I Know Jerry Knows

[MWH1967]

You know what else killed the cat? A Basset Hound named Big Al

 

[CouchCoach]

I was a mod there, and they gave us zero reasons why it was being shut down.

Did all of the other NFL sites change around the same time? The one reason I saw was that they had to come into compliance with the rest of the league. Don't know as I don't go to other team sites.

However, I did go to the Eagles site back when DC.com was going and decided there was no work to be done there. Hell, they were hatin' on their own team so much that a Cowboys fan couldn't make a dent. It was really funny, they divided their time between hatin' on players and the team and each other.

I'll yell you who might have been checking them out, Goodell. You could multiply the Booger negative by 10 throughout the league with fans and I'd bet that was on every team site with a fan forum. He got wind of that and decided to shut that down.

 

[kskboys]

Did all of the other NFL sites change around the same time? The one reason I saw was that they had to come into compliance with the rest of the league. Don't know as I don't go to other team sites.

However, I did go to the Eagles site back when DC.com was going and decided there was no work to be done there. Hell, they were hatin' on their own team so much that a Cowboys fan couldn't make a dent. It was really funny, they divided their time between hatin' on players and the team and each other.

I'll yell you who might have been checking them out, Goodell. You could multiply the Booger negative by 10 throughout the league with fans and I'd bet that was on every team site with a fan forum. He got wind of that and decided to shut that down.

Only other site I was on was the Texans official site, and it did shut down around the same time.

 

[75boyz]

Because he can't control the narrative.

Nicely done

 

[Hagman]

Jerry Jones is an egomaniac who needs public attention. He seeks out media in all of its forms and I believe watches and reads everything said and written about him. That includes what appears on this fan site.

 

[JohnsKey19]

He owned the previous site.

While it is possible, im guessing Jerry Jones personally was/is not aware of every feature running on the team website, particularly when its something not affecting the bottom line.

 

[kskboys]

While it is possible, im guessing Jerry Jones personally was/is not aware of every feature running on the team website, particularly when its something not affecting the bottom line.

Of course not. However, the statement was made that he wasn't even aware of it. He was.

It was always rumored that he posted on it. No idea if it was true.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

If I had to guess I would say he is “vaguely aware” of this site through random Google searches on the plane trip home from games. He could probably pick the correct name of this site from a list of maybe 3 names, but five would be pushing it.

 

[nyc-cowboy]

If that were the case Jerry would have had to strike some sort of deal with those platforms. He isn’t limiting his machine for them in my opinion.

Dont understand your reply - what kind if deal?

 

[Williamsboys]

That if you tell him the '90's Super Bowl dynasty was all due to Jimmy Johnson, Jerrah would say.."Guess who hired him??'

 

[jazzcat22]

Spagnola, on the other hand, clearly reads posts on cz. He's even taken to using certain catch phrases he's picked up here.

Garrett Sucks?
Oh wait, that was @Ranching

 

[ESisback]

I never understood that. Of all the crap he spends so much money on, he didn't wanna spend the tiny bit to pay one person to run the website? I think he got tired of @CouchCoach calling him Booger.

Let’s all send emails that say “Howdy Booger!”

 

[cern]

Did he start calling Jerry "Booger"?

I think coach owns the trademark.

 

[KingintheNorth]

There are Cowboys employees who have accounts here. Also, many Cowboys-related media members do as well.

I doubt Jerry or any of the Jones family members do. Although, after the whole thing with Kevin Durant and the fake accounts to defend himself, anything is possible.

 

[Reality]

Is that the reason they gave? I think it was something else, like the writers were tired of having it pointed out they were wrong almost all of the time. They don't like negativity over there, that's for sure. When they fired Broaddus they pretty much proved it for us., and he wasn't even that negative. In any case, it's their site and they can run it however they want. But it certainly is not for the fans anymore. Do they ever have a scoop over there? Seems to me NFL.com and a few guys on twitter get all the stories well before DallasCowboys.com posts them.

As I posted long ago, the more likely reason is because the Cowboys, like most other NFL teams, moved (replaced) their sites back to the NFL hosted network service which does not likely support forums.

That said, most large companies do not value forums because they offer no real upside to them and tend to serve more as public customer/fan complaint systems whose posts show up in search engine results with high search rankings because of the company's domain popularity.

 

[Brax]

Huh? he couldn't "control the content" - it was part of his site, he could have made rules that didn't allow any criticism of him or management.

I became a Mod over there and I was one of Jerrys biggest critics - none of us were ever told not to criticize him or defend him.

Fact is that there was just not enough traffic there, not worth it.

Didn't tell you or anyone else, just was gone one day, Jerry controlled it he just pulled the plug.

 

[Oz-of-Cowboy-Country]

My opinion why DC.com was shut down. (This is my opinion and I'm going to believe my opinion no matter what anyone else says.)

When Jerry went after Goodell's contract for suspending Zeke, Goodell retaliated by going after DC.com.

Dallas is in control of their own merchandising. We all know that, but it isn't merchandising if your naming other teams player or giving descriptions of the game. In order to give descriptions of the or name other teams players, you need NFL permission. So Goodell retaliated against Jerry and went after DC.com. At the same time (since retaliation is Illegal) he had to make sure all of the other NFL teams were in compliance with regulations on their website. So Dallas had to change their website to an NFL approved platform.

1)So Zeke was suspended, erroneously by some.

2)Jerry went after Goodell's contract, in retaliation for Zeke's suspension.

3)Then Goodell went after Jerry for retaliation on his retaliation, about Zeke. And ended up taking down DC.com.



So we lost DC.com due to a pissing match between two egomaniacs. Does that make sense to anyone?

 

[PAPPYDOG]

The Cowboys Zone is a real thing. Do you think he has an account just to get feed back or a good chuckle??

They all stop by some more than often from the players to even Jerry.
Social media is the only place for them to get a pulse on how their fans feel about things and this is irresistible and mandatory for them in today's world.

 

[OmerV]

They all stop by some more than often from the players to even Jerry.
Social media is the only place for them to get a pulse on how their fans feel about things and this is irresistible and mandatory for them in today's world.

Im not sure how this jives with the pretty consistent claim among fans that Jerry doesn’t care about them, otherwise he would do things differently.

my personal guess is, at most, Jerry has some on his staff occasionally update him on the General mood that can be captured by social media, but I don’t think for a second he lets social media influence his decision making. Nor should he. There is a lot of emotion and lack of reason on social media that shouldn’t have an influence.

 

[blueblood70]

The Cowboys Zone is a real thing. Do you think he has an account just to get feed back or a good chuckle??

its why DC.com got rid of their forum, they didnt like the opinions lol