DaBoys4Life;2396112 said:
Jerry the GM has a lot more under his resume then a lot of other GM's.
Right, because 99% of GM's don't get to make half the mistakes he does and still keep their jobs.
Look, this isn't rocket science:
Jerry buys team, has a say in matters but generally leaves running the football team to a strong coach in Jimmy. Cowboys win.
Jimmy leaves, fed up with the meddling and clashing egos, and Jerry goes on to hire a gang of puppets so he can prove he is every bit the football guy Jimmy was (how many guys could win with this team Jerry?). Cowboys lose and endure humilating stretch of some of the worst drafting in the modern NFL. Cowboys lose.
Jerry finally gets it, brings back in a strong football coach and hands him the reins. Not just to the team, he lets Parcells reshape the entire organization from the scouting on up. Cowboys roster goes from one of the least talented in the league to one of the best. Cowboys on verge of winning.
Unfortunately for Jerry though, Bill runs out of gas (and no, I don't think Bill left over TO or anything of the like) and decides he can't do the sideline gig anymore.
But the GM spot is not open in Dallas. He leaves, and takes the guts of the organization with him.
Left on his own, Jerry goes out and hires Mr. Softy. The poor players, led by such emotional rocks and leaders like Greg Ellis, are complaining things were too hard. The coaches weren't nice. Camp was no fun. Jerry fatal flaw has always been his soft spot for his players, so he takes the direct opposite tack of Parcells. Bad decision.
So Mr Fixit comes in, runs Camp Cupcake (Hard Knocks is back!), and this mentally soft team again completely collapses in December. Then get whipped in a playoff game by a team they trounced twice in the regular season. (Coach Cupcake: "13-3 baby!")
And they have come out this year and simply been pushed around by teams. Twice in the past 3 weeks this team has been physically obliterated, and one of those games was the Rams. And this a team with many of the same players who were reputed to be one of the most physical in the league just two years ago.
Meanwhile Jerry already has his next coach picked out, payed him several millions just to be OC so Wade can keep the seat warm for him. Only problem is the Golden Boy has been terrible. The offense has been as predictable as anything ever run by Bill Parcells, and simply refuses to try and get the ball in the hands of the people who can do the most with it. ANd this is after handpicking the worst backup QB ever to start a game for the Cowboys. (you would think Jason would know a little more about that, no?)
Barring a miracle run here Wade is gone after this season. Who Jerry picks for the next coach will go a long way in determining if this team is going to go up or down from this point.
If Jerry hands the team to Garrett, or hand picks another coordinator from somewhere with no real say in things (Campo Part Duex) we are screwed. If Jerry goes after a Bill Cowher - someone who may be able to make something out of this mush - then we know Jerry 'gets it' again.
Jerry is no Matt Millen, but when you look at the long history of this team since Jerry bought it, it is hard to argue that generally the more say he has on the day to day operations, the worse the team fares.
