We hire linehan who gave us Moore. Kellen wouldnt be here without his former boss. He also wouldnt be coaching yet if he hadn't gotten hurt.
If we hadn't missed out on the other 3 QB's Dallas targeted we would'nt have taken Dak with that 4th round comp pick.
Just thinking all of the things that had to happen to bring moore, kitna, dak together on this team. So many things that happened by chance but now we see how well they fit together. It makes one believe #3 might just be the SB, if we can get that lucky.
The Cowboys put themselves in position to eventually have some "luck" on their side and were in position and had the knowledge to capitalize on the "luck".
There are two types of "luck". One is the just buy 1 lottery ticket and end up winning type of luck but the other is the work hard to put yourself into position to capitalize on a "lucky" opportunity.
I've been in position to speak to some young people on occasion when they're finishing high school or finishing college and my message with regards to career is to put yourself into position to seize on opportunity when it comes along. I try to explain that if you constantly go for the win the lottery type of approach to life/career that the odds are stacked against that happening but the if you put yourself into position for "luck" to find you by obtaining as much knowledge and experience as possible, then the odds of opportunity finding you are very good (although not guaranteed).
The Cowboys had studied Dak more than any draft prospect. They met with him multiple times leading up to the draft after working with him at the Senior Bowl. They had a process where he was on their draft board at the correct spot and that process kept them from trading up for Paxton Lynch.
The old Jerry method of going for the the lottery win was bypassed as shown by the fact that Jerry wanted to trade up for Lynch but the new mode of operation prevented that from happening.
It's not a perfect process and nothing is guaranteed but the probability of success is better than the old Jerry Wildcat method of borrowing money to drill an oil well that had a better than 50% chance of being worthless but had that small chance of being worth tens of millions.
I'M figuring as to the fact,,,, if that's what's worked fer'you fer' so long( and it is rather obvious ,having kept you from being banhammered unto the infinitely& ever expansive ranks of the sidelined Perpetual voicelessness of silenced ,,,er,,, formerly espoused fellows of footballish fandom,,, Therefore, I suddenly deem great& powerful wisdom from within these words ,of which you speak,,,
