DMN Blog: Jerry Jones talks playcalling, team's chances, GM

[Juke99]

I think Jerry the owner is the problem.

When Wade asked to raise the fines and Jerry said NO...that wasn't the GM, that was the owner. Talk about cutting your coach off at the knees.

No one in that building see's Jerry as the General Manager...When they talk to Jerry, everyone from the waterboy to the caoches and scouts and players know they are talking to the owner.

Thank you for the beautiful stadium, thank you for those three Superbowls, and thank you for the memories. But let your coaches be the voices to the players.

Yep. I agree. Jerry the owner IS the problem because if Jerry the OWNER hires a GM, he's still going to be Jerry the owner setting the tone for the organization...

Jerry hiring a GM is not the answer...Jerry stepping aside and letting football people run his organization IS the answer.

It wont happen. I saw it in NY with Steinbrenner for decades.

 

[Rampage]

But Romo was one of "his" players. SO one of Parcell's players cost us a chance to win a playoff game... (but do we really think that our defense wouldn't have blown it,... i mean really?)

If our O-line could've blocked the Giants D-line then chances are Wade woulda won a playoff game too... but the bottom line in both cases is that it didn't happen... so we move on.

2 different situations. how many times has a guy dropped a hold for a fg to lose a playoff game?

now how many times has an o-line failed to block a d-line in a playoff game?

the Seattle game was a fluke and I would've guaranteed we would've beaten the Giants in 2007 if he was still HC. Parcells wouldn't of let those guys get cocky and underestimate the Giants.

 

[AmericasTeam31]

Look at the 2002 Roster and look at the 2006 roster and ask yourself that question again.

Its not about individual personnel decisions either, Parcells re-tooled the whole organization and scouting system and the input that got to the top. Look at how this team drafted for YEARS before Parcells came and put his stamp on this organization.

We can nitpick about the Bobby Carpenters and Vinny's all day, but this was a better run football team with Bill in charge.

And now its sliding inexorably back to Jerryworld. We're coming home 2002!

I cannot argue that the team wasn't a better run team while BP was here. But the results are all the same, and the rest is just a sugar coating. Maybe it speaks for his coaching style more than anything... more talent - same results? IDK... but with or without him we are still the same team...

 

[theebs]

BP did not run the show. Ireland was in Dallas before Parcells got here. BP clearly had input but he was not re-tooling the organization

thats just a small part of it. Ireland was here for a year being hired in 02 from the chiefs.

The big part is Parcells had the power to kick out Larry Lacewell and the good ol boy crew. He then had the power to promote Jeff Ireland and bring in Brian Gaine.

IN the current structure the head coach can not even tell the offensive coordinator what to do.

Good times.

 

[DallasGirl50]

Jerry is a smart guy but he's delusional when it comes to his abilities as a GM.

The Cowboys would be MUCH better off with a competent GM but Jerry refuses to see that.

And since he signs the checks it's a moot point.

 

[yimyammer]

If I remember correctly, that team had Emmitt Smith, and he did not play those 1st two games. Slightly different situation........

Yes, BECAUSE JERRY WOULDN'T PAY HIM!!!

Good ol Jerry, always finds a way to screw things up with his ignorant interference

 

[AmericasTeam31]

2 different situations. how many times has a guy dropped a hold for a fg to lose a playoff game?

now how many times has an o-line failed to block a d-line in a playoff game?

the Seattle game was a fluke and I would've guaranteed we would've beaten the Giants in 2007 if he was still HC. Parcells wouldn't of let those guys get cocky and underestimate the Giants.

Come on! Granted it was a fluke in the Seattle game. But both games against the Giants that year, we owned them up front! Then collapsed in the second half in the playoffs. BP would have run the ball to keep it close and try to run the clock out, and kicked field goals... same result!

 

[wileedog]

BP did not run the show. Ireland was in Dallas before Parcells got here. BP clearly had input but he was not re-tooling the organization

Ireland was here, but Lacewell was in charge. I remember clearly Ireland commenting on the scouts sitting with Bill and him giving very clear direction on the types of players he was looking for and how to help identify them.

He also changed the way camp was run, they way the players interacted with the media, and just about everything his control freak nature could get his hands on.

Just look a the results. A large majority of the roster on Campo's last team were not only out of Dallas but out of football entirely within a few years of Bill getting here. If that's not the most stinging indictment of Jerry running a football team by himself I don't know what is.

 

[yimyammer]

Jerry Jones talks playcalling, team's chances, GM
9:56 AM Tue, Oct 06, 2009
Todd Archer/Reporter

I caught some of Jerry Jones on his weekly appearance on The Fan this morning, and he was not ready to throw away the season after a 2-2 start. No shocker.

Anyway, here's what he said:

"I really like our team. I like the makeup of our team. I like the quarterback a lot. I've been part of a team that lost the first two games and won a Super Bowl. You've got to be a little careful when you've got the length of a season that we've got."

On Jason Garrett's playcalling: "It's so easy to second guess playcalling. I think it goes with the territory. You've got to win consistently to keep it from happening. I do know what we do is well thought out."

On if he would ever hire a coach/general manager type: "No ... I don't have anything I don't manage. I just don't."

And this my friends is why all of our hopes and dreams will be forever tied to sheer luck because this (IMHO) is the only way the Cowboys will ever sniff another Super Bowl

 

[vta]

I love Jerry Jones...

The guy started with very little and now is very well off...

He purchased the Cowboys and has won 3 Sb's with them..

Jerry made the NFL and himself alot of money.....then goes out and spends alot of money to build one of the most beautifull stadiums in North America.

Jerry can do anything he wants......he has earned it IMHO.

The Cowboys are still one of the most popular team in Sports....and Jerry's Jones had alot to do with it.

If I was in Jerry's shoes.....I would want full control too......

I love the Cowboys. With a rich history of winning and catching the nations attention for greater things than reality shows, flashy headlines and an over bloated place to play, they transcend one narcissistic clown.

What made the Cowboys so popular has nothing to do with the clown yet with constant losing and laughable management comes loss of prestige. 'Still the most popular team' is of little importance, I don't love the Cowboys because they're popular. I'd rather they win and sell less jerseys. I wouldn't care if they did their winning on a high school football field, without the pole dancers and the glitz, as long as opposing teams weren't given to feeling so good about accomplishing the bottom line of football, that they're impelled to hang their jocks around Jerry's new toy.

I'm not a fan of old men I've never met. They aren't worthy of fandom, simply because they bought the team I'm a fan of. Jerry didn't win three super bowls. The men on the field did, guided by a coach; coached by great assistants and yes, all bought by Senor Clown. But, it's been sufficiently proven that spending gross amounts of money does nothing but buy expectation and expectation doesn't lead to success.

The buck stops at this clown and he's a monumental failure as history unfailingly proves to be true. He can't manage a football team, plain and simple.

 

[yimyammer]

Here's a thought, crazy but hear me out:

Jerry should fire Wade and coach the team himself that way when we go 4-12 he will snap out of it and hire a real coach. Let the ole crazy coot get it out of his system, then we can go back to winning again once we hire a real coach and GM...

I've been saying this since 1995, I really wish he would do this. He wants to but doesn't have the balls to do it, so he coaches by proxy from his owners box through his lemmings

 

[yimyammer]

**** you Jerry.

You're pisssing away some of the most talented players in the league, with puppet coaches and a circus atmosphere that only an outrageously loaded Jimmy Johnson coached team could thrive under.

Dick.

Agreed! I am furious at him for his stubborn ego maniacal ways

 

[poke]

anyone expecting JJ to give up any control of the Cowboys has forgotten
his statement that when he bought them he would be involved with everything..."from socks to jocks" or something like that

 

[burmafrd]

Its true about us starting to slide back to 2002. Its what happened in the 90's after Jimmy left. It took a few years but the team fell apart. Probably the greatest team of all time. That was why we could still be competitive and win another SB after he left. BUT by 1995 it was clear we were sliding. And we kept on sliding for 7 more years. Until Jerruh swallowed his pride and brought in BP. I just hope that he sees the light a little quicker this time.

 

[Juke99]

Its true about us starting to slide back to 2002. Its what happened in the 90's after Jimmy left. It took a few years but the team fell apart. Probably the greatest team of all time. That was why we could still be competitive and win another SB after he left. BUT by 1995 it was clear we were sliding. And we kept on sliding for 7 more years. Until Jerruh swallowed his pride and brought in BP. I just hope that he sees the light a little quicker this time.

Ya know, the problem is, Jerry has a handmade self justifying excuse for not bringing in another Parcells type...where did bringing in Parcells get him?

A .500 record.

 

[wileedog]

Ya know, the problem is, Jerry has a handmade self justifying excuse for not bringing in another Parcells type...where did bringing in Parcells get him?

A .500 record.

So we pretty much gotta get back to 15-33.

Awesome.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

This "slide to 2002" talk is ridiculous, despite some of the Parcells fans wishing it were true.

Besides Campo, the worst thing about those awful years was the terrible drafting. Who thinks Scandrick, Jenkins, Bennett, Choice, and Felix can't play?

We also never found a QB in those days. Who really thinks Romo is another Quincy Carter?

Good grief.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

On if he [Jerry Jones] would ever hire a coach/general manager type: "No ... I don't have anything I don't manage. I just don't."

:cry2:

 

[SultanOfSix]

Look at the 2002 Roster and look at the 2006 roster and ask yourself that question again.

Its not about individual personnel decisions either, Parcells re-tooled the whole organization and scouting system and the input that got to the top. Look at how this team drafted for YEARS before Parcells came and put his stamp on this organization.

We can nitpick about the Bobby Carpenters and Vinny's all day, but this was a better run football team with Bill in charge.

And now its sliding inexorably back to Jerryworld. We're coming home 2002!

I disagree. Not with what Parcells did. I've always thought he did a tremendous job with retooling the organization as a whole. I disagree with this notion that the organization and its management is going back to the way it was before Parcells arrived. I think Jerry has learned a lot from the philosophical changes that Parcells implemented as far as scouting or drafting is concerned. However, I don't think Jerry has fully understood the implications of the coaching position as of yet, although he's only been able to hire a single individual since Parcells left. I don't think many on this forum think that we are lacking in talent. It may be a little bit overrated, but it's certainly strong enough to compete for a SB. I think most Cowboys fans believe this. I believe most fans are flustered with the coaching right now more so than the owner himself, yet they are taking out their anger on him despite the improvements he has made.

 

[Rampage]

This "slide to 2002" talk is ridiculous, despite some of the Parcells fans wishing it were true.

Besides Campo, the worst thing about those awful years was the terrible drafting. Who thinks Scandrick, Jenkins, Bennett, Choice, and Felix can't play?

Good grief.

Jenkins has played really well the last 2 games.

Scandrick has been the most inconsistent corner on the team this year.

Bennett has looked like he has no idea what's going on the past couple of games and is barely used.

Choice can play but doesn't get a chance unless Felix or Barber get hurt.

Felix can play but only for a handfull of plays before he gets hurt.

I don't think we'll have 5-11 seasons but 7-9 to 9-7 seasons are more realistic. A little better than Campo but still not good enough.