Alexander;2657588 said:
No, we don't have a GM because he likes being one.
As for the unbelieveable risks, I believe Jones thinks that is something he should be admired and even respected for.
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He fashions himself as some huge successful risktaker and this all goes back to him buying a 3-13 team, hiring his college buddy and trading Walker - and all that happened within the first year. But, buying an NFL team isn't anything that any of the other owners haven't done. Hiring Jimmy Johnson wasn't a huge risk. We had just gone 3-13 and he was one of the top college coaches who ran a pro style system and was one of the 49ers options when they were replacing Bill Walsh. And the Walker deal was pursued by Jimmy and was successful only because of the picks Jimmy made with the selections we acquired in that trade.
He considers all of that huge risks that paid off and therefore everytime he makes any dumb decision he can act like he's doing the same thing he did when he hired Jimmy or traded Herschel. But hiring an up and comer like Jimmy to takeover a 3-13 team is a far cry from turning over a super bowl championship team to a washed up option-style college coach like Switzer. But in Jerry's eyes it was the same thing. Just like trading Walker, which was inititated by Jimmy, for tons of picks that Jimmy made good on is the same as giving up 2 #1 picks for Joey Galloway.
Jerry's a bonafide joke when it comes to running a team. The only times we've experienced any true success is the two times he had others making the important decisions.
