Very frustrating.

 

[cowboyuptx]

Honestly, it feels like the media runs this team.

 

[LatinMind]

The lack of cap room is caused in large part by signing players bloated contracts. Dez Bryant, Witten, Crawford, Barry Church, Brandon Carr, Doug Free, Hardy, and others.

All of these guys are way underperforming their contracts. Meanwhile we let Ware, Leary, Murray, and Romo go for no compensation. It's really piss poor cap management. It is hard enough to find talent and we piss it away with bad contracts. Very frustrating.

Wares back was the reason why. Romo the same reason, and because a new guy is forcing this release with his play on the field. Wittens contract really? The guy is worth it what he brings on the field and in the lockerroom. Dez, well they resigned him because Romo actually needed Dez. Dak not so much. Dak spreads the ball around just fine. Lol are you really using Barry Church? The guy signed a 8mil contract 4 yrs ago. He was avg 2 mil a yr. Free made 5mil a yr. I wonder if ur just throwing ma,es out there.