How many times would Jerry the GM Only' have been fired since 1994?

[VaqueroTD]

Everyone knows Jimmy was the true GM from 89-93. We all know that with Jerry as Owner/GM our team lacks accountability at the GM level.

If Jerry were just a GM and started in 94, how many times do you think he would have been canned?

Here is my guess:

• 94-99 Jerry 1: Jerry keeps the winning going even with a questionable HC hire in Switzer. Cowboys win another SB in part because of the Primetime signing but quickly fall apart with not just bad, but horrible draft picks, to replace their leaving or aging stars. Jerry 1 convinces the owner that a Coaching shake-up will restore the team and sells Chan Gailey. Starts promising but the Cowboys quickly fade each season and struggle offensively, made worse by the decision not to draft HOF WR Randy Moss who fell in their laps. Maybe, just maybe, Jerry 1 gets one more shot with a third coaching hire but one season at best with Campo’s 5-11 record. Owner quickly realizes this new GM rode off the coat tails of Jimmy.
• 00-02 Jerry 2: Sells the owner on bringing the band back together and places one of Jimmy’s Boys, Dave Campo, over the ship. Blows the Cowboys picks on Joey Galloway, gets a few promising young defensive players but the Campo/Jerry 2 experiment is too much after three 5 win seasons and a once proud franchise reduced to nothing. Jerry 2 is canned.
• 03-10 Jerry 3: Ignites the franchise again with his partnership with Parcells. Rebuilds the team with a stack of new talent. A fluke Playoff choke against Seattle and Parcells burnout, and the Owner decides that Jerry 3 and his new 3-4 HC Wade Phillips will continue the progress. Again another disappointing Playoff choke job, and quickly the talent gathered by Parcells starts to fade. Jerry 3 is another GM who blows draft picks on a dud franchise WR in Roy Williams. To save his job, Jerry 3 fires Wade Phillips midseason and even though the interim HC Jason Garrett wins several games then to end the 2010 season, the Owner decides it was Parcells, not Jerry 3, that built the team back. Jerry 3 is fired and in comes another GM to bring the Boys back to glory.
• 11-19 Jerry 4: The new GM decides to gamble on the promising new HC Jason Garrett who was once a member of the proud Cowboys Dynasty. But with three .500 seasons, the Owner is about to fire Jerry 4 who somehow saves his and Garrett’s job with some promising new offensive stars and redeems himself with a 12-4 season and BS Catch call against Green Bay. Romo is hurt the next year and the owner decides it’s just bad luck and gives both of them another shot which is rewarded by rookie standouts Dak and Zeke, and a great season, but can’t get by the Packers again. Owner’s patience is wearing, but still chalks it up to bad luck and is optimistic about the bright future with Dak, Zeke and a powerful Offensive Line. Disappointing 2017 season and with his job on the line, Jerry 4 finally proves the Boys can make a good WR trade in 2018 but fall in the Playoffs. 2019, another collapse and enough is enough. GM Jerry 4 and Garrett go out together.
• 20-24 Jerry 5: Starts off slow but the owner is willing to give the new duo of Jerry 5/McCarthy some time. Three 12-5 seasons and the team is doing well except now it’s choking against the 49ers in the Playoffs until 2023 when they once again get beat by the Packers in an embarrassing Playoff loss that seems like the Coaches were not ready. This is now the modern NFL where patience is thin and the stakes are high. Owner decides enough is enough, change the coaching staff or the GM loses his job. But Jerry 5 somehow sells the owner on one more shot. The team collapses and Jerry 5 is outta there!

So my conservative estimate is 5x Jerry would have been changed out for a new GM by the end of this year.

 

[Bobhaze]

Good post Vaq.

The winning owners of the last 28 SBs all hired somone else to be their GM. The average tenure for a GM in the NFL is between 5-8 years. We have the oldest GM in NFL history who hasn’t won a divisional playoff game since Dak was 2 years old.

Only in Dallas would an NFL GM like this not be fired.

 

[JW82]

One of the many many maddening things that jerry spews is how its some how a positive thing, that the "GM" will never be held accountable.

If Jerry sold the team today and told the league he is now available for GM positions, you'd be able to hear the collective laugh from space.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Everyone knows Jimmy was the true GM from 89-93. We all know that with Jerry as Owner/GM our team lacks accountability at the GM level.

If Jerry were just a GM and started in 94, how many times do you think he would have been canned?

Here is my guess:

• 94-99 Jerry 1: Jerry keeps the winning going even with a questionable HC hire in Switzer. Cowboys win another SB in part because of the Primetime signing but quickly fall apart with not just bad, but horrible draft picks, to replace their leaving or aging stars. Jerry 1 convinces the owner that a Coaching shake-up will restore the team and sells Chan Gailey. Starts promising but the Cowboys quickly fade each season and struggle offensively, made worse by the decision not to draft HOF WR Randy Moss who fell in their laps. Maybe, just maybe, Jerry 1 gets one more shot with a third coaching hire but one season at best with Campo’s 5-11 record. Owner quickly realizes this new GM rode off the coat tails of Jimmy.
• 00-02 Jerry 2: Sells the owner on bringing the band back together and places one of Jimmy’s Boys, Dave Campo, over the ship. Blows the Cowboys picks on Joey Galloway, gets a few promising young defensive players but the Campo/Jerry 2 experiment is too much after three 5 win seasons and a once proud franchise reduced to nothing. Jerry 2 is canned.
• 03-10 Jerry 3: Ignites the franchise again with his partnership with Parcells. Rebuilds the team with a stack of new talent. A fluke Playoff choke against Seattle and Parcells burnout, and the Owner decides that Jerry 3 and his new 3-4 HC Wade Phillips will continue the progress. Again another disappointing Playoff choke job, and quickly the talent gathered by Parcells starts to fade. Jerry 3 is another GM who blows draft picks on a dud franchise WR in Roy Williams. To save his job, Jerry 3 fires Wade Phillips midseason and even though the interim HC Jason Garrett wins several games then to end the 2010 season, the Owner decides it was Parcells, not Jerry 3, that built the team back. Jerry 3 is fired and in comes another GM to bring the Boys back to glory.
• 11-19 Jerry 4: The new GM decides to gamble on the promising new HC Jason Garrett who was once a member of the proud Cowboys Dynasty. But with three .500 seasons, the Owner is about to fire Jerry 4 who somehow saves his and Garrett’s job with some promising new offensive stars and redeems himself with a 12-4 season and BS Catch call against Green Bay. Romo is hurt the next year and the owner decides it’s just bad luck and gives both of them another shot which is rewarded by rookie standouts Dak and Zeke, and a great season, but can’t get by the Packers again. Owner’s patience is wearing, but still chalks it up to bad luck and is optimistic about the bright future with Dak, Zeke and a powerful Offensive Line. Disappointing 2017 season and with his job on the line, Jerry 4 finally proves the Boys can make a good WR trade in 2018 but fall in the Playoffs. 2019, another collapse and enough is enough. GM Jerry 4 and Garrett go out together.
• 20-24 Jerry 5: Starts off slow but the owner is willing to give the new duo of Jerry 5/McCarthy some time. Three 12-5 seasons and the team is doing well except now it’s choking against the 49ers in the Playoffs until 2023 when they once again get beat by the Packers in an embarrassing Playoff loss that seems like the Coaches were not ready. This is now the modern NFL where patience is thin and the stakes are high. Owner decides enough is enough, change the coaching staff or the GM loses his job. But Jerry 5 somehow sells the owner on one more shot. The team collapses and Jerry 5 is outta there!

So my conservative estimate is 5x Jerry would have been changed out for a new GM by the end of this year.

I would say at least 6 times.

after the chan gaily debacle...after the dave campo hire and debacle. after the wade disaster, after the garrett disaster...twice.....and now this disaster

 

[Aven8]

We went from a wild cat to a guy that won’t even do anything anymore, outside of terrible trades. I’m sorry but unless Mingo turns out to be a solid #2 that might have been the dumbest trade ever. Worse than Lance, and Roy Williams. News flash Cowboys. When you make trades….trade for players that can actually play. Not for potential please.

 

[JohnsKey19]

03-10 Jerry 3: Ignites the franchise again with his partnership with Parcells. Rebuilds the team with a stack of new talent. A fluke Playoff choke against Seattle and Parcells burnout, and the Owner decides that Jerry 3 and his new 3-4 HC Wade Phillips will continue the progress. Again another disappointing Playoff choke job, and quickly the talent gathered by Parcells starts to fade. Jerry 3 is another GM who blows draft picks on a dud franchise WR in Roy Williams. To save his job, Jerry 3 fires Wade Phillips midseason and even though the interim HC Jason Garrett wins several games then to end the 2010 season, the Owner decides it was Parcells, not Jerry 3, that built the team back. Jerry 3 is fired and in comes another GM to bring the Boys back to glory.

If Jerry is solely GM, then Parcells could have forced a him or me situation to the owner after the 2006 season. But in reality with Jerry holding all of the cards as owner/GM, Parcells knew he had had enough. I think his burnout was more about Jerry and the things that were going on than not wanting to coach any longer.

 

[acr731]

Everyone knows Jimmy was the true GM from 89-93. We all know that with Jerry as Owner/GM our team lacks accountability at the GM level.

If Jerry were just a GM and started in 94, how many times do you think he would have been canned?

Here is my guess:

• 94-99 Jerry 1: Jerry keeps the winning going even with a questionable HC hire in Switzer. Cowboys win another SB in part because of the Primetime signing but quickly fall apart with not just bad, but horrible draft picks, to replace their leaving or aging stars. Jerry 1 convinces the owner that a Coaching shake-up will restore the team and sells Chan Gailey. Starts promising but the Cowboys quickly fade each season and struggle offensively, made worse by the decision not to draft HOF WR Randy Moss who fell in their laps. Maybe, just maybe, Jerry 1 gets one more shot with a third coaching hire but one season at best with Campo’s 5-11 record. Owner quickly realizes this new GM rode off the coat tails of Jimmy.
• 00-02 Jerry 2: Sells the owner on bringing the band back together and places one of Jimmy’s Boys, Dave Campo, over the ship. Blows the Cowboys picks on Joey Galloway, gets a few promising young defensive players but the Campo/Jerry 2 experiment is too much after three 5 win seasons and a once proud franchise reduced to nothing. Jerry 2 is canned.
• 03-10 Jerry 3: Ignites the franchise again with his partnership with Parcells. Rebuilds the team with a stack of new talent. A fluke Playoff choke against Seattle and Parcells burnout, and the Owner decides that Jerry 3 and his new 3-4 HC Wade Phillips will continue the progress. Again another disappointing Playoff choke job, and quickly the talent gathered by Parcells starts to fade. Jerry 3 is another GM who blows draft picks on a dud franchise WR in Roy Williams. To save his job, Jerry 3 fires Wade Phillips midseason and even though the interim HC Jason Garrett wins several games then to end the 2010 season, the Owner decides it was Parcells, not Jerry 3, that built the team back. Jerry 3 is fired and in comes another GM to bring the Boys back to glory.
• 11-19 Jerry 4: The new GM decides to gamble on the promising new HC Jason Garrett who was once a member of the proud Cowboys Dynasty. But with three .500 seasons, the Owner is about to fire Jerry 4 who somehow saves his and Garrett’s job with some promising new offensive stars and redeems himself with a 12-4 season and BS Catch call against Green Bay. Romo is hurt the next year and the owner decides it’s just bad luck and gives both of them another shot which is rewarded by rookie standouts Dak and Zeke, and a great season, but can’t get by the Packers again. Owner’s patience is wearing, but still chalks it up to bad luck and is optimistic about the bright future with Dak, Zeke and a powerful Offensive Line. Disappointing 2017 season and with his job on the line, Jerry 4 finally proves the Boys can make a good WR trade in 2018 but fall in the Playoffs. 2019, another collapse and enough is enough. GM Jerry 4 and Garrett go out together.
• 20-24 Jerry 5: Starts off slow but the owner is willing to give the new duo of Jerry 5/McCarthy some time. Three 12-5 seasons and the team is doing well except now it’s choking against the 49ers in the Playoffs until 2023 when they once again get beat by the Packers in an embarrassing Playoff loss that seems like the Coaches were not ready. This is now the modern NFL where patience is thin and the stakes are high. Owner decides enough is enough, change the coaching staff or the GM loses his job. But Jerry 5 somehow sells the owner on one more shot. The team collapses and Jerry 5 is outta there!

So my conservative estimate is 5x Jerry would have been changed out for a new GM by the end of this year.

This is why he's a bad owner

 

[john van brocklin]

Everyone knows Jimmy was the true GM from 89-93. We all know that with Jerry as Owner/GM our team lacks accountability at the GM level.

If Jerry were just a GM and started in 94, how many times do you think he would have been canned?

Here is my guess:

• 94-99 Jerry 1: Jerry keeps the winning going even with a questionable HC hire in Switzer. Cowboys win another SB in part because of the Primetime signing but quickly fall apart with not just bad, but horrible draft picks, to replace their leaving or aging stars. Jerry 1 convinces the owner that a Coaching shake-up will restore the team and sells Chan Gailey. Starts promising but the Cowboys quickly fade each season and struggle offensively, made worse by the decision not to draft HOF WR Randy Moss who fell in their laps. Maybe, just maybe, Jerry 1 gets one more shot with a third coaching hire but one season at best with Campo’s 5-11 record. Owner quickly realizes this new GM rode off the coat tails of Jimmy.
• 00-02 Jerry 2: Sells the owner on bringing the band back together and places one of Jimmy’s Boys, Dave Campo, over the ship. Blows the Cowboys picks on Joey Galloway, gets a few promising young defensive players but the Campo/Jerry 2 experiment is too much after three 5 win seasons and a once proud franchise reduced to nothing. Jerry 2 is canned.
• 03-10 Jerry 3: Ignites the franchise again with his partnership with Parcells. Rebuilds the team with a stack of new talent. A fluke Playoff choke against Seattle and Parcells burnout, and the Owner decides that Jerry 3 and his new 3-4 HC Wade Phillips will continue the progress. Again another disappointing Playoff choke job, and quickly the talent gathered by Parcells starts to fade. Jerry 3 is another GM who blows draft picks on a dud franchise WR in Roy Williams. To save his job, Jerry 3 fires Wade Phillips midseason and even though the interim HC Jason Garrett wins several games then to end the 2010 season, the Owner decides it was Parcells, not Jerry 3, that built the team back. Jerry 3 is fired and in comes another GM to bring the Boys back to glory.
• 11-19 Jerry 4: The new GM decides to gamble on the promising new HC Jason Garrett who was once a member of the proud Cowboys Dynasty. But with three .500 seasons, the Owner is about to fire Jerry 4 who somehow saves his and Garrett’s job with some promising new offensive stars and redeems himself with a 12-4 season and BS Catch call against Green Bay. Romo is hurt the next year and the owner decides it’s just bad luck and gives both of them another shot which is rewarded by rookie standouts Dak and Zeke, and a great season, but can’t get by the Packers again. Owner’s patience is wearing, but still chalks it up to bad luck and is optimistic about the bright future with Dak, Zeke and a powerful Offensive Line. Disappointing 2017 season and with his job on the line, Jerry 4 finally proves the Boys can make a good WR trade in 2018 but fall in the Playoffs. 2019, another collapse and enough is enough. GM Jerry 4 and Garrett go out together.
• 20-24 Jerry 5: Starts off slow but the owner is willing to give the new duo of Jerry 5/McCarthy some time. Three 12-5 seasons and the team is doing well except now it’s choking against the 49ers in the Playoffs until 2023 when they once again get beat by the Packers in an embarrassing Playoff loss that seems like the Coaches were not ready. This is now the modern NFL where patience is thin and the stakes are high. Owner decides enough is enough, change the coaching staff or the GM loses his job. But Jerry 5 somehow sells the owner on one more shot. The team collapses and Jerry 5 is outta there!

So my conservative estimate is 5x Jerry would have been changed out for a new GM by the end of this year.

Jerry is the common denominator in our 28 year NFCCG drought.
He is the reason we have been wandering in the wilderness.
Until he is no longer the GM, we have no hope.
He means well, but has proven he does not have the ability to be a successful GM.

 

[big dog cowboy]

So my conservative estimate is 5x Jerry would have been changed out for a new GM by the end of this year.

I'll take the over.

 

[DeaconMoss]

27

 

[noshame]

He would have only been fired once. Because nobody else on earth would hire Jerry, the GM

 

[FVSTONE]

I don't have enough fingers or toes to count that high, but if I did JJ would have been gone a long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long time ago!!!!!

 

[Whirlwin]

Good post Vaq.

The winning owners of the last 28 SBs all hired somone else to be their GM. The average tenure for a GM in the NFL is between 5-8 years. We have the oldest GM in NFL history who hasn’t won a divisional playoff game since Dak was 2 years old.

Only in Dallas would an NFL GM like this not be fired.

I’m not sure he ever would’ve been hired in the first place

 

[Tabascocat]

He wouldn’t have even sniffed the NFL if he didn’t buy a team. That goes for the other dummy too…..

 

[Cowboys5217]

GM Jerry would never have been hired by any team he couldn't afford to purchase.

But even if we grant that he somehow got hired in 1994 by Dallas, he would have been fired during the Campo era.

 

[RS12]

Between 6 and 10 times. You get 3 to 5 years to prove yourself in this league. Do the math.

 

[Whirlwin]

He wouldn’t have even sniffed the NFL if he didn’t buy a team. That goes for the other dummy too…..

I agree, but it’s so funny. He did give us three rings

 

[Cowboys5217]

I agree, but it’s so funny. He did give us three rings

Jimmy did that. There's a really big, glaring clue that let's you know this.

 

[fivetwos]

NONE….the owner LOVES him.

 

[KingCorcoran]

Once. And never re-hired.