FuzzyLumpkins;4551302 said:
The reality is that the closest you have had to seeing a meeting inside Valley Ranch is Hard Knocks. The reality is that you have no idea who said what for any trade or transaction from anything but at best hearsay for the entire history of the franchise. The reality is you have no idea what the day to day of Stephen Jones and what he does for the franchise with any specificity since the very first day he was assigned as an executive with the franchise.
This is true of anyone on this board on either side of the issue.
What I see is a bitter individual looking for an easy scapegoat to blame.
Not really. Seems to me more like a fan of the team looking at the last 15 years, assessing the team and seeing where the short comings are.
Dallas has had a lot. Salary cap (after the Super Bowl runs), coaching (multiple times) and talent (consistently since the Super Bowl runs).
The team isn't in salary cap hell anymore, but they've made some very dubious contract decisions of late (Barber, RW11, Scandrick, Sensabaugh, Ratliff, etc).
Coaching - I hope that is solved for a while. We're still going to have to deal with some bumps in the road though as Garrett is relatively new to the coaching game. We saw that last year.
Talent - not there yet. This team is 14-18 over the last two years.
Bottom line - all those areas are under the responsibility of the guy saying he is responsible for final decisions at VR. He hires and fires those guys and he sets up the organizational structure.
Is the Cowboys front office different than successful teams in the league? Absolutely. Did they suddenly stumble upon the right combination of guys to make it work? I sincerely hope so.
Does it seem better? Yes, the last couple of years do. It seems Stephen is getting more control, but he himself says he has to talk Jerry out of trading up for Bennett. He had to talk Jerry out of giving up 2013 picks to get back into the second. If Jerry doesn't have any pull, no one would waste time trying to talk him out of things.