Video: Fish: Aikman as GM? A new NFL angle for Cowboys legend

[robertfchew]

great players usually don't do well as front office folks or coaches.
ozzie newsome is the only one that comes to mind.
but honestly...i'm intrigued by the idea of Aikman as GM.
he wouldn't have a high tolerence for dumb play.

Possibly but do are you worried at all that hes either a booze hound like jerry or high off his behind like randy Gregory? he always looks so tore up on the broadcasts. I don't know if he's even fit for a gm job.

 

[Valkyr]

Didn’t Elway build a Super Bowl winner in Denver?

Heck, wouldn't he have had 2 SB teams, the one that lost to Seattle and one that beat Carolina?

 

[DandyDon52]

He is a huge Mike McCarthy fan.

well aikman seems to be for a guy one week, or year, then be not for them the next week or year.
He likes to jump on bandwagons when a player or coach is looking good.

But like I say he might do good, or he might not.

 

[FVSTONE]

Please, please, please!!!!!!!!

Seriously, have you listen to this dude when he's in the booth??????? I would hire Cowboy hater Joe Buck before I would hire Clueless Troy Boy Aikman!

 

[Cowfan75]

I'd love this move. Half of our fans complain about losing, but scoff at signing expensive players or hiring outside the box. You want a GM or don't you? You say Aikman doesn't have experience? So he fails and we don't win a Super Bowl. Got to tell you, we ain't winning one now, anyway. At least we'd get rid of the no-accountability, clueless culture we've seen for decades. It's a moot point, because it will never happen. The only splashes we make are safe ones, inside the bargain bin.

 

[Shane612]

Meh....~shrug.....

 

[Shane612]

Aikman would take zero **** from Jerry!!

Jerry would annoy him so much, he would leave.

 

[Hardline]

Tony Romo would make a better GM.

 

[Jake]

Please, please, please!!!!!!!!

Tony Romo would make a better GM.

 

[Parcells4Life]

This is brought up every year. He’s done at least one interview per year on the subject since 2015. It actually went mainstream around the time of the Cooper trade IIRC when he said they should blow the whole thing up and that’s when he was asked about his future as a president ala Elway.

He then was talking about if it would work in Dallas. He said he’d like to but he didn’t think the Joneses will ever cede control

 

[Shane612]

Tony Romo would make a better GM.

I say Darren Woodson would be even better.

 

[kumizi]

Please NO

His takes as an announcer are 50/50 at best. He is well spoken so people think he's better than he is.

 

[rnr_honeybadger]

The only way this happens is if Jerry dies. Stephen I believe has no interest in running day to day operations outside of penny pinching.

 

[rnr_honeybadger]

What on earth makes Aikman anymore qualified than Jerry? How about we hire a real GM?

Just his views on the importance of coaching makes him qualified.

 

[Kingofholland]

I don't know if Aikman is a great talent evaluator, but then again the Jones have also made a number of poor picks and moves over the years too.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Just his views on the importance of coaching makes him qualified.

That does? Well damn....

 

[Hawkeye0202]

I'd prefer about 100 people to Aikman tbh.
I like Aikman in many ways but as a shot caller at an organizational level I'm a no thanks.

He's going to follow the plan and the grain all too often.
He's basically a Stephen Jones clone in that regard and they need a balance against that.

It's also a pretty big insult to Will McClay to think Aikman can walk in and take his job that he has done sans title for a few years.

Exactly.......what qualifies Troy as the next great GM or coach.

 

[Melonfeud]

* Personally? I'd far more prefer the " man-slide missile" Larry Allen ( former #73 ) Manning that position, than the Troy*

 

[Diehardblues]

Not until Jethro is 6 feet under or strapped to a chair.

 

[eromeopolk]

Please, please, please!!!!!!!!

Just give Will McClay full control of the team as GM and VP of Player Personnel and you will have the success he had with the Desperadoes where his was DC, HC, and GM. Desperadoes had more success than the Dallas Cowboys in the new millennium because Jerry was hands off to Will McClay.

If Aikman owned a team, he would hire Will McClay as GM and VP of Player Personnel.

The "Fish" is smelling on this one.